• 2018 Pulpwood Queen’s Girlfriend Weekend, Nacogdoches, January 11-14

Ongoing Exhibits

• National Center for Children’s Illustrated Literature exhibition: The Illustrations of Melissa Sweet, Abilene, November 9-January 27

Sunday, January 7

Austin

• Malvern Books, an inclusive (mic-less) open mic for writers and musician in association with VSA Texas and the Pen2Paper Creative Writing Contest (a project of the Coalition of Texans with Disabilities), 1PM
• The Writing Barn, Workshop: “New Year, New You! Commit to Your Creativity” with Claire Campbell and Bethany Hegedus, 3PM

Dallas

• Half Price Books Mothership, Local Author Sundays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last

Houston

• Murder By the Book, Robert Crais will sign and discuss The Wanted, 4PM

San Antonio

• The Twig Book Shop, Catherine Nixon Cooke discusses and signs Powering a City: How Energy and Big Dreams Transformed San Antonio, 12PM

Monday, January 8

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Rob Reynolds reading and signing WIRE MOTHER MONKEY BABY, 7PM
• Spring Street Studios, Tooth & Tail: a staged reading and discussion with local playwright Elizabeth A. M. Keel, 7:30PM

Tuesday, January 9

Austin

• BookPeople, E.R. BILLS speaking & signing Texas Far and Wide, 7PM
• Home Slice Pizza, Austin Bat Cave Story Department presents “Out With the Old, In With the New”, 8PM
• Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam featuring ZAI Album Release (Host: Tova Charles), 7:15PM

Cedar Hill

• Zula Bryant Wylie Library, Dallas Area Writers Group meeting featuring publisher and award-winning author Anita Dickason, 7PM

Dallas

• Interbang Books, Jack Repp discussing and signing Dreams and Jealousy: The Story of Holocaust Survivor Jack Repp, 7PM

Denton

• Spiderweb Salon HQ, LOW POWER RADIO zine workshop, 7PM

Houston

• Murder By the Book, Michael H. Rubin will sign and discuss Cashed Out, 6:30PM

San Antonio

• The Mix, Puroslam!, 9:30PM

Wednesday, January 10

Austin

• BookPeople, BILL MINUTAGLIO and STEVE DAVIS speaking & signing The Most Dangerous Man in America, 7PM
• The Vortex, METAPHORICALLY CHALLENGED5 hosted by The Poetic Butcher, 6:55PM

Houston

• Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Slam, 7:30PM
• Holocaust Museum Houston, Professor Peter Hayes discussing Why?: Explaining the Holocaust, 6:30PM
• Murder By the Book, Brad Taylor will sign and discuss Operator Down, 6:30PM

Thursday, January 11

Austin

• BookPeople, AMIE KAUFMAN and MEAGAN SPOONER speaking & signing Unearthed (in conversation with Amy Tintera), 7PM
• BookWoman, Second Thursday Poetry Open Mic featuring Leticia Urieta (hosted by Cindy Huyser), 7:15PM
• Malvern Books, Novel Night with Rob Reynolds (Wire Mother Monkey Baby) and REYoung (Margarito and the Snowman), 7PM
• The Writing Barn, Workshop: “Submitting Your Work: The Key to the Perfect Query” with Molly Schulman, 6:30PM

Burnet

• Herman Brown Free Library, Coffee Talks Series presents Vanetta Chapman, author of the Shipshewana Amish Mystery Series and the Pebble Creek Amish Series, 1:30PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Bill Minutaglio & Stephen L. Davis discussing and signing THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN AMERICA, 7PM
• MECA, Savannah Blue Arts & Outreach presents Black Lines Poetry featuring Anthony McPherson, ranked 2nd in the world at the Individual World Poetry Slam 2017, RJ Wright, winner of the 2017 Bayou City Poetry Slam, and Nigerian poet Ayokunle Falomo, 7PM
• Rudyard’s Pub, Houston Public Poetry presents The PM Show featuring poets Chris Diaz, Sharon Marie Olson Rosales, Chris Wise, and Juliane Tran, 6:30PM

Plano

• Congregation Anshai Torah, JCC Dallas Bookfest series presents Randy Susan Meyers reading and signing The Widow of Wall Street, 7PM

San Antonio

• San Antonio Public Library – Carver, “Afro Pens and Conversations” (part of Dreamweek), 6:30PM

Sugar Land

• B&N – First Colony, Story time with local author Maria Ashworth, 10AM

Friday, January 12

Austin

• BookPeople, MELISSA HARTWIG speaking & signing Whole 30 Fast and Easy!, 7PM
• Malvern Books, “Borderless: Conversations on Art, Action, and Justice” featuring poet, playwright, and activist Nikki Luellen (in conversation with writer, educator, and Borderless founder Chaitali Sen), 7PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Anna Meriano reading and signing LOVE, SUGAR, MAGIC, 7PM
• Houston Museum of African American Culture, Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Fine Arts presents a reading by award-winning author Marcus Wicker, 7:30PM
• Katy Budget Books, Banned Books Discussion Group: how book banning happens, why it’s a problem, and what it’s looked like historically and in the present. If you’re interested in how the community can get involved in the current local situation involving The Hate U Give, come join in the conversation and find out what we can do as concerned community members, 7PM

Saturday, January 13

Alvarado

• Alvarado Public Library, Writers’ League of Texas presents a “Texas Writes” workshop with Texas authors Jeramey Kraatz and Karen Witemeyer, 10AM

Austin

• Apanas Coffee & Beer, NeoSoul Poetry Slam featuring Rage Almighty, 6PM
• BookPeople, Special Guest Author Story Time: Cristee Cook reading Your Hands Can Change the World, 11:30AM
• Half Price Books – North Lamar, local author Victorious Grace will sell and sign copies of her inspirational memoir, In the Hands of a Loving Father, 1PM

Dallas

• Interabang Books, Congratulations to Interabang Books for winning the Guiness World Record Bookstore Challenge! Join them today for a celebration with Josh Horton, who holds the record for the longest time juggling five basketballs at once (1 minute, 10.97 seconds), 1PM

El Paso

• El Paso Public Library – Memorial Park, Tumblewords Project Workshop: “Writing and Riding The Border: Poems From Your Spinning Wheels” with Lawrence Welsh, 12:45PM

Galveston

• Galveston Bookshop, Alvin L. Sallee signing Galveston Wharf Stories: People, Places, and Progress, 2PM

Houston

• Half Price Books – Clear Lake, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
• Last Concert Cafe, Transcendent Zero Press presents the New Year Shindig 2018 with poets Anis Shivani, Kingsley, Victor “Birdman 313” Johnson, and Mark Jodon, 7PM
• River Oaks Bookstore, Dirk Weisiger discussing and signing Leave Tomorrow: My Journey to the Bottom of the World, 3PM

Plano

• B&N – Preston Colonnade, Polly Holyoke signing The Neptune Promise, the final book in her award-winning Neptune Trilogy for children, 2PM

Richardson

• Chocolate Angel, Fresh Fiction Afternoon Tea with Sabrina A. Fish (Diomere’s Exile) and C.A. Szarek (Crossing Forces series), 3:30PM

San Antonio

• Jump-Start Performing Arts Center, “Stronger Together: Neighbors in Sovereignty” – poems recreated into performances with an open-mic poetry slam to follow, 7PM
• San Antonio Public Library – Central, Our Family Reads: The Mayor’s Book Club Kick Off, 2PM
• The Twig Book Shop, Aaron Pratt and Javier Zamora reading and signing J.J. and the Steel Dragon, 11AM
  

Webster

• B&N – Baybrook, Gulf Coast Poets meeting featuring Outspoken Bean, 10:30AM

The Woodlands

• B&N – Woodlands Mall, Karen Norton signing Mom, God’s Got This: Jamie’s Story, 2PM

Sunday, January 14

Austin

• Half Price Books – North Lamar, local author Sharon Hudson will sell and sign her children’s book, Millie’s Song of Courage, and local author Therone Shellman will sell and sign his spiritual book, Third Eye Awakening, 1PM
• Malvern Books, Austin Writers Roulette presents “Shock of a New Beginning,” 4PM

Dallas

• The Foundry Club, Writing Workshops Dallas presents “Set Your Writing Goals for 2018” with Whitney Davis, 3PM
• Half Price Books Mothership, Local Author Sunday: meet local authors and pick up their latest release, 1PM

Houston

• Meyerland Performing and Visual Arts Middle School, Inprint Houston and Blue Willow Bookshop present “Cool Brains!” with Newbery Honor Award-winner Ann M. Martin, 3PM

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