• ALL-CON 2016, Dallas, March 17 – 20
• Wildcatter Exchange, Fort Worth, March 25 – 26

Ongoing Exhibits

• Shakespeare in Print and Performance, Austin, December 21 – May 29
• Encounters and Discoveries in Literature: Celebrating Arte Público Press and Twentieth Century Latina/o Literature, Houston, January 18 – June 30
• Fact, Fiction, and the New World: The Role of Books in the Making of America, Honey Grove, March 1 – 31
• Shakespeare’s First Folio Exhibit, College Station, March 8 – April 3
• In His Own Words: The Life and Work of César Chávez, San Antonio, March 15 – April 30

Sunday, March 20

Austin

• Half Price Books – Southpark Meadows, Carla Butler will sell and sign her memoir, This Little Girl’s Journey: My Lifelong Search for My Biological Father and Family, 1PM
• Malvern Books, Austin Community Salutes Springtime and the Belle of Amherst, hosted by W. Joe Hoppe and Brett Reeves, 1PM
• Malvern Books, The Lion & The Pirate Unplugged inclusive open mic with Special Guest Maria Palacios, 4PM
• Recycled Reads, spoken word, 2PM

Dallas

• B&N – Preston/Royal, E. C. Murray signs A Long Way From Paris, 2PM
• South Dallas Cultural Center, In The Words of a Sistah: I Am Here – all female poetry show, 5PM

Galveston

• Congregation B’nai Israel, OLLI class with Writer in Residence Marion Winik, 2PM

San Antonio

• B&N – San Pedro, T. Irwin Sessions signing San Antonio’s Historic Architecture, 2PM
• The Twig Book Shop, T. Irwin Sessions discusses and signs San Antonio’s Historic Architecture, 11AM

Monday, March 21

Austin

• BookPeople, Award-Winning Austin Comedian ZACH ANNER speaking & signing If at Birth You Don’t Succeed, 7PM

Brownsville

• UT RGV, ire’ne lara silva conducts the Grito Writing Workshop, 3PM
• UT RGV, Celebremos Nuestra Gloria: featuring ire’ne lara silva and local poets, 6PM

Frisco

• B&N – Stonebriar, Omega Rising (Voyagers Series #3) signing with Patrick Carman, 6PM

Tuesday, March 22

Austin

• BookPeople, Austin Author & Michener Graduate KARAN MAHAJAN speaking & signing The Association of Small Bombs, 7PM
• Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM
• The Cactus Cafe, Bat City Review reading featuring poet Micah Bateman, fiction from James Domingo Madrigal & Marco Verdoni, and a special performance from playwright Megan Tabaque, 7PM

Dallas

• Horchow Auditorium, Arts & Letters Live presents Hanya Yanagihara, author of A Little Life, in conversation with KERA’s Krys Boyd, 7:30PM

Fort Worth

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

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Sandra Zalman discusses and signs CONSUMING SURREALISM IN AMERICAN CULTURE, 7PM

San Antonio

• The Korova, PuroSlam! with DJ Donnie Dee, 10PM
• Villa Finale’s Meusebach House, San Antonio’s Historic Architecture presentation & book signing with T. Irwin, 5:30PM
• Trinity University – Chapman Auditorium, Jan Jarboe Russell presents The Train to Crystal City, 6PM

Wednesday, March 23

Austin

• B&N – Arboretum, Special Storytime with Tiffany Briggs and the Hardworking Honey Bee, 11AM
• BookPeople, Bestselling Author HANYA YANAGIHARA speaking & signing A Little Life, in conversation with Clay Smith of Kirkus Reviews, 7PM [TICKETS REQUIRED]
• grayDUCK Gallery, Disparate Elements reading series presents Jennifer Whalen, Andrews Sullivan, John Gosslee and Patrick Ryan Frank, 7PM

Dallas

• Kettle Arts Gallery, Pegasus Reading Series featuring L.E. GOLDSTEIN, JI YOON LEE, and GAYLE REAVES-KING, 7PM
• UT Dallas – Center for Values, Joan Slonczewski, author of Microbiology: An Evolving Science, presents “The Good Viruses: How Viruses Enhance Life and Improve our Genomes,” 7:30PM

Houston

• AvantGarden, Write About Now poetry open mic, 7:30PM
• B&N – Westheimer, Gary Whitney signs Thistle Downe, 10AM
• B&N – Westheimer, Suzanne Huffer signing Earl Wilson, 1PM
• Brasil Cafe, Glass Mountain reading, 7PM

San Antonio

• Palo Alto College, opening reception for the San Antonio Poetry Archive with San Antonio Poet Laureate Laurie Ann Guerrero, 6PM
• The Twig Book Shop, James McGrath Morris discusses and signs Eye on the Struggle: Ethel Payne, the First Lady of the Black Press, 5PM

Thursday, March 24

Austin

• BookPeople, Austin Author ANTONIO RUIZ-CAMACHO In Conversation With ELIZABETH McCRACKEN and speaking & signing Barefoot Dogs, 7PM
• Cheer Up Charlie’s, Everything Is Bigger reading series presents: Katelin Kelly, Ben Seanor, Paz Pardo and Cyrus Cassells, 7PM
• Stateside at the Paramount, Is there life after Lubbock? Stories, poetry and music with Jaston Williams and Kimmie Rhodes, 8PM
• UT – Gender & Sexuality Center, This Bridge Called My Back: a literary celebration with Cherrie Moraga, 6PM

Dallas

• The Wild Detectives, First Hearings: Miroslav Penkov reads and signs Stork Mountain, 7:30PM

Frisco

• B&N – Stonebriar, Five Kingdoms #4: Death Weavers signing with Brandon Mull, 7PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Wendy Paris discusses and signs SPLITOPIA, 7PM
• Murder By the Book, Harlan Coben will sign and discuss his newest stand alone novel, Fool Me Once, 6:30PM [TICKETS REQUIRED]
• Poison Girl Bar, Poison Pen Reading Series presents Jill Talbot, author of Metawritings: Toward a Theory of Nonfiction, 8:30PM

Lubbock

• Texas Tech English Auditorium, Creative Writing Reading Series presents Dennis Covington, author of Revelation, 7:30PM

San Antonio

• B&N – La Cantera, Omega Rising (Voyagers Series #3) book signing with Patrick Carman, 6:30PM
• Half Price Books – Broadway, S.K. Alfstad will sell and sign his Christian mystery, Code Name Joshua, 1PM
• Half Price Books – Huebner, S.K. Alfstad will sell and sign his Christian mystery, Code Name Joshua, 6PM
• The Twig Book Shop, Jan Tilley discusses and signs Eat Well to Be Well, 5PM

Friday, March 25

Austin

• BookPeople, Debut Novelist ANDREA DUNLOP speaking & signing Losing the Light, 7PM
• Six Square District Office, a literary salon with Cherrie Moraga, editor of This Bridge Called My Back, 6PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Gulf Coast Journal reading series with poet Wayne Miller and fiction writers Dino Enrique Piacentini, Julia Brown and Selena Anderson, 7PM
• Murder By the Book, Lyndsay Faye will sign and discuss her newest novel, Jane Steele, 6:30PM

Saturday, March 26

Austin

• Austin Community College – Highland, Writers’ League of Texas workshop: “Building a Novel Out of Scenes” with Brian Yansky, 9AM
• BookPeople, Local Author DOUGLAS BRINKLEY speaking & signing Rightful Heritage, 3PM
• BookPeople, Austin Author & Political Historian CHUCK BAILEY speaking & signing Picturing Texas Politics: A Photographic History from Sam Houston to Rick Perry, 6PM
• Half Price Books – South Lamar, children’s author Jennifer Rustgi will sell and sign her A Moon of My Own, 1PM

Ballinger

• Bickel and Company, F.C. Pearce signing her first novel, Listen for the Morning Dove, 10:30AM

Dallas

• B&N – Preston/Royal, Gerald Brence signs Ox in the Culvert, 1PM

El Paso

• Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: “Riding the Range with your Voice” with Sheela Wolford , 12:45PM

Galveston

• Galveston Bookshop, Kelton D. Sams, Jr. signs Growing Up in Galveston, Texas: Walls Came Tumbling Down, 12PM
• Galveston Bookshop, Mike Cox signs Gunfights and Sites in Texas Ranger History, 2PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Travis Ian Smith reads and signs INDIE DARLING, 7PM
• Murder By the Book, J. Aaron Sanders will sign and discuss Speakers Of The Dead: A Walt Whitman Mystery, 4:30PM
• River Oaks Bookstore, Denise Ditto reads and signs The Tooth Collector Fairies: Batina’s Best First Day, 3PM

Lubbock

• B&N, Images of America: Slaton by Cathy Whitten book signing, 1PM

Midland

• B&N, Book Signing: C.T. Ford, author of Rainbow Wings, 1PM

Plano

• B&N – Creekwalk Village, Nick Farrell signs In Spite of Me, 2PM

Round Rock

• B&N – La Frontera, Romance Author Double Header: Mary Alford, author of Rocky Mountain Pursuit, and Jolene Navarro, author of A Texas Christmas Wish, 2PM

San Antonio

• Esperanza Peace and Justice Center, The Power of “This Bridge:” A plática with Cherríe Moraga, 7PM
• Half Price Books – Broadway, Lesli Hicks will sell and sign her memoir about her adopted special needs child, Slow Takes a Long Time, 1PM
• Palo Alto College Performing Arts Center, Gemini Ink Autograph Series: Public reading with Sandra Cisneros, 7PM

Southlake

• B&N – Town Square, Book Signing for Author Michelle Stewart signs Complete Faith: 31 Days of Practical Teachings for Complete Faith in God, 1PM

The Woodlands

• B&N – Woodlands Mall, Beauty Begins: Making Peace with Your Reflection book signing with Chris Shook and Megan Shook Alpha, 11AM

Sunday, March 27  EASTER

Dallas

• B&N – Preston/Royal, William Vargas signs A Family Living in Darkness and A Father’s Covenant, 2PM

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