• 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
• ARCHIZINES celebrates the resurgence of alternative and independent architectural publishing around the world, Houston, January 29 – April 17
• Texas Writers: a Humanities Texas Exhibition, San Antonio, April 1 – 29
• A Hemispheric Conversation: Queer/Feminist Independent Publishing Projects ‘Belleza y Felicidad’ and ‘Belladonna’ exhibit, Austin, April 14 – May 9
  Rio Grande Valley International Poetry Festival, McAllen, concluding April 26
• Austin Food & Wine Festival (includes book signings), concluding April 26
• Houston Writers Guild Annual Spring Conference, concluding April 26

Sunday, April 26

Austin

• Malvern Books, An Afternoon with Issa Nyaphaga, 4PM

Dallas

• Horchow Auditorium, Harry Bliss & Barney Saltzberg: Imaginative Illustrating, 3PM

Houston

• Discovery Green, Space City Grand Slam, 3PM
• Johnston Middle School, Chris Grabenstein visits Houston as part of Inprint’s “Cool Brains” series, 3PM
• Murder By the Book, Susan Wittig Albert will sign and discuss the new China Bayles mystery, Bittersweet, 2PM

San Antonio

• SAY Sí, La Voz de San Antonio, 3PM

The Woodlands

• B&N – Woodlands Mall, Dana Perino: And the Good News Is… Lessons and Advice from the Bright Side, 1PM

Monday, April 27

Austin

• BookPeople, Debut Novelist SARAH GERARD in conversation with STEPH OPITZ about Binary Star, 7PM

Dallas

• Hall of State at Fair Park, Kenneth T. Walsh presents Celebrity in Chief: A History of the Presidents and the Culture of Stardom followed by a book signing, 7PM
• Horchow Auditorium, Sue Roe & Joshua Wolf Shenk: Matisse, Picasso & the Power of Pairs, 7:30PM

Fort Worth

• B&N – Hulen Center, Dana Perino signs And the Good News Is… Lessons and Advice from the Bright Side, 12:30PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Attica Locke reads and signs PLEASANTVILLE, 7PM

Tuesday, April 28

Austin

• Spider House Cafe & Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM

Duncanville

• Duncanville Public Library, Local author Jill K. Sayre will share stories of her novel, The Fairies of Turtle Creek, and then sign books, 7PM

Fort Worth

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

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, George Hodgman reads and signs BETTYVILLE, 7PM

Lubbock

• Caprock Writers’ Alliance welcomes novelist Tim Lewis, author of Forever Friday, for talk and book signing, 7-8:45 PM, Lubbock Public Library Mahon Branch, 1306 9th St.

The Woodlands

• B&N – Woodlands Mall, Jacob Grey signs Ferals, 7PM

Wednesday, April 29

Austin

• BookPeople, Owner of Pitmaster & Franklin BBQ Aaron Franklin speaking and signing Franklin Barbeque: A Meat-Smoking Manifesto, 7PM
• Cherrywood Coffeehouse, Bat City Review reading, 7PM
• Malvern Books, Revista Pterodáctilo Bilingual Poetry Reading, 6PM
• The Writing Barn, Words and Wine with Nikki Loftin and Joy Preble, 7:30PM

Dallas

• B&N – Lincoln Park, Rod Dreher signs How Dante Can Save Your Life The Life-Changing Wisdom of History’s Greatest Poem, 7PM

• Kettle Arts, Pegasus Reading Series featuring Nate Logan, Opalina Salas, Kara Synhorst, and Kyle Vaughn, 7PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Mitchell Gaynor reads and signs THE GENE THERAPY PLAN, 7PM

Thursday, April 30

Austin

• BookPeople, Bestselling Author NEAL SHUSTERMAN speaking & signing Challenger Deep, 7PM
• Spider House Ballroom, Testify ATX presents Stuck, 7:30PM

Dallas

• Tycher Library, David Laskin will be discussing his new book, The Family, 7PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Raphael Rubinstein reads and signs THE MIRACULOUS, 7PM
• Houston Museum of Natural Science, Lecture – Quest to Save Wild Mustangs by H. Alan Day followed by a book signing, 6:30PM
• Murder By the Book, Martin Walker will sign and discuss the latest Bruno book, The Children Return, 6:30PM
• River Oaks Bookstore, Heath Hardage Lee reads and signs Winnie Davis: Daughter of the Lost Cause, 5:PM
• Unity of Houston (Unity Church of Christianity), James Van Praagh – An Evening of Spirit followed by a book signing, 7:30PM

Friday, May 1

Austin

• BookPeople, Austin Author NEAL POLLACK speaking & signing Repeat, 7PM
• Malvern Books, a reading from poet Dr. Sybil Pittman Estess, who will be introducing her latest collection, Like That, 7PM
• Magnolia Lounge, CAKE AND PROSE, 7:30PM

Denton

• UNT Willis Library, North Texas Review reception and reading, 5PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Paul Otremba reads and signs PAX AMERICANA & Tomas Q. Morin reads and signs A LARGER COUNTRY, 7PM
• Inprint House, First Friday Poetry Reading Series presents Saba Husein, 8:30PM

Irving

• Irving Public Library – Valley Ranch, bestselling author Neal Shusterman discusses his newest book, Challenger Deep, 7PM

• Katherine Anne Porter Literary Center, reading with Elizabeth Crook, 7:30PM

Saturday, May 2

Austin

• B&N – Arboretum, Meet & Greet Book Signing With Barbara Youngblood Carr, 2PM
• Malvern Books, Borderlands: Issue 42 Launch Party, 3PM
• Malvern Books, An Evening with Santiago Vaquera-Vásquez & Ire’ne Lara Silva, 7PM

Dallas

• B&N – Lincoln Park, Kay Willis Wyma signs I’m Happy for You (Sort Of…Not Really) Finding Contentment in a Culture of Comparison, 4PM

Denton

• B&N – Golden Triangle Mall, Local Author Laura Maisano, Signing SCHISM, 1PM

Frisco

• B&N – Stonebriar, Neal Shusterman signs Challenger Deep, 2PM

Garland

• B&N – Firewheel Mall, Discussion and Signing With USA Today Bestselling Author Marc Cameron: Day Zero (Jericho Quinn Series #5), 2PM

Houston

• Blue Willow Bookshop, celebrate Independent Bookstore Day with activities, food, giveaways and limited edition merchandise, all day
• Brazos Bookstore, celebrate Independent Bookstore Day with refreshments, literary luminaries and limited edition swag, all day
• Katy Budget Books, celebrate Independent Bookstore Day with limited edition merchandise, all day
• Murder By the Book, Joy Preble will sign and discuss Finding Paris and Meredith Moore will sign and discuss I Am Her Revenge, 4:30PM
• PJ’s Coffee, Imagiread presents Books in Bloom: Stories for Families by Families + book swap, 10:30AM

Hurst

• B&N – NE Mall, Susan Mead signs Dance With Jesus From Grief to Grace, 1PM

Lewisville

• B&N – Vista Ridge, George Arnold book signing, 1PM

San Antonio

• Viva! Bookstore, celebrate Independent Bookstore Day!, all day

Southlake

• B&N – Town Square, Author Signing Kelly Lavender, 11:30AM

Sugarland

• B&N – First Colony Mall, Hooked by Allen Wolf ~ A Discussion and Signing Event, 1PM

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

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