• Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Exhibition, Austin, February 10–July 6, 2015
• Armadillo Rising: Austin’s Music Scene in the 1970s, Wittliff Collection, Texas State University, San Marcos, February 9 – July 3, 2015
• A Hemispheric Conversation: Queer/Feminist Independent Publishing Projects ‘Belleza y Felicidad’ and ‘Belladonna’ exhibit, Austin, April 14 – May 9

Sunday, May 3

Austin

• B&N – Arboretum, Meet & Greet Book Signing With Francis Boafo, 2PM
• BookPeople, Author ANNE BUSTARD speaking & signing Anywhere But Paradise, 3PM
• BookWoman, The Gender Book Reading & Signing, 3:30PM
• Malvern Books, The Lion & The Pirate Unplugged, 3PM

Monday, May 4

Austin

• Austin Java on Parkway, ACC Literary Coffeehouse featuring the students of W. Joe Hoppe’s advanced poetry class, 7PM
• BookPeople, Instagram Personality & Yoga Teacher RACHEL BRATHEN speaking & signing Yoga Girl, 7PM
• Opal Divine’s, MysteryPeople Presents NOIR AT THE BAR featuring authors JAMIE KORNEGAY, GEORGE WEIR, BRUCE REHBURG and JESSE SUBLETT, 7PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Kathleen Lee reads and signs ALL THINGS TENDING TOWARDS THE ETERNAL, 7PM

Tuesday, May 5

Austin

• BookPeople, Debut Authors: DINA GUIDUBALDI reads and signs How Gone We Got: Stories and MELISSA FALCON FIELD reads and signs What Burns Away, 7PM
• Spider House Cafe & Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM

College Station

• B&N, Jean Reagan signs How to Surprise a Dad, 5PM

Dallas

• B&N – Lincoln Park, Charlaine Harris to Discuss and Sign Day Shift, 7PM
• Half Price Books Mother Ship, Jon Acuff reads and signs Do Over, 7PM

Fort Worth

• The Dock Bookshop, Fort Worth Poetry Slam, 8PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Jamie Kornegay reads and signs SOIL, 7PM
• Murder By the Book, Greg Iles will sign and discuss The Bone Tree, 6:30PM

Irving

• Irving Public Library – Valley Ranch, Author Visit with Kelly Light, 7PM

San Antonio

• Briscoe Western Art Museum, Cowboy Poetry, 6:30PM

Wednesday, May 6

Austin

• BookPeople, Author AMELIA GRAY speaking & signing Gutshot: Stories, 7PM
• Bullock Museum, High Noon Talk: Gregg Dimmick, author of Sea of Mud, tells stories behind his archeological findings at San Jacinto, 12PM
• Malvern Books, An Evening with Noel Crook & Kirk Wilson, 7PM

El Paso

• UTEP Library, launch of the graphic novel La Lucha: The Story of Lucha Castro and Human Rights in Mexico, 4:30PM

Houston

• Blue Willow Bookshop, Jan-Philipp Sendker will discuss and sign his new book, WHISPERING SHADOWS, 7PM
• Brazos Bookstore, Geoff Rips reads and signs THE CALCULUS OF FALLING BODIES & Carol Flake reads and signs WRITTEN IN WATER, 7PM
• Murder By the Book, Charlaine Harris will sign and discuss Day Shift, 6:30PM

San Antonio

• Southwest School of Art, A Crown for Gumecindo Book Launch Party with Laurie Ann Guerrero, Poet Laureate, 6:30PM
• The Twig Book Shop, David Heymann reads and signs My Beautiful City Austin, 6PM

Thursday, May 7

Austin

• BookPeople, Internationally Recognized Speaker, Poet, Author JESSIE CLOSE speaking & signing Resilience: Two Sisters and a Story of Mental Illness, 7PM

Conroe

• Dosey Doe Coffee House – Music Cafe, 24th Annual Walt Whitman Birthday Celebration and Poetry Reading, 5:30PM

Dallas

• B&N – Lincoln Park, Becky Wade Discussing A Love Like Ours, 7PM
• Half Price Books Mother Ship, New York Times bestselling author Sarah Dessen will read, discuss and sign her new novel Saint Anything, 7PM
• Perot Museum of Nature and Science at Victory Park, National Geographic LIVE! Paul Nicklen: Polar Obsession followed by a book signing, 7PM

Houston

• Blue Willow Bookshop, Jean Reagan will discuss and sign her picture book, HOW TO SURPRISE A DAD, 5PM
• The Houston Club, Join John DeMers for Cocktail Hour and some Delicious Mischief, 5:30PM

Friday, May 8

Austin

• B&N – Arboretum, Discussion and Signing With Robert Taylor: Finding the Right Psychiatrist: A Guide for Discerning Consumers, 7PM
• BookPeople, Austin Author MARK FALKIN speaking & signing Contract City, 7PM
• UT – Avaya Auditorium, Michener Center for Writing Spring 2015 Graduating MFA Class readings, 7PM

College Station

• B&N, Lindsay Cummings signs Balance Keepers #1 The Fires of Calderon, 6PM

Dallas

• McKinney Avenue Contemporary (MAC), WordSpace presents an evening performance from internationally acclaimed poet Anne Waldman, 7:30PM

Fort Worth

• B&N – Hulen Center, Marc Cameron signs Day Zero (Jericho Quinn Series #5), 7PM

Houston

• B&N – River Oaks, George Arnold signs Fire and Ice – Beyond Alchemy, 4PM
• Brazos Bookstore, Gwendolyn Womack reads and signs THE MEMORY PAINTER, 7PM
• Discovery Green, Orbit Poetry Slam, 6PM
• Fundamentally Toys, Lawson Gow signs Silly Shoes, 6:30PM
• River Oaks Bookstore, Grady Gaines reads and signs I’ve Been Out There, 5PM

Round Rock

• B&N – La Frontera, Cedar Ridge High School Poetry Night, 7PM

San Antonio

• The Twig Book Shop, Eric Blehm reads and signs Legend: A Harrowing Story from the Vietnam War of One Green Beret’s Heroic Mission to Rescue a Special Forces Team Caught Behind Enemy Lines, 2PM

Saturday, May 9

Austin

• Brush Square behind the O. Henry and Susanna Dickinson Museums, 38th Annual O. Henry Pun-Off World Championships, 11AM
• Malvern Books, Hothouse Literary Journal Premiere, 2PM

El Paso

• B&N – Fountains at Farah, Paul Garcia Signing The Adventures of Rocky Bear, 2PM

Fort Worth

• B&N – Hulen Center, Authors Johnell Kelley and Robbyn Foster a.k.a. Joan Rylen sign Upstate Uproar, 1PM

Houston

• B&N – River Oaks, George Arnold signs Fire and Ice – Beyond Alchemy, 10AM
• Blue Willow Bookshop, Dianna Aston will discuss and sign her picture book, A NEST IS NOISY, 11AM
• Blue Willow Bookshop, Author Tricia Barr will celebrate the release of ULTIMATE STAR WARS, 2PM
• Houston Pubic Library, Vikram Chandra, author of GEEK SUBLIME, will be interviewed by Houston author Chitra Divakaruni with book signing to follow, 2PM
• Katy Budget Books, local author Christy Esmahan reading and signing her new book, The Laptev Virus, 2PM
• Murder By the Book, John Lescroart will sign and discuss his new Dismas Hardy novel, The Fall, 4:30PM
• River Oaks Bookstore, Shirley Jordan-Bellamy reads and signs A Trip to the Barber Shop, 1PM
• Writespace, Anything Goes: All Genre Open Mic, 7:30PM

Hurst

• B&N – NE Mall, Book Signing With Author Lara Lacombe: Killer Exposure, 2PM

Irving

• Irving Public Library – South Branch, local author Jenny Martin’s launch party celebrating her debut YA novel Tracked, 5PM

Plano

• B&N – Preston/Park, Beautiful Evil Winter – Author Signing, 11AM

San Antonio

• B&N – La Cantera, Jesse Sublett signs 1960s Austin Gangsters: Organized Crime that Rocked the Capital, 2PM
• Viva! Bookstore, Book Signing and Reading: Joy Beyond Agony with San Antonio Author Jane Roach, 1PM

Terrell

• Book & Crannies, Release Party for Taylor Anderson’s Straits of Hell, 4PM

Webster

• B&N – Baybrook II, A Special Mother’s Day Signing With Shanalee Sharboneau, 11AM

Sunday, May 10   MOTHER’S DAY

Austin

• Malvern Books, Mother’s Day Reading with Revolution Writing Workshop, 2PM
• Malvern Books, Austin Writers Roulette, 4PM

Houston

• B&N – River Oaks, George Arnold signs Fire and Ice – Beyond Alchemy, 11AM

San Antonio

• The Twig Book Shop, Clayton Dorn Coburn and Sharon Dorn Gill read and sign Had to Take Break: Bicycling Misadventures, 10AM

Southlake

• B&N – Town Square, Author Signing – Tracked by Jenny Martin, 1PM

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