• FronteraFest 2018, Austin, January 16-February 17
• Lone Star Ink Writing Conference, Dallas, February 8-10
• Humanities Texas presents Texas Storytime: A Family Reading Program, Midland, February 8-March
• North Texas Comic Book Show, Irving, February 10-11
• 10th Annual Romance Readers Social, Pflugerville, February 10

Ongoing Exhibits

• Fact, Fiction, and the New World: The Role of Books in the Making of America (a Humanities Texas Exhibition), Keene, January 29–February 23
  Our Voice: Celebrating the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Awards (NCCIL exhibition), Abilene, February 8-May 19

Sunday, February 4

Austin

• BookPeople, LAURA CREEDLE speaking & signing The Love Letters of Abelard and Lily, 2PM
• BookPeople, Austin Mystery Writers featuring: Valerie Chandler, Kathy Waller, Laura Oles, Janice Hamrick, Alexandra Burt, Manning Wolfe, George Wier, Mark Pryor, and Scott Montgomery speaking & signing LONE STAR LAWLESS: 14 TEXAS TALES OF CRIME, 5PM
• Malvern Books, the release of John Vanderslice’s historical novel, The Last Days of Oscar Wilde, 2PM

Dallas

• The Foundry Club, Writing Workshops Dallas presents: “A Writer’s Blueprint for The Social Media Game” with Whitney Davis, 3PM
• Half Price Books Mothership, local author Bob May will sell and sign his book, The Best Season: The Challenging Finish, Honoring Black Ball Through Baseball Game Simulation, and motivational speaker and local author Sugar Ray Destin Jr. will sell and sign his inspirational book, Claim Your Destiny!, 1PM

Houston

• Writespace, Workshop: “Introduction to Personal Essay and Memoir: Turning the Pen on Ourselves” with Mark Dostert, 3PM

Mansfield

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

Monday, February 5

Austin

• BookPeople, TERRY SHAMES speaking and signing A Reckoning in the Back Country, JAMES ZISKIN speaking and signing Cast the First Stone: An Ellie Stone Mystery, and LAURA OLES speaking and signing Daughters of Bad Men, 7PM
• Malvern’s Books, Austin Community College Literary Coffeehouse: Reading & Open Mic, 7PM

Dallas

• Interabang Books, Gay Gaddis discussing and signing COWGIRL POWER: HOW TO KICK ASS IN BUSINESS AND LIFE, 7PM
• SMU, World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth presents Rwandan Women Rising with Swanee Hunt, 5:30PM

Houston

• Tracy Gee Community Center, Houston SCBWI meeting: “Turning Life Experiences into Books That Kids Want to Read” with award-winning author Sneed Collard III, 7PM

Tuesday, February 6

Austin

• BookPeople, Author Guest Story Time: Yolanda King reading and signing Curlilocks and the Three Pink Pandas and Curlilocks and the Big Bad Hairbrush, 10:30AM
• Chez Zee American Bistro, Author Series with Kate Winkler Dawson, author of Death In the Air, 6PM
• The North Door, One Page Salon with Owen Egerton, Christopher Robert Cargill, Bob Schneider Music, Lindsey Allison, Laura, and Nathan Osburn, 7:30PM
• Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam presents New Shit Slam featuring Sam Rush, 7:15PM

Dallas

• Angelika Film Center, Award-winning advertising executive, filmmaker and author David Baldwin discussing his new book, The Belief Economy: How to Give a Damn, Stop Selling, and Create Buy In, 7PM
• B&N – Lincoln Park, Twelve Years of Turbulence: The Inside Story of American Airlines’ Battle for Survival book signing with Gary Kennedy, 7PM
• Checkered Past Winery, Truth & Daring presents #MeToo: open mic storytelling, 7:30PM
• Highland Park United Methodist Church, Friends of the SMU Libraries present Daniel H. Pink and WHEN: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing, 6PM
• Interabang Books, Steve Stoler discussing and signing TONIGHT AT TEN, 7PM

El Paso

• Black Orchid Lounge, Barbed Wire Open Mic Night featuring Celia Aguilar, 8PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Samantha Hunt reading and signing THE DARK DARK, and Joe Hagan discussing and signing STICKY FINGERS, 7PM
• Holocaust Museum Houston, a lecture by Patricia Bernstein, author of Ten Dollars to Hate, 6:30PM

San Antonio

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

Wednesday, February 7

Austin

• Austin Public Library – Central, BRYAN MEALER speaking and signing The Kings of Big Spring, 7PM
• BookPeople, Author Guest Story Time: Kat Kronenberg reading and signing Dream Big, 10:30AM
• BookPeople, Elizabeth Crook speaking and signing The Which Way Tree, 7PM
• Bullock Museum, High Noon Talk: Legends and Lore of the Texas Capitol with Mike Cox, 12PM

Dallas

• Dallas Museum of Art, Arts & Letters Live presents Denise Kiernan, author of The Last Castle: The Epic Story of Love, Loss, and American Royalty in the Nation’s Largest Home, 7:30PM
• Interabang Books, Chris Barton reading and signing DAZZLE SHIPS, 4:30PM

Houston

• Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Slam, 7:30PM
• Brazos Bookstore, Francisco Cantú discussing and signing THE LINE BECOMES A RIVER, 7PM
• Murder By the Book, Lisa Gardner will sign and discuss her new novel, Look For Me, 6:30PM
• United Way of Greater Houston, SWAC Insider Series: Why the History of the Presidency Matters in the Age of Trump, with Professor Jeremi Suri, author of The Impossible Presidency: The Rise and Fall of America’s Highest Office, 5:30PM

Thursday, February 8

Austin

• BookPeople, Fancy Tea Party: Illustrator ROBIN PREISS GLASSER speaking and signing Fancy Nancy: Oodles of Kittens, 4PM
• BookPeople, MATT HAIG speaking and signing How to Stop Time, 7PM
• BookWoman, Second Thursday Open Mic featuring poets in the anthology Red Sky, hosted by Cindy Huyser, 7:15PM

Burnet

• Herman Brown Free Library, Coffee Talks: Vicki Tongate reading and signing Another Year Finds Me In Texas, 1:30PM

Dallas

• B&N – Lincoln Park, The Gate Keeper (Inspector Ian Rutledge Series #20) book signing with Caroline Todd, 7PM
• Half Price Books Mothership, Bryan Mealer discussing and signing The Kings of Big Spring, 7PM
• House of Blues Dallas, “wellRED Comedy Tour: From Dixie With Love” – Trae Crowder (The Liberal Redneck), Drew Morgan, and Corey Ryan Forrester touring nationally in support of their best-selling book, Liberal Redneck Manifesto: Draggin Dixie Outta the Dark, 7:30PM
• Interabang Books, Francisco Cantú discussing and signing THE LINE BECOMES A RIVER, 7PM

Houston

• Murder By the Book, Terry Shames will sign and discuss A Reckoning in the Back Country, and James W. Ziskin will sign and discuss Cast The First Stone, 6:30PM
• Silver Street Studios, 2nd annual Texas Monthly Whiskey Affair: tastings, talks, and book signings, 6PM

Irving

• South Irving Library, Melissa Albert discussing her YA debut novel, Hazel Wood, with New York Times bestselling-author Julie Murphy, 7PM

North Richland Hills

• North Richland Hills Library, Behind the Book: Lisa Gardner reading and signing Look For Me, 7PM (reception at 6PM – reservations required)

Odessa

• UTPB, Gust Author Presentation Series featuring Greg Anderson and Chocolate Feast, 6PM

San Antonio

• Shades of Love, What Dat Mouf Do pt 2 Erotic Poetry Slam, 8PM

Spring

• Houston Advanced Research Center, Woodlands Series: Why the History of the Presidency Matters in the Age of Trump, with Professor Jeremi Suri, author of The Impossible Presidency: The Rise and Fall of America’s Highest Office, 6:30PM

Sugar Land

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

Friday, February 9

Alpine

• Front Street Books, Author & Sul Ross Professor Dr Sean Graham dispels myths about snakes and explores their relationship with humans in his new book, American Snakes, 6PM

Austin

• B&N – Lakeline, The Dream of You: Let Go of Broken Identities and Live the Life You Were Made For book signing with Jo Saxton, 10AM
• BookPeople, SHARI RAMMING speaking and signing Heart’s Compass and ROBERT J. BARNHART speaking & signing Phoebe’s Five Little Fairies, 7PM
• Paramount Theatre, “wellRED Comedy Tour: From Dixie With Love” – Trae Crowder (The Liberal Redneck), Drew Morgan, and Corey Ryan Forrester touring nationally in support of their best-selling book, Liberal Redneck Manifesto: Draggin Dixie Outta the Dark, 7:30PM

Dallas

• Interabang Books, Terry Shames reading and signing A RECKONING IN THE BACK COUNTRY, and James Ziskin reading and signing CAST THE FIRST STONE, 7PM

Houston

• Blue Willow Bookshop, Illustrator Robin Preiss Glasser reading and signing the final FANCY NANCY picture book, FANCY NANCY: OODLES OF KITTENS, 5PM
• Cesar Chavez High School, Space City Preliminary Slam: Compete for your spot on the Meta-Four Houston youth slam team, ranked #5 in the world, 6PM
• Murder By the Book, Alex Berenson will sign and discuss his newest John Wells novel, The Deceivers, 6:30PM
• River Oaks Bookstore, A. Lokey discussing and signing Texas Quail Rigs, 5PM

San Antonio

• Trinity University, Trinity Review Love & Anti-Love Poem Contest, 4:30PM
• The Twig Book Shop, Gay Gaddis discussing and signing Cowgirl Power: How to Kick Ass in Business and Life, 5PM
• UTSA, Public Reading and Q&A by Chigozie Obioma, author of The Fishermen, 7PM

Saturday, February 10

Austin

• Apanas Coffee & Beer, NeoSoul $200 Slam Hosted by Christopher Michael, 6PM
• Austin Public Library – Manchaca Road, Karen Bartell launches her new novel, Sacred Heart, and conducts an e-publishing workshop, 1:30PM
• BookPeople, Author Guest Story Time: Ben Clanton reading It Came in the Mail and Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea, 10:30AM
• BookPeople, ALEX BERENSON speaking and signing The Deceivers and DON M. PATTERSON speaking and signing Sierra Blanca, 2PM
• BookWoman, Unadoptable Joy: A Reading with J.L. Wright, 5:30PM
• St. Edward’s University, Writers’ League of Texas workshop: “Write Before You Write: Steps to Take Before You Draft” with Jennifer Ziegler, 10AM

Boerne

• Patrick Heath Public Library, Paula King-Harper will sign her books, including Prosperous Living, 11AM

El Paso

• El Paso Public Library – Memorial Park, Tumblewords Project Workshop: “Zora’s Story” with Nancy Lorenza Green, 12:45PM

Houston

• Art Studio on the Boulevard, The Ocotillo Review – Winter Edition Release Party, 6PM
• Blue Willow Bookshop, Obert Skye will sign his new book, GEEKED OUT, 11AM
• Blue Willow Bookshop, A.M. Rose will sign her debut novel, ROAD TO EUGENICA, 1PM
• Half Price Books – Clear Lake, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release!, while supplies last
• Half Price Books – Westheimer, Vietnam War veteran, Houston doctor, and author Samuel Axelrad, M.D. signing Peaceful Bones, 1PM
• Murder By the Book, Jaime Questell will sign and discuss her debut novel, By a Charm and a Curse, 4:30PM
• River Oaks Bookstore, Dana Barney reading and signing Half Life, 3PM

Lampasas

• Wildflowers on the Wall, Bestselling Lampasas author Michael Lee Lanning will sign his books Double T Double Cross Double Take and Texas Aggies in Vietnam: War Stories, 11AM

Lubbock

• B&N, Apocalypse Breed book signing with Adrian Rockwell, 1PM
• B&N, Hidden History of the Llano Estacado book signing with Paul Carlson, 4PM

McAllen

• B&N – Palms Crossing, Christina DeMara book signing to benefit Global Family Visions Inc., 9AM & 3PM

San Antonio

• Dead Tree Books, Meet the Author – Ellie Elle signing Back to Yesterday, 2PM
• The Twig Book Shop, Carina Chocano signing You Play the Girl: On Playboy Bunnies, Stepford Wives, Train Wrecks, & Other Mixed Messages, 11AM

Southlake

• B&N – Town Square, Scharlotte Celestine signing The Bride Set Free, 2PM

Sugar Land

• First Colony Branch Library, Houston Writers Guild workshop: Character Development Session with HWG Press Director Andrea Barbosa, 1PM
• Half Price Books, local author David K. Vaughan will sell and sign his memoir, Solo Stages: A Recollection of Jet Pilot Training in the United States Air Force, 1962-1963, 12PM

Webster

• B&N, Gulf Coast Poets meeting featuring Amir Safi, 10:30AM

Sunday, February 11

Austin

• BookPeople, DELBERT McCLINTON and DIANA FINLAY HENDRICKS speaking & signing One of the Fortunate Few, 2PM
• BookPeople, BOX BROWN speaking and signing Is This Guy For Real?, 5PM
• Malvern Books, Austin Writers Roulette presents “Talk Dirty to Me”, 4PM

Dallas

• Dallas Museum of Art, Arts & Letters Live presents Paul Auster, author of 4 3 2 1, in conversation with Will Evans of Deep Vellum Publishing, 7PM
• The Foundry Club, Writing Workshops Dallas presents: “Should I Self-Publish or Seek Traditional Publishing?” with Blake Atwood, 3PM
• Interabang Books, Alex Berenson reading and signing THE DECEIVERS, 3PM
• Half Price Books Mothership, local author Charity Marie will sell and sign copies from her children’s book series, Jason & Lizzy, and local author Ryan Armstrong will sell and sign his romance book, Back to the Start, 1PM

Houston

• House of Blues Houston, “wellRED Comedy Tour: From Dixie With Love” – Trae Crowder (The Liberal Redneck), Drew Morgan, and Corey Ryan Forrester touring nationally in support of their best-selling book, Liberal Redneck Manifesto: Draggin Dixie Outta the Dark, 6PM
• Rudyard’s Pub, The Passion Series featuring poets Kevin Prufer, Mark Irwin, John Gorman, and Andrew Clegg, 1PM

Watauga

• Half Price Books, retired, decorated combat-cavalry soldier and local author Tank Gunner will sell and sign his military book, Cookie Johnson, 1PM

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