• Rio Grande Valley International Poetry Festival, various locations, April 21 – 24
• DFW Writers Conference, Fort Worth, April 23 – 24
• Houston Writers Guild Annual Conference, April 29 – May 1
• Celebration of Authors Conference and Dinner, April 30
• Children’s Book Day/El día de los niños/El día de los libros, April 30
• Dallas Book Festival, April 30
• Houston Authors Bash Reloaded, April 30
• Independent Bookstore Day, April 30

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 24

Arlington

• Half Price Books – South, local author James Howell will sell and sign his book Countdown to Atomgeddon: The Race to Build the First Atomic Bomb, 1PM

Austin

• BookPeople, Bestselling Authors KATHI APPELT & JANET FOX speaking &  signing Maybe a Fox & The Charmed Children of Rookskill Castle, 2PM
• BookWoman, Shubh Bala Schiesser reads and discusses Sacred River: Poems from India, 4PM
• Cheer Up Charlie’s, Everything is Bigger Reading Series featuring poets Martin Rock, Emily Bludworth de Barrios, Amanda Johnston, Lesser Gonzalez Alvarez, Austin Rodenbiker, and Sarah Janczak, 6:30PM
• Malvern Books, James S. Parker launches The Dark Side of the Cross, 2PM
• Resistencia Bookstore, Native Roots’ Open Mic Series featuring Rob Saw (Mohawk) and Lyla June Johnston (Navajo/Cheyenne), 4PM

Dallas

• B&N – Preston/Royal, Jon Finkel signs Forces of Character: Conversations About Building a Life of Impact, 2PM
• Dallas Public Library – Central, Dr. Zsuzsanna Ozsvath will talk about her memoir, When the Danube Ran Red, 1:30PM

Houston

• B&N – Vanderbilt Square, Brian McTaggart signs 100 Things Astros Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die, 12PM
• Discovery  Green, 2016 Space City Grand Slam, 3PM
• Murder By the Book, Susan Wittig Albert will sign and discuss the new China Bayles mystery, Blood Orange, 2PM
• Writespace, Workshop: Crafting Flash Fiction with Patricia Flaherty Pagan, 3PM

San Antonio

• B&N – San Pedro, 100 Things to Do in San Antonio Before You Die book signing with Denise Richter, 1PM

Monday, April 25

Abilene

• Abilene Public Library, Texas Author Series featuring Nicole Sparks & Jenna Marwitz, authors of The Crockin’ Girls Slow Cooking Companion and It’s Our Crockin’ Life, 12PM

Austin

• BookPeople, Critically Acclaimed Actress BARBARA WILLIAMS speaking & signing The Hope In Leaving, 7PM
• The Long Center, co-founder of America Online and CEO of Revolution, LLC, Steve Case discusses his new book, The Third Wave, 7:30PM

Cypress

• Lone Star College, The History Department Speaker Series presents a talk by environmental historian Bartow J. Elmore, author of Citizen Coke, 7PM

Dallas

• The Wild Detectives, Charlotte Rogan reading and signing Now and Again, 7:30PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Martin Rock reads from and signs RESIDUUM, 7PM

Tuesday, April 26

Austin

• Austin History Center, Eliot Tretter reads, discusses, and signs Shadows of a Sunbelt City: The Environment, Racism, and the Knowledge Economy in Austin, 6:30PM
• BookWoman, “In the Mind of Revenge” workshop with local authors Stephanie Noll and Liv Hadden, 7PM
• Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM
• The Writing Barn, Writing Your Heart Out: The Craft of the Personal Essay with Lisa Selin Davis, 7PM

Dallas

• Lucky Dog Books – Oak Cliff, Soup’s On: Stone Soup Poetry Showcase, 7PM

Fort Worth

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

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Rob Spillman discusses and signs ALL TOMORROW’S PARTIES, 7PM

San Antonio

• B&N – La Cantera, UTSA Graduate Student Poetry readings benefiting Sagebrush Review, 7PM
• The Korova, PuroSlam with DJ Donnie Dee, 10PM

Wednesday, April 27

Austin

• Austin Public Library – Terrazas Branch, Aural Literature: local author readings, 7PM
• BookPeople, Writer ELIOT TRETTER speaking & signing Shadows of a Sunbelt City: The Environment, Racism, and the Knowledge Economy in Austin, 7PM

Dallas

• Dallas City Performance Hall, Arts & Letters Live presents author David Sedaris: Belly Laughs, 7:30PM
• Kettle Arts Gallery, Pegasus Reading Series featuring poets Trista Edwards, editor of the anthology Till the Tide: An Anthology of Mermaid Poetry, Julia Leverone, author of Shouldering, and Martin Rock, author of Residuum, 7PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Jeffrey Greene discusses and signs IN PURSUIT OF WILD EDIBLES, 7PM
• Talento Bilingue De Houston, Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say 18th Anniversary Showcase, 6PM
• University of Houston Library – Honors Commons, Glass Mountain launch and reading, 5:30PM

Thursday, April 28

Austin

• Austin Public Library – Spicewood Springs Branch, Not Averse to Verse: Celebrate National Poetry Month with the Typewriter Rodeo, 6:30PM
• BookPeople, Edible Austin is proud to sponsor a moderated discussion between JEFFREY GREENE, award-winning author of In Pursuit of Wild Edibles, and Writer & Forager SUSAN EBERT, author of The Field to Table Cookbook, 7PM
• Malvern Books, W. Joe’s Poetry Corner Presents Poetry Karaoke, 7PM
• Monkeywrench Books, MWB Anniversary Part and Eliot book discussion, 6:30PM
• Spiderhouse Ballroom, Testify storytellers present “Death and Taxes,” 7:30PM

Dallas

• B&N – Lincoln Park, Becky Wade to discuss and sign Her One and Only, 7PM
• Dallas City Performance Hall, Arts & Letters Live presents author David Sedaris: Belly Laughs, 7:30PM
• The Wild Detectives, Janice Lee reading and signing The  Sky isn’t Blue, 7:30PM

Houston

• Blue Willow Bookshop, Maggie Stiefvater will discuss and sign her new novel THE RAVEN KING, 7PM
• Brazos Bookstore, Douglas Brinkley discusses and signs RIGHTFUL HERITAGE, 7PM
• Murder By the Book, Melissa Ginsburg will sign and discuss Sunset City, 6:30PM
• Poison Girl Bar, Poison Pen Reading Series featuring ANDREW MALAN MILWARD, author of I Was a Revolutionary, 8:30PM
• University of St. Thomas – Jones Hall, Professor Patrick Geoghegan, author of Liberator: The Life and Death of Daniel O’Connell, 1830-1847, presents “Proclaiming Rebellion: Emmet, Pearse and the Road to 1916,” 7PM

Lubbock

• Lubbock Garden and Arts Center, Alvin R. Lynn discusses and signs Kit Carson and the First Battle of Adobe Walls, TBA

San Antonio

• The Twig Book Shop, Helene Segura discusses and signs The Inefficiency Assassin, 6PM

Southlake

• The Marq Southlake, An evening with Charlaine Harris, 5PM

Friday, April 29

Abilene

• Texas Star Trading Company, Glen S. Ely will sign The Texas Frontier and the Butterfield Overland Mail 1858-1861, 4:30PM

Austin

• Malvern Books, Telling Tales with William Kuko, 7PM

Dallas

• Dallas City Performance Hall, Arts & Letters Live presents author David Sedaris: Belly Laughs, 7:30PM

Denton

• UNT – Union Room, North Texas Review reading and reception, 5PM

Fort Worth

• The Dock Bookshop, Poetry Month Celebration featuring Poet Chuck Jackson, 7PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Andrew Malan Milward reads and signs I WAS A REVOLUTIONARY, 7PM
• Katy Budget Books, Lin Oliver, co-author of the Hank Zipzer series, gives a reading and signs her new Fantastic Frame series, 6:30PM
• Rudyard’s Pub, Gulf Coast Reading Series featuring Adrienne Perry, Martin Rock, Carlos Herbert Hernandez and Erika Jo Brown, 7PM

• Katherine Anne Porter Literary Center, KAP reading series presents Rob Spillman, 7:30PM

• Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum, Symposium and Book Signing with Kemp Dixon, author of Chasing Thugs, Nazis, and Reds: Texas Ranger Norman K. Dixon, TBA

Saturday, April 30

Austin

• B&N – Arboretum, Meet and Greet Book Signing with poet Barbara Youngblood Carr, 2PM
• B&N – Sunset Valley, Meet Texas Writers Mike O’Quin, Eric Bryant and Rob Stennett, 1PM
• BookPeople, MysteryPeople Presents Debut Novelist MELISSA GINSBURG speaking & signing Sunset City, 3PM
• BookPeople, Literary Fiction Writer ANDREW MALAN MILWARD speaking & signing I Was A Revolutionary: Stories, 7PM
• Patchwork Austin, Flower Essences and Creative Writing Workshop with holistic shaman-teacher Elizabeth Quigg and ghostwriter Jess Hagemann, 9:30AM
• Red Salmon Arts, & we did not flee: A Reading and Plática with Ariana Brown (with special guests Micaela Williams and Loyce Gayo), 6PM
• St. Edward’s University, Writers’ League of Texas workshop: “Author to Entrepreneur: A Roadmap to Effective Self-Publishing” with Danielle H. Acee , 9AM
• Treaty Oak Ranch, Jack Allen will sign copies of the Jack Allen’s Kitchen cookbook, 1PM
• Twin Oaks Branch Library, APLFF presents: Writing Historical Fiction with Stephen Harrigan, 1:30PM
• Windsor Park Library, Austin Poetry Society meeting featuring Chuck Taylor of Slough Press, 1:30PM

Corpus Christi

• B&N, Andy Purvis signs Secrets of Greatness, 1PM

Dallas

• B&N – Preston/Royal, Todd Edmundson reads and signs The Adventures of Queen Maybelline: Book One – Maybelline Learns to Fly!, 11:30PM
• SMU – Fondren Library, Tables of Contents annual fundraiser and 7th annual Literati Award, 6PM
• The Wild Detectives, Recitation Party and Bonehouse Poetry Reading, 2PM

El Paso

• Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: “The Breath of Character” with  Gene Keller , 12:45PM
• Rock House Cafe & Gallery, National Poetry Month reading: BorderSenses Barbed Wire Open Mic Series presents featured reader Juan Morales and April Tumblewords Project workshop presenters Viva Flores, Sarah Walker, Lawrence Barrett, Robin Scofield, and Gene Keller, 8PM

Galveston

• Galveston Bookshop, Marie Cook signs Texas Coast Experience, a Gulf Coast book of photography and history, 2PM

Houston

• B&N – Vanderbilt Square, A Great Day To Live book signing with Damali Keith, 2PM
• B&N – Westheimer, Filthy Fisherman book signing with Luke Holter, 2PM
• Brazos Bookstore, Independent Bookstore Day celebration, all day
• Brazos Bookstore, J. Bradford Hipps reads and signs THE ADVENTURIST, 7PM
• Glassell School of Art – Studio School Temporary Location, The Booker-Lowe Lecture Series presents Garth Johnson, author of 1000 Ideas for Creative Reuse, 4PM
• Half Price Books – Westheimer/Montrose, Mike Sims will sell and sign his novel Vickie, 1PM
• Katy Budget Books, First Annual Spring Market for Independent Bookstore Day, all day
• Rice University – Anderson-Clarke Center / School of Continuing Studies, OFF ROAD: Conversations with Artists Offline featuring William Wegman followed by a signing of Paintings, 4:30PM

Lubbock

• B&N, Jodi Thomas signs the Ransom Canyon series, 2PM

Round Rock

• B&N – La Frontera, Shifting Time book signing with Kelly Bennett Seiler, 2PM

San Antonio

• B&N – La Cantera, Springtime New Author Event with Jet Arnett, Teresa Garza, Jean Bailey Glauser and C.J. Roberson, 1PM
• B&N – San Pedro, Michael Annese Book Discussion and Signing: The Victory Cycle, 2PM
• Bihl Haus Arts, Readings and book signings by Wings Press poets and writers Mariana Aitches, Roberto Bonazzi, Jay Brandon, Robert Flynn, Celeste Guzmán Mendoza, Amalia Ortiz, Carolyn Osborn, and Carmen Tafolla, 2PM
• Viva Tacoland, Gemini Ink and Bluestar Arts present Uniting Arts: Visual and Spoken, 4PM

The Woodlands

• B&N – Woodlands Mall, Timothy Jones signs Harnessing the Dynamics of Public Education: Planning for a Return to Greatness, 4PM

Sunday, May 1

Austin

• B&N – Arboretum, Meet and Greet Book Signings With the Texas Association of Authors, 12PM
• BookPeople, Award-Winning Author JOHN BOESSENECKER speaking & signing Texas Ranger: The Epic Life of Frank Hamer, the Man Who Killed Bonnie and Clyde, 3PM
• Malvern Books, celebrating the winners of the Texas Association of Authors’ fifth annual Book Awards Contest, 1PM

Dallas

• B&N – Preston/Royal, Lottie Guttry signs Alligator Creek, 2PM

Houston

• Carl Walker Jr. Multi-Purpose Center, lecture and book signing with Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan, authors of Democracy Now!: 20 years of Covering the Movements Changing America, 3PM
• Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center — Kaplan Theater, Mani-Pedi STAT with author Deb Ebenstein, 7:30PM
• Murder By the Book, Susan Wittig Albert will sign and discuss the new China Bayles mystery, Blood Orange, 2PM

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