Bookish goings-on in Texas for the week of March 26-April 1, 2018:
Special Events:
Anime Matsuri Convention, Houston, March 29-April 1
Special Events:
Anime Matsuri Convention, Houston, March 29-April 1
3rd Annual Books2Eat Celebration, Houston, March 31
16th Annual Austin Edible Book Festival, April 1
Ongoing Exhibits:
Interabang Books, Michael Noll discussing and Signing THE WRITER’S FIELD GUIDE TO THE CRAFT OF FICTION, 7PM
The Twig Book Shop, Donna Bryson discussing and signing Home of the Brave: A Small Town, Its Veterans and the Community They Built Together, 5PM
DallasHalf Price Books - The Mother Ship, New York Times bestselling-author Lisa Wingate will discuss and sign her bestselling novel Before We Were Yours, 7PM [numbered-pass event]
San Antonio
Dallas
Black Labrador, Failure to Identify Reading Series & Open Mic, 7PM
Murder By the Book, C.S. Humble will sign and discuss The Massacre at Yellow Hill, 4:30PM
Marfa
Crowley Theater, William Middleton discussing and signing Double Vision: The Unerring Eye of Art World Avatars Dominique and John de Menil, 6PM
Midland
B&N, Tyler Frick signing Prevailing Soul, 12PM
Dead Tree Books, Nicholas Paschall signing Father of Flesh, 2PM
San Antonio Public Library - Central, Carolina Hinojosa-Cisneros and Erasmo Cisneros present "El Camino: An Afternoon of Poetry and Hope" featuring new and established poets + open mic, 2PM
Southlake
B&N - Town Square, Celestina Blok signing Lost Restaurants of Fort Worth, 12PM
B&N - Town Square, Jim West signing Genocide by GMO and The Making of an Assassin Atlanta, 2PM
OK, I'll Do It Myself: Narratives of Intrepid Women in the American Wilderness, Selections from the Caroline F. Schimmel Collection, Dallas, January 18-March 28
Texas Writers Traveling Exhibition (Humanities Texas), San Antonio, February 26-March 30
Our Voice: Celebrating the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Awards (NCCIL exhibition), Abilene, February 8-May 19
HOMETOWN TEXAS photography exhibition, Dallas, February 17-May 5
Association of University Presses, Book, Jacket and Journal Show, Austin, March 19-30
Texas Writers Traveling Exhibition (Humanities Texas), San Antonio, February 26-March 30
Our Voice: Celebrating the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Awards (NCCIL exhibition), Abilene, February 8-May 19
HOMETOWN TEXAS photography exhibition, Dallas, February 17-May 5
Association of University Presses, Book, Jacket and Journal Show, Austin, March 19-30
In His Own Words: The Life and Work of César Chávez (Humanities Texas), Del Rio, March 24-May 4
Monday, March 26:
Monday, March 26:
Cleburne
Cleburne Public Library, Women's History Month: program with award-winning Author Carmen Goldthwaite, 6:30PM
Dallas
Cleburne Public Library, Women's History Month: program with award-winning Author Carmen Goldthwaite, 6:30PM
Dallas
Houston
Murder By the Book, Jacqueline Winspear will sign and discuss her new Maisie Dobbs novel, To Die, But Once, 6:30PM
Rice University - Stude Concert Hall, Inprint's Margarett Root Brown Reading Series: Daniel Peña, author of Bang, speaking with Aminatta Forna, author of Happiness, and Samanta Schweblin, author of The Fever Dream, 7:30PM
San AntonioMurder By the Book, Jacqueline Winspear will sign and discuss her new Maisie Dobbs novel, To Die, But Once, 6:30PM
Rice University - Stude Concert Hall, Inprint's Margarett Root Brown Reading Series: Daniel Peña, author of Bang, speaking with Aminatta Forna, author of Happiness, and Samanta Schweblin, author of The Fever Dream, 7:30PM
Tuesday, March 27:
AustinBookPeople, JOE LANSDALE speaking & signing Jackrabbit Smile, 7PM
Half Price Books - North Lamar, renowned motivational speaker Lizzie Velasquez will discuss and sign her inspirational book Dare to Be Kind: How Extraordinary Compassion Can Transform Our World, 7PM
Malvern Books, Malvern's Mulitverse: curmudgeon-in-chief Dr. Joe will interview award-winning poet, literary translator, essayist, and journalist Liliana Valenzuela, 7PM
Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam Quarterfinals, 7PM
Cypress
Lone Star College, An evening reading, Q&A, book sale, and signing with Mat Johnson, author of Loving Day and Incognegro: A Graphic Mystery, 7PM
Half Price Books - North Lamar, renowned motivational speaker Lizzie Velasquez will discuss and sign her inspirational book Dare to Be Kind: How Extraordinary Compassion Can Transform Our World, 7PM
Malvern Books, Malvern's Mulitverse: curmudgeon-in-chief Dr. Joe will interview award-winning poet, literary translator, essayist, and journalist Liliana Valenzuela, 7PM
Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam Quarterfinals, 7PM
Cypress
Lone Star College, An evening reading, Q&A, book sale, and signing with Mat Johnson, author of Loving Day and Incognegro: A Graphic Mystery, 7PM
Dallas
Interabang Books, Aminatta Forna reading and signing HAPPINESS, 12PM
Interabang Books, Kristen Simmons reading and signing PACIFICA, 7PM
SMU - McCord Auditorium, Professor Serinity Young discussing and signing Women Who Fly, 6PM
Katy Budget Books, Kerrelyn Sparks launches Eight Simple Rules for Dating a Dragon, the newest book in her The Embraced series, 6PM
Rothko Chapel, William Middleton discussing and signing Double Vision: The Unerring Eye of Art World Avatars Dominique and John de Menil, 7PM
SMU - McCord Auditorium, Professor Serinity Young discussing and signing Women Who Fly, 6PM
Houston
Black Labrador, Houston Writers House meeting with guest speaker/author Apple Gidley, 6:30PMKaty Budget Books, Kerrelyn Sparks launches Eight Simple Rules for Dating a Dragon, the newest book in her The Embraced series, 6PM
Rothko Chapel, William Middleton discussing and signing Double Vision: The Unerring Eye of Art World Avatars Dominique and John de Menil, 7PM
San Antonio
Interabang Books, Elle Luna discussing and signing YOUR STORY IS YOUR POWER, 7PM
South Dallas Cultural Center, African Diaspora - New Dialogues: Patrick Oliver, founder of "Say It Loud! Readers and Writers," talks with award-winning novelist and publisher Tina McElroy Ansa, 7:30PM
Murder By the Book, Joe Lansdale will sign and discuss Jackrabbit Smile, 6:30PM
Poison Girl, Poison Pen Reading Series March Reading with Sheila Maldonado, Ed Porter, and Ji yoon Lee, 8:30PM
River Oaks Bookstore, Dr. Gail Gross discussing and signing The Only Way Out Is Through: A Ten-Step Journey from Grief to Wholeness, 4PM
Rudyard's Pub, Public Poetry presents: The PM Show, 6:30PM
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Little Flower, Ballads of the Borderland: a sweeping tale of cultural history weaving together powerful texts of John Phillip Santos and Carmen Tafolla with the spirited stories and artifacts of those who lived the tale, 7:30PM
The Hotel Emma, "When Words Sing: An Evening of Poetry" featuring works by Christopher Merrill, author of Self-Portrait With Dogwood, 6:30PM
Webster
B&N - Baybrook, 4th Tuesday Poetry Readings Presents: Weasel, 7:30PM
Wednesday, March 28:
Arlington
UT Arlington, Hermanns Lecture Series featuring writers Sanderia Faye, Sasha Pimentel, and Lina María Ferreira Cabeza-Vanegas, 10AM
Austin
Austin Public Library - Terrazas, Aural Literature presented by Chicon Street Poets, 7PM
BookPeople, KERMIT SCHWEIDEL speaking & signing Folly Cove, 7PM
College Station
Brazos Valley African American Museum, Soup & Story: Women's History Month edition luncheon and storytelling, 11AM
Webster
B&N - Baybrook, 4th Tuesday Poetry Readings Presents: Weasel, 7:30PM
Wednesday, March 28:
Arlington
UT Arlington, Hermanns Lecture Series featuring writers Sanderia Faye, Sasha Pimentel, and Lina María Ferreira Cabeza-Vanegas, 10AM
Austin
Austin Public Library - Terrazas, Aural Literature presented by Chicon Street Poets, 7PM
BookPeople, KERMIT SCHWEIDEL speaking & signing Folly Cove, 7PM
College Station
Brazos Valley African American Museum, Soup & Story: Women's History Month edition luncheon and storytelling, 11AM
Dallas
Dallas Museum of Art, Arts & Letters Live presents William Middleton discussing and signing Double Vision: The Unerring Eye of Art World Avatars Dominique and John de Menil, 7:30PM
Hotel Crescent Court, World Affairs Council of DFW luncheon: Adam Segal discussing and signing The Hacked World Order: How Nations Fight, Trade, Maneuver, and Manipulate in the Digital Age, 12PM
Interabang Books, Joe Lansdale reading and signing JACKRABBIT SMILE, 7PM
The Writers Garret, Workshop: "The World of Metaphor" with Candy Zantea, 7PM
HoustonDallas Museum of Art, Arts & Letters Live presents William Middleton discussing and signing Double Vision: The Unerring Eye of Art World Avatars Dominique and John de Menil, 7:30PM
Hotel Crescent Court, World Affairs Council of DFW luncheon: Adam Segal discussing and signing The Hacked World Order: How Nations Fight, Trade, Maneuver, and Manipulate in the Digital Age, 12PM
Interabang Books, Joe Lansdale reading and signing JACKRABBIT SMILE, 7PM
The Writers Garret, Workshop: "The World of Metaphor" with Candy Zantea, 7PM
Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Slam, 7:30PM
Blue Willow Bookshop, Roshani Chokshi will discuss and sign her book for children, ARU SHAH AND THE END OF TIME (first book in Rick Riordan's new imprint), 5PM
Blue Willow Bookshop, Roshani Chokshi will discuss and sign her book for children, ARU SHAH AND THE END OF TIME (first book in Rick Riordan's new imprint), 5PM
Blue Willow Bookshop, Elle Luna will discuss and sign her book YOUR STORY IS YOUR POWER: FREE YOUR FEMININE VOICE, 7PM
San Antonio
William Knox Holt Center, Christopher Merrill reading and signing Self-Portrait With Dogwood, 6PM
Thursday, March 29:
San Antonio
William Knox Holt Center, Christopher Merrill reading and signing Self-Portrait With Dogwood, 6PM
Thursday, March 29:
Austin
BookPeople, William Middleton discussing and signing Double Vision: The Unerring Eye of Art World Avatars Dominique and John de Menil (In Conversation with Veronica Roberts, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at Blanton Art Museum), 7PM
Malvern Books, poet Charles Alexander launches AT the Edge OF the Sea: Pushing Water II, and poet Saba Syed Razvi launches heliophobia (with fellow poet Kyle Schlesinger), 7PM
Resistencia Books, Cary Cordova reading and signing The Heart of the Mission: Latino Art and Politics in San Francisco, 7PM
DallasMalvern Books, poet Charles Alexander launches AT the Edge OF the Sea: Pushing Water II, and poet Saba Syed Razvi launches heliophobia (with fellow poet Kyle Schlesinger), 7PM
Resistencia Books, Cary Cordova reading and signing The Heart of the Mission: Latino Art and Politics in San Francisco, 7PM
South Dallas Cultural Center, African Diaspora - New Dialogues: Patrick Oliver, founder of "Say It Loud! Readers and Writers," talks with award-winning novelist and publisher Tina McElroy Ansa, 7:30PM
El Paso
UTEP Library, Book Presentation: Mexican Border: Nodes of the Global System of Illicit Drugs by César M. Fuentes Flores in collaboration with Sergio Peña Medina (Book discussion by Dr. Jeremy Slack), 3:30PMHouston
Brazos Bookstore, Lauren Marks discussing and signing A STITCH OF TIME, 7PMMurder By the Book, Joe Lansdale will sign and discuss Jackrabbit Smile, 6:30PM
Poison Girl, Poison Pen Reading Series March Reading with Sheila Maldonado, Ed Porter, and Ji yoon Lee, 8:30PM
Rudyard's Pub, Public Poetry presents: The PM Show, 6:30PM
Sugar Land
B&N - First Colony, Story time with local author Maria Ashworth, 10AM
Friday, March 30:
Austin
BookPeople, LUIS ALBERTO URREA speaking & signing The House of Broken Angels, 7PM [ticketed event]
Dallas
Heroes Lounge, Dallas Poetry Slam hosts Candy's Birthday Bash, 8PM
Denton
UNT, Visiting Writers Series presents a reading, Q&A, and book signing with Paul Beatty, author of The Sellout, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Fiction Award and the Man Booker Prize, 2PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Jesús Carrasco reading and signing OUT IN THE OPEN, 7PM Friday, March 30:
Austin
BookPeople, LUIS ALBERTO URREA speaking & signing The House of Broken Angels, 7PM [ticketed event]
Dallas
Heroes Lounge, Dallas Poetry Slam hosts Candy's Birthday Bash, 8PM
Denton
UNT, Visiting Writers Series presents a reading, Q&A, and book signing with Paul Beatty, author of The Sellout, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Fiction Award and the Man Booker Prize, 2PM
Houston
Imagine Books & Records, Dali's Mustache: a night of poetry and music, 8PM
Saturday, March 31:
Austin
B&N - Lakeline, Local Author Glyn Haynie signing Soldiering After The Vietnam War: Changed Soldiers In A Changed Country, 2PM
BookPeople, BARBARA NYE speaking & signing Somewhere a Bell is Ringing, 2PM
BookPeople, MATTHEW PRESCOTT speaking & signing Food is the Solution, 6PM
Half Price Books - South Lamar, local author Robert Lovelle Rooks will sell and sign his novel Filipina, 1PM
The Long Center, Deepak Chopra discussing and signing The Healing Self, 8PM
Corpus Christi
Ben F. McDonald Public Library, Writers' League of Texas presents "The Craft + Business of Writing" with Michael Noll and Becka Oliver, 11AM
BookPeople, BARBARA NYE speaking & signing Somewhere a Bell is Ringing, 2PM
BookPeople, MATTHEW PRESCOTT speaking & signing Food is the Solution, 6PM
Half Price Books - South Lamar, local author Robert Lovelle Rooks will sell and sign his novel Filipina, 1PM
The Long Center, Deepak Chopra discussing and signing The Healing Self, 8PM
Corpus Christi
Ben F. McDonald Public Library, Writers' League of Texas presents "The Craft + Business of Writing" with Michael Noll and Becka Oliver, 11AM
Pan African Connection Bookstore, The Lab presents a Discussion on Youth Mental Health and Gun Violence with Tamara Taylor & Mike Guinn, 3PM
Denton
Wine Squared, "Planet of the Angst" reading with Spiderweb Salon, 7PM
Fort Worth
Summerglen Library, Bam! Pow! Zoom! Create Your Own Graphic Novel, 1PM
Houston
Black Labrador, Plant The Seed: A Generative Workshop Hosted by Fuente Collective, 3PMDenton
Wine Squared, "Planet of the Angst" reading with Spiderweb Salon, 7PM
Fort Worth
Summerglen Library, Bam! Pow! Zoom! Create Your Own Graphic Novel, 1PM
Houston
Black Labrador, Failure to Identify Reading Series & Open Mic, 7PM
Brazos Bookstore, Luis Alberto Urrea reading and signing THE HOUSE OF BROKEN ANGELS, 7PM
Half Price Books - Clear Lake, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
Half Price Books - Clear Lake, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
Murder By the Book, C.S. Humble will sign and discuss The Massacre at Yellow Hill, 4:30PM
River Oaks Bookstore, Valerie Sweeten reading and signing her Shh, Listen series of children's books, 3PM
Lubbock
Lubbock
B&N, Do You Have a Dream :5 Keys to Realize Your Dream book signing with Grace Allison, 2PM
B&N, God Did It! We Experienced It! book signing with Claylan and Patricia Coursey, 3:30PM
Marfa
Crowley Theater, William Middleton discussing and signing Double Vision: The Unerring Eye of Art World Avatars Dominique and John de Menil, 6PM
Midland
B&N, Tyler Frick signing Prevailing Soul, 12PM
San Antonio
San Antonio Public Library - Central, Carolina Hinojosa-Cisneros and Erasmo Cisneros present "El Camino: An Afternoon of Poetry and Hope" featuring new and established poets + open mic, 2PM
B&N - Town Square, Celestina Blok signing Lost Restaurants of Fort Worth, 12PM
Sugar Land
Half Price Books, local author Shane Lassetter will sell and sign his young adult book Outlast: Geeks Will Gather, 12PM
Half Price Books, local author Shane Lassetter will sell and sign his young adult book Outlast: Geeks Will Gather, 12PM
Sulphur Springs
The Bookworm Box, Over the Rainbow: a book signing featuring ten authors, 1PM
Watauga
Half Price Books, local author K. V. Nguyen will sell and sign his book Your Home is Sick! 11 Ways to Make Your Home Energy Efficient, 1PM
Sunday, April 1:Watauga
Half Price Books, local author K. V. Nguyen will sell and sign his book Your Home is Sick! 11 Ways to Make Your Home Energy Efficient, 1PM
Austin
BookPeople, PAULA DISBROWE speaking & signing Food52 Any Night Grilling, 5PM
Half Price Books - The Mother Ship, local writer and poet Michael Neil will sell and sign his poetry book Voices from a Hanging Cliff, and local writer and poet Brittany Griffiths will sell and sign her poetry collection, 1PM
Dallas
The Foundry Club, Writing Workshops Dallas seminar: "Writing Villains as the Mirror of Heroes" with Amber Royer, 4PMHalf Price Books - The Mother Ship, local writer and poet Michael Neil will sell and sign his poetry book Voices from a Hanging Cliff, and local writer and poet Brittany Griffiths will sell and sign her poetry collection, 1PM
Mansfield
Half Price Books, Local Author Sundays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release!, while supplies last
