• 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
• Austin Author Affair, May 22–24
• ComicPalooza, Houston, May 22–25

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

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

Monday, May 18

Austin

• BookPeople, MICHELANGELO SIGNORILE speaking & signing It’s Not Over: Getting Beyond Tolerance, Defeating Homophobia, and Winning True Equality, 7PM
• Monkeywrench Books, Gilad Atzmon – A to Zion (book signing, music & discussion), 5PM

Dallas

• Magnolia Lounge, Pandora’s Box Presents: Jenny Molberg, Robert Torres and Lucas Jacob, 8PM

Houston

• Blue Willow Bookshop, Gabrielle Blair, author of DESIGN MOM, will appear in conversation with Karen Walrond, blogger at Chookooloonks and author of THE BEAUTY OF DIFFERENT, 7PM
• Murder By the Book, Neal Griffin will sign and discuss Benefit of the Doubt, 6:30PM

Richardson

• Richardson Public Library, Author and University of Texas at Dallas Creative Writing teacher Blake Kimzey will present “Writing Out of the Wilderness: How to Survive Rejection and Forge a Path to Publication,” 7PM

Tuesday, May 19

Austin

• BookPeople, Bestselling Author JILLIAN LAUREN speaking & signing Everything You Ever Wanted, 7PM
• grayDUCK Gallery, fields presents Disparate Elements, a new reading series celebrating some of the most exciting authors working in Austin and beyond, featuring Janalyn Guo, Richard Santos, Tatiana Ryckman, and Callie Collins, 7PM
• Spider House Cafe & Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM

Dallas

• First United Methodist Church of Dallas, Anthony Doerr & Jim Shepard: Compassion and Catastrophe, 7:30PM

Fort Worth

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

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Jorge Luis Gonzalez Romo reads and signs THE CANTICLE OF THE WARRIOR, 7PM
• Houston Maritime Museum, Dr. Jeremiah Dancy lectures from his new book The Myth of the Press Gang, 7PM
• Murder By the Book, Stephen Hunter will sign and discuss I, Ripper, 6:30PM
• Writespace, Writers of Color Reading and Reception with Julia Brown, Ima Oduok, Liana Silva, Mary Redd Francine Parker, and Charles Redd, 7:30PM

Sachse

• Sachse Public Library, Author Con featuring local authors, 6:PM

The Woodlands

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

Wednesday, May 20

Austin

• B&N – Arboretum, Chris Harrison signs The Perfect Letter A Novel, 7PM
• BookPeople, Journalist ASHER PRICE speaking & signing Year of the Dunk: A Modest Defiance of Gravity, 7PM
• BookWoman, celebrate BookWoman’s 40th anniversary with Strange Pilgrims: A Poetry Reading featuring poets Laurie Filipelli, Carrie Fountain, Lisa Olstein, Laurie Saurborn & Sasha West, 7PM

Dallas

• The Wild Detectives, Antonio Ruiz-Camacho reads and signs Barefoot Dogs, 7PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Jim Shepard reads and signs THE BOOK OF ARON, 7PM
• Murder By the Book, Alex Grecian will sign and discuss his latest Murder Squad novel, The Harvest Man, and Will Thomas will sign and discuss Anatomy of Evil, 6:30PM

Odessa

• Wagner Noel Performing Arts Center, An Evening with Neil Gaiman, 7 PM

Thursday, May 21

Allen

• Allen Public Library, SMU Professor Emeritus Darwin Payne will discuss his recent book, No Small Dreams: J. Erik Jonsson—Texas Visionary, 7:30PM

Austin

• BookPeople, Bestselling Author CRAIG JOHNSON speaking & signing Dry Bones: A Walt Longmire Mystery, 7PM

Frisco

• B&N – Stonebriar Mall, Chris Harrison signs The Perfect Letter A Novel, 6PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Mitchel Roth reads and signs AN EYE FOR AN EYE, 7PM
• G gallery, Poetry Reading: Joseph Campana, Conor Bracken, Michelle Oakes, 7PM
• The Heritage Society, Jerry & Marvy Finger Lecture Series: One Hundred Years of Educating Houston and the World: The San Jacinto Memorial Building presented by Grace Cynkar, 12PM
• Murder By the Book, Allison Leotta will sign and discuss A Good Killing, 6:30PM

Irving

• Irving Public Library – West Branch, celebration of YA literature with authors Erica Cameron, Kelsey Macke and Kim O’Brien, 7PM

The Woodlands

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

Friday, May 22

Austin

• BookPeople, Fashion Prodigy TAVI GEVINSON speaking & signing Rookie Yearbook Three, 7PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Emma Kate Tsai reads from and signs BLENDED, 7PM
• Murder By the Book, Craig Johnson will sign and discuss Dry Bones, 6:30PM

• B&N – Circuit City Plaza, Hot Summer Nights: Meet local Texas romance writers Lorelei Buckley, Terry Spear, Linda LaRoque, Debra Jupe, Susan JP Owens and Nese Lane, 6:30PM

Saturday, May 23

Amarillo

• B&N, Ron Bates signs How to Survive Middle School and Monster Bots, 2PM

Austin

• B&N – Arboretum, Discussion and Signing: Blended Writers on the Stepfamily Experience, 2PM
• BookPeople, MysteryPeople Presents: WORKSHOP: THREE LOOKS AT CRIME FICTION with authors Reavis Wortham, Minerva Koenig, George Wier and Les Edgerton, 9:30AM

Dallas

• B&N – Lincoln Park, Craig Johnson signs Dry Bones (Walt Longmire Series #11), 3PM
• The Reading Room, SHAPE ZINES, 12PM

Frisco

• B&N – Stonebriar Mall, Love and Terror in the Middle East signing by Dr. Frank Romano, 2PM

Galveston

• Galveston Bookshop, Susan P. Baker reads and signs Ledbetter Street, 2PM

Houston

• Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, reading by Richard Hell, the author of I Dreamed I Was A Very Clean Tramp, 2PM
• Half Price Books – Westheimer, Children’s author Shirley Jordan-Bellamy will sign her children’s books, 1PM
• Katy Budget Books, Kathleen Baldwin discusses and signs her young adult novel A School for Unusual Girls, 2PM
• Murder By the Book, Ace Atkins will sign and discuss Robert B. Parker’s Kickback and Lyndsay Faye will sign and discuss her new book, The Fatal Flame, 4:30PM
• River Oaks Bookstore, Katherine Center reads and signs Happiness for Beginners, 4PM

Humble

• Half Price Books, local author and motivational speaker Ihsan Hasan will sell and sign his book From Male to Man, 1PM

Lubbock

• B&N, Eighth Grave after Dark signing by Darynda Jones, 1PM

Round Rock

• B&N – La Frontera, Felix Bamirin signs Forgiving Forward: The Redemption Role of the Forgiven, 2PM
• Half Price Books, local author Don Forrester will sign his inspirational autobiography More Than Enough, 1PM

San Antonio

• The Twig Book Shop, Jesse Brown reads and signs The Legend of the Werewolf, 11AM

Southlake

• B&N – Town Square, Tim Scott signs Ben Hogan The Myths Everyone Knows, the Man No One Knew, 11AM

The Woodlands

• B&N – The Woodlands, Victoria Broussard Esq signs i-Comfortable Victim, 2PM

Sunday, May 24

Austin

• Resistencia Bookstore, Dr. Smadar Lavie presents her new book Wrapped in the Flag of Israel, 4PM

Garland

• B&N – Firewheel Mall, Guy Scholz and Claudia Church Discuss and Sign The Masterpiece Within: Five Key Life Skills to Becoming a Living Work of Art, 2PM

Highland Village

• B&N – Frank Romano signs Love and Terror in the Middle East, 4th Edition, 1PM

Houston

• River Oaks Bookstore, Zoey Hess reads and signs The Birthday of an Angel, 12PM

San Antonio

• B&N – San Pedro, contributors read from Blended Writers on the Stepfamily Experience, 1PM

* * * * *