• 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
• Humanities Texas Special Exhibition: Shakespeare, Longview, May 15 – July 25

Sunday, June 14

Austin

• BookPeople, YA Authors Tera Lynn Childs & Tracy Deebs speaking & signing Powerless, 12PM
• Malvern Books, Austin Writers Roulette presents “Train Wreck Adventures,” 3PM

Dallas

• Half Price Books – Mother Ship, Fictionistas: Taking Down Bad Guys – Henery Press authors Gretchen Archer, Susan M. Boyer, Phoebe Fox, Kendel Lynn, Julie Mulhern, Diane Vallere and Nancy G. West will have a Q&A and book signing, 1PM

San Antonio

• The Twig Book Shop, Sam Davis signs Ryan Revisited, 11AM

Monday, June 15

Austin

• BookPeople, Award-Winning Fiction Writer ROBIN MCLEAN speaking & signing her story collection, Reptile House, 7PM

Dallas

• Horchow Auditorium, DMA Arts & Letters Live: Rebecca Alexander discusses her memoir Not Fade Away: A Memoir of Senses Lost and Found, 7:30PM
• Magnolia Lounge – Fair Park, Pandora’s Box Presents: Joe Milazzo and Robin Myrick, 7PM

Frisco

• Frisco Discovery Center, Half Price Books Book Fair Giveaway: 1 free book for children, teens and young adults while supplies last, 12PM

Houston

• B&N – Vanderbilt Square, Kimberla Roby signs The Ultimate Betrayal (Reverend Curtis Black Series #12), 7PM
• Blue Willow Bookshop, Saadia Faruqi will discuss and sign her new collection of short stories, BRICK WALLS, 7PM

Tuesday, June 16

Arlington

• B&N – The Parks Mall, Symphony Arlington Kids Notes Program, 11AM

Austin

• BookPeople, Journalist D. W. GIBSON speaking & signing The Edge Becomes the Center, 7PM
• BookWoman, Deborah Harris & Patti Giuffre reading and signing Taking the Heat: Women Chefs and Gender Inequality in the Professional Kitchen, 7PM
• Malvern Books, Celebrate Bloomsday at Malvern Books!, 6:30PM
• Spider House Cafe & Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM

Bastrop

• Bastrop Public Library, Randy Fritz will speak and sign Hail of Fire: A Man and His Family Face Natural Disaster, 7PM

Dallas

• The Forum at Park Lane, Dr. Michael Weisberg, author of The Hospitalist, discuss How the Art of Medicine became a Business in the 21st Century, 6:30PM

Fort Worth

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

Houston

• Asia Society of Texas, Authors and Asia: Kevin Kwan presents China Rich Girlfriend, 7PM
• Blue Willow Bookshop, Donna Stoneham will discuss and sign her new book, THE THRIVER’S EDGE, 7PM
• Houston Maritime Museum, history lecture: Thomas J. Oertling speaks from Ships’ Bilge Pumps: A History of Their Development, 1500-1900, 7PM

San Antonio

• Witte Museum, Join H-E-Buddy and San Antonio Youth Literacy for a Read 3 Read Aloud and receive a free children’s book, 3PM

Wednesday, June 17

Austin

• BookPeople, Executive Coach & Leadership Expert DONNA STONEHAM speaking & signing The Thriver’s Edge: Seven Keys to Transform the Way You Live, Love, and Lead, 7PM

Dallas

• The Wild Detectives, DW Gibson reads and signs The Edge Becomes the Center, 7:30PM

San Antonio

• The Twig Book Shop, Mark Menjivar reads and signs The Luck Archive: Exploring Belief, Superstition, and Tradition, 6PM

Thursday, June 18

Allen

• Allen Public Library, Using their book How to Write Your Life Story, Dr. Peggy Redshaw and Dr. Jerry Lincecum will illustrate/teach techniques for creating personal stories that can be shared either in writing or orally, 7:30PM

Angleton

• Brazoria County Historical Museum, Virginia Bernhardt signs The Hoggs of Texas: Letters and Memoirs of an Extraordinary Family, 6:30PM

Austin

• BookPeople, Bestselling Author MATTHEW THOMAS speaking & signing his acclaimed novel, now in paperback, We Are Not Ourselves, 7PM
• BookWoman, Edith Mirante signing The Wind in the Bamboo: A Journey in Search of Asia’s “Negrito” Indigenous People + slideshow, 7PM

Dallas

• Rosewood Crescent Hotel, author and journalist Mona Eltahawy discusses Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution, 6:30PM

Garland

• Nicholson Memorial Library System – Central, author Rose-Mary Rumbley speaking during Senior Social Hour, 2PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Randy Fritz reading and signing Hail of Fire: A Man and His Family Face Natural Disaster, 7PM
• The Heritage Society, Jerry & Marvy Finger Lecture Series: Author Lora-Marie Bernard will discuss Discover the River That Built Texas: A History of the Lower Brazos River, 12PM
• Murder By the Book, Sean Chercover will sign and discuss The Devil’s Game and John Rector will sign and discuss Ruthless, 6:30PM
• River Oaks Bookstore, Kate Pogue presents Shakespeare’s Friends, 5PM

Irving

• Irving Public Library – Valley Ranch Branch, a discussion with Varsha Bajaj, author of Abby Spencer Goes to Bollywood, + book sales and signing, 7PM
• Irving Public Library – West Irving Branch, Las Colinas Symphony Orchestra Kids Notes Program, 2:30PM

Las Colinas

• Half Price Books, GRAND OPENING!, 9AM

Lubbock

• B&N, Rufus Jones signing Dean Dixon: Negro at Home, Maestro Abroad, 7PM
• San Antonio
• The Twig Book Shop, Donna Stoneham reads and signs The Thriver’s Edge: Seven Keys to Transform the Way You Live, Love, and Lead, 6PM

Friday, June 19

Austin

• BookPeople, Texas Poet Laureate KARLA MORTON speaking & signing Constant State of Leaping, 7PM
• Brave New Books, lecture by author Ryan Muetzel, 7PM
• Resistencia Bookstore, Cafe Libro featuring Maria Dolores Minor, 7PM

Cedar Hill

• B&N – Hillside Village, Rufus Jones signs Dean Dixon: Negro at Home, Maestro Abroad, 6PM

Dallas

• B&N – Lincoln Park, Brad Meltzer to discuss and sign The President’s Shadow, 7PM
• Union Coffee House, The Naked Stage: BRIDGE Lacrosse (a non-profit sports league) will take over the Naked Stage for an evening of storytelling, 8PM

El Paso

• B&N – Fountains at Farah, Robin McLean signs Reptile House, 3PM

Garland

• Nicholson Memorial Library System – North Garland Branch, Garland Symphony Orchestra Kids Notes Program, 11AM

Houston

• Blue Willow Bookshop, Tera Lynn Childs and Tracy Deebs will discuss and sign their new novel for teens, POWERLESS, 7PM
• River Oaks Bookstore, Andy Greenwood reads and signs Clean Slate, 5PM

Plano

• B&N – Preston/Park, Mary Katharine Ham signs End of Discussion How the Left’s Outrage Industry Shuts Down Debate, Manipulates Voters, and Makes America Less Free (and Fun), 7PM

San Antonio

• The Twig Book Shop, Robin McLean reads and signs Reptile House, 7PM

Sugar Land

• B&N – First Colony Mall, Michael B. Koep signs Leaves of Fire Part Two of the Newirth Mythology, 6PM

Saturday, June 20

Austin

• B&N – Arboretum, Book Signing With Rufus Jones: Dean Dixon Negro at Home, Maestro Abroad, 2PM
• B&N – Sunset Valley, Book Signing With Author Kyla Noble, 11:30AM
• BookPeople, MysteryPeople & Seventh Street Books Present James W. Ziskin speaking and signing STONE COLD DEAD, Terry Shames speaking and signing A DEADLY AFFAIR AT BOBTAIL RIDGE, and Austin’s own Mark Pryor speaking and signing THE RELUCTANT MATADOR, 7PM

Bellaire

• Bellaire City Library, John Kwiatkowski of Murder by the Book will present a new book talk: Escape the Ordinary with Extraordinary Characters, 2:30PM

Dallas

• B&N – Preston/Royal, Donna Stoneham signs The Thriver’s Edge, 2PM
• Half Price Books Mothership, Young Adult author Chandler Baker signs her debut novel, Alive, 3PM
• Oak Lawn United Methodist Church, the Jane Austen Society of North Texas hosts “The Netherfield Ball,” 7:30PM
• Warwick Melrose Hotel, Living in Jane Austen’s World, 8:15AM

El Paso

• B&N – Fountains at Farah, Yvette Marquez-Sharpnack signs her newest cookbook Latin Twist, 2PM

Fort Worth

• B&N – Hulen, Kelly K. Lavender signs Beautiful Evil Winter, 1PM
• Half Price Books – Hulen, author and former psychologist Michael S. Haro, Ph.D. will discuss, sell and sign his book Defeating I Can’t: Changing Negative Thinking, 1PM

Houston

• B&N – River Oaks, J.R. Richard signs Still Throwing Heat Strikeouts, the Streets, and a Second Chance, 2PM
• Blue Willow Bookshop, Debut YA authors Katie Stout, Jenny Martin, and Meredith Moore will discuss their books in a panel moderated by Kristin Rae, 2PM
• Half Price Books – Westheimer/Montrose, local author Billie Willmon Jenkin will sell and sign her children’s book The Knock-Kneed Cowboy, 1PM
• Katy Budget Books, Beach Reads Recommendation Luncheon, 12PM
• Murder By the Book, Conn Iggulden will sign and discuss Wars of the Roses: Margaret of Anjou, 4:30PM
• River Oaks Bookstore, Carolyn Dahl and Carolyn Florek read and sign Painted Door Opened, 4PM

Hurst

• B&N – NE Mall, Book Signing With Author Tim Scott: Ben Hogan The Myths Everyone Knows, the Man No One Knew, 2PM

Plano

• B&N – Creekwalk Village, Jack King signs his series Quest for the Middle Kingdom, 2PM

San Antonio

• The Twig Book Shop, Gary Hobbs discusses and signs Access to Capital, 11AM
• The Twig Book Shop, Mo Saidi reads and signs The Marchers, 3PM

Southlake

• B&N – Towne Square, Stella Brooks signs Unbelievable, 5PM

Sugar Land

• B&N – First Colony Mall, Houston artist Justin Garcia signs OneTonGoldfish In Search of the Tangible Dream, 1PM

The Woodlands

• B&N – Woodlands Mall, Gretchen Carlson signs Getting Real, 3PM

Sunday, June 21   FATHER’S DAY

Apparently you have to entertain yourselves today…

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