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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

Monday, May 25

Memorial Day Holiday—no book events

Tuesday, May 26

Austin

  • BookPeople, Author & Historian H.W. BRANDS speaking & signing Reagan: The Life, 7PM
  • Museum of Human Achievement, Everything Was Furry & Nothing Hurt – A Covered With Fur Launch Party, 7PM
  • Spider House Cafe & Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM

Lubbock

  • Mahon Library, 2014 RITA Award Winner Laura Drake, author of The Sweet Spot, presents a talk on her path to publishing and signing books at the Caprock Writers Alliance, 7 PM

Dallas

  • Dallas Public Library – Preston Royal Branch, Sally Rodriguez, author of White Rock Lake Revisited, presents Little Known Histories and Scandals of the Dallas Parks, 12PM
  • Half Price Books Mother Ship, Scott Ian, musician, actor and founding member of the thrash metal band Anthrax, will discuss and sign his memoir I’m the Man: The Story of That Guy from Anthrax, 7PM
  • The Wild Detectives, Mark Falkin will be presenting and signing his new novel Contract City, 7:30PM

Fort Worth

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

Frisco

  • B&N – Stonebriar Mall, Nate Ball signs Alien in My Pocket #5 Ohm vs. Amp, 5PM
  • Houston
  • Brazos Bookstore, Mat Johnson reads and signs LOVING DAY, 7PM
  • Murder By the Book, Mary Kay Andrews will sign and discuss Beach Town, 6:30PM

Wednesday, May 27

Austin

  • Austin Public Library, Austin Public Library presents: Aural Literature, 7PM
  • BookPeople, Debut Novelist KARIM DIMECHKIE speaking & signing Lifted by the Great Nothing, 7PM

Dallas

  • Kettle Art, Pegasus Reading Series: Cloward, Hardwick, Molberg, Tierce, 7PM
  • Visit Addison, Evan Osnos discusses Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China, 6:30PM

Fort Worth

  • TCU – J. M. Moudy Building, Frank D. Welch will be signing copies of his new memoir, On Becoming an Architect, 6PM

Houston

  • Murder By the Book, Matthew Palmer will sign and discuss his thriller Secrets of State, 6:30PM

Thursday, May 28

Austin

  • BookPeople, Travel & Food Writer KRISTY TURNER speaking & signing But I Could Never Go Vegan!: 125 Recipes That Prove You Can Live Without Cheese, It’s Not All Rabbit Food, and Your Friends Will Still Come Over for Dinner, 7PM
  • Malvern Books, W. Joe’s Poetry Corner, 7PM
  • Spider House Ballroom, Testify ATX presents a collection of stories about times of change, 7:30PM

Dallas

  • SMU – DeGolyer Library, A Throttled Peacock: Observations on the Old World: lecture and book signing with C.W. Smith, 7PM
  • The Wild Detectives, A. Kendra Greene reads and signs Anatomy of a Museum, 7:30PM

San Antonio

  • B&N – San Pedro, Dr. Frank Romano Book Event: Love and Terror in the Middle East, 7PM

Friday, May 29

Austin

  • BookPeople, LOCAL AUTHOR NIGHT – Bennett Easton & Monica F. Anderson, 7PM

Frisco

  • B&N – Stonebriar Mall, Lindsay Cummings signs The Death Code (Murder Complex Series #2), 7PM
  • Houston
  • B&N – Town & Country, Jennifer Arnold and Bill Klein, the Stars of TLC’s The Little Couple, sign Life Is Short (No Pun Intended) Love, Laughter, and Learning to Enjoy Every Moment, 7PM
  • Brazos Bookstore, Luke Jacob reads and signs A HOLE IN THE LIGHT, 7PM

Midland

  • B&N, Author Frank Romano signs Love and Terror in the Middle East, 4PM
  • San Antonio
  • B&N – La Cantera, Sagebrush Review Release Party and Reading, 7PM

Saturday, May 30

Austin

  • B&N – Arboretum, Walter Conley Barthell signs PEP Talk- A Primer For The New (Or Not So New) Manager Or Coach, 2PM
  • BookPeople, Summer Road Trip Release Party with Liz Garton Scanlon & Margo Rabb, 2PM
  • BookPeople, Bestselling Author NEAL STEPHENSON speaking & signing Seveneves, 7PM
  • grayDUCK Gallery, Fun Party with Desiree Morales, John Mortara & Sam Sax, 8PM
  • Half Price Books – North Lamar, Jesse Sublett, local author and frontman to the legendary Austin punk band “The Skunks,” will sell and sign his new true crime book 1960s Austin Gangsters, 1PM
  • Spider House Ballroom, BedPost Confessions presents The Poetry Show, 8PM
  • Fort Worth
  • Half Price Books – Hulen, Brandie Wiley will sell and sign her children’s book Three Magic Words, 1PM
  • Half Price Books – Ridgmar, Angela Wills will sell and sign her biographical book My Little Piece of Sunshine: Bryanna Faith’s Story, 1PM

Frisco

  • B&N – Stonebriar Mall, Mike Rodriguez signs Finding Your WHY Discover Your Life’s Purpose, 2PM

Galveston

  • Galveston Bookshop, Joseph R. Pellerin reads and signs Galveston’s Tree Carvings, 3PM

Houston

  • B&N – West Oaks Village, Mandy Levy signs Calorie Accounting, 2PM
  • B&N – Westheimer, George Clinton, as he signs his memoir, Brothas Be, Yo Like George, Ain’t That Funkin Kinda Hard On You?, 4PM
  • Murder By the Book, Lindsday Cummings will sign and discuss The Murder Complex 2: The Death Code, 4:30PM
  • River Oaks Bookstore, Robert Marovich reads and signs A City Called Heaven: Chicago And the Birth of Gospel Music, 4PM

Tyler

  • B&N, Frank Romano signs Love and Terror in the Middle East, 12PM
  • The Woodlands
  • B&N – The Woodlands, Kim O’Brien signs Bone Deep, 2PM

Sunday, May 31

Austin

  • B&N – Lakeline, Mandy Levy signs Calorie Accounting, 6PM
  • BookPeople, Popular Blogger JIA JIANG speaking & signing Rejection Proof: How I Beat Fear and Became Invincible Through 100 Days of Rejection, 1PM

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