Bookish events in Texas for the week of May 2-8, 2016:
Children's Book Week, May 2 - 8
Gulf Coast Indie Book Fair, Houston, May 7
39th Annual O. Henry Pun-Off World Championships, Austin, May 7
Ongoing Exhibits:
Encounters and Discoveries in Literature: Celebrating Arte Público Press and Twentieth Century Latina/o Literature, Houston, January 18 - June 30
Necessary Work: Bryce Milligan's World of Words and Design, San Antonio, April 9 - May 21
Texas Writers Exhibition, Dallas, April 17 - May 14
Monday, May 2:
Murder By the Book, Renee Patrick will sign and discuss Design for Dying, 6:30PM
Tuesday, May 3:
Horchow Auditorium, Arts & Letters Live: StoryCorps founder Dave Isay presents Callings: The Purpose and Passion of Work, 7:30PM
The Wild Detectives, Dallas Women in Writing panel discussion with Sanderia Faye, Kathleen Kent, Suzanne Frank and Sarah Hepola (part of Women Galore), 7:30PM
Fort Worth
Murder By the Book, L.S. Hilton will sign and discuss Maestra, 6:30PM
Marfa
Marfa Book Company, a reading with poets and Smoking Glue Gun publishers Blake Lee Pate and Taylor Jacob Tate, 5:30PM
Brazos Bookstore, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni reads and signs BEFORE WE VISIT THE GODDESS, 7PM
Rudyard's, Storm Songs & Stories: a multimedia open mic featuring stories, spoken word pieces, songs and poems on the subject of Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Ike, 8PM
University of St. Thomas - Crooker Center, Walt Whitman birthday celebration: Eight poets will read from their work published in the anthology, Far Out: Poems of the '60s, 7PM
Thursday, May 5:
Brazos Bookstore, Ken Ilgunas discusses and signs TRESPASSING ACROSS AMERICA, 7PM
Lubbock
B&N - Arboretum, Dana Barney signs Flatline, 2PM
BookPeople, Story time: BRIAN LIES reading & signing Gator Dad, 11:30AM
BookPeople, Curator of TED Talks CHRIS ANDERSON speaking and signing TED Talks: The Official Ted Guide to Public Speaking, 7PM
Malvern Books, Hothouse Literary Journal Release Party, 4PM
St. Edward's University, Writers' League of Texas workshop: "Taking the Mystery out of Writing Mysteries" with Karen MacInerney, 9AM
The Writing Barn, In Depth Day of Craft and Convo with Literary Agent Erzsi Deak, 9:30AM
Dallas
Blue Willow Bookshop, Pat Miller will share and sign her new picture book, THE HOLE STORY OF THE DOUGHNUT, 11AM
Houston Public Library - Central, Public Poetry celebrates its 5th anniversary with poets Emmy Pérez, Conor Bracken, Emily Bludworth de Barrios and Brandon Lampson, 2PM
Katy Budget Books, Wendy Isaac Bergin signs Threshold of Eden and The Piper's Story, 2PM
The Woodlands
Lone Star College - Montgomery, Annual Walt Whitman Birthday Celebration, 3PM
Special Events:
Children's Book Week, May 2 - 8
Gulf Coast Indie Book Fair, Houston, May 7
39th Annual O. Henry Pun-Off World Championships, Austin, May 7
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
Necessary Work: Bryce Milligan's World of Words and Design, San Antonio, April 9 - May 21
Texas Writers Exhibition, Dallas, April 17 - May 14
Monday, May 2:
Allen
Allen Public Library, Meet Jamie Ford author of Hotel On The Corner of Bitter and Sweet and Songs of Willow Frost, 7:30PM
Austin
BookPeople, Founder of StoryCorps Dave Isay speaking & signing Callings: The Purpose and Passion of Work, 7PM
Dallas
SMU - McFarlin Auditorium, The Ebby Halliday Companies Lecture: James Carville, author of It’s the Middle Class, Stupid!, and Karl Rove, author of The Triumph of William McKinley: Why the Election of 1896 Still Matters, moderated by Jim Lehrer, 8PM
Houston
Freddy the Frogcaster and the Terrible Tornado book signing with Janice Dean, 7PMAllen Public Library, Meet Jamie Ford author of Hotel On The Corner of Bitter and Sweet and Songs of Willow Frost, 7:30PM
Austin
BookPeople, Founder of StoryCorps Dave Isay speaking & signing Callings: The Purpose and Passion of Work, 7PM
Dallas
SMU - McFarlin Auditorium, The Ebby Halliday Companies Lecture: James Carville, author of It’s the Middle Class, Stupid!, and Karl Rove, author of The Triumph of William McKinley: Why the Election of 1896 Still Matters, moderated by Jim Lehrer, 8PM
Houston
Tuesday, May 3:
Austin
BookPeople, NANCI TURNER STEVESON speaking & signing Swing Sideways, 7PM
The North Door, Owen Egerton's ONE PAGE SALON with Nina Swamidoss McConigley, John Erler, John Pipkin, Tatiana Ryckman and David R. Perkins, 7:30PM
Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM
Dallas
B&N - Lincoln Park, Freddy the Frogcaster and the Terrible Tornado book signing with Janice Dean, 6:30PMThe North Door, Owen Egerton's ONE PAGE SALON with Nina Swamidoss McConigley, John Erler, John Pipkin, Tatiana Ryckman and David R. Perkins, 7:30PM
Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM
Dallas
Horchow Auditorium, Arts & Letters Live: StoryCorps founder Dave Isay presents Callings: The Purpose and Passion of Work, 7:30PM
The Wild Detectives, Dallas Women in Writing panel discussion with Sanderia Faye, Kathleen Kent, Suzanne Frank and Sarah Hepola (part of Women Galore), 7:30PM
Fort Worth
The Dock Bookshop, Fort Worth Poetry Slam and Open Mic, 8PM
Houston
Asia Society Texas Center, Authors and Asia: Somini Sengupta discusses and signs The End of Karma: Hope and Fury Among India’s Young, 7PM
Katy Budget Books, Dale Tyson discusses and signs Work Yourself Out of a Job: Take Control of Your Destiny and Reap the Rewards You Desire, 6:30PM
Asia Society Texas Center, Authors and Asia: Somini Sengupta discusses and signs The End of Karma: Hope and Fury Among India’s Young, 7PM
Katy Budget Books, Dale Tyson discusses and signs Work Yourself Out of a Job: Take Control of Your Destiny and Reap the Rewards You Desire, 6:30PM
Marfa
Marfa Book Company, a reading with poets and Smoking Glue Gun publishers Blake Lee Pate and Taylor Jacob Tate, 5:30PM
San Antonio
The Korova, PuroSlam with DJ Donnie Dee, 10PM
Viva Tacoland, The Big Give SA: Step Up to the Mic for Gemini Ink, 12PM
Wednesday, May 4:
Viva Tacoland, The Big Give SA: Step Up to the Mic for Gemini Ink, 12PM
Wednesday, May 4:
Austin
BookPeople, Writer and Musician CAROLINE GNAGY speaking & signing Texas Jailhouse Music: A Prison Band History, 7PM
Bullock Museum, High Noon Talk: Jeffrey Meikle presents Postcard America, 12PM
BookPeople, Writer and Musician CAROLINE GNAGY speaking & signing Texas Jailhouse Music: A Prison Band History, 7PM
Bullock Museum, High Noon Talk: Jeffrey Meikle presents Postcard America, 12PM
The Paramount Theatre, an evening with humor writer David Sedaris, 8PM
Cypress
Avanti Senior Living at Towne Lake, Dayna Steele will discuss and sign Surviving Alzheimer's with Friends, Facebook and a Really Big Glass of Wine, 6PM
Dallas
Winspear Opera House, Stephen Dubner (Freakonomics) and Faith Salie (Approval Junkie) will discuss profitable thinking, 7:30PM
Fort Worth
Cypress
Avanti Senior Living at Towne Lake, Dayna Steele will discuss and sign Surviving Alzheimer's with Friends, Facebook and a Really Big Glass of Wine, 6PM
Dallas
Winspear Opera House, Stephen Dubner (Freakonomics) and Faith Salie (Approval Junkie) will discuss profitable thinking, 7:30PM
Fort Worth
TCU Bookstore, Meet the Author: Loli Kanto signs BEYOND THE FOREST: Jewish Presence in Eastern Europe 2004-2012, 4PM
Houston
Houston
Rudyard's, Storm Songs & Stories: a multimedia open mic featuring stories, spoken word pieces, songs and poems on the subject of Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Ike, 8PM
University of St. Thomas - Crooker Center, Walt Whitman birthday celebration: Eight poets will read from their work published in the anthology, Far Out: Poems of the '60s, 7PM
Thursday, May 5:
Austin
BookPeople, Humane Society President and CEO WAYNE PACELLE in conversation with JOHN MACKEY speaking & signing The Humane Economy: How Innovators and Elightened Consumers are Transforming the Lives of Animals, 7PM
Malvern Books, Fantastical Fictions with Stina Leicht, 7PM
Mr. Catfish & More, NeoSoul Poetry ATX, 8PM
Conroe
Lone Star College - Montgomery, Whitman, the First Hippie: Panel discussion of poet Walt Whitman, 3PM
Denton
UNT on the Square, Miroslav Penkov will discuss his research for and read from Stork Mountain, 7PM
Malvern Books, Fantastical Fictions with Stina Leicht, 7PM
Mr. Catfish & More, NeoSoul Poetry ATX, 8PM
Conroe
Lone Star College - Montgomery, Whitman, the First Hippie: Panel discussion of poet Walt Whitman, 3PM
Denton
UNT on the Square, Miroslav Penkov will discuss his research for and read from Stork Mountain, 7PM
Fort WorthTCU Bookstore, Meet the Author: Loli Kanto signs BEYOND THE FOREST: Jewish Presence in Eastern Europe 2004-2012, 4PM
Houston
Blue Willow Bookshop, Fierce Reads 2016 tour with Cecelia Ahern, Harriet Reuter Hapgood, Marie Rutkoski and local author Jennifer Mathieu, 7PMLubbock
Texas Tech, Creative Writing Reading Series presents Mara Naselli, 7:30PM
The Woodlands
Black Walnut Cafe, 25th Annual Whitman Gathering of Poets: Reading by more than 20 published poets, 7PM
Friday, May 6:
HoustonBrazos Bookstore, Inka Mathew discusses and signs TINY PANTONE OBJECTS, 7PM
Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center, Connie Kang, Ji Jiahuang and Zeng Jianjun discuss Zhinqing: Stories from China’s Special Generation by Houston Zhiqing Writers Group, 10AM
River Oaks Bookstore, William Norwich will discuss and sign My Mrs. Brown, 5PM
San Antonio
The Dominion Country Club, Coleen Grissom, author of The World According to Coleen and A Novel Approach to Life, will speak at the Dominion Women's Forum, 11:30AM
The Twig Book Shop, Texas Meets New Mexico: Two Women Poets reading & book signing with Sharon Olinka and Veronica Golos, 6:30PM
Saturday, May 7:
The Woodlands
Black Walnut Cafe, 25th Annual Whitman Gathering of Poets: Reading by more than 20 published poets, 7PM
Friday, May 6:
Austin
Malvern Books, Pterodáctilo Poetry & Ptamale Party, 7PMDallas
B&N - Lincoln Park, The Humane Economy: How Innovators and Enlightened Consumers Are Transforming the Lives of Animals book signing with Wayne Pacelle, 7PM
B&N - Lincoln Park, The Humane Economy: How Innovators and Enlightened Consumers Are Transforming the Lives of Animals book signing with Wayne Pacelle, 7PM
B&N - Preston/Royal, Martha Lemasters signs The Step: One Wonam's Journey to Finding Her Own Happiness and Success During the Apollo Space Program, 2PM
Houston
River Oaks Bookstore, William Norwich will discuss and sign My Mrs. Brown, 5PM
San Antonio
The Dominion Country Club, Coleen Grissom, author of The World According to Coleen and A Novel Approach to Life, will speak at the Dominion Women's Forum, 11:30AM
The Twig Book Shop, Texas Meets New Mexico: Two Women Poets reading & book signing with Sharon Olinka and Veronica Golos, 6:30PM
Saturday, May 7:
Arlington
B&N - The Parks Mall, The Step: One Woman's Journey to Finding her Own Happiness and Success During the Apollo Space Program book signing with Martha Lemasters, 3PM
Austin
AT&T Executive Education & Conference Center, Listen to Your Mother: a series of original readings performed live on stage by their authors, 7PMB&N - The Parks Mall, The Step: One Woman's Journey to Finding her Own Happiness and Success During the Apollo Space Program book signing with Martha Lemasters, 3PM
Austin
B&N - Arboretum, Dana Barney signs Flatline, 2PM
BookPeople, Story time: BRIAN LIES reading & signing Gator Dad, 11:30AM
BookPeople, Curator of TED Talks CHRIS ANDERSON speaking and signing TED Talks: The Official Ted Guide to Public Speaking, 7PM
Malvern Books, Hothouse Literary Journal Release Party, 4PM
St. Edward's University, Writers' League of Texas workshop: "Taking the Mystery out of Writing Mysteries" with Karen MacInerney, 9AM
The Writing Barn, In Depth Day of Craft and Convo with Literary Agent Erzsi Deak, 9:30AM
B&N - Preston/Royal, Wanda Spears signs The Bedtime Song and My Handprints, 11:30AM
El Paso
Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: "The Mother of It All" with Azucena Domínguez, 12:45PM
Fort Worth
Fort Worth
The Dock Bookshop, The Dock Bookshop 8th Anniversary Celebration & Fundraiser, 6PM
Houston
B&N - Westheimer, Cara Skinner signs General Houston's Little Spy, 1PMHouston
Blue Willow Bookshop, Pat Miller will share and sign her new picture book, THE HOLE STORY OF THE DOUGHNUT, 11AM
Houston Public Library - Central, Public Poetry celebrates its 5th anniversary with poets Emmy Pérez, Conor Bracken, Emily Bludworth de Barrios and Brandon Lampson, 2PM
Katy Budget Books, Wendy Isaac Bergin signs Threshold of Eden and The Piper's Story, 2PM
Murder By the Book, Ace Atkins will sign and discuss Robert B. Parker's Slow Burn, 4:30PM
River Oaks Bookstore, Howard T. Joe will discuss Essential Guide to Treat Diabetes and to Lower Cholesterol, 1PM
Writespace, Workshop: Jumpstart Your Writing with Holly Walrath, 1PM
River Oaks Bookstore, Howard T. Joe will discuss Essential Guide to Treat Diabetes and to Lower Cholesterol, 1PM
Writespace, Workshop: Jumpstart Your Writing with Holly Walrath, 1PM
Hurst
B&N - North East Mall, The Step: One's Woman's Journey to Finding her Own Happiness and Success During the Apollo Space Program book signing with Martha Lemasters, 1PM
Pearland
B&N, Paula King-Harper signs Prosperous Living, 12PMSan Antonio
Gemini Ink, Reading Deeply/Writing Deeply: Talking Back to the Gods workshop with Veronica Golos, 10AM
The Twig Book Shop, Linda Brooks reads and signs The Calling of Ella McFarland, 11AM
Southlake
B&N - Town Square, Loiacono Literary Agency Presents a Collaborative Author Signing with Kathleen M. Rodgers, Drema Berkheimer and Jan Morrill, 1PM
Southlake
B&N - Town Square, Loiacono Literary Agency Presents a Collaborative Author Signing with Kathleen M. Rodgers, Drema Berkheimer and Jan Morrill, 1PM
B&N - Town Square, Illuminae book signing with Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff, 5PM
The Woodlands
Lone Star College - Montgomery, Annual Walt Whitman Birthday Celebration, 3PM
Sunday, May 8:
Austin
BookPeople, Award-winning YA Authors AMIE KAUFMAN & JAY KRISTOFF speaking and signing Illuminae, and Local YA Author AMY TINTERA speaking & signing Ruined, 2PM
Malvern Books, Mother’s Day Reading with Revolution Writing Workshop, 1PM
BookPeople, Award-winning YA Authors AMIE KAUFMAN & JAY KRISTOFF speaking and signing Illuminae, and Local YA Author AMY TINTERA speaking & signing Ruined, 2PM
Malvern Books, Mother’s Day Reading with Revolution Writing Workshop, 1PM
Malvern Books, Austin Writers Roulette presents "Saying the Magic Words," 4PM
