• West Texas Writers’ Academy, Canyon, June 4-8
• Children’s Art & Literature Festival, Abilene, June 7-9
• North Texas Council of English Language Arts Conference, Hurst, June 8
• Texas Folklife Festival, San Antonio, June 8-10
• Fresh Fiction’s Boas & Tiaras 2018, Allen, June 9
• Wimberley Book Festival, June 9
• Dallas-Forth Worth Writers Conference, Hurst, June 9-10

Ongoing Exhibits

• Routine Fables, Houston, May 25-July 29
• Oliver Jeffers: 15 Years of Picturing Books, Abilene, June 7-September 30

Sunday, June 3

Austin

• BookPeople, LEWIS SMITH speaking & signing The Gnostic Library, 2PM

Dallas

• Deep Vellum Books, Trey Moody & Melissa Cundieff – Poetry Reading, 3PM
• The Foundry Club, Writing Workshops Dallas seminar: “How to Find Your Plot: A Storytelling Seminar” with J.R. Forasteros, 3PM
• Half Price Books – The Mother Ship, local author Lawrence Hodgeswill sell and sign his inspirational memoir Raised From the Dead, and local author Thomas Fletcher Grooms will sell and sign his business book Market Intelligence: The Original Work, 1PM
• The Wild Detectives, Backyard Story Night: Women Galore Edition, 7PM

Houston

• Blue Willow Bookshop, Samuel Miller, formerly of the band Paradise Fears, will discuss and sign his debut novel A LITE TOO BRIGHT, 2PM

Mansfield

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

San Antonio

• The Twig Book Shop, Phil West signing I Believe That We Will Win: The Path to a US Men’s World Cup Victory, 12PM

Monday, June 4

Austin

• BookPeople, MADELINE MILLER speaking & signing Circe, 7PM [ticketed event]

Dallas

• Interabang Books, Katherine Reynolds Lewis discussing and signing THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT BAD BEHAVIOR, 7PM
• Park Cities Baptist Church, New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury discussing and signing her new book, To the Moon and Back, 7PM

Frisco

• B&N – Stonebriar, A Lite Too Bright book signing with Sam Miller, 7PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Greg Upah discussing and signing SALES TALKS, 7PM

San Antonio

• Urban 15, HIDDEN HISTORIES: EL OJO DEL AGUA: SACRED SPRINGS, SACRED STORIES, 7PM

South Padre Island

• Paragraphs on Padre, Meet the Author Series at Paragraphs: Dr. Edward Dramberger discussing and signing The Destination Diaries, 1PM

Tuesday, June 5

Austin

• BookPeople, CHAD SARNO speaking & signing The Wicked Healthy Cookbook, 7PM
• Hill’s Cafe, Hearsay Poetry Night, 8PM
• The North Door, One Page Salon with the Writers’ League of Texas featuring Meg Gardiner, Charlotte Gullick, Chaitali Sen, and Christina Soontornvat, 7:30PM
• Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam: New Shit Slam featuring the APS Regional Slam Team, 7PM

Dallas

• Interabang Books, Kevin Powers reading and signing A SHOUT IN THE RUINS, 7PM
• Klyde Warren Park, Locals Only Book Club: discussion of Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget with author Sarah Hepola, 6PM
• Warwick Melrose Hotel, the World Affairs Council of DFW hosting “A New Agenda & Bipartisanship for the Americas & the U.S.” with Christopher Sabatini, author of The U.S. and Latin America: A Path Forward, and Ambassador Marc Grossman (followed by a book signing), 7PM

El Paso

• Literarity Book Shop, Prize-Winning Journalist Alfredo Corchado signs Homelands, 5PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Houston Poets Read: ECHOES OF THE CORDILLERA, 6:30PM

San Antonio

• The Mix, PuroSlam with DJ Donnie Dee, 9:30PM
• The Twig Book Shop, Emily Ann Peterson reading from and signing Bare Naked Bravery, 5PM

Wednesday, June 6

Austin

• BookPeople, JIM BUTCHER speaking & signing Brief Cases, 7PM
• Bullock Museum, High Noon Talks: Lora-Marie Bernard discussing The Counterfeit Prince of Old Texas, 12PM
• Malvern Books, Rachel Z. Arndt reading and signing her essay collection, Beyond Measure, 7PM

Boerne

• Patrick Heath Public Library, A History of Texas Jazz with author Dave Oliphant, 6PM

Dallas

• The Wild Detectives, Inner Moonlight: Fatima-Ayan Malika Hirsi and courtney marie will present their forthcoming poetry double-chapbook, Moon Woman / don’t get your hopes up, 7:30PM

Houston

• Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Slam, 7:30PM
• Brazos Bookstore, Kevin Powers reading and signing A SHOUT IN THE RUINS, 7PM

San Antonio

• The Twig Book Shop, Dixie Lee Evatt and Sue Meredith Cleveland reading and signing Shrouded, 5PM

Thursday, June 7

Abilene

• Paramount Theatre, Artist Talk with children’s book illustrator Oliver Jeffers, 6:30PM

Austin

• BookPeople, MICHELLE SMITH speaking & signing The Whole Smiths Good Food Cookbook, 7PM
• BookWoman, Bare Naked Bravery: Reading and Live Music with Emily Ann Peterson, 7PM
• ESB-MACC, Dr. Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez story telling celebrating 1000 stories collected from WWII Veterans and their families, 5:30PM
• Malvern Books, An Evening with poets Elizabeth Threadgill, Melissa Cundieff, and Roger Jones, 7PM

Cleburne

• Cleburne Public Library, The Friends of the Cleburne Public Library will host mystery and true crime author Kathryn Casey, who will discuss and sign copies of her latest book In Plain Sight, detailing the Kaufman County prosecutor murders, ?

Dallas

• Interabang Books, Amber Royer reading and signing FREE CHOCOLATE, 7PM
• The Wild Detectives, Kristen Martin signing Be Your Own #Goals, 6PM

Denton

• Spiderweb HQ, Read Between the Lines zine workshop with Spiderweb Salon, 7PM

Houston

• Blue Willow Bookshop, Boldly Bookish tour: Authors Tara Altebrando, Jeff Giles, Carolyn Mackler, and Sarah Tolcser will appear and talk about their books, 7PM
• Brazos Bookstore, David Bowles discussing and signing FEATHERED SERPENT, DARK HEART OF THE SKY, 7PM

San Antonio

• B&N – San Pedro, Book Signing: A People’s History of the Vampire Uprising by Raymond A. Villareal, 7PM
• St. Andrews Methodist Church, Writers’ League of Texas presents “The Craft + Business of Writing” with Michael Noll and Becka Oliver, 7PM

Sugar Land

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

Friday, June 8

Abilene

• National Center for Children’s Illustrated Literature, an evening with celebrated artist Oliver Jeffers at the NCCIL Gallery featuring his art from “15 Years of Picturing Books,” 6:30PM

Austin

• BookPeople, KEVIN POWERS speaking & signing A Shout in the Ruins, 7PM
• Malvern Books, a celebratory reading by the writers of S. Kirk Walsh’s nine-month fiction workshop, 7PM

Dallas

• Deep Vellum Books, David Eye: “Seed” Poetry Reading, 7PM
• Interabang Books, poet Aaron Brown reading from and signing ACACIA ROAD, 7PM

Houston

• Katy Budget Books, Discussion Group: Gender Bias in the Literary World, 7PM
• Murder By the Book, Ruth Ware will sign and discuss The Death of Mrs. Westaway, and Christi Daugherty will sign and discuss The Echo Killing, 6:30PM

San Antonio

• The Twig Book Shop, Trey Moody and Melissa Cundieff: Poetry Reading, 5PM

San Marcos

• The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment, Premiere paddler and Texas Canoe Racing Hall of Famer Bob Spain will be signing Bob Spain’s Canoeing Guide and Favorite Texas Paddling Trails following check-in for the 56th Annual Texas Water Safari, 6PM

Saturday, June 9

Austin

• Austin Book Arts Center, Open House and Closing Party for Ex Libris, 5PM
• BookPeople, LEVIS KELTNER speaking & signing Into That Good Night, 2PM
• BookPeople, STEPHANIE GARBER speaking & signing Legendary (In Conversation with author Amy Tintera), 6PM

Cleburne

• The Published Page Bookshop, local graphic novel/comic author Shane Morrison will be signing his debut work, Beast King, 12PM

Dallas

• Interabang Books, Join author and filmmaker Jared Brock for a screening of a 39-minute documentary film based on his new book, THE ROAD TO DAWN: JOSIAH HENSON AND THE STORY THAT SPARKED THE CIVIL WAR, 7PM

El Paso

• Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: “Point of View: How pointy is that?” with Raquel Mejía, 12:45PM

Houston

• Blue Willow Bookshop, Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar will discuss and sign her novel THE MAP OF SALT AND STARS, 1PM
• Blue Willow Bookshop, celebrate the launch of Preston Norton’s new novel NEANDERTHAL OPENS THE DOOR TO THE UNIVERSE, 4PM
• Half Price Books – Clear Lake, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
• Katy Budget Books, Kristen Martin signing Be Your Own #Goals, 2PM
• MECA, Meta-Four Houston at Bayou City Poetry Group Slam, 7PM
• Murder By the Book, Raymond Villareal will sign and discuss A People’s History of the Vampire Uprising, 1PM
• Murder By the Book, Karen Hanson Stuyck will sign and discuss A Deadly Courtship, 4:30PM
• Writespace, Workshop: “The Art of Memoir” with Jessica Wilbanks, 1PM

Lubbock

• B&N, The Simple Little Rule: The Golden Rule Rediscovered book signing with Mike Ellerkamp, 1:30PM

Plano

• B&N – Creekwalk Village, local Olympian Johnny Quinn signing Push: Breaking Through The Barriers, 12PM

San Antonio

• San Antonio Central Library, Kate Dawson, journalism professor at UT Austin, will discuss her true crime book, Death in the Air, 2PM
• The Twig Book Shop, E.R. Bills signing Texas Far & Wide, 11AM

South Padre Island

• Paragraphs on Padre, Meet the Author Series at Paragraphs: Book signing and conversation with author Mario E. Martinez, 1PM

Southlake

• B&N – Town Square, Isabella Allen signing Through the Barbed Wire, 2PM

Tyler

• B&N, Betraying Eyes book signing with Dee Wiggins, 1PM

Webster

• B&N, Gulf Coast Poets meeting featuring Xach Blunt, 10:30AM
• B&N, Meet the Author: Goretti Rerri signing My Box of Chocolates: How my child with autism learned to read, write and more, 1PM

Sunday, June 10

Austin

• Bass Concert Hall, Texas Performing Arts will present President Bill Clinton in a wide-ranging conversation as he discusses his forthcoming novel, The President Is Missing, 7:30PM
• BookPeople, GAIL HONEYMAN speaking & signing Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, 2PM
• BookPeople, MARI ANDREW speaking & signing Am I There Yet?, 6PM
• Malvern Books, Austin Writers Roulette presents “Never-Ending Tomorrow,” 4PM

Dallas

• B&N – Preston/Royal, Lakewood resident Sarah Secor-MacElroy signing You’ve Got This, Mama: A Mother’s Guide To Embracing The Chaos And Living An Empowered Life, 1PM
• The Foundry Club, Writing Workshops Dallas seminar: Submitting to Journals & Magazines with Mag Gabbert, 3PM
• Half Price Books – The Mother Ship, local author and illustrator Leon Robertson will sell and sign his book ARF & Soul, and local author Carole Fowkes will sell and sign books from her A Terrified Detective series, 1PM

San Antonio

• Landa Library, An Afternoon With Texas Poet Laureate Carol Coffee Reposa, 3PM
• The Twig Book Shop, Donna Bowman reading and signing Step Right Up: How Doc and Jim Key Taught the World About Kindness and Abraham Lincoln’s Dueling Words, 12PM

Sugar Land

• Half Price Books, local author Annie Loney will sell and sign her memoir, The Runs and Errors of a Baseball Mom’s Life, 12PM

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