Austin

• BookPeople, CLANCY MARTIN speaking and signing Bad Sex and BRANDON CARO speaking & signing Old Silk Road, 4PM
• BookWoman, Award-winning poet and short story writer, ire’ne lara silva, will be offering 30-minute manuscript consultations, 12:30PM
• Malvern Books, Austin Writers Roulette presents “Leap & the Net Appears”, 4PM
• The Writing Barn, Plot, Pulse, Story: Discovery-Based Writing with Visiting author Ashley Perez, 4PM

Dallas

• Half Price Books – Mothership, local author Paula Walker Baker will sell and sign her Christian Fiction book, The Conservative Congregant, 1PM

Houston

• Writespace, Revision Made Simple Workshop with Matthew Salesses, 9:30AM

Mansfield

• Half Price Books, local author Sheaniqua Clarkson will sell and sign her memoir, Life, Though I Walked Through the Valley of the Shadow of Death, 1PM

San Antonio

• The Twig Book Shop, Susan Gonzales discusses and signs Make It Your Mark: 7 Steps to Maximize Your Impact – Leave a Purposeful and Lasting Impression, 3PM

Monday, Jan. 11

Austin

• BookPeople, debut author CARLY J. HALLMAN speaking & signing Year of the Goose, 7PM

Dallas

• Half Price Books Mother Ship, Writers’ League of Texas panel discussion: “Being a Good Literary Citizen,” 7PM
• Horchow Auditorium, Dallas Museum of Art – Arts & Letters Live presents Mary Karr & Mary-Louise Parker: Memoiristas, 7:30PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Indie Press Night with publishers Archipelago, Tyrant Books, Restless Books, New Directions, and Open Letter, 7PM

Tuesday, Jan. 12

Austin

• BookPeople, actress and author MARY LOUISE PARKER in conversation with Austin writer VINCENT SCARPA about Parker’s new book, Dear Mr. You, 7PM
• Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM

Dallas

• The Wild Detectives, Indie Publisher Night with New Directions, Archipelago, Open Letter, & Deep Vellum, 7:30PM

Fort Worth

• The Dock Bookshop, Fort Worth Poetry Slam and Open Mic, 8PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Brandon Caro reads and signs OLD SILK ROAD & Clancy Martin reads and signs BAD SEX, 7PM
• Domaine Cellars, Carlos Hamilton presents A Rose Blooms in Texas: Coming of Age in the Civil War Era, 6:30PM
• Houston Museum of Natural Science, HMNS Distinguished Lecture Series: Dr. Jeanette Peterson presents and signs Visualizing Guadalupe: From Black Madonna to Queen of the Americas, 6:30PM
• Italian Cultural & Community Center, Dr. Ryan Calabretta-Sajder, author of Divergenze in celluloidi: colore, migrazione, e identita’ nei film gay di Ferzan Ozpetek, presents Film Screening & Lecture – “From Wise Guys to Good Guys: Food as Aphrodisiac in Bob Grimaldi’s Dinner Rush”, 6:15PM
• Murder By the Book, Thomas Perry will sign and discuss his newest book Forty Thieves, 6:30PM
• Museum of Fine Arts Houston, in conjunction with Art, Body & Mind: Mark Rothko: A Retrospective, Alejandro Chaoul, author of Chöd Practice in the Bön Religion, presents “Being Present: A Spiritual Experience”, 6:30PM
• Project Row Houses, In conjunction with Round 43, poet and performer Chaun Webster, author of Because When We Say NAT It Be Writ Large, presents “An Ecology of Our Own: Investigations of Magic & Place, Record & Resistance in Bookselling”, 6:30PM
• Warehouse Live, Houston Moth StorySLAM presents “Strict”, 7:30PM

San Antonio

• The Korova, PuroSlam! with DJ Donnie Dee, 10PM

Wednesday, Jan. 13

Austin

• BookPeople, O. Henry Prize Award Winner TIM JOHNSTON speaking & signing Descent, 7PM
• BookWoman, “Writing from the Body” workshop with Peggy Lamb, 7PM

Crockett

• J. H. Wooters Crockett Public Library, Writers’ League of Texas workshop: Texas Writes with Meg Gardiner and Reavis Z. Wortham, 1PM

Dallas

• The Wild Detectives, Carlos Labbé reads and signs Loquela, 7:30PM

Houston

• AvantGarden, Write About Now poetry open mic, 7:30PM
• Murder By the Book, Tami Hoag will sign & discuss The Bitter Season, 6:30PM

Thursday, Jan. 14

Addison

• Greenhill School, Patricia Vermillion signs Texas Chili? Oh My!, ?

Austin

• BookPeople, Debut Author NELLIE SYMM-GRUENDER speaking & signing Wisdom from the Cup, 7PM
• BookWoman, Second Thursday Poetry Open Mic with Debra Winegarten, 7:15PM
• Malvern Books, Novel Night with Boyd Taylor & Matt Minor, 7PM

Dallas

• B&N – Lincoln Park, Greg Cope White signs The Pink Marine, 7PM
• Horchow Auditorium, Dallas Museum of Art – Arts & Letters Live presents Eric Weiner: Innovative Ideas, 7:30PM
• The Wild Detectives, First Hearings Reading Series: David Searcy discusses Shame and Wonder, his new book of essays, with Ben Fountain, 7PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Alexandra Fuller discusses and signs LEAVING BEFORE THE RAINS COME, 7PM
• Murder By the Book, Tim Johnston will sign and discuss Decent, 6:30PM

Friday, Jan. 15

Austin

• BAM Academy, Nerd Fitness Founder STEVE KAMB speaking & signing Level Up Your Life, 6PM
• BookPeople, Bestselling Author ERIC WEINER speaking & signing The Geography of Genius: A Search for the World’s Most Creative Places from Ancient Athens to Silicon Valley, 7PM
• Malvern Books, An Evening with poets Joanna Fuhrman, Yerra Sugarman & Laurie Filipelli, 7PM

Dallas

• B&N – Lincoln Park, Ross Smeltzer signs The Mark of the Shadow Grove,7PM
• Heroes Lounge, Dallas Poetry Slam featuring Houston Poet Laureate Finalist D.E.E.P., 8PM
• Horchow Auditorium, Dallas Museum of Art – Arts & Letters Live presents Helen Ellis: Twitter-Inspired Tales, 7:30PM
• Lucky Dog Books – Oak Cliff, Poets On the X+ Soapbox open mic, 8PM

Houston

• Murder By the Book, Val McDermid will sign and discuss the new Tony Hill and Carol Jordan novel, Splinter the Silence, 6:30PM
• University of Houston – Dudley Recital Hall, Slavs and Tatars performance-lecture: “The Transliterative Tease”, 6PM

San Antonio

• The Twig Book Shop, Kij Johnson reads from and signs At the Mouth of the River of Bees: Stories, 6PM

Saturday, Jan. 16

Amarillo

• Amarillo Senior Citizens Center, Panhandle Professional Writers meeting with presentation by author and former bull rider Chimp Robertson, 9:30AM

Austin

• Austin Book Arts Center, Winter Open House, 12PM
• B&N – Arboretum, Meet & Greet Book Signing With George Arnold, 2PMBookPeople, Violinist & YouTube Star LINDSEY STIRLING speaking & signing The Only Pirate at the Party, 7PM
• Half Price Books – North Lamar, Michael R. Collins will sell and sign Night Shall Overtake, 1PM
• Half Price Books – South Lamar, Jaime Summers will sell and sign Playtionships: The New Paradigm, 1PM
• Monkeywrench Books, Richard Zelade presents Austin Murder and Mayhem, 6PM
• Resistencia Bookstore, A Life On Hold: a reading and book signing with Josie Méndez-Negrete, 6PM

Dallas

• B&N – Preston/Royal, Karen Blumenthal celebrates the release of Hillary Rodham Clinton: A Woman Living History, 2PM

El Paso

• B&N – Fountains at Farah, Margaret Mooney signing Redneck Opera, 2PM
• B&N – Sunland Park, Catherine Chagra signing and discussion of Dirty Darlings, 1:30PM
• Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: “Lets Rave” with Sandra Torrez, 12:45PM

Garland

• B&N – Firewheel Mall, Coloring Event With Artist and Author Cher Kaufmann, 11:30AM

Houston

• B&N – West Oaks, Elemental Fate book signing with Gretchen Dee, 2PM
• Half Price Books – Westheimer/Montrose, local author Rebecca Gurnsey will sell and sign Loving Toby, 1PM
• Murder By the Book, Helen Ellis will sign American Housewife: Stories, 4PM
• The Printing Museum, Re-purposed Books workshop, 9AM
• River Oaks Bookstore, Michael Williams discusses and signs Would You Hire Me?: Students Don’t Apply for A Job Without It, 1PM
• River Oaks Bookstore, Joshua Evans discusses and signs Enthusiastic YOU!: Rediscover Your Passion & Energy: Tools for Success in Your Daily Life, 3PM
• Writespace, Idea generator with Andreana Binder, 4PM

Pearland

• B&N, Bartee Haile signs Texas Boomtowns: A History of Blood and Oil, 2PM

San Antonio

• B&N – Bandera Pointe, Rickey Pittman signs Rio Grand ABC, 2PM
• The Twig Book Shop, James Rankin discusses and signs Corpus: Revelations and Reflections on the Body of Christ, 11AM

Southlake

• B&N – Town Square, Susan Van Volkenburgh signing The Stone of Ebenezer, 2PM

Sugar Land

• B&N, T.D. Hubbard signs Teylor High: The Summer Hook Up, 1PM

The Woodlands

• B&N, Yvette McNeal signs Immeasurable Praise and Worship to God: Give to God What is Due, 2PM

Sunday, Jan. 17

Austin

• Recycled Reads Bookstore, Spoken Word Round Robin, 2PM

Dallas

• B&N – Preston/Royal, Richard Benjamin Cass signs Braniff Airways, Texas: Flying Colors, 1PM
• Half Price Books – Mother Ship, Henry Cline will sell and sign Too Close For Comfort, 1PM

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