• Anime Matsuri Convention, Houston, March 29-April 1
• 3rd Annual Books2Eat Celebration, Houston, March 31
• 16th Annual Austin Edible Book Festival, April 1

Ongoing Exhibits

• OK, I’ll Do It Myself: Narratives of Intrepid Women in the American Wilderness, Selections from the Caroline F. Schimmel Collection, Dallas, January 18-March 28
• Texas Writers Traveling Exhibition (Humanities Texas), San Antonio, February 26-March 30
• Our Voice: Celebrating the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Awards (NCCIL exhibition), Abilene, February 8-May 19
• HOMETOWN TEXAS photography exhibition, Dallas, February 17-May 5
• Association of University Presses, Book, Jacket and Journal Show, Austin, March 19-30
• In His Own Words: The Life and Work of César Chávez (Humanities Texas), Del Rio, March 24-May 4

Sunday, March 25

Austin

• B&N – Arboretum, Kathy Mursch signing The Secret Language of Angels, 2PM
• BookPeople, GALEN STRAWSON speaking & signing Things That Bother Me: Death, Freedom, The Self, Etc., 2PM

Dallas

• Half Price Books Mothership, local author Amy Winfield will sell and sign her children’s book Cautious Fred, and local author English Minter will sell and sign her children’s book Filly’s Day on the Farm, 1PM
• The Wild Detectives, Backyard Story Night: Dallas edition, 7PM

Houston

• Body, Mind & Soul, An Evening of Spirit Communication with Mark Anthony, followed by a book signing, 7PM [ticketed event]

San Antonio

• Institute of Texan Cultures, “Ballads of the Borderland” is a sweeping tale of our cultural history–weaving together powerful texts of John Phillip Santos and Carmen Tafolla with the spirited stores and artifacts of those who lived the tale and helped mold our cultural mosaic (with the Children’s Chorus of San Antonio and SOLI Chamber Ensemble), 3PM
• The Twig Book Shop, Barbara Nye reading and signing Somewhere a Bell is Ringing, 12PM [children’s event]

Monday, March 26

Cleburne

• Cleburne Public Library, Women’s History Month: program with award-winning author Carmen Goldthwaite, 6:30PM

Dallas

• Interabang Books, Michael Noll discussing and signing THE WRITER’S FIELD GUIDE TO THE CRAFT OF FICTION, 7PM

Houston

• Murder By the Book, Jacqueline Winspear will sign and discuss her new Maisie Dobbs novel, To Die, But Once, 6:30PM
• Rice University – Stude Concert Hall, Inprint’s Margarett Root Brown Reading Series: Daniel Peña, author of Bang, speaking with Aminatta Forna, author of Happiness, and Samanta Schweblin, author of The Fever Dream, 7:30PM

San Antonio

• The Twig Book Shop, Donna Bryson discussing and signing Home of the Brave: A Small Town, Its Veterans and the Community They Built Together, 5PM

Tuesday, March 27

Austin

• BookPeople, JOE LANSDALE speaking & signing Jackrabbit Smile, 7PM
• Half Price Books – North Lamar, renowned motivational speaker Lizzie Velasquez will discuss and sign her inspirational book Dare to Be Kind: How Extraordinary Compassion Can Transform Our World, 7PM
• Malvern Books, Malvern’s Mulitverse: curmudgeon-in-chief Dr. Joe will interview award-winning poet, literary translator, essayist, and journalist Liliana Valenzuela, 7PM
• Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam Quarterfinals, 7PM

Cypress

• Lone Star College, An evening reading, Q&A, book sale, and signing with Mat Johnson, author of Loving Day and Incognegro: A Graphic Mystery, 7PM

Dallas

• Half Price Books – The Mother Ship, New York Times bestselling-author Lisa Wingate will discuss and sign her bestselling novel Before We Were Yours, 7PM [numbered-pass event]
• Interabang Books, Aminatta Forna reading and signing HAPPINESS, 12PM
• Interabang Books, Kristen Simmons reading and signing PACIFICA, 7PM
• SMU – McCord Auditorium, Professor Serinity Young discussing and signing Women Who Fly, 6PM

Houston

• Black Labrador, Houston Writers House meeting with guest speaker/author Apple Gidley, 6:30PM
• Katy Budget Books, Kerrelyn Sparks launches Eight Simple Rules for Dating a Dragon, the newest book in her The Embraced series, 6PM
• Rothko Chapel, William Middleton discussing and signing Double Vision: The Unerring Eye of Art World Avatars Dominique and John de Menil, 7PM

San Antonio

• Basilica of the National Shrine of the Little Flower, Ballads of the Borderland: a sweeping tale of cultural history weaving together powerful texts of John Phillip Santos and Carmen Tafolla with the spirited stories and artifacts of those who lived the tale, 7:30PM
• The Hotel Emma, “When Words Sing: An Evening of Poetry” featuring works by Christopher Merrill, author of Self-Portrait With Dogwood, 6:30PM

Webster

• B&N – Baybrook, 4th Tuesday Poetry Readings Presents: Weasel, 7:30PM

Wednesday, March 28

Arlington

• UT Arlington, Hermanns Lecture Series featuring writers Sanderia Faye, Sasha Pimentel, and Lina María Ferreira Cabeza-Vanegas, 10AM

Austin

• Austin Public Library – Terrazas, Aural Literature presented by Chicon Street Poets, 7PM
• BookPeople, KERMIT SCHWEIDEL speaking & signing Folly Cove, 7PM

College Station

• Brazos Valley African American Museum, Soup & Story: Women’s History Month edition luncheon and storytelling, 11AM

Dallas

• Dallas Museum of Art, Arts & Letters Live presents William Middleton discussing and signing  Double Vision: The Unerring Eye of Art World Avatars Dominique and John de Menil, 7:30PM
• Hotel Crescent Court, World Affairs Council of DFW luncheon: Adam Segal discussing and signing The Hacked World Order: How Nations Fight, Trade, Maneuver, and Manipulate in the Digital Age, 12PM
• Interabang Books, Joe Lansdale reading and signing JACKRABBIT SMILE, 7PM
• The Writers Garret, Workshop: “The World of Metaphor” with Candy Zantea, 7PM

Houston

• Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Slam, 7:30PM
• Blue Willow Bookshop, Roshani Chokshi will discuss and sign her book for children, ARU SHAH AND THE END OF TIME (first book in Rick Riordan’s new imprint), 5PM
• Blue Willow Bookshop, Elle Luna will discuss and sign her book YOUR STORY IS YOUR POWER: FREE YOUR FEMININE VOICE, 7PM

San Antonio

• William Knox Holt Center, Christopher Merrill reading and signing Self-Portrait With Dogwood, 6PM

Thursday, March 29

Austin

• BookPeople, William Middleton discussing and signing Double Vision: The Unerring Eye of Art World Avatars Dominique and John de Menil (In Conversation with Veronica Roberts, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at Blanton Art Museum), 7PM
• Malvern Books, poet Charles Alexander launches AT the Edge OF the Sea: Pushing Water II, and poet Saba Syed Razvi launches heliophobia (with fellow poet Kyle Schlesinger), 7PM
• Resistencia Books, Cary Cordova reading and signing The Heart of the Mission: Latino Art and Politics in San Francisco, 7PM

Dallas

• Interabang Books, Elle Luna discussing and signing YOUR STORY IS YOUR POWER, 7PM
• South Dallas Cultural Center, African Diaspora – New Dialogues: Patrick Oliver, founder of “Say It Loud! Readers and Writers,” talks with award-winning novelist and publisher Tina McElroy Ansa, 7:30PM

El Paso

• UTEP Library, Book Presentation: Mexican Border: Nodes of the Global System of Illicit Drugs by César M. Fuentes Flores in collaboration with Sergio Peña Medina (Book discussion by Dr. Jeremy Slack), 3:30PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Lauren Marks discussing and signing A STITCH OF TIME, 7PM
• Murder By the Book, Joe Lansdale will sign and discuss Jackrabbit Smile, 6:30PM
• Poison Girl, Poison Pen Reading Series March Reading with Sheila Maldonado, Ed Porter, and Ji yoon Lee, 8:30PM
• River Oaks Bookstore, Dr. Gail Gross discussing and signing The Only Way Out Is Through: A Ten-Step Journey from Grief to Wholeness, 4PM
• Rudyard’s Pub, Public Poetry presents: The PM Show, 6:30PM

Sugar Land

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

Friday, March 30

Austin

• BookPeople, LUIS ALBERTO URREA speaking & signing The House of Broken Angels, 7PM [ticketed event]

Dallas

• Heroes Lounge, Dallas Poetry Slam hosts Candy’s Birthday Bash, 8PM

Denton

• UNT, Visiting Writers Series presents a reading, Q&A, and book signing with Paul Beatty, author of The Sellout, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Fiction Award and the Man Booker Prize, 2PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Jesús Carrasco reading and signing OUT IN THE OPEN, 7PM

San Antonio

• Imagine Books & Records, Dali’s Mustache: a night of poetry and music, 8PM

Saturday, March 31

Austin

• B&N – Lakeline, Local Author Glyn Haynie signing Soldiering After The Vietnam War: Changed Soldiers In A Changed Country, 2PM
• BookPeople, BARBARA NYE speaking & signing Somewhere a Bell is Ringing, 2PM
• BookPeople, MATTHEW PRESCOTT speaking & signing Food is the Solution, 6PM
• Half Price Books – South Lamar, local author Robert Lovelle Rooks will sell and sign his novel Filipina, 1PM
• The Long Center, Deepak Chopra discussing and signing The Healing Self, 8PM

Corpus Christi

• Ben F. McDonald Public Library, Writers’ League of Texas presents “The Craft + Business of Writing” with Michael Noll and Becka Oliver, 11AM

Dallas

• Pan African Connection Bookstore, The Lab presents a Discussion on Youth Mental Health and Gun Violence with Tamara Taylor & Mike Guinn, 3PM

Denton

• Wine Squared, “Planet of the Angst” reading with Spiderweb Salon, 7PM

Fort Worth

• Summerglen Library, Bam! Pow! Zoom! Create Your Own Graphic Novel, 1PM

Houston

• Black Labrador, Plant The Seed: A Generative Workshop Hosted by Fuente Collective, 3PM
• Black Labrador, Failure to Identify Reading Series & Open Mic, 7PM
• Brazos Bookstore, Luis Alberto Urrea reading and signing THE HOUSE OF BROKEN ANGELS, 7PM
• 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, C.S. Humble will sign and discuss The Massacre at Yellow Hill, 4:30PM
• River Oaks Bookstore, Valerie Sweeten reading and signing her Shh, Listen series of children’s books, 3PM

Lubbock

• B&N, Do You Have a Dream: 5 Keys to Realize Your Dream book signing with Grace Allison, 2PM
• B&N, God Did It! We Experienced It! book signing with Claylan and Patricia Coursey, 3:30PM

Marfa

• Crowley Theater, William Middleton discussing and signing Double Vision: The Unerring Eye of Art World Avatars Dominique and John de Menil, 6PM

Midland

• B&N, Tyler Frick signing Prevailing Soul, 12PM

San Antonio

• Dead Tree Books, Nicholas Paschall signing Father of Flesh, 2PM
• San Antonio Public Library – Central, Carolina Hinojosa-Cisneros and Erasmo Cisneros present “El Camino: An Afternoon of Poetry and Hope” featuring new and established poets + open mic, 2PM

Southlake

• B&N – Town Square, Celestina Blok signing Lost Restaurants of Fort Worth, 12PM
• B&N – Town Square, Jim West signing Genocide by GMO and The Making of an Assassin Atlanta, 2PM

Sugar Land

• Half Price Books, local author Shane Lassetter will sell and sign his young adult book Outlast: Geeks Will Gather, 12PM

Sulphur Springs

• The Bookworm Box, Over the Rainbow: a book signing featuring ten authors, 1PM

Watauga

• Half Price Books, local author K. V. Nguyen will sell and sign his book Your Home is Sick! 11 Ways to Make Your Home Energy Efficient, 1PM

Sunday, April 1  EASTER SUNDAY

Austin

• BookPeople, PAULA DISBROWE speaking & signing Food52 Any Night Grilling, 5PM

Dallas

• The Foundry Club, Writing Workshops Dallas seminar: “Writing Villains as the Mirror of Heroes” with Amber Royer, 4PM
• Half Price Books – The Mother Ship, local writer and poet Michael Neil will sell and sign his poetry book Voices from a Hanging Cliff, and local writer and poet Brittany Griffiths will sell and sign her poetry collection, 1PM

Mansfield

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

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