• NLong-Bin Chen’s The Book Garden sculpture exhibit, San Antonio, December 10, 2015 – February 20, 2016
• Shakespeare in Print and Performance, Austin, December 21 – May 29
• Texas Seaport Museum Winter Lecture Series, Galveston, January 16 – 23
• Encounters and Discoveries in Literature: Celebrating Arte Público Press and Twentieth Century Latina/o Literature, Houston, January 18 – June 30
• Downs-Jones Library Information Literacy Symposium, Austin, January 22
• Groundswell Playwrights Conference, Austin, January 23
• Local Authors Fest, Lampasas, January 23

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

Monday, Jan. 18

Dallas

• B&N – Lincoln Park, Chris Hogan signs Retire Inspired, 6PM
• City Performance Hall, The MLK Symposium featuring Teju Cole, 7PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Public Poetry – ARTLINES, 7PM

Tuesday, Jan. 19

Austin

• BookPeople, Austin American-Statesman columnist MICHAEL BARNES speaking & signing Indelible Austin: Selected Histories, 7PM
• Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM

Dallas

• Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, Literature + Medicine Conference features author Dr. Abraham Verghese speaking on “The Pen and the Stethoscope: Connections Between Literature and Medicine”, 5:30PM
• The Wild Detectives, Carly J. Hallman reads from and signs The Year of the Goose, 7:30PM

Farmers Branch

• Farmers Branch Manske Library, author Harry Hall discusses The Pedestriennes, 7PM

Fort Worth

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

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Brantley Hightower discusses and signs THE COURTHOUSES OF CENTRAL TEXAS, 7PM
• Murder By the Book, Nicholas Petrie will sign and discuss his debut thriller, The Drifter, 6:30PM

San Antonio

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

Wednesday, Jan. 20

Austin

• BookPeople, Austin author KATHERINE CATMULL speaking & signing The Radiant Road, 7PM

Dallas

• Horchow Auditorium, Dallas Museum of Art Arts & Letters Live: Rhonda K. Garelick presents Mademoiselle: Coco Chanel and the Pulse of History and Olivier Meslay discusses From Chanel to Reves: La Pausa and Its Collections at the Dallas Museum of Art, 7:30PM

Houston

• AvantGarden, Write About Now poetry open mic, 7:30PM
• MD Anderson Library Rockwell Pavilion, opening reception for exhibition Encounters and Discoveries in Literature: Celebrating Arte Público Press and Twentieth Century Latina/o Literature. For more information, contact Lisa Cruces at ccruces@uh.edu or 713-743-9903.

San Antonio

• B&N – La Cantera, Retire Inspired: It’s Not an Age, It’s a Financial Number signing by Chris Hogan, 6PM

Thursday, Jan. 21

Austin

• B&N – Arboretum, Retire Inspired: It’s Not an Age, It’s a Financial Number signing by Chris Hogan, 12PM
• BookPeople, Writers’ League of Texas THIRD THURSDAY PANEL: “Beginning (Again): How to Start or Restart a Writing Project ” with Edward Carey, Lindsay Lane, Greg Levin, and Suzy Spencer, 7PM
• BookPeople, Debut author CLARA BENSEN speaking & signing No Baggage: A Minimalist Tale of Love and Wandering, 7PM

Dallas

• B&N – Lincoln Park, local physician and author John W. Boyd signs Parkland Hospital, 7PM

Houston

• The Heritage Society, Finger Lecture Series: Famous Trees of Texas by Gretchen Riley, 12PM

Palestine

• Palestine Public Library, Tracie Peterson and Kimberley Woodhouse will discuss and sign Beyond the Silence, 11AM

Woodville

• Allan Shivers Library & Museum, Writers’ League of Texas workshop: Texas Writes with Carol Dawson and Natalia Sylvester, 10AM

Friday, Jan. 22

Austin

• BookPeople, Star of “Shark Tank” & FUBU founder DAYMOND JOHN speaking & signing The Power of Broke: How Empty Pockets, a Tight Budget, and a Hunger for Success Can Become Your Greatest Advantage, 6PM
• Malvern Books, I Scream Social poetry series, 7PM
• Monkeywrench Books, LGBTQ Prisoner Zine launch, 6:30PM

Houston

• Asia Society Texas Center, Gulf Coast Reading Series with Kim Kyung-Ju, Jake Levine, Luisa Muradyan, and Hank Russouw, 6:30PM
• Writespace, Anything Goes Open Mic, 7:30PM

Saturday, Jan. 23

Arlington

• Half Price Books – Lincoln Square, Josie Fisher will sell signed copies of her son’s autobiography, My Life Beyond the Floor, 1PM

Austin

• BookPeople, Austin children’s author VARIAN JOHNSON speaking & signing To Catch a Cheat, 2PM
• Half Price Books – North Lamar, Angel Jefferson will sell and sign her motivational book, Unstoppable Steps: Whose Shoes Are You Wearing?, 1PM
• Half Price Books – South Lamar, financial planner Pam Friedman will sell and sign her book I Now Pronounce You Financially Fit: How to Protect Your Money in Marriage and Divorce, 1PM
• Malvern Books, Indie Authors reading series: Kate Baray reading from Spirelli Paranormal Investigations, M.G. Herron reading from The Auriga Project, and Jackie Dana reading from By Moonrise, 3PM
• Malvern Books, The Lion & The Pirate Unplugged inclusive open mic, 7PM
• St. Edward’s University, Writers’ League of Texas workshop: “Finding Your Way Into Your Story: How to Go from Inkling to Incredible Read” with Natalia Sylvester, 9AM
• Yarborough Library, Austin Poetry Society meeting with a presentation by Chuck Taylor, publisher of Slough Press, 1:30PM

Cedar Hill

• B&N – Hillside Village, Charles Breakfield and Roxanne Burkey sign The Enigma Always, 1PM

Dallas

• B&N – Preston/Royal, Elizabeth Lawless signs Your Best-Seller Book: 5 Steps to Quicker Publishing Success, 2PM
• Deep Vellum Books, Erik Marcus, author of Meat Market: Animals, Ethics, and Money, will present “Making Smart Food Choices on Every Level”, 2PM

El Paso

• B&N – Sunland Park, Beverley Blount signing The Blount Guide to Reading, Spelling and Pronouncing English, 2PM
• Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: Robin Scofield presents “Political Writing Around the World”, 12:45PM

Houston

• B&N – River Oaks, Megan Tull signs The Passion Belief Method: Own Your Value and Earn Your Worth in Business, 1PM
• Brazos Bookstore, Mike Cortez discusses and signs BEER LOVER’S TEXAS, 7PM
• Half Price Books – Westheimer/Montrose, local author Janet Holmes will sell and sign The Legend of the Mosaic Nuns, 1PM
• River Oaks Bookstore, Nelda Hirsch discusses and signs The Royal Huguenot, 3PM

Lewisville

• B&N – Vista Ridge, Local Writer’s Event, 1PM

Lubbock

• B&N, The Dirt on Ninth Grave book signing by Darynda Jones, 1PM

McAllen

• B&N – Palms Crossing, Bob Dowell signs Papa, Tell Us About the Bible, 5PM

Plano

• B&N – Creekwalk Village, Cowboy legend Randy White and football strategist Bob Ward sign Building the Perfect Star: Changing the Trajectory of Sports and the People in Them, 1PM

San Antonio

• Half Price Books – Huebner, Candie Graham will sell and sign I Only Quote From the Best – Revisiting Hollywood’s Golden Age, 1PM
• The Twig Book Shop, “Shark Tank’s” Daymond John discusses and signs The Power of Broke: How Empty Pockets, a Tight Budget, and a Hunger for Success Can Become Your Greatest Competitive Advantage, 6PM

Southlake

• B&N – Town Square, David Hardiman signing Bailey’s Remarkable Plan, 2PM

Sugar Land

• Half Price Books, Lilas Taha will discuss and sign Bitter Almonds, 2PM

The Woodlands

• B&N, Howard Joe Ph.D. signs Essential Guide to Treat Diabetes and to Lower Cholesterol, 11AM

Sunday, Jan. 24

Austin

• Half Price Books – North Lamar, Anna Castle will sell and sign The Widows Guild: A Francis Bacon Mystery, 1PM
• Paramount Theatre, an evening with Deepak Chopra, 7PM

Dallas

• B&N – Preston/Royal, Megan Tull signs The Passion Belief Method: Own Your Value and Earn Your Worth in Business, 1PM
• Half Price Books – Mother Ship, Rhonda Eudaly will sell and sign Tarbox Station, 1PM

Houston

• Johnston Middle School, Inprint Houston “Cool Brains” Series presets Jacqueline Woodson, 3PM

The Woodlands

• B&N, The Power of Broke: How Empty Pockets and a Shoestring Budget Can Become Your Greatest Competitive Advantage signing by Daymond John, 3:30PM

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