Bookish events in Texas for the week of March 21 - 27, 2016:
Wildcatter Exchange, Fort Worth, March 25 - 26
Ongoing Exhibits:
Encounters and Discoveries in Literature: Celebrating Arte Público Press and Twentieth Century Latina/o Literature, Houston, January 18 - June 30
Fact, Fiction, and the New World: The Role of Books in the Making of America, Honey Grove, March 1 - 31
Shakespeare's First Folio Exhibit, College Station, March 8 - April 3
In His Own Words: The Life and Work of César Chávez, San Antonio, March 15 - April 30
Monday, March 21:
Fort Worth
San Antonio
San AntonioBrazos Bookstore, Wendy Paris discusses and signs SPLITOPIA, 7PM
Murder By the Book, Harlan Coben will sign and discuss his newest stand alone novel, Fool Me Once, 6:30PM [TICKETS REQUIRED]
Poison Girl Bar, Poison Pen Reading Series presents Jill Talbot, author of Metawritings: Toward a Theory of Nonfiction, 8:30PM
Six Square District Office, a literary salon with Cherrie Moraga, editor of This Bridge Called My Back, 6PM
HoustonBrazos Bookstore, Gulf Coast Journal reading series with poet Wayne Miller and fiction writers Dino Enrique Piacentini, Julia Brown and Selena Anderson, 7PM
Murder By the Book, Lyndsay Faye will sign and discuss her newest novel, Jane Steele, 6:30PM
BookPeople, Local Author DOUGLAS BRINKLEY speaking & signing Rightful Heritage, 3PM
BookPeople, Austin Author & Political Historian CHUCK BAILEY speaking & signing Picturing Texas Politics: A Photographic History from Sam Houston to Rick Perry, 6PM
Ballinger
El PasoMemorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: "Riding the Range with your Voice" with Sheela Wolford , 12:45PM
Galveston
Galveston Bookshop, Kelton D. Sams, Jr. signs Growing Up in Galveston, Texas: Walls Came Tumbling Down, 12PM
Galveston Bookshop, Mike Cox signs Gunfights and Sites in Texas Ranger History, 2PM
HoustonBrazos Bookstore, Travis Ian Smith reads and signs INDIE DARLING, 7PM
Murder By the Book, J. Aaron Sanders will sign and discuss Speakers Of The Dead: A Walt Whitman Mystery, 4:30PM
River Oaks Bookstore, Denise Ditto reads and signs The Tooth Collector Fairies: Batina's Best First Day, 3PM
Half Price Books - Broadway, Lesli Hicks will sell and sign her memoir about her adopted special needs child, Slow Takes a Long Time, 1PM
Palo Alto College Performing Arts Center, Gemini Ink Autograph Series: Public reading with Sandra Cisneros, 7PM
Southlake
B&N - Town Square, Book Signing for Author Michelle Stewart signs Complete Faith: 31 Days of Practical Teachings for Complete Faith in God, 1PM
The Woodlands
B&N - Woodlands Mall, Beauty Begins: Making Peace with Your Reflection book signing with Chris Shook and Megan Shook Alpha, 11AM
Sunday, March 27:B&N - Preston/Royal, William Vargas signs A Family Living in Darkness and A Father's Covenant, 2PM
Special Events:
Wildcatter Exchange, Fort Worth, March 25 - 26
Ongoing Exhibits:
Shakespeare in Print and Performance, Austin, December 21 - May 29
Encounters and Discoveries in Literature: Celebrating Arte Público Press and Twentieth Century Latina/o Literature, Houston, January 18 - June 30
Fact, Fiction, and the New World: The Role of Books in the Making of America, Honey Grove, March 1 - 31
Shakespeare's First Folio Exhibit, College Station, March 8 - April 3
In His Own Words: The Life and Work of César Chávez, San Antonio, March 15 - April 30
Monday, March 21:
Austin
BookPeople, Award-Winning Austin Comedian ZACH ANNER speaking & signing If at Birth You Don't Succeed, 7PM
Brownsville
UT RGV, ire'ne lara silva conducts the Grito Writing Workshop, 3PM
UT RGV, Celebremos Nuestra Gloria: featuring ire'ne lara silva and local poets, 6PM
Frisco
B&N - Stonebriar, Omega Rising (Voyagers Series #3) signing with Patrick Carman, 6PM
Tuesday, March 22:
BookPeople, Award-Winning Austin Comedian ZACH ANNER speaking & signing If at Birth You Don't Succeed, 7PM
Brownsville
UT RGV, ire'ne lara silva conducts the Grito Writing Workshop, 3PM
UT RGV, Celebremos Nuestra Gloria: featuring ire'ne lara silva and local poets, 6PM
Frisco
B&N - Stonebriar, Omega Rising (Voyagers Series #3) signing with Patrick Carman, 6PM
Tuesday, March 22:
Austin
The Association of Small Bombs, 7PM
Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM
The Cactus Cafe, Bat City Review reading featuring poet Micah Bateman, fiction from James Domingo Madrigal & Marco Verdoni, and a special performance from playwright Megan Tabaque, 7PM
Dallas
Horchow Auditorium, Arts & Letters Live presents Hanya Yanagihara, author of A Little Life, in conversation with KERA's Krys Boyd, 7:30PMSpider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM
The Cactus Cafe, Bat City Review reading featuring poet Micah Bateman, fiction from James Domingo Madrigal & Marco Verdoni, and a special performance from playwright Megan Tabaque, 7PM
Dallas
Fort Worth
The Dock Bookshop, Fort Worth Poetry Slam and Open Mic, 8PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Sandra Zalman discusses and signs CONSUMING SURREALISM IN AMERICAN CULTURE, 7PM
Brazos Bookstore, Sandra Zalman discusses and signs CONSUMING SURREALISM IN AMERICAN CULTURE, 7PM
San Antonio
The Korova, PuroSlam! with DJ Donnie Dee, 10PM
Villa Finale's Meusebach House, San Antonio's Historic Architecture presentation & book signing with T. Irwin, 5:30PM
Trinity University - Chapman Auditorium, Jan Jarboe Russell presents The Train to Crystal City, 6PM
Wednesday, March 23:
Villa Finale's Meusebach House, San Antonio's Historic Architecture presentation & book signing with T. Irwin, 5:30PM
Trinity University - Chapman Auditorium, Jan Jarboe Russell presents The Train to Crystal City, 6PM
Wednesday, March 23:
Austin
Hardworking Honey Bee, 11AM
BookPeople, Bestselling Author HANYA YANAGIHARA speaking & signing A Little Life, in conversation with Clay Smith of Kirkus Reviews, 7PM [TICKETS REQUIRED]
grayDUCK Gallery, Disparate Elements reading series presents Jennifer Whalen, Andrews Sullivan, John Gosslee and Patrick Ryan Frank, 7PM
Dallas
Kettle Arts Gallery, Pegasus Reading Series featuring L.E. GOLDSTEIN, JI YOON LEE, and GAYLE REAVES-KING, 7PM
UT Dallas - Center for Values, Joan Slonczewski, author of Microbiology: An Evolving Science, presents "The Good Viruses: How Viruses Enhance Life and Improve our Genomes," 7:30PM
Houston
Hardworking Honey Bee, 11AM
BookPeople, Bestselling Author HANYA YANAGIHARA speaking & signing A Little Life, in conversation with Clay Smith of Kirkus Reviews, 7PM [TICKETS REQUIRED]
grayDUCK Gallery, Disparate Elements reading series presents Jennifer Whalen, Andrews Sullivan, John Gosslee and Patrick Ryan Frank, 7PM
Dallas
Kettle Arts Gallery, Pegasus Reading Series featuring L.E. GOLDSTEIN, JI YOON LEE, and GAYLE REAVES-KING, 7PM
UT Dallas - Center for Values, Joan Slonczewski, author of Microbiology: An Evolving Science, presents "The Good Viruses: How Viruses Enhance Life and Improve our Genomes," 7:30PM
Houston
AvantGarden, Write About Now poetry open mic, 7:30PM
B&N - Westheimer, Gary Whitney signs Thistle Downe, 10AM
B&N - Westheimer, Suzanne Huffer signing Earl Wilson, 1PM
Brasil Cafe, Glass Mountain reading, 7PM
B&N - Westheimer, Gary Whitney signs Thistle Downe, 10AM
B&N - Westheimer, Suzanne Huffer signing Earl Wilson, 1PM
Brasil Cafe, Glass Mountain reading, 7PM
Palo Alto College, opening reception for the San Antonio Poetry Archive with San Antonio Poet Laureate Laurie Ann Guerrero, 6PM
The Twig Book Shop, James McGrath Morris discusses and signs Eye on the Struggle: Ethel Payne, the First Lady of the Black Press, 5PM
The Twig Book Shop, James McGrath Morris discusses and signs Eye on the Struggle: Ethel Payne, the First Lady of the Black Press, 5PM
Thursday, March 24:
Austin
BookPeople, Austin Author ANTONIO RUIZ-CAMACHO In Conversation With ELIZABETH MCCRACKEN and speaking & signing Barefoot Dogs, 7PM
Cheer Up Charlie's, Everything Is Bigger reading series presents: Katelin Kelly, Ben Seanor, Paz Pardo and Cyrus Cassells, 7PM
Stateside at the Paramount, Is there life after Lubbock? Stories, poetry and music with Jaston Williams and Kimmie Rhodes, 8PM
UT - Gender & Sexuality Center, This Bridge Called My Back: a literary celebration with Cherrie Moraga, 6PM
Dallas
Cheer Up Charlie's, Everything Is Bigger reading series presents: Katelin Kelly, Ben Seanor, Paz Pardo and Cyrus Cassells, 7PM
Stateside at the Paramount, Is there life after Lubbock? Stories, poetry and music with Jaston Williams and Kimmie Rhodes, 8PM
UT - Gender & Sexuality Center, This Bridge Called My Back: a literary celebration with Cherrie Moraga, 6PM
Dallas
The Wild Detectives, First Hearings: Miroslav Penkov reads and signs Stork Mountain, 7:30PM
Frisco
B&N - Stonebriar, Five Kingdoms #4: Death Weavers signing with Brandon Mull, 7PM
Houston
Frisco
B&N - Stonebriar, Five Kingdoms #4: Death Weavers signing with Brandon Mull, 7PM
Houston
Murder By the Book, Harlan Coben will sign and discuss his newest stand alone novel, Fool Me Once, 6:30PM [TICKETS REQUIRED]
Poison Girl Bar, Poison Pen Reading Series presents Jill Talbot, author of Metawritings: Toward a Theory of Nonfiction, 8:30PM
Lubbock
Texas Tech English Auditorium, Creative Writing Reading Series presents Dennis Covington, author of Revelation, 7:30PM
San Antonio
B&N - La Cantera, Omega Rising (Voyagers Series #3) book signing with Patrick Carman, 6:30PM
Half Price Books - Broadway, S.K. Alfstad will sell and sign his Christian mystery, Code Name Joshua, 1PM
Half Price Books - Huebner, S.K. Alfstad will sell and sign his Christian mystery, Code Name Joshua, 6PM
The Twig Book Shop, Jan Tilley discusses and signs Eat Well to Be Well, 5PM
Friday, March 25:
San Antonio
B&N - La Cantera, Omega Rising (Voyagers Series #3) book signing with Patrick Carman, 6:30PM
Half Price Books - Broadway, S.K. Alfstad will sell and sign his Christian mystery, Code Name Joshua, 1PM
Half Price Books - Huebner, S.K. Alfstad will sell and sign his Christian mystery, Code Name Joshua, 6PM
The Twig Book Shop, Jan Tilley discusses and signs Eat Well to Be Well, 5PM
Friday, March 25:
Austin
BookPeople, Debut Novelist ANDREA DUNLOP speaking & signing Losing the Light, 7PMSix Square District Office, a literary salon with Cherrie Moraga, editor of This Bridge Called My Back, 6PM
Houston
Murder By the Book, Lyndsay Faye will sign and discuss her newest novel, Jane Steele, 6:30PM
Saturday, March 26:
Austin
Austin Community College - Highland, Writers' League of Texas workshop: "Building a Novel Out of Scenes" with Brian Yansky, 9AMBookPeople, Local Author DOUGLAS BRINKLEY speaking & signing Rightful Heritage, 3PM
BookPeople, Austin Author & Political Historian CHUCK BAILEY speaking & signing Picturing Texas Politics: A Photographic History from Sam Houston to Rick Perry, 6PM
Half Price Books - South Lamar, children’s author Jennifer Rustgi will sell and sign her A Moon of My Own, 1PM
Ballinger
Bickel and Company, F.C. Pearce signing her first novel, Listen for the Morning Dove, 10:30AM
Dallas
B&N - Preston/Royal, Gerald Brence signs Ox in the Culvert, 1PMDallas
El Paso
Galveston
Galveston Bookshop, Kelton D. Sams, Jr. signs Growing Up in Galveston, Texas: Walls Came Tumbling Down, 12PM
Galveston Bookshop, Mike Cox signs Gunfights and Sites in Texas Ranger History, 2PM
Houston
Murder By the Book, J. Aaron Sanders will sign and discuss Speakers Of The Dead: A Walt Whitman Mystery, 4:30PM
River Oaks Bookstore, Denise Ditto reads and signs The Tooth Collector Fairies: Batina's Best First Day, 3PM
Lubbock
Esperanza Peace and Justice Center, The Power of “This Bridge:” A plática with Cherríe Moraga, 7PMB&N, Images of America: Slaton by Cathy Whitten book signing, 1PM
Midland
B&N, Book Signing: C.T. Ford, author of Rainbow Wings, 1PM
Plano
B&N - Creekwalk Village, Nick Farrell signs In Spite of Me, 2PM
Midland
B&N, Book Signing: C.T. Ford, author of Rainbow Wings, 1PM
Plano
B&N - Creekwalk Village, Nick Farrell signs In Spite of Me, 2PM
Round Rock
B&N - La Frontera, Romance Author Double Header: Mary Alford, author of Rocky Mountain Pursuit, and Jolene Navarro, author of A Texas Christmas Wish, 2PM
San Antonio
Half Price Books - Broadway, Lesli Hicks will sell and sign her memoir about her adopted special needs child, Slow Takes a Long Time, 1PM
Palo Alto College Performing Arts Center, Gemini Ink Autograph Series: Public reading with Sandra Cisneros, 7PM
Southlake
B&N - Town Square, Book Signing for Author Michelle Stewart signs Complete Faith: 31 Days of Practical Teachings for Complete Faith in God, 1PM
The Woodlands
B&N - Woodlands Mall, Beauty Begins: Making Peace with Your Reflection book signing with Chris Shook and Megan Shook Alpha, 11AM
Sunday, March 27:
Dallas
