• 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

• RT (fka Romantic Times) Booklovers Convention, Dallas, May 12 – 17

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

Monday, May 11

Austin

• BookPeople, Novelist KAMY WICOFF speaking & signing Wishful Thinking, 7PM
• BookWoman, Annelies Zijderveld discusses and signs Steeped: Recipes Infused with Tea, 7PM

Beaumont

• Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Jamie Brickhouse reading, signing, Q&A and reception for Dangerous When Wet, 5:30PM

Dallas

• B&N – Lincoln Park, Rainbow Rowell signs Fangirl (B&N Exclusive Collector’s Edition), 7PM
• Parish Episcopal School – Midway Campus, David Brooks presents The Road to Character: The Humble Journey to an Excellent Life, 7PM

Fort Worth

• B&N – Hulen, Taya Kyle signs American Wife A Memoir of Love, War, Faith, and Renewal, 7PM

Houston

• Murder By the Book, Matthew Pearl will sign and discuss his new release, The Last Bookaneer, 6:30PM
• Wortham Center, Inprint House Margarett Root Brown reading series presents Geoff Dyer, 7:30PM

Tuesday, May 12

Austin

• BookPeople, Co-Founder of HelloGiggles SOPHIA RIVKA ROSSI speaking & signing A Tale of Two Besties: A Hello Giggles Novel, 7PM
• Spider House Cafe & Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM

Dallas

• B&N – Lincoln Park, Jen Lancaster signs I Regret Nothing A Memoir, 7PM

Fort Worth

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

Houston

• B&N – River Oaks, George Bush signs 41 A Portrait of My Father, 3PM
• Brazos Bookstore, Jamie Brickhouse reads and signs DANGEROUS WHEN WET, 7PM
• Warehouse Live, Houston Moth StorySLAM: Chemistry, 7:30PM

San Antonio

• Gemini Ink, Actress & poet Amber Tamblyn reads from her new book Dark Sparkler and poet and publisher Derrick Brown reads from his latest collection, Our Poison Horse, 8PM
• The Twig Book Shop, Kamy Wicoff reads and signs Wishful Thinking, 6PM

Wednesday, May 13

Austin

• BookPeople, Author JAMIE BRICKHOUSE speaking & signing Dangerous When Wet: A Memoir, 7PM
• Malvern Books, Raw Paw Reading Series: release of the new issue of Mind Maze, 7PM
• Scoot Inn, Lazers of Sexcellence 5.0 – A Poetry Show of Epic Proportions, 8PM

Dallas

• Crescent Club, Lisa Shannon presents Mama Koko and the Hundred Gunmen, 6:30PM
• Half Price Books Mothership, Meet Sophia Rivka Rossi, debut author and co-founder of HelloGiggles for a special book signing and HelloGiggles meet-up event, 7PM

Fort Worth

• B&N – Hulen, Richard Rawlings signs Fast N’ Loud Blood, Sweat and Beers, 7PM

Houston

• Blue Willow Bookshop, Annelies Zijderveld will discuss and sign her cookbook, STEEPED: RECIPES INFUSED WITH TEA, 7PM
• Menil Collection, The Watchful Eye: A WITS Student Reading, 7PM
• Murder By the Book, Kathy and Becky Hepinstall will sign and discuss Sisters of Shiloh, 6:30PM

Irving

• Irving Public Library – South Branch, We Need Diverse Books Young Adult Author Panel with authors Sona Charaipotra, Dhonielle Clayton, I.W. Gregorio, Marieke Nijkamp and Natalie C. Parker, 7PM

Thursday, May 14

Allen

• Allen Public Library, author Kenneth Mark Hoover discusses and signs his books, 7:30

Austin

• BookPeople, Texas Authors KATHY & BECKY HEPINSTALL speaking & signing Sisters of Shiloh, 7PM
• BookWoman, Second Thursday Open Mic featuring Susan Rooke, 7PM
• Malvern Books, Novel Night with Richard Kendrick & Gary Hobbs, 7PM

Denton

• J&J’s Pizza on the Square, Actress and writer Amber Tamblyn will share some of her poetry at next month’s Spiderweb Salon, 8PM

Houston

• Blue Willow Bookshop, Sophia Rossi, HelloGiggles co-founder, will meet and greet fans as she discusses her new book, A TALE OF TWO BESTIES, 7PM
• Brazos Bookstore, Dina Gachman reads and signs BROKENOMICS, 7PM

San Antonio

The Twig Book Shop, Jamie Brickhouse reads and signs Dangerous When Wet, 5:30PM

Friday, May 15

Austin

• BookPeople, Music & Culture Critic JESSICA HOPPER speaking & signing The First Collection of Criticism By a Living Female Rock Critic, 7PM

Dallas

• Heroes Bar and Grill, Dallas Poetry Slam with Tova Charles and Zai Sadler, 8PM

Houston

• Blue Willow Bookshop, Fierce Reads 2015 tour! Four amazing YA authors: Katie Finn, Lynne Matson, Marie Rutkoski & Lindsay Smith, 7PM
• MECA, Orbit Poetry Slam, 6PM
• Silver Street Studios, One Ton Goldfish: In Search of the Tangible Dream – Justin Garcia book debut & signing, 5PM

San Antonio

• Gemini Ink, Making a Life in Writing: An Evening with Antonya Nelson and Laura Kasischke, 6:30PM

Saturday, May 16

Amarillo

• B&N, Linda Broday Signs Twice a Texas Bride, 2PM

Austin

• BookPeople, Austin Author EMMA VIRJAN speaking & signing What This Story Needs Is a Pig in a Wig, 3PM

Dallas

• B&N – Lincoln Park, Michelle Hartman Discusses Irony and Irreverence, 7PM
• Horchow Auditorium, Oral Fixation—Destination America: True Stories of Immigration, 7:30PM

El Paso

• B&N – Sunland Park, author signing: Mateo’s Metamorphosis Journey, 1PM

Fort Worth

• Half Price Books – Hulen, Michael Graves will sell and sign his newest book Ghosts: Revelations, 1PM

Harker Heights

• B&N, Anna Black signing I’m Doin’ Me, 12PM

Houston

• Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, reading by New York-based poet and novelist Eileen Myles, 2PM
• River Oaks Bookstore, Russell Sanders reads and signs The Book of Ethan, 3PM
• Writespace, Book Launch: Find Your Voice with Sahar Paz, 7PM

Hurst

• B&N – NE Mall, D.L. Tracey signs Tales from the Tables A Wicked Funny Look from the Waiter’s Side of the Tables, 1PM

Plano

• B&N – Preston/Park, Polly Holyoke signs The Neptune Challenge, 1PM

Round Rock

• B&N – La Frontera, Douglas Mullis signs Gideon’s Warriors, 2PM

San Antonio

• The Twig Book Shop, Douglas B. Carlyle reads and signs Death by Times New Roman, 11AM

Southlake

• B&N – Town Square, George Dalton signs A Collision of Dreams, 11AM

Watauga

• Half Price Books, Cathy Beddow Keener will sell and sign her children’s book Jazzy Bunny Get Floppy-ear-itis, 12PM

Sunday, May 17

Austin

• BookPeople, We Need Diverse Books YA Author Panel: I. W. Gregorio, Natalie C. Parker, Sona Charaipotra, Dhonielle Clayton and Marike Nijkamp, 1PM

Fort Worth

• Half Price Books – Ridgmar, local author James Howell will sign his book Countdown to Atomgeddon: The Race to Build the First Atomic Bomb, 1PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, AFA/Brazos Concert performance/reading, 4PM
• Murder By the Book, Mary Robinette Kowal will sign and discuss her newest book, Of Noble Family, and Marie Brennan will sign and discuss Voyage of the Basilisk, 2PM

Irving

• Irving Public Library – South Branch, Macmillan’s Fierce Reads Spring Fling 2015 Tour featuring authors Katie Finn, Lynne Matson, Marie Rutkoski and Lindsay Smith, 2PM

San Antonio

• The Twig Book Shop, Jeanne Sellers reads and signs Lakefront Lies, 11AM