• Author Con, Sachse, May 21

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

Sunday, May 15

Arlington

• Half Price Books – South, local author Jeannie Ruth will sell and sign Something of Value, 1PM

Austin

• Austin Public Library – Yarborough, Sisters in Crime Twelfth Annual Barbara Burnett Smith Aspiring Writers’ Event, 2:15PM
• Austin Public Library – John Henry Faulk, Stephen Harrigan will read from A Friend of Mr. Lincoln and discuss the novel with KUT’s Jennifer Stayton, signing to follow, 2PM
• BookPeople, New York Times Bestselling Author MARY ALICE MONROE speaking & signing A Lowcountry Wedding, 3PM

Dallas

• Half Price Books Flagship, Ericka Ellis will sell and sign Misguided by Love, Redirected by Faith: My Journey to Freedom, 1PM

Denton

• B&N – Golden Triangle Mall, Meet Bill Vargas, author of A Family Living in Darkness, 2PM

Garland

• B&N – Firewheel Mall, George Arnold signs Mulligan: Justice Reclaimed, 11AM

Houston

• B&N – River Oaks, Unofficial Hatsune Mix with Hatsune Miku, 2PM

McKinney

• Myers Park and Event Center, Judy Barrett signs Easy Edibles: How to Grow and Enjoy Fresh Food, TBA

Midland

• B&N, Book Signing: Jim Henry and Jimmy Patterson of the New The Adventures of Willy Nilly & Thumper Children’s Series, 1PM

Monday, May 16

Austin

BookPeople, Debut Novelist MARTIN SEAY, in conversation with KIRK LYNN, speaking & signing The Mirror Thief, 7PM

Dallas

• B&N – Lincoln Park, The Career Code: Must-Know Rules for a Strategic, Stylish, and Self-Made Career book signing with Hillary Kerr, 7PM
• Half Price Books Flagship, New York Times Bestselling author Mary Alice Monroe will discuss and sign copies of her new novel, A Lowcountry Wedding, 7PM [numbered pass required]
• The Wild Detectives, Literary Underground poetry reading and discussion with Courtney Marie, Leah Tieger, Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam, Fatima-Ayan Malika Hirsi and Bess Whitby, 7:30PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Women Writing Books: join Ellevate Network a discussion of the changing face of publishing and how that allows a platform for women’s voices, ideas, and stories, 6:30PM

Irving

• Irving Public Library – South, Launch party for Jenny Martin’s new novel, Marked, 7PM

Tuesday, May 17

Austin

• BookPeople, Founder of Life Empowerment Center in Austin, JAMES OCHOA, speaking & signing Focused Forward: Navigating the Storms of Adult ADHD, 7PM
• Cheer Up Charlie’s, Everything Is Bigger Reading Series with Muriel Leung, Grace Shuyi Liew, Sasha West, Antonio Ruiz-Camacho & Adam Edelman, 7PM
• Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM

Dallas

• B&N – Lincoln Park, Talya Tate Boerner signs The Accidental Salvation of Gracie Lee, 7PM
• The Wild Detectives, Dark Moon Poetry Arts reading with meira, A. Kendra Greene, Sacred Udders and artist Francine Thirteen, 7:30PM

Fort Worth

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

Houston

• Blue Willow Bookshop, Mary Alice Monroe will discuss and sign her novel A LOWCOUNTRY WEDDING, 11AM
• Brazos Bookstore, Martin Seay reading and signing THE MIRROR THIEF, 7PM
• Horchow Auditorium, Arts & Letters Live presents Amy Stewart and Girl Waits With Gun, 7:30PM
• Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church, Laura Bush and Jenna Bush Hager will discuss Our Great Big Backyard, 4PM
• Murder By the Book, Launch Party: Joy Preble will sign and discuss It Wasn’t Always Like This, 6:30PM

San Antonio

• The Korova, PuroSlam with DJ Donnie Dee, 10PM
• The Tobin Center, Luncheon Benefit: Our Literary Mission Luncheon featuring Laura Bush & Jenna Bush Hager, 10:30AM

Wednesday, May 18

Austin

• BookPeople, Bestselling Author BILL CLEGG speaking & signing Did You Ever Have a Family, 7PM
• Texas Public Policy Foundation, Governor Greg Abbott signs Broken but Unbowed, 1PM

Dallas

• Lucky Dog Books – Oak Cliff, OPEN MIC STORYTELLING: FIGURES OF SPEAK, 7PM
• The Wild Detectives, Skip Hollandsworth reads and signs The Midnight Assassin, 7:30PM

Houston

• Murder By the Book, Alex Grecian will sign and discuss the new Scotland Yard Murder Squad novel, Lost and Gone Forever, 6:30PM
• Museum of Fine Arts Houston, MFAH / Kinder Institute Forum Lecture: Janette Sadik-Khan discusses and signs Streetfight: Handbook for an Urban Revolution, 6:30PM

New Braunfels

• Hastings, Governor Greg Abbott signs Broken but Unbowed, 4:30PM

San Antonio

• B&N – La Cantera, Governor Greg Abbott signs Broken but Unbowed, 7PM

Thursday, May 19

Austin

• B&N – Arboretum, Boar Island book signing with Nevada Barr, 7PM
• BookPeople, Award Winning Author GEOFF DYER speaking & signing White Sands: Experiences from the Outside World, 7PM
• BookPeople, Writers’ League of Texas Third Thursday Panel “Me, Myself, & I: Writing the Personal in Nonfiction and Memoir” with Michael Hall, Donna Johnson, Antonio Ruiz-Camacho, and Deb Olin Unferth, 7PM
• BookWoman, Liv Hadden reading and signing In the Mind of Revenge, 7:PM
• Mr. Catfish & More, NeoSoul Poetry ATX, 8PM

Dallas

• B&N – Lincoln Park, theological scholar Brian Schmisek signs Ancient Faith for the Modern World, 7PM
• The Margo Jones Theatre at Fair Park, Wordspace Dallas presents Three Literary Short Films by Richard Bailey, 7:30PM

Frisco

• B&N – Stonebriar, Governor Greg Abbott signs Broken but Unbowed, 7PM

Houston

• Blue Willow Bookshop, Bill Clegg will discuss and sign his novel, DID YOU EVER HAVE A FAMILY, 7PM
• Menil Collection, Writers in the Schools (WITS) presents The Watchful Eye: A WITS Student Reading, 7PM
• Murder By the Book, Craig Johnson will sign and discuss The Highway Man, 6:30PM
• Museum of Fine Art Houston, MFAH/AIA Lecture – The Womb of Culture: African Maternity Imagery Through the Ages presented by Professor Herbert Cole, author of Icons: Ideals and Power in the Art of Africa, 6:30PM

Round Rock

• B&N – La Frontera, Bare Bones: I’m Not Lonely if You’re Reading This Book book signing with Bobby Bones, 7PM

San Antonio

• B&N – San Pedro, Book Talk with Leila Meacham, author of Titans, 10:30AM

Tyler

• Hastings, Governor Greg Abbott signs Broken but Unbowed, 11AM

Wichita Falls

• Hastings, Governor Greg Abbott signs Broken but Unbowed, 3PM

Friday, May 20

Alpine

• The Granada Theater, Front Street Books presents Skip Hollandsworth discussing and signing The Midnight Assassin, 6:30PM [RSVP required]

Austin

• Bookpeople, JENNIFER ARMENTROUT speaking & signing The Problem With Forever, 6PM
• BookWoman, Anne Odom reading and signing I’ll Go To Texas (The Cherokee Years), 7PM
• Malvern Books, I SCREAM SOCIAL reading series featuring young women poets and fiction writers from the Austin community + Amy’s Ice Cream, 7PM

Dallas

• Heroes Lounge, Dallas Poetry Slam with Obbie West, 8PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Anton DiSclafani reading and signing THE AFTER PARTY, 11:15AM
• Murder By the Book, Nevada Barr will sign and discuss her latest Anna Pigeon novel, Boar Island, 6:30PM

Pleasanton

• Pleasanton Public Library, Barbara Dornak-Christian will sign copies of Hearts and Hounds, 3:30PM

San Antonio

• Viva Tacoland, Gemini Ink reading with J. R. Helton, Billy Taylor, and Todd Wright, 6:30PM

Southlake

• B&N – Town Square, Gale Chance signing The Angel Knows My Name, 1PM

Saturday, May 21

Amarillo

• B&N, Dale Goldsmith Signing his religion and inspirational titles, 2PM

Austin

• B&N – Arboretum, Cassius Mullen and Betty Byron signing Before the Bell, 2PM
• BookPeople, MysteryPeople and Sisters in Crime Workshop workshop featuring Crime Authors JAMES DENNIS and BRENT DOUGLAS of Miles Arceneux, and GEORGE WIER, 9:15AM
• BookPeople, Local YA Author CAROLYN COHAGAN speaking & signing Time Zero, 3PM
• BookPeople, Writer LINDY WEST speaking & signing Shrill: Notes From A Loud Woman, 7PM
• Half Price Books – North Lamar, local author Donna Birdwell will sell and sign Shadow of the Hare, 1PM
• Half Price Books – South Lamar, local author Hunter Taylor will sell and sign The Journey Moon, 1PM
• Malvern Books, an afternoon with writer and musician Don Paul, who will share with us his one new book, Animals Are Always Making Music, and four new albums, 3PM
• Malvern Books, celebrate the launch of two new books: Tony Burnett’s The Reckless Hope of Scoundrels – selected poems 1985-2015 and Carlotta Stankiewicz’s Haiku Austin (love song to Austin / in 17 syllables / wonderful and weird), 7PM
• Monkeywrench Books, Party for McCallum High School’s Excalibur Literary Magazine, 7:30PM
• The Writing Barn, Workshop: Elements of Fiction: Creating Conflict and Crafting Settings with Joy Preble and Samantha Mabry, 12PM

Beaumont

• B&N – Parkdale Mall, Bill Davis Book Signing his true crime titles, 2PM

Dallas

• B&N – Preston/Royal, William Vargas signs A Family Living in Darkness and A Father’s Covenant, 1PM
• Half Price Books Flagship, Chef Evandro Caregnato, Culinary Director of Texas de Brazil, will discuss and sign Churrasco: Grilling the Brazilian Way, 2PM
• The Wild Detectives, Arts Writing Workshop with Justine Ludwig, curator at Dallas Contemporary, 11AM

El Paso

• Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop with Rachel Marie: “Building Bridges Out of Broken Bricks,” 12:45PM

Galveston

• Galveston Bookshop, Mark Lardas signs Texas Shipwrecks (Images of America), 2PM

Houston

• B&N – River Oaks, The God Wave: A Novel book signing with Patrick Hemstreet, 2PM
• Katy Budget Books, Michelle Nott signs Freddy, Hoppie, and the Eyeglasses, 2PM
• Murder By the Book, Stephen Graham Jones will sign and discuss Mongrels, 4:30PM
• River Oaks Bookstore, Barnes Carr discusses and signs Operation Whisper: The Capture of Soviet Spies Morris and Lona Cohen, 3PM
• Silver Street Studios, Writespace Writers of Color Showcase Reading, 7PM
• Writespace, Workshop: How to Write for Magazines with Katherine Shilcutt, 1PM

Hurst

• B&N – North East Mall, Meet the Author of Married in Holy Matrimony Drama, Velma Scott-Philips, 1PM
• B&N – North East Mall, King George’s Favorite Watch: Return To Maker story time with author Momma Daisy, 3PM

Jourdanton

• Jourdanton Public Library, Barbara Dornak-Christian will sign copies of Hearts and Hounds, 10AM

• Books-A-Million, Governor Greg Abbott signs Broken but Unbowed, 4PM

Lubbock

• B&N, Author Loman Jones and Illustrator Nita Henderson signing The Tick-Tock of Nature’s Clock, 2PM

Pearland

• B&N, Lauretta Hill signing The Legacy I Am, 12PM

Plano

• B&N – Preston/Park, John Gibson signs Gracie’s Law, 1PM

San Antonio

• B&N – San Pedro, The First Immortal: Dark Angel book signing with Stone Palatin, 1PM
• Bihl Haus Arts, An Afternoon with Bryce Milligan: a casual couple of hours of poetry, songs, and reminiscences about a life in paper and ink, 2PM
• San Antonio Public Library – Oakwell Branch, The Tobin Writers Group Author Event: local author signings with April A. Luna/Michelle L. De La Garza, Christina Kirby, Daron Shrode, Dee Ramdass, Jaye Garland, Miranda D. Gonzalez, and Patricia W. Fischer, 2PM
• The Twig Book Shop, Sandy Loker reading and signing Can I Sniff My Way to Heaven?, 11AM
• The Twig Book Shop, Dr. Vincent Di Maio and Ron Franscell discuss and sign Morgue: A Life in Death, 5PM

Southlake

• B&N – Town Square, Christy Taylor signing Rainbow Wings, 1PM

Stafford

• Comfort Suites, Marionette Publishing Book Launch: Meet Doniel Ervin, author of Innocence Invasion, 7PM

The Woodlands

• B&N – Woodlands Mall, Governor Greg Abbott signs Broken but Unbowed, 1:30PM

Sunday, May 22

Austin

• BookPeople, YA Novelists SAMANTHA MABRY & JOY PREBLE speaking & signing A Fierce and Subtle Poison and It Wasn’t Always Like This, 1PM
• Malvern Books, an afternoon with poets Brandon Lamson and Brian Nicolet, 1PM

Dallas

• Highland Park United Methodist Church, Authors Live!: Dr. Buzz Aldrin presents No Dream is Too High: Life Lessons From a Man Who Walked on the Moon, 7:30PM
• Horchow Auditorium, Arts & Letters Live presents Drew Daywalt and The Day the Crayons Came Home, 3PM

Denton

• B&N – Golden Triangle Mall, Meet Jet Arnett, author of the ‘Miracles and Murder’ Series, 1PM

Fort Worth

• Half Price Books – Ridgmar, Governor Greg Abbott will sign Broken But Unbowed: The Fight to Fix a Broken America, 2PM

Plano

• B&N – Creekwalk Village, Governor Greg Abbott signs Broken but Unbowed, 1PM

Southlake

• B&N – Town Square, Jenny Martin signing Marked, 1PM

Sugar Land

• B&N – First Colony Mall, Lindsey Scholl signing The Advocate Trilogy and Cindy Wu signing Our Global Families: Christians Embracing Common Identity in a Changing World, 3PM

The Woodlands

• B&N – Woodlands Mall, Mike Sasser signs Simple, Inexpensive, and Painless Weight Loss, 2PM

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