• Xu Bing: Book from the Sky, a meditation on the nature of language, by celebrated Chinese artist Xu Bing, Austin, June 19-January 22
• The Alchemy of Mind and Spirit: Intersections of Science and Poetry, Austin, September 26-January 13
• The Festival Book for San Fernando: Celebrating Sainthood in Baroque Seville, Dallas, through January 29

Special Events

• Kwanzaa at The Dock, Fort Worth, Dec 26-Jan 1

Sunday, January 1   START THE NEW YEAR OFF RIGHT WITH A GREAT TEXAS BOOK!

Monday, January 2

• No public events

Tuesday, January 3

Austin

• The North Door, Owen Egerton’s One Page Salon, 7:30PM
• Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM

Fort Worth

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

San Antonio

• The Korova, PuroSlam with DJ Donnie Dee, 10PM

Wednesday, January 4

Austin

• Bullock Museum, High Noon Talk: author and photographer Rhonda Lashley Lopez discusses Don’t Make Me Go to Town: Ranchwomen of the Texas Hill Country, 12PM

Houston

• Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Slam, 7:30PM

Killeen

• Tyku, Words & Wine Wednesdays Spoken Word Open Mic, 8PM

Thursday, January 5

Austin

• BookPeople, The Rag Editors THORNE DREYER, ALICE EMBREE, and RICHARD CROXDALE speaking and signing Celebrating The Rag: Austin’s Iconic Underground Newspaper, 7PM
• Mr. Catfish & More, NeoSoul Poetry ATX, 8PM

Dallas

• B&N – Lincoln Park, Douglas Box to sign Texas Patriarch, 7PM

Houston

• Jung Center of Houston, “Healing Through Deep Listening” with Ginger Clarkson, author of I Dreamed I Was Normal: A Music Therapist’s Journey Through the Realms of Autism, 6:30PM

Friday, January 6

Austin

• BookPeople, author ALYSSA MALEHORN and illustrator PATRICIA HARDWICK speaking and signing How Old Is Your Soul? and Music of the Butterfly, 7PM
• Malvern Books, a reading with acclaimed poets Andrew McFadyen-Ketchum and Jenny Molberg, 7PM

Houston

• Inprint House, First Friday Poetry Reading Series presents The Balcony Poets, led by Billie Duncan and Chris Wise, 8:30PM

Saturday, January 7

Austin

• BookPeople, Austin Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators meeting: Living a Literary Life: Tips and Strategies to Balancing the Chaos with Bethany Hegedus, 10AM
• BookPeople, Photographer BYRD WILLIAMS speaking and signing Proof: Photographs from Four Generations of a Texas Family, 3PM
• The Dome at Radiance, Texas Women Write (or Wrong!): prose, poetry, and a short play (fundraiser for the Golden Dome of Meditation in the community of Radiance), 7:30PM

Dallas

• Deep Vellum Books, Pandora’s Box kicks off 2017 with poets Jenny Molberg, Andrew McFadyen-Ketchum, and Caitlin Pryor, 7PM

Denton

• B&N – Golden Triangle Mall, multiple author signing: Road Kill: Texas Horror by Texas Writers, 2PM

El Paso

• Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: “Milagrito Limbs” with Karla Nabil, 12:45PM

Fort Worth

La Mancha Business Center, Fort Worth Writer’s Boot Camp workshop: So You Want to Publish a Book? with Rachel Pilcher, 10AM

Houston

• Blue Willow Bookshop, Alexandra Bracken will discuss and sign WAYFARER, the second book in the PASSENGER series for young adults, 2PM
• Half Price Books – North Oaks, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, all day
• Katy Budget Books, Quarterly Book Talk: Book Club Recommendations, 4PM

Round Rock

• Half Price Books, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, all day

San Antonio

• B&N – Bandera Pointe, Annette Lindaas-Kanko signs Whence You Came, 1PM

• The Twig Book Shop, Debi Cole reads and signs The Homestead, 11AM

Sunday, January 8

Austin

• Austin Public Library – Yarborough, Sisters in Crime seminar: “Death by Firearms” with author and consultant Dr. David Ciambrone, 2:15PM
• BookPeople, ALEXANDRA BRACKEN speaking and signing Wayfarer and Susan Dennard speaking and signing Windwitch, 2PM
• Malvern Books, Austin Writers Roulette presents “Spiritual Renewal,” 4PM

Dallas

• Half Price Books Mothership, Local Author Sundays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, all day

Mansfield

• Half Price Books, Local Author Sundays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, all day

San Antonio

• The Twig Bookshop at the Pearl, Wendy Barker and Sarah Cortez, Poetry reading, 2:00pm

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