• FronteraFest 2018, Austin, January 16-February 17
• How to Self-Publish Your Book — Economically, Quickly, and Professionally, Dallas, January 23-February 6

Ongoing Exhibits

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

Sunday, January 21

Austin

• B&N – Arboretum, Charlotte Reagan signing Loving Lakyn, 2PM
• Malvern Books, launch party for issue 47 of Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review! Readers will include E. Kristin Anderson, J. Scott Brownlee, Nick Courtright, Jonathan Moody, and Sasha West, 4PM

Dallas

• Dallas Museum of Art, Arts & Letters Live: Award-winning author Matt de la Peña and author-illustrator Loren Long present a new illustrated classic: Love, 1:30PM
• The Foundry Club, Writing Workshops Dallas presents “How to Self-Edit: 50 Essential Tips for Honing Every Manuscript” with Blake Atwood, 3PM
• Half Price Books Mothership, Local Author Sunday: meet local authors and pick up their latest release, 1PM
• Interabang Books, HPISD Day Benefiting the Highland Park Literary Festival, 12PM

Houston

• Half Price Books – Cypress Creek, New York Times bestselling-author and popular health blogger Diane Sanfilippo will discuss her new book, The 21-Day Sugar Detox Daily Guide, 3PM

South Padre Island

• Paragraphs on Padre, Meet the Author Series: Poet Steven Schneider reading and signing Borderlines: Drawing Border Lives, 1PM

Monday, January 22

Austin

• BookPeople, PIERCE BROWN speaking & signing Iron Gold, 7PM [ticketed event]

Dallas

• Interabang Books, Georgia Hunter discussing and signing WE WERE THE LUCKY ONES, 7PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Anthony Graves discussing and signing INFINITE HOPE, 6:30PM

Richardson

• Richardson Public Library, Writers Guild of Texas workshop: “The Secret of Clarity” with Lori Freeland, 7PM

Tuesday, January 23

Austin

• BookPeople, ERIC BRYANT speaking & signing Not Like Me, 7PM
• Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam featuring Mike Rosen (Host: Christopher Michael), 7:15PM

Dallas

• Interabang Books, Writers’ League of Texas panel discussion: Building Your Writing Community: How to Find Writing Groups & Support Other Writers with Kathleen Kent, Blake Kimzey, Melissa Lenhardt, and Arianne “Tex” Thompson, 7PM

Houston

• Black Labrador Pub, Houston Writers House meeting featuring Shelley K. Wall discussing pitching and query letters, 6:30PM
• Brazos Bookstore, E.R. Bills and Friends reading and signing ROAD KILL 2, 7PM
• Houston Maritime Museum, lecture with Chet Van Duzer, author of Apocalyptic Cartography: Thematic Maps and the End of the World in a Fifteenth-Century Manuscript. 7PM
• Murder By the Book, Nicholas Petrie will sign and discuss his third Peter Ash thriller, Light It Up, 6:30PM

San Antonio

• The Mix, Puroslam with DJ Donnie Dee, 9:30PM

South Padre Island

• Paragraphs on Padre, Meet the Author Series: author and poet Lynn McLaughlin discussing and signing Child of the System: Little Lynn’s Story, 1PM

Wednesday, January 24

Dallas

• Interabang Books, Katherine Arden reading and signing THE GIRL IN THE TOWER, 7PM
• The Wild Detectives, Literary Arts in Dallas: a panel discussion (part of the Dallas Cultural Plan 2018. Led by the Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs), 7:30PM

Fort Davis

• Fort Davis County Library, Ben English discussing and signing Yonderings: Trails and Memories of the Big Bend, 6PM

Houston

• Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Slam, 7:30PM
• Brazos Bookstore, Visiting Treasures from the UH Rare Books Collection, 7PM
• Murder By the Book, Alafair Burke will sign and discuss The Wife, 6:30PM

San Antonio

• The Twig Book Shop, Mary Moorman discusses and signs Indulgences: Luther, Catholicism, and the Imputation of Merit, 5PM

Thursday, January 25

Austin

• Austin Public Library- Central, Mayor’s Book Club Author Event with Osama Alomar (The Teeth of the Comb and Other Stories) and Wendy Pearlman (We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled), 6:30PM
• BookPeople, GARY P. NUNN speaking & signing At Home with the Armadillo, 7PM
• Malvern Books, an evening with queer poets Jenny Johnson, Shangyang Fang, and Travis Tate, 7PM

Dallas

• Highland Park United Methodist Church, Friends of the SMU Libraries present Lea Berman and TREATING PEOPLE WELL, 6PM
• Hotel Crescent Court, Max Boot discussing and signing The Road Not Taken: Edward Lansdale and the American Tragedy in Vietnam, 6:30PM
• Interabang Books, Mandy Mikulencak reading and signing THE LAST SUPPERS, 7PM
• The Wild Detectives, Simón Elías Barasoain discussing Alpinismo Bisexual, 7:30PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Katherine Arden reading and signing GIRL IN THE TOWER, 7PM
• Half Price Books – North Oaks, popular blogger and author Suzanne Ryan will discuss her new book, Simply Keto: A Practical Approach to Health & Weight Loss, with 100+ Easy Low-Carb Recipes, 7PM
• Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Dr. James M. Adovasio lectures from The Invisible Sex: Uncovering the True Roles of Women in Pre-History, 6:30PM
• Poison Girl Bar, Poison Pen Reading Series featuring Alex McElroy, Kerry Beth Neville, and Javier Zamora, 8:30PM
• The Printing Museum, Open House: The Print Museum reopens!, 6PM
• River Oaks Bookstore, Gay Gaddis discussing and signing Cowgirl Power: How to Kick Ass in Business and Life, 5PM

Sugar Land

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

Friday, January 26

Austin

• BookPeople, GAY GADDIS speaking & signing Cowgirl Power: How to Kick Ass in Business and Life, 7PM
• LBJ Library, an evening with former White House Social Secretaries Lea Berman and Jeremy Bernard as they discuss their joint book, Treating People Well: The Extraordinary Power of Civility at Work and in Life, 6PM
• Malvern Books, I Scream Social Reading and Open Mic featuring Charlotte Gullick, Aimée Mackovic, and Vivé Griffith, 7PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Writers’ League of Texas Panel Discussion: “What Makes Books Sell?” with ReShonda Tate Billingsley, Benjamin Rybeck, and Marina Tristán, 7PM

North Richland Hills

• North Richland Hills Library, Behind the Book: Laura Bush’s Social Secretary Lee Burman, 1PM

Saturday, January 27

Austin

• Half Price Books – North Lamar, local author Therone Shellman will sell and sign his spiritual book, Third Eye Awakening, 1PM
• Malvern Books, the Austin Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations hosts We Are ALL America! Open Mic Night, 7PM
• Resistencia Bookstore, Austin Barrio Writers release the Barrio Writers 8th Edition anthology, 2PM
• St. Edward’s University, Writers’ League of Texas workshop: “Crafting Story Openings That Will Capture Readers” with Lindsey Lane, 9AM

Dallas

• Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden, Chef Mary Chamberlin Book Signing & Demo, 11AM
• Dallas Museum of Art, Arts & Letters Live presents Selected Shorts: For Better and For Worse: Tales of Marriage with guest readers Michael Cerveris, Jane Kaczmarek, and Maria Tucci, 7:30PM

El Paso

• El Paso Public Library – Memorial Park, Tumblewords Project Workshop: “Micro Fiction: The Shortest Story” with Tafari Nugent, 12:45PM

Flower Mound

• Flower Mound Public Library, Former U.S. Women’s Chess Champion Dr. Alexey Root will sign Prepare With Chess Strategy, plus simultaneous chess exhibition. Players who defeat Root in chess win a copy of the book, 2PM

Houston

• 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, K.M. Pohlkamp will discuss Locusta, the world’s first serial killer from Gaul and poisoner of Emperor Claudius. Locusta was the inspiration for her novel, Apricots and Wolfsbane, 4:30PM
• River Oaks Bookstore, Preston Pierott discussing and signing Cheat Codes to High School: Written by a Student, 3PM

San Antonio

• Dead Tree Books, Meet the Author: Abraham Moreno, 2PM
• Half Price Books – Huebner, Bowie Ibarra signing El Aire vs. The Mummies of San Uvalde, 12PM
• The Twig Book Shop, Jessie Simpson and Al Rendon discussing and signing The King William Area, 11AM

Sunday, January 28

Austin

• Malvern Books, Kallisto Gaia Press presents The Ocotillo Review Volume 2.1 (Numerous poets and writers will read excerpts of their work from this edition, including Gloria Amescua, Catherine Castoro, Karen Collier, Marilyn Duncan, Gayle Guernsey, Stephen Hamilton, Lindsey Lane, and Allyson Whipple), 4PM

Dallas

• First Presbyterian Church, Arts & Letters Live presents Ronald C. White, Jr. and A. Lincoln, 4PM
• The Foundry Club, Writing Workshops Dallas presents: Seminar on Getting to THE END with David Eric Tomlinson, 3PM
• Half Price Books Mothership, local author Cristee Cook will sell and sign her children’s book, Your Hands Can Change the World! and local author Richard Armstrong will sell and sign his thriller, The Counsel of the Wicked, 1PM

Houston

• River Oaks Bookstore, Tarif Youssef-Agha discussing and signing The Chronicles of the Syrian Revolution: The Orphan Uprising the Entire World Betrayed, 3PM
• Writespace, Workshop: “Writing Young Adult Fiction” with Joy Preble, 10AM

San Antonio

• The Twig Book Shop, Marnie Olson signing Grateful, 12PM

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