• Edible Books Festival, Denton, April 9
• Edible Books Festival, Kerrville, April 9
• 2018 Texas Writers Conference, Kerrville, April 11
• LATINA POETRY ACROSS THE AMERICAS—2nd Annual Madrid Lecture and Symposium, San Antonio, April 12
• Canadian River Valley Writer’s Workshop, Canadian, April 13-15
• El Paso Comic Con, April 13-15
• American Christian Fiction Writers-DFW 3rd Annual Spring Conference, Arlington, April 14
• Brazos Valley Book Festival, College Station, April 14
• LITERATURE THAT ROCKS: Adventures in Texas Music, San Marcos, April 14
• The Stories of Women of Color Symposium, Dallas, April 14

Ongoing Exhibits

• 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
• In His Own Words: The Life and Work of César Chávez (Humanities Texas), Del Rio, March 24-May 4

Sunday, April 8

Austin

• BookPeople, LAUREN HILGERS speaking & signing Patriot Number One, 2PM
• Malvern Books, The Lion & The Pirate Unplugged: Austin International Poetry Festival City Read, 1PM
• Malvern Books, Austin Writers Roulette presents “Drugs & Fantasies,” 4PM
• Malvern Books, celebrating the release of award-winning author Anna Maria Hong’s first poetry collection, Age of Glass, and her novella, H & G, with readings by Hong and award-winning poet Roger Reeves, 6:30PM

Dallas

• Dallas Museum of Art, Arts & Letters Live hosts Luis Alberto Urrea, author of The House of Broken Angels, and Francisco Cantú, author of The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches From the Border, 2:30PM
• Deep Vellum Books, Rivers and Beasts book launch, 2PM
• The Foundry Club, Writing Workshops Dallas seminar: “How to Self-Edit: 50 Essential Tips for Honing Every Manuscript” with Blake Atwood, 3PM
• Half Price Books – The Mother Ship, local author Rose Chivers will sell and sign her book Faith Talk Fear Walk: Life Lessons and Reflections Along the Journey to Starve Fear and Embrace Faith, and local author Becky Villareal will sell and sign copies of her children’s book Gianna the Great, 1PM
• Williams Sonoma NorthPark Center, Giada De Laurentiis will celebrate the launch of her new book, Giada’s Italy, 1PM

Fort Worth

• Half Price Books – Ridgmar, local authors Trevor Griffin, Phill Hampton, and Geoffrey Vibert will sell and sign their book, The 6 Phases of Building Wealth: The Step-by-Step Guide to Achieving Financial Freedom, 1PM

Houston

• The Ballroom at Bayou Place, Cecile Richards speaking about her new book, MAKE TROUBLE: STANDING UP, SPEAKING OUT, AND FINDING THE COURAGE TO LEAD –– MY LIFE STORY (in conversation with Commissioner Rodney Ellis), 3PM
• Brazos Bookstore, Stephanie Elizondo Griest discussing and signing ALL THE AGENTS AND SAINTS, 5PM
• Cafe Brasil, The Flamenco Poets Society & Café Brasil present an afternoon of storytelling, flamenco guitar, and Cante, 6PM
• Discovery Green, WITS presents 2018 Space City Grand Slam, 3PM

San Antonio

• Headwaters at Incarnate Word, Art of the Sacred Texas Springs: Poetry Reading & Closing Ceremony, 4:30PM
• The Twig Book Shop, Seamus McGraw signing A Thirsty Land: The Making of an American Water Crisis, 12PM

Monday, April 9

Abilene

• Abilene Public Library, Texas Author Series: Andy Sansom of San Marcos and Randy Bacon of Abilene will discuss their new book Of Texas Rivers & Texas Art, 12PM

Austin

• BookPeople, RYAN HOLIDAY speaking & signing Conspiracy: Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue, 7PM
• Malvern Books, Austin Community College Literary Coffeehouse: Reading & Open Mic, 7PM

Dallas

• Half Price Books Mother Ship, writer, biographer, and Dallas native David Yaffe will discuss and sign his new biography Reckless Daughter: A Portrait of Joni Mitchell, 7PM [numbered-pass event]
• Interabang Books, Ariel Lawhon reading and signing I WAS ANASTASIA, 7PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, ER Bills discussing and signing TEXAS FAR AND WIDE, 7PM
• Rice University, Rachel S. Harris presentation on her new book Warriors, Witches, Whores: Women in Israeli Cinema, 12PM
• River Oaks Bookstore, Matthew Longo discussing and signing The Politics of Borders: Sovereignty, Security, and the Citizen After 9/11, 5PM
• Stages Repertory Theatre, Tintero Projects Reading Series featuring Daniel Pena, followed by an open mic, 7PM

San Marcos

• Texas State – Alkek Library, The Wittliff Collections hosts a reading, signing, and Q&A with Nnedi Okorafor, an international award-winning novelist of African-based science fiction, fantasy and magical realism for both children and adults, 3:30PM

Tuesday, April 10

Amarillo

• Amarillo Southwest Branch Library, Reception, official book release, and signing for MORNINGS ON MAIN by Jodi Thomas, 6PM

Austin

• Austin Central Library, Romance Book Club: Bestselling author Sherry Thomas will discuss My Beautiful Enemy, 6:30PM
• BookPeople, LONN TAYLOR speaking & signing Marfa for the Perplexed, 7PM
• Chez American Bistro, Chez Zee Author Series with Victoria Price, author of The Way of Being Lost: A Road Trip to My Truest Self, 6PM
• Home Slice Pizza, Austin Bat Cave Story Department presents “Suitable for Children,” 8PM
• Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam: Audience Appreciation & The 1st Slam Champ Judge Slam featuring Jasmine Mans, 7PM
• UT, Joynes Reading Room Literary Speaker Series hosts Sarah Manguso, 7PM

Cedar Hill

• Zula Bryant Wylie Library, Dallas Area Writers Group meeting featuring Daniel Wells, founder of the Dallas Screenwriting Crew, 7PM

Dallas

• Hall of State at Fair Park, Dallas Historical Society presents Brown Bag Lecture: Unforgettable Texans with Bartee Haile, 12pm
• Interabang Books, Seamus McGraw discussing and signing A THIRSTY LAND, 7PM
• Klyde Warren Park, Locals Only Book Club: join Sanderia Faye to discuss Mourner’s Bench, 6PM
• SMU – McFarlin Auditorium, the Tate Lecture Series hosts native Texan Shawn Achor, bestselling author of The Happiness Advantage and Before Happiness, 8PM
• The Wild Detectives, Virginia Eubanks discussing and signing Automating Inequality, 7:30PM

Denton

• UNT, American Studies Colloquium: Stephanie Elizondo Griest will read from her new book, All the Agents and Saints: Dispatches from the U.S.-Borderlands, 5:30PM

Houston

• Christ Church Cathedral., Mohsin Hamid reading from his novel EXIT WEST, 7:30PM [ticketed event]
• Murder By the Book, Ariel Lawhon will sign and discuss I Was Anastasia, 6:30PM
• Warehouse Live, The Moth StorySLAM presents “Caught,” 7:30PM

San Antonio

• The Mix, PuroSlam, 9:30PM

Wednesday, April 11

Austin

• Austin Public Library, Mayor’s Book Club: MOHSIN HAMID speaking & signing Exit West, 7PM
• Ransom Center, Poetry on the Plaza celebrates National Poetry month and the work of poets from the University of Texas faculty including Roger Reeves and Lisa Olstein, 12PM
• Resistencia Books, Recuerdos y Letras: An Evening with John Gibler, author of I Couldn’t Even Imagine That They Would Kill Us: An Oral History of the Attacks Against the Students of Ayotzinapa, with special guests Moravia de la O. y Lilia Rosas, 7PM
• St. Edward’s University, Marcia Kinsey Visiting Writers Series hosts author Sarah Manguso, 6PM

Boerne

• Patrick Heath Public Library, Award-winning author Nnedi Okorafor will be reading and signing copies of her novels, 6PM

Dallas

• Interabang Books, India Hicks discussing and signing INDIA HICKS: A SLICE OF ENGLAND, 10AM
• Park Cities Baptist Church, Author Stephen Mansfield will discuss his book, Lincoln’s Battle with God, 11:30AM
• The Wild Detectives, Stephanie Elizondo Griest discussing and signing All the Agents and Saints: Dispatches from the U.S. Borderlands, 7:30PM
• Winspear Opera House, Tyra Banks discussing PERFECT IS BORING: 10 THINGS MY CRAZY, FIRECE MAMA TAUGHT ME ABOUT BEAUTY, BOOTY, AND BEING A BOSS, 7:30PM [ticketed event]

Denton

• UNT on the Square, 2018 UNT Rilke Prize Q&A and Reception for Allison Benis White and Please Bury Me in This, 6:30PM

Houston

• Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Slam, 7:30PM
• Brazos Bookstore, Dennis Abrams reading and signing I WAS CLEOPATRA, 7PM
• Murder By the Book, Jeffery Deaver will sign and discuss his new Lincoln Rhyme novel, The Cutting Edge, 6:30PM

San Antonio

• The Twig Book Shop, Lonn Taylor discussing and signing Marfa for the Perplexed, 5PM

Thursday, April 12

Austin

• BookPeople, DON GRAHAM speaking & signing Giant: Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean, Edna Ferber, and the Making of a Legendary American Film, 7PM
• BookWoman, Second Thursday Open Mic featuring Cyrus Cassells, 7:15PM
• Malvern Books, Novel Night: José Skinner  will be reading from his short story collection, The Tombstone Race, and Oscar Cásares will read from his novel Amigoland, 7PM

Burnet

• The Herman Brown Free Library, Coffee Talks with author Melissa Lenhardt, 1:30PM

Dallas

• Aaron Family JCC, Alexandra Zapruder discussing and signing Twenty-Six Seconds: A Personal History of the Zapruder Film, 7PM
• Dallas Institute for Humanities and Culture, Banthology: Stories From Banned Nations book release and panel discussion, 6:15PM
• Interabang Books, Neil Maher, APOLLO IN THE AGE OF AQUARIUS, 7PM
• Times Ten Cellars, Room to Read Dallas/Fort Worth’s annual spring fundraiser, A Taste of Room to Read, 6:30PM
• The Wild Detectives, Dallas Lit Hop: Writers’ League of Texas presents One Page Salon, 7:30PM

Denton

• UNT, 2018 UNT Rilke Prize Reading: Allison Benis White and Please Bury Me in This, 8PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Houston’s Favorite Poems: anthology reading, 7PM
• River Oaks Bookstore, John O’Neill reading and signing The Fisherman’s Tomb: The True Story of the Vatican’s Secret Search, 5PM
• Sheraton Hotel – Brookhollow, Samuel Axelrad, MD, discussing and signing Peaceful Bones, 7AM

Lubbock

• Groves Branch Library, Jodi Thomas reading and signing MORNINGS ON MAIN, 6PM
• Texas Tech, TTU Creative Writing Reading Series hosts poet Henrietta Goodman, 7:30PM

Nacogdoches

• The Bosslight, Rachel Galan, Educator/Interpreter at Caddo Mounds SHS, discusses the importance of story in learning about other cultures, and Caddo history and culture through Caddo Coyote stories, 6:30PM

San Antonio

• Gemini Ink, Literary Cafe: Poetry Publishing Today with poets Octavio Quintanilla, Alexandra van de Kamp, and Laura Van Prooyen, 6:30PM
• Hotel Emma Library, Word Magic: Celebrating National Poetry Month with Naomi Shihab Nye, 6:30PM
• University of the Incarnate Word – Mabee Library, Dr. Tanja Stampfl will share her findings from her forthcoming book on cross-cultural encounters between Arabs, Americans, and Europeans in 20th-century literature, 10:30AM

San Marcos

• Texas State – Alkek Library, The Wittliff Collections hosts a reading and signing with Karen Russell, author of the Pulitzer-nominated novel Swamplandia, 3:30PM

Sugar Land

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

Victoria

• UHV, American Book Review Reading Series hosts Matt Bell, 12PM

Friday, April 13

Austin

• Austin Public Library – North Village Branch, Doodling for Families with author Carin Channing, 4PM
• Lewis Carnegie, the launch of Bat City Review’s 14th issue, 6PM

Canyon

• WTAMU, Garry L. Nall Lecture in Western Studies: writer Stephen Harrigan will deliver a public lecture titled “Frontier Highways: A Personal and Historical Journey through West Texas,” 7PM

Dallas

• Hilton Anatole, Chick Lit Luncheon with Katie Holmes, 11:30AM
• Interabang Books, Daniel Pena reading and signing BANG, 7PM

El Paso

• B&N – Sunland Park, Sasha Pimentel signing For Want of Water, 6PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Achy Obejas reading and signing THE TOWER OF THE ANTILLES, 7PM
• Murder By the Book, K.J. Howe will sign and discuss Skyjack, and James R. Hannibal will sign and discuss The Fourth Ruby, 6:30PM

Lubbock

• B&N, Jodi Thomas signing Mornings on Main, 6PM

• Heritage House, Following a casual lunch Jodi Thomas will share her inspiration for her latest book, Mornings on Main, and sign your copy, 11:30AM

San Antonio

• Trinity University, a talk, Q&A and evening reception with New York Times bestselling author Andre Dubus III, 6:30PM

Saturday, April 14

Austin

• ACC Riverside, Writers’ League of Texas workshop: “Special Presentation: The Writer’s Field Guide to the Craft of Fiction” with Michael Noll, 2:30PM
• Apanas Coffee & Beer, NeoSoul Slam featuring Mia S. Willis, 6PM
• BookPeople, JESS PRYLES speaking & signing Hardcore Carnivore, 2PM
• BookPeople, EMMA BERQUIST speaking & signing Devils Unto Dust, 6PM
• Half Price Books – North Lamar, local author Magnus Leijon will sell and sign Off Grid: A True Story, 1PM
• Half Price Books – South Lamar, local author Thomas Dylan Daniel will sell and sign Further from Home, 1PM
• Malvern Books, celebrate the launch of Harold Whit Williams’ new poetry collection, Red Clay Journal, joined by poet and firefighter Tim Krcmarik, 7PM
• Resistencia Books, Memoir of Un Ser Humano: The Life and Times de raúlrsalinas: A Curated Reading, 5:30PM
• St. Edward’s University, Writers’ League of Texas workshop: “Structure in Narrative Nonfiction: Putting the Pieces Together” with Michael Hall, 9AM

Canyon

• Panhandle Plains Historical Museum, Founders’ Day Celebration featuring display of quilts, and talk/book signing for MORNINGS ON MAIN by Jodi Thomas, 1PM

Dallas

• Deep Vellum Books, a reading and signing of The Megarothke by debut sci-fi/horror thriller novelist Robert Ashcroft, moderated by Nebula Award-winning author William Ledbetter, 7PM
• The Hall of State in Fair Park, Donna Miller selling and signing The Broken Spoke: Austin’s Legendary Honky-Tonk at the Dallas Historical Society gala, 6PM
• Interabang Books, Ron Bates reading and signing THE UNFLUSHABLES, 1PM
• Interabang Books, Christine Crockett Smith discussing and signing 18 MASTER VALUES, 7PM
• SMU – Fondren Library, Friends of the SMU Libraries Tables of Content: presentation of the 9th Annual Literati Award to author and journalist Skip Hollandsworth, 6PM
• Various locations, Dallas Lit Hop Pub Crawl: Poetry, 5PM
• The Wild Detectives, The Wild Detectives’ Four-Year Anniversary Party!, 2PM

El Paso

• El Paso Public Library – Memorial Park, Tumblewords Project workshop: “Let’s Metaphor” with Robin Scofield, 12:45PM

Fort Worth

• B&N – Hulen, Local author Larry Enmon signing The Burial Place, 12PM
• B&N – Hulen, Jim West signing Genocide by GMO, 2PM
• The Dock Bookshop, Workshop: GET THAT BOOK PUBLISHED, 12PM
• The Dock Bookshop, AFTER HOURS with Authors KR Bankston and Elizabeth LaShaun: Conversation, Cocktails, and Book Signing, 8PM
• Half Price Books – Ridgmar, local author Austin R. Robinson will sell and sign The Salvation of San Miguel, 1PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Story Time with Bethany Hegedus, 10:30AM
• Half Price Books – North Oaks, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
• Houston United Way, William T. Vollmann discussing and signing NO IMMEDIATE DANGER, 3PM
• Murder By the Book, Rebecca Adler will sign and discuss Cinco de Murder; Kay Finch will sign and discuss The Black Cat Sees His Shadow; DiAnn Mills will sign and discuss High Treason; and Sara Rosett will sign and discuss the newest Ellie Avery mystery, Mother’s Day, Muffins and Murder, 4:30PM
• River Oaks Bookstore, Crownsolor reading and signing My King Looks Like Me, 3PM
• Writespace, Workshop: “The Magic of Story Structure with Adrienne Perry,” 1PM

Lubbock

• B&N, The Last Assassination book signing with James E. Doucette, 2PM

Port Neches

• Fleur Fine Books, Rebecca Stark Nugent will discuss and sign If the Devil had a Wife, 3PM

Richardson

• Chocolate Angel, Fresh Fiction Afternoon Tea with Kristin Higgins, author of Good Luck With That, 3:30PM

San Antonio

• Dead Tree Books, Shane Crown discussing and signing Seeing Light with Darkness, 2PM
• Trinity University, Gemini Ink workshop: “Dreaming Fully and Honestly with Words: A One-Day Fiction Workshop” with Andre Dubus III, 10AM
• The Twig Book Shop, Jennifer Zimmerle, Margaret Wortham, and Allison Freeman signing Big Bend is Not in London, 11AM

Southlake

• B&N – Town Square, Nicole Castroman signing Blacksouls, 2PM

Spring

• Copperfield’s Books, Fourth Anniversary Celebration and Local Author Fair, 10:30AM

Webster

• B&N, Gulf Coast Poets meeting featuring Jeremy Eugene, 10:30AM
• B&N, Hal Evans reading and signing If I Weren’t Me, 1PM

Sunday, April 15

Austin

• BookPeople, DONNA JANELL BOWMAN speaking & signing Abraham Lincoln’s Dueling Words, 2PM
• BookPeople, ROBERT ASHCROFT speaking & signing The Megarothke, 5PM

Canadian

• Conejo Art Gallery, Book Brunch featuring Jodi Thomas for Canadian River Valley Writer’s Workshop, 11:30AM

Dallas

• B&N – Preston/Royal, Alice Parker signing Choices, Changes & Friends: 1970s After Divorce, 2PM
• The Foundry Club, Writing Workshops Dallas seminar: “Breaking the Writer’s Block” with Mag Gabbert, 3PM
• Half Price Books – The Mother Ship, local author Carlos Harleaux will sell and sign his poetry book Commissioned to Love, and local author Lisa Lynn will sell and sign her inspirational book Unraveled, Time to Tell, 1PM

Houston

• Discovery Green, support young authors at the annual Writers in the Schools Blooms reading event, 1PM
• Murder By the Book, Susan Wittig Albert will sign and discuss The Darling Dahlias and the Unlucky Clover and Queen Anne’s Lace, 2PM

San Antonio

• SAY Sí , Poetry: Voices, Vibes, and Visions with Lahab Assef Al-Jundi, 11AM
• The Twig Book Shop, John Manguso signing The Quadrangle, 12PM

Spring

• Hop Scholar Ale House, Suburban Disruption with Houston Poet Laureate Deborah Mouton, 6:30PM

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