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Monday Roundup: TEXAS LITERARY CALENDAR April 16-22, 2018

Bookish goings-on in Texas for the week of April 16-22, 2018: 

Special Events:
Bishop Dunne Literary Festival with Jesmyn Ward, Dallas, April 16

National Book Awards Festival, Huntsville, April 16-17

Historical Manuscripts Auction, Dallas, April 18

North Texas Teen Book Festival, Irving, April 20-21

Poetry at Round Top, April 20-22

Ongoing Exhibits:
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

In His Own Words: The Life and Work of César Chávez (Humanities Texas), Del Rio, March 24-May 4

Monday, April 16:
Austin
Varina, 7PM [ticketed event]

UT, Jones Reading Room Series: a fiction reading by Jeff VanderMeer, 7PM

Clarendon
Burton Memorial Library, Jodi Thomas book signing for MORNINGS ON MAIN, 3PM

Dallas
Interabang Books, Brantley Hargrove discussing and signing THE MAN WHO CAUGHT THE STORM, 7PM

Houston
Brazos Bookstore, John Gibler discussing and signing I COULDN’T EVEN IMAGINE THAT THEY WOULD KILL US, 7PM

The Junior League, the World Affairs Council of Greater Houston presents Mikhail Gorbachev: His Life and Times with Pulitzer Prize Winner William Taubman, 7PM

Richardson
Richardson Public Library, Writers Guild of Texas meeting: Write Every Day with poet Nathan Brown, 7PM

Tuesday, April 17:
Austin
BookPeople, GABRIELLE BIRKNER and REBECCA SOFFER speaking & signing Modern Loss (with literature from The Christi Center, and storytelling by the following contributors: Stephanie Noll, Carolyn Cohagen, Nishta Mehra, Paul Normandin, and Kate Caldwell, 7PM

Central Presbyterian Church, the Texas Book Festival and Austin Film Festival host Lawrence Wright discussing and signing God Save Texas: A Journey into the Soul of the Lone Star State, 7PM

Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam featuring Erica Nicole, hosted by Jomar Valentin, 7PM

Cypress
Lone Star College, Presentation, Q&A, and Book Signing with Jan Jarboe Russell, author of The Train to Crystal City: FDR's Secret Prisoner Exchange Program and America's Only Family Internment Camp During World War II, 6:30PM

Dallas
B&N - Preston/Royal, Joe Wilkins signing Gates of the Arctic National Park: Twelve Years of Wilderness Exploration, 7PM

Interabang Books, Larry Enmon reading and signing THE BURIAL PLACE, 7PM

SMU - Owen Arts Center, William J. O’Neil Lecture in Business Journalism: Award-winning financial journalist Diana Henriques, author of A First-Class Catastrophe: The Road to Black Monday, the Worst Day in Wall Street History, 3:30PM

The Wild Detectives, John Gibler discussing and signing I Couldn’t Even Imagine That They Would Kill Us: An Oral History of the Attacks Against the Students of Ayotzinapa, 7:30PM

El Paso
The Black Orchid Lounge, BorderSenses' Barbed Wire Open Mic celebrates National Poetry Month, 8PM

Fort Davis
Jeff Davis County Public Library, Lonn Taylor discussing and signing Marfa for the Perplexed, 6PM

Fort Worth
The Dock Bookshop, Poetry Month Celebration featuring Leo Hassan, 8PM

Frisco
B&N - Stonebriar, Love & War: An Alex & Eliza Story book signing with Melissa de la Cruz, 7PM

Houston
Brazos Bookstore, poet DF Brown reading from and signing GHOST OF A PERSON PASSING IN FRONT OF THE FLAG, 7PM

Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston, (En)Lightning Talks Houston: Five leading thinkers have five minutes to spark your imagination on topics ranging from the impact of extended space travel to Houston’s social sculpture to the poetry of immigration, 8PM

Murder By the Book, Lee Goldberg will sign and discuss his first Ian Ludlow thriller, True Fiction, 6:30PM

San Antonio
The Mix, PuroSlam, 9:30PM

Tobin Oakwell Farms Library, Voices de la Luna Poetry Workshop with Lou Taylor, 6PM

The Twig Book Shop, Marion Oettinger discussing and signing San Antonio 1718: Art From Mexico, 5PM

San Marcos
Texas State - Alkek Library, The Wittliff Collections presents poet Cyrus Cassells reading from and signing his newest book, The Gospel According to Wild Indigo, 5PM

Tomball
Lone Star College, (Super) Heroines in Literature: Legends and Archetypes and Student Roundtable (a Humanities Texas event), 2PM

Wednesday, April 18:
Austin
BookPeople, MEG WOLITZER speaking & signing The Female Persuasion, 7PM

The North Door, Bedpost Confessions presents "Undone," 8PM

Dallas
The Wild Detectives, Noir at the Bar featuring readings from Michael Pool, Michael Bracken, Eryk Pruitt, Tim Bryant, Carlos Salas, Lyndee Walker, and Clay Reynolds, 7:30PM

EPCC Rio Grande, The Papagayo Project presents: Metaphorical Muze(sic) writing workshop and performance, 12:30PM

Frisco
B&N - Stonebriar, The Fates Divide book signing with Veronica Roth, 7PM [wristband event]

Houston
Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Slam, 7:30PM

San Antonio
Artpace, Punk Ruca: A Herstory New Work By poet Amalia Ortiz, 6PM

Trinity U, Trinity Review spring open mic, 8PM

Thursday, April 19:
Arlington
UT Central Library, CMAS Distinguished Speakers Series: Ramón Saldívar speaking on "Author, Genre, Data: Notes Toward a Historiography of Contemporary U.S. Ethnic Fiction," 6:30PM

Austin
Austin Central Library, Writers' League of Texas Third Thursday: Writing about Citizenship with Dr. Kathleen Brown, Christen Smith, Irwin Tang, and Liliana Valenzuela, 7PM

BookPeople, NIKKI MEREDITH speaking & signing The Manson Women and Me, 7PM

The North Door, Bedpost Confessions presents "Undone," 8PM

Bryan
SEAD Gallery & Bookshop, local author and professor Dr. David Flint will discuss his recently released business book, Think Beyond Value: Building Strategy to Win, 6:30PM

Dallas
Deep Vellum Books, Kermit Schweidel discussing and signing Folly Cove, 7PM

Interabang Books, Lawrence Wright discussing and signing GOD SAVE TEXAS, 7PM

Jones Day, the World Affairs Council of DFW Global Forum hosts Lawrence Wright discussing and signing God Save Texas: A Journey into the Soul of the Lone Star State, 12PM

Jones Day, the World Affairs Council of DFW presents Dueling Views of the Cold War’s End: A Conversation with Biographers of Mikhail Gorbachev and George H.W. Bush (followed by a book signing), 6PM

The Wild Detectives, Carlos Manuel Álvarez Rodríguez discussing and signing La Tribu. Retratos de Cuba, 7:30PM

Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Brantley Hargrove discussing and signing THE MAN WHO CAUGHT THE STORM, 7PM

Holocaust Museum Houston, Spring 2018 Public Lecture Series: Dr. Alex Alvarez, author of Unstable Ground: Climate Change, Conflict, and Genocide, 6:30PM

Kaboom Books, Dennis Abrams reading and signing I Was Cleopatra, 7PM

Midtown Arts & Theatre Center Houston, Oral Fixation presents "Out from Under the Rug: True Life Tales of Abortion," 8PM

Murder By the Book, Alex Grecian will sign and discuss The Saint of Wolves and Butchers, and Larry Enmon will sign and discuss The Burial Place, 6:30PM

Lewisville
B&N - Vista Ridge, Mustaches for Maddie book signing with Shelly Brown, 6:30PM

Midland
George W. Bush Childhood Home, Laura Bush Literacy Program reading event, 4:30PM

Nacogdoches
The Bosslight, book signing with Galveston authors Joy Jones and Jim Nelson, 6:30PM

San Antonio
St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Voices de la Luna Monthly Literary Event featuring poet Harold Rodinsky, 6PM

TAMUSA, Laurie Ann Guerrero: National Poetry Month Lecture, 6:30PM

Trinity U, MAS Alverez Seminar: "Virgin Territory: Latinidad, Feminity & Artistic Practice" with poet Analicia Sotelo, 6PM

San Marcos
Texas State - Alkek Library, The Wittliff Collections hosts a reading, discussion, and book signing with National Book Award-nominated author Lauren Groff, 3:30PM

Sugar Land
B&N - First Colony, Story time with local author Maria Ashworth, 10AM

Friday, April 20:
Alpine
Front Street Books, Lonn Taylor discussing and signing Marfa for the Perplexed, 6:30PM

Austin
Blanton Museum, The Michener Center for Writers presents a reading with Colson Whitehead, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author of The Underground Railroad, 7:30PM

BookPeople, DANIEL PEÑA speaking & signing BANG, 7PM

Dallas
Heroes Lounge, Dallas Lit Hop 2018: Ashe at Dallas Poetry Slam, 8PM

Denton
UNT, North Texas Review release party, 7PM

Houston
Brazos Bookstore, poet Sophie Klahr reading from and signing MEET ME HERE AT DAWN, 7PM

Midtown Arts & Theatre Center Houston, Oral Fixation presents "Out from Under the Rug: True Life Tales of Abortion," 8PM

Murder By the Book, David Ricciardi will sign and discuss Warning Light (with Meg Gardiner), 6:30PM

Kyle
Katherine Anne Porter Literary Center, a reading, discussion, and book signing with National Book Award-nominated author Lauren Groff, 7:30PM

Lufkin
Absolutely Fiction, Joy and Jim will be here to sign and talk about their newest book, Billy Love: A Pebble in the Galveston Sand, 5:30PM

San Antonio
Viva Tacoland, Gemini Ink Reading Series: a themed reading on the myth, mystery, and madness of San Antonio (followed by an open mic), 6:30PM

Webster
B&N - Baybrook, Meet Erin Parekh, author of Behowl the Moon, 11AM

Saturday, April 21:
Austin
BookPeople, SCOTT and JENNY JUREK speaking & signing NORTH, 6PM

Little Walnut Creek Library, Austin Poetry Society meeting: Found Poetry Workshop by Barbara Gregg, 1:30PM

St. Edward's University, Writers' League of Texas workshop: "Historical Fiction 101: Mastering Research and Drama" with James L. Haley, 10AM

Beaumont
Jefferson Theatre, Meet & Greet with Joe R. Lansdale, author of the Hap and Leonard series, followed by a book signing (hosted by Fleur Fine Books), 5:15PM

Belton
McWha Book Store, book signing with Christian evangelist, minister, author, and artist Dee Levens, 10AM

Borger
Hutchison County Library, Jodi Thomas talk and signing for MORNINGS ON MAIN, 2PM

Dallas
B&N - Preston/Royal, Lance Alston signs Wealthfulness: Simple Steps to Financial Health and Happiness, 2PM

Common Desk, Dallas Lit Hop 2018: Poets Prom, 8PM [red carpet at 7PM]

Texas Theatre, De Colores 1-year anniversary celebration with a LIVE podcast recording with Shea Serrano, New York Times bestselling author of Basketball (And Other Things), 7PM

The Writer's Garret, Workshop: "World Building in Speculative Fiction" with Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam, 1PM

El Paso
El Paso Public Library - Memorial Park, Tumblewords Project workshop: "Muze(sic) of the Moment" with Richie David Marrufo, 12:45PM

Star City Studios & OM Gallery, Noche de Bohemia: A Night of Music and Poetry, 8PM

Houston
B&N - River Oaks, Jackelyn Viera Iloff signing What if You Could? Find Faith in the Face of Fear, 2PM

B&N - Vanderbilt Square, Meet Artist Relford, author of The Untold Testimony, 2PM

Half Price Books - North Oaks, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last

Murder By the Book, C.S. Harris will sign and discuss the new Sebastian St. Cyr book, Why Kill The Innocent, 4:30PM

Platinum Title Partners, Houston Writers House presents: "Colonel Mustard in the Conference Room With His Pants Down: Workplace Investigations" with Pamela Fagan Hutchins, 1PM

River Oaks Bookstore, Lakesha C. Bradford discussing and signing In Case You Forgot: Reminders That God Is..., 3PM

Writespace, Workshop: "Writing About Your Life: Blogging and Publishing Personal Stories" with Leslie Contreras Schwartz, 1PM

Killeen
Black World Books, Financial Parenting workshop and book signing with Sheena Robinson, 1PM

Midland
B&N, Professor Sean Graham signing American Snakes, 11:30AM [snakes will be in attendance]

San Antonio
Dead Tree Books, Jan Notzon reading and signing The Id Paradox, 3PM

Gemini Ink, Poetry’s Vast Spaces: Exploring the Boundaries of Contemporary Poetry workshop with Aaron Deutsch, 10AM

The Twig Book Shop, Ron Bates signing The Unflushables, 11AM

South Padre Island
Paragraphs on Padre, writing workshop with national award-winning author Paula Bosco Damon, 1PM

Sugar Land
Fort Bend County Libraries - Sugar Land Branch, Sheba Akhtar, author of Of Colour and Form and numerous articles on art and architecture, will discuss Ancient Empires: Egypt (first in a new series), 2PM

Tyler
UT, Earth Day Speaker: Dr. Brian Chapmen will discuss his recent book, The Natural History of Texas, and several endangered species based on the the upcoming book, Texans on the Brink, 6PM

Watauga
Half Price Books, local author George Dalton will sell and sign his western novels, 12PM

Sunday, April 22:
Austin
BookPeople, LAURIE KILMARTIN speaking & signing Dead People Suck, 5PM

Dallas
EarthX at Fair Park, the World Affairs Council of DFW hosts Varun Sivaram discussing and signing Taming the Sun: Innovations to Harness Solar Energy and Power the Planet, 1PM

The Foundry Club, Writing Workshops Dallas seminar: "Telling Your Story: A Creative Workshop for Nonprofits" with Robin Myrick, 3PM

The Foundry Club, Writing Workshops Dallas seminar: "Writing Villains as the Mirror of Heroes" with Amber Royer, 4PM

Half Price Books - The Mother Ship, local author Joe Pappalardo will sell and sign his aeronautical book Spaceport Earth: The Reinvention of Spaceflight, 1PM

Interabang Books, Steve Copling reading and signing SAGE ALEXANDER AND THE BLOOD OF SETH, 2PM

El Paso
B&N - Sunland Park, Arlie Holmes Signing Murder: A Perfect End to Life, 12PM

Houston
Meyerland Performing and Visual Arts Middle School, Inprint's "Cool Brains" hosts Kwame Alexander reading, discussing, and signing Rebound, 3PM

San Antonio
Cody Library, Book Discussion with the Author: Isaura Barrera and Skilled Dialogue, 2PM

SAY Sí, Voices, Vibes and Visions with poet Glo Armmer, 11AM



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