• Houston Writers Guild Annual Conference, April 29 – May 1
• Children’s Book Week, May 2 – 8
• Gulf Coast Indie Book Fair, Houston, May 7
• 39th Annual O. Henry Pun-Off World Championships, Austin, May 7

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
• 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, 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

Monday, May 2

Allen

• Allen Public Library, Meet Jamie Ford author of Hotel On The Corner of Bitter and Sweet and Songs of Willow Frost, 7:30PM

Austin

• BookPeople, Founder of StoryCorps Dave Isay speaking & signing Callings: The Purpose and Passion of Work, 7PM

Dallas

• SMU – McFarlin Auditorium, The Ebby Halliday Companies Lecture: James Carville, author of It’s the Middle Class, Stupid!, and Karl Rove, author of The Triumph of William McKinley: Why the Election of 1896 Still Matters, moderated by Jim Lehrer, 8PM

Houston

• B&N – Woodlands Mall, Freddy the Frogcaster and the Terrible Tornado book signing with Janice Dean, 7PM
• Murder By the Book, Renee Patrick will sign and discuss Design for Dying, 6:30PM

Tuesday, May 3

Austin

• BookPeople, NANCI TURNER STEVESON speaking & signing Swing Sideways, 7PM
• The North Door, Owen Egerton’s ONE PAGE SALON with Nina Swamidoss McConigley, John Erler, John Pipkin, Tatiana Ryckman and David R. Perkins, 7:30PM
• Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM

Dallas

• B&N – Lincoln Park, Freddy the Frogcaster and the Terrible Tornado book signing with Janice Dean, 6:30PM
• Horchow Auditorium, Arts & Letters Live: StoryCorps founder Dave Isay presents Callings: The Purpose and Passion of Work, 7:30PM

Fort Worth

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

Houston

• Asia Society Texas Center, Authors and Asia: Somini Sengupta discusses and signs The End of Karma: Hope and Fury Among India’s Young, 7PM
• Katy Budget Books, Dale Tyson discusses and signs Work Yourself Out of a Job: Take Control of Your Destiny and Reap the Rewards You Desire, 6:30PM
• Murder By the Book, L.S. Hilton will sign and discuss Maestra, 6:30PM

San Antonio

• The Korova, PuroSlam with DJ Donnie Dee, 10PM
• Viva Tacoland, The Big Give SA: Step Up to the Mic for Gemini Ink, 12PM

Wednesday, May 4

Austin

• BookPeople, Writer and Musician CAROLINE GNAGY speaking & signing Texas Jailhouse Music: A Prison Band History, 7PM
• Bullock Museum, High Noon Talk: Jeffrey Meikle presents Postcard America, 12PM
• The Paramount Theatre, an evening with humor writer David Sedaris, 8PM

Fort Worth

• TCU Bookstore, Meet the Author: Loli Kanto signs BEYOND THE FOREST: Jewish Presence in Eastern Europe 2004-2012, 4PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni reads and signs BEFORE WE VISIT THE GODDESS, 7PM
• Rudyard’s, Storm Songs & Stories: a multimedia open mic featuring stories, spoken word pieces, songs and poems on the subject of Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Ike, 8PM

Thursday, May 5

Austin

• BookPeople, Humane Society President and CEO WAYNE PACELLE in conversation with JOHN MACKEY speaking & signing The Humane Economy: How Innovators and Elightened Consumers are Transforming the Lives of Animals, 7PM
• Malvern Books, Fantastical Fictions with Stina Leicht, 7PM

Fort Worth

• TCU Bookstore, Meet the Author: Loli Kanto signs BEYOND THE FOREST: Jewish Presence in Eastern Europe 2004-2012, 4PM

Houston

• Blue Willow Bookshop, Fierce Reads 2016 tour with Cecelia Ahern, Harriet Reuter Hapgood, Marie Rutkoski and local author Jennifer Mathieu, 7PM
• Brazos Bookstore, Ken Ilgunas discusses and signs TRESPASSING ACROSS AMERICA, 7PM

Lubbock

• Texas Tech, Creative Writing Reading Series presents Mara Naselli, 7:30PM

Friday, May 6

Austin

• Malvern Books, Pterodáctilo Poetry & Ptamale Party, 7PM

Dallas

• B&N – Lincoln Park, The Humane Economy: How Innovators and Enlightened Consumers Are Transforming the Lives of Animals book signing with Wayne Pacelle, 7PM
• B&N – Preston/Royal, Martha Lemasters signs The Step: One Woman’s Journey to Finding Her Own Happiness and Success During the Apollo Space Program, 2PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Inka Mathew discusses and signs TINY PANTONE OBJECTS, 7PM
• Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center, Connie Kang, Ji Jiahuang and Zeng Jianjun discuss Zhinqing: Stories from China’s Special Generation by Houston Zhiqing Writers Group, 10AM

San Antonio

• The Dominion Country Club, Coleen Grissom, author of The World According to Coleen and A Novel Approach to Life, will speak at the Dominion Women’s Forum, 11:30AM
• The Twig Book Shop, Texas Meets New Mexico: Two Women Poets reading & book signing with Sharon Olinka and Veronica Golos, 6:30PM

Saturday, May 7

Arlington

• B&N – The Parks Mall, The Step: One Woman’s Journey to Finding her Own Happiness and Success During the Apollo Space Program book signing with Martha Lemasters, 3PM

Austin

• AT&T Executive Education & Conference Center, Listen to Your Mother: a series of original readings performed live on stage by their authors, 7PM
• B&N – Arboretum, Dana Barney signs Flatline, 2PM
• BookPeople, Story time: BRIAN LIES reading & signing Gator Dad, 11:30AM
• BookPeople, Curator of TED Talks CHRIS ANDERSON speaking and signing TED Talks: The Official Ted Guide to Public Speaking, 7PM
• Malvern Books, Hothouse Literary Journal Release Party, 4PM
• St. Edward’s University, Writers’ League of Texas workshop: “Taking the Mystery out of Writing Mysteries” with Karen MacInerney, 9AM
• The Writing Barn, In Depth Day of Craft and Convo with Literary Agent Erzsi Deak, 9:30AM

Dallas

• B&N – Preston/Royal, Wanda Spears signs The Bedtime Song and My Handprints, 11:30AM

El Paso

• Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: “The Mother of It All” with Azucena Domínguez, 12:45PM

Fort Worth

• The Dock Bookshop, The Dock Bookshop 8th Anniversary Celebration & Fundraiser, 6PM

Houston

• B&N – Westheimer, Cara Skinner signs General Houston’s Little Spy, 1PM
• Blue Willow Bookshop, Pat Miller will share and sign her new picture book, THE HOLE STORY OF THE DOUGHNUT, 11AM
• Houston Public Library – Central, Public Poetry celebrates its 5th anniversary with poets Emmy Pérez, Conor Bracken, Emily Bludworth de Barrios and Brandon Lampson, 2PM
• Katy Budget Books, Wendy Isaac Bergin signs Threshold of Eden and The Piper’s Story, 2PM
• Murder By the Book, Ace Atkins will sign and discuss Robert B. Parker’s Slow Burn, 4:30PM
• Writespace, Workshop: Jumpstart Your Writing with Holly Walrath, 1PM

Hurst

• B&N – North East Mall, The Step: One’s Woman’s Journey to Finding her Own Happiness and Success During the Apollo Space Program book signing with Martha Lemasters, 1PM

Pearland

• B&N, Paula King-Harper signs Prosperous Living, 12PM

San Antonio

• Gemini Ink, Reading Deeply/Writing Deeply: Talking Back to the Gods workshop with Veronica Golos, 10AM
• The Twig Book Shop, Linda Brooks reads and signs The Calling of Ella McFarland, 11AM

Southlake

• B&N – Town Square, Loiacono Literary Agency Presents a Collaborative Author Signing with Kathleen M. Rodgers, Drema Berkheimer and Jan Morrill, 1PM
• B&N – Town Square, Illuminae book signing with Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff, 5PM
• The Woodlands
• Lone Star College – Montgomery, Annual Walt Whitman Birthday Celebration, 3PM

Sunday, May 8

Austin

• BookPeople, Award-winning YA Authors AMIE KAUFMAN & JAY KRISTOFF speaking and signing Illuminae, and Local YA Author AMY TINTERA speaking & signing Ruined, 2PM
• Malvern Books, Mother’s Day Reading with Revolution Writing Workshop, 1PM
• Malvern Books, Austin Writers Roulette presents “Saying the Magic Words,” 4PM

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