• National Library Week, April 10 – 16
• CounterCurrent Festival, Houston, April 12 – 17
• Forrest Fest, Lamesa, April 14 – 16
• Poetry at Round Top, April 15 – 17
• Story Circle Network 8th Women’s Writing Conference, Austin, April 15 – 17
• Texas Institute of Letters Annual Meeting, Austin, April 15 – 16
• DEAR Texas, statewide, April 16 – 17

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
• In His Own Words: The Life and Work of César Chávez, San Antonio, March 15 – April 30
• Humanities Texas Exhibit: Shakespeare, Hurst, April 1 – 30
• Necessary Work: Bryce Milligan’s World of Words and Design, San Antonio, April 9 – May 21
• Texas Writers Exhibition, Dallas, April 17 – May 14

Sunday, April 10

Austin

• BookPeople, MYSTERYPEOPLE PRESENTS Bestselling Author LAURIE KING speaking & signing The Murder of Mary Russell, 2PM
• Malvern Books, Austin Writers Roulette presents “Best Sincerest Lie,” 4PM

Houston

• Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center of Houston, L’Dor Vador: Three Generations of Poetry and Dance, 3PM
• The Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center of Houston, CJLL Spring Scholars Series: Jewish Ethics & The Price of Life – Does the Texas Death Penalty Violate Jewish Law? with Professor David R. Dow, author of Things I’ve Learned From Dying, 4PM

San Antonio

• Oblate School of Theology, Voices de la Luna Gala celebrating Wings Press and benefitting Gemini Ink’s Writers in Communities Program, 5PM

Monday, April 11

Abilene

• Abilene Public Library, 2016 Texas Author Series: Chuck Bailey will discuss his two books, Texas Political Memorabilia and Picturing Texas Politics: A Photographic History from Sam Houston to Rick Perry, 11:45AM

Austin

• BookPeople, MYSTERYPEOPLE PRESENTS Bestselling Authors STUART WOODS & DAVID C. TAYLOR speaking & signing Family Jewels & Night Work, 7PM
• Stateside at the Paramount, Michael Webber discusses and signs Thirst for Power: Energy, Water and Human Survival, 6:30PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Leila Chudori reads and signs HOME, 7PM
• Damian’s Cucina Italiana, Mystery Author Luncheon Series with Laurie King, 11:30AM
• Murder By the Book, Laurie King reads and signs The Murder of Mary Ruseell, 6:30PM
• River Oaks Bookstore, Nikki Pope & Courtney Lance discuss and sign Pruno, Ramen, and A Side of Hope: Stories of Surviving Wrongful Conviction, 4PM

Tuesday, April 12

Austin

• BookPeople, Bestselling Author ERNEST CLINE speaking & signing Armada, 7PM [TICKETS REQUIRED]
• Home Slice Pizza, Austin Bat Cave Story Department with Thor Harris, 8PM
• Malvern Books, An Evening with Leila S. Chudori, author of Home, 7PM
• Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM

Dallas

• First United Methodist Church of Dallas, Arts & Letters Live presents Daniel James Brown, author of The Boys in the Boat, 7:30PM
• SMU, Paul F. Diehl, author of The Dynamics of International Law, discusses “Multitasking in Peace Operations,” 6PM

Fort Worth

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

Houston

• B&N – River Oaks, Before I Forget: Love, Hope, Help, and Acceptance in Our Fight Against Alzheimer’s book signing with B. Smith and Dan Gasby, 7PM
• Houston Maritime Museum, Texas Shipwrecks, A History, a book launch and presentation on Texas shipwrecks by local historian, Mark Lardas, 7PM
• Murder By the Book, Steve Berry will sign and discuss his new Cotton Malone thriller, The 14th Colony, 6:30PM
• Warehouse Live, Houston Moth StorySLAM: Jokers, 6:30PM

San Antonio

• The Korova, PuroSlam! with DJ Donnie Dee, 10PM
• The Twig Book Shop, Leila Meacham reads from her new novel, Titans, 6PM

San Marcos

• Texas State – Alkek Library, Wittliff Collections presents a reading and signing with Ben Fountain, 3:30PM

Wednesday, April 13

Austin

• BookPeople, Sports Writer KEVIN ROBBINS speaking & signing Harvey Penick: The Life and Wisdom of the Man Who Wrote the Book on Golf, 7PM

Dallas

• Alamo Drafthouse (South Lamar), After a screening of the Oscar-nominated documentary The Look of Silence, Leila S. Chudori will discuss the film, her novel Home, and her work as a journalist in Indonesia, 7PM
• Dallas City Performance Hall, Oral Fixation presents “Pulling Teeth,” 8PM
• UT Dallas, Sonny Liew discusses and signs his new graphic novel The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye, 11:30AMThe Wild Detectives, Megan Feldman Bettencourt reads and signs Triumph of the Heart, 7:30PM

Denton

• UNT on the Square, Rilke Prize Q&A and reception with Rick Barot, 7PM

Houston

• Blue Willow Bookshop, Ridley Pearson will discuss and sign the new novel in his Kingdom Keepers: The Return series, LEGACY OF SECRETS, 5PM

• Heritage House, Texas Author Lunch and Presentation with Tim Lewis, 11:30AM

San Antonio

• B&N – Northwoods, Children’s Author Jeff Mack discusses and signs his books, 7PM

Thursday, April 14

Austin

• B&N – Sunset Valley, Janet Ruhe-Schoen signing Champions of Oneness: Louis Gregory and His Shining Circle, 6:30PM
• BookPeople, Executive Editor of Texas Monthly SKIP HOLLANDSWORTH speaking &signingThe Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America’s First Serial Killer, 7PM
• BookWoman, Second Thursday Open Mic Poetry featuring W. Joe Hoppe, 7:15PM
• Malvern Books, Novel Night with Liv Hadden & John Herndon, 7PM
• Harry Ransom Center, Shakespeare in Print & Performance presents Nigel Cliff, author of The Shakespeare Riots, 7PM
• UT – Joynes Reading Room, New Writers Project presents Lucy Corin and Nina McConigley, 7PM

Cleburne

• Cleburne Senior Center, Taylor Stevens, author of The Mask, presents “Writing Transforms Us,” 7PM

Dallas

• Aaron Family Jewish Center, Alison Pick reads and signs Between Gods: A Memoir, 7PM
• B&N – Lincoln Park, Most Wanted book signing with Lisa Scottoline, 7PM
• Deep Vellum Books, Leila S. Chudori discusses and signs Home, 7PM
• Half Price Books Mother Ship, Samantha Mabry will discuss and sign A Fierce and Subtle Poison, 7PM
• Wordspace Dallas, Everyman’s Poet: Ted Kooser’s Down-to-Earth Poems, Essays and Surprising Musical Verse, 7PM [private residence, RSVP for address]

Denton

• UNT Business Leadership Building, Reading and book signing by Rick Barot, 2016 UNT Rilke Prize winner, 8PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Chris Guillebeau discusses and signs BORN FOR THIS, 7PM
• Jung Center of Houston, Launch party for Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Fine Arts Spring 2016 Issue and the new volume in the Unsung Masters Series, 7PM

Lubbock

• Texas Tech, Creative Writing Program Reading Series presents poet William Wenthe, author of God’s Foolishness, 7:30PM

Marfa

• Marfa Book Company, readings with poets Jeff Serkin and Susan Briante, 5:30PM

San Marcos

• Texas State – Alkek Library, Wittliff Collections Reading Series presents poet Laurie Ann Guerrero, 3:30PM

Friday, April 15

Austin

• BookPeople, Bestselling Author CHRIS GUILLEBEAU speaking & signing Born For This: How to Find the Work You Were Meant to Do, 7PM
• Half Price Books – North Lamar, New York Times bestselling author Rob Bell will discuss and sign How to Be Here: A Guide to Creating a Life Worth Living, 7PM [PASS REQUIRED]
• Malvern Books, an evening featuring poetry by Tupelo Press 30-30 Project and Conference Participants: Christine Beck, Katy Chrisler, D.G. Geis, Robert Okaji, Pamela Paek, and Ronnie K. Stephens, 7PM

Dallas

• Heroes Lounge, SHA’CONDRIA “iCON” SIBLEY at Dallas Poetry Slam, 8PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, En/Gulf poetry reading and art book exhibit, 7PM
• Royal Sonesta Hotel Houston, Brilliant Lecture Series: An Evening of Spirit with James Van Praagh + book signing, 8PM

• Katherine Anne Porter Literary Center, KAP Reading Series presents poet Laurie Ann Guerrero, 7:30PM

McAllen

• B&N – Palms Crossing, Kathryn Ostoshi reading and signing Beautiful Hands, 3PM

San Antonio

• Viva Tacoland, Gemini Ink featured readers Jenny Browne, Vincent Cooper, Victoria Garcia-Zapata Klein, Laurie Clements Lambeth, and Frances Santos + open mic, 6:30PM

Saturday, April 16

Austin

• B&N – Arboretum, D.E.A.R. Texas book fair and author signings, 12PM
• B&N – Sunset Valley, Texas Author Paul Spellman signing OLD 300: Gone To Texas, 1PM
• BookPeople, New York Times Bestseller JESSICA KNOLL speaking & signing Luckiest Girl Alive, 3PM
• Half Price Books – South Lamar, Lisa Avery will sell and sign her memoir Beautifully Naked. At Last, 12PM
• Malvern Books, Texas Association of Authors’ fifth annual Book Awards Contest readings Day 1, 2PM
• St. Edward’s University, Writers’ League of Texas workshop: “Magic Words: The Art of Writing the Unreal” with Katherine Catmull, 9AM

College Station

• B&N, The Charmed Children of Rookskill Castle book signing by Janet Fox, 2PM

Corpus Christi

• B&N, Melanie Mayer discussing and signing Miles to Go, 1PM

Dallas

• B&N – Lincoln Park, Standing Strong: An Unlikely Sisterhood and the Court Case that Made History book signing with Diane Reeve, 4PM
• B&N – Preston/Royal, DEAR Texas and the Texas Association of Authors: Jan Sikes signs The Convict and the Rose and Flowers and Stone, 1PM
• Lucky Dog Books – Oak Cliff, BOOK RELEASE AND READING: Celebrating the release of Goats Do Roman Villages, the 5th collection of poetry by Detrick Hughes, 3PM
• Latino Cultural Center, symposium on history of violence on the US-Mexico border with Alfredo Corchado, author of Midnight in Mexico, and Dianne Solís, author of Gangster Warlord, 2:30PM

El Paso

• Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: “Radical Jazz” with Lawrence Barrett, 12:45PM

Fort Worth

• The Dock Bookshop, Poetry Month Family Celebration and Spring Author Showcase, 4PM

Houston

• Blue Willow Bookshop, Leila Meacham will discuss and sign her new novel, TITANS, 3PM
• Kaboom Books, Mong-Lan recites from One Thousand Minds Brimming: poems & art, and plays live her own unique soulful jazz piano, 7PM
• The Printing Museum, Longstitch and Tacket Binding Class, 1PM
• River Oaks Bookstore, Damali Keith reads and signs A Great Day to Live, 3PM
• Start Houston, Beyuda presents Introduction to Slam Poetry with Ebony Stewart, 4PM

Hurst

• B&N – North East Mall, James Howell signing Atomgeddon, 1PM

Lewisville

• B&N – Vista Ridge, George Arnold signing Beijing Dingaling: Mao of the CIA, 12PM

Lubbock

• B&N, Loman Jones signing The Tick-Tock of Nature’s Clock, 2PM

McKinney

• Celina Museum, Eric Nishimoto signs Texas Maker: The Heretofore Unknown Legend of Collin McKinney, ?

Midland

• B&N, Leland Maples, signing Keep Looking Up!, 1PM

Plano

• B&N – Preston/Park, William Vargas signing A Family Living in Darkness, 2PM

Round Rock

• B&N – La Frontera, Finish Line: Volume 3 book signing with Jackie Smith, 2PM

Southlake

• B&N – Town Square, Heather Patterson signing Passing the Bone: America’s Next POTUS, 11AM

Sugar Land

• B&N – First Colony Mall, Brian McTaggart signing 100 Things Astros Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die, 12PM

The Woodlands

• B&N – The Woodlands Mall, Pablo De Leon signs Limitless, 2PM

Sunday, April 17

Austin

• B&N – Arboretum, D.E.A.R. Texas book fair and author signings, 9AM
• Malvern Books, Texas Association of Authors’ fifth annual Book Awards Contest readings Day 2, 2PM

El Paso

• International Museum of Art, Tom Diamond will sign copies of his new book, Moon Spell, 2PM

Houston

• Johnston Middle School, Inprint presents Cool Brains with Kate DiCamillo, 3PM
• Silver Street Studios, Writespace Houston and FotoFest’s Literacy Through Photography program present FotoFun Family Day with readings by Marion Young, author of Love Circles the World, 12PM

McAllen

• B&N – Northcross, Steven Schneider reading and signing The Magic of Mariachi/La Magia del Mariachi, 2PM

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