• 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 Festival Book for San Fernando: Celebrating Sainthood in Baroque Seville, Dallas, through January 29
• Storyland: A Trip Through Childhood Favorites, Fort Worth, January 21-May 7
• The Human Experience: From Texas to the World literacy initiative, Houston, January 18-May 18

Special Events

• Traces of Texas Slavery Symposium, Austin, January 27-28
• Dallas Public Library Book Sale, January 27-29
• YAK (Young Adult Keller) Book Festival, Keller, January 28

Sunday, January 22

Austin

• BookPeople, EMILY ESFAHANI SMITH speaking & signing The Power of Meaning, 3PM
• Malvern Books, An Afternoon with Michael Bunker & Forbes West, 1PM
• Malvern Books, a reading from acclaimed poets Steve McCaffery and Karen Mac Cormack, 3PM

Dallas

• Half Price Books Mothership, Local Author Sundays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, all day
• Horchow Auditorium, Dallas Museum of Art’s Arts & Letters Live presents Levison Wood, author of Walking the Nile and Walking the Himalayas, 4PM

Monday, January 23

Amarillo

• The Bookhself, 4310 S Western St., Ste. K, special book signing of WILD HORSE SPRINGS with Jodi Thomas, 5-7pm

Austin

• BookPeople, METTE IVIE HARRISON speaking & signing For Time and All Eternities, 7PM
• Dozen Street, Chicon Street Poets featuring Ryan Bender-Murphy, Haiku Challenge, and open mic, 7PM

Dallas

• Parish Episcopal School, Pulitzer Prize finalist Carla Powers discusses and signs A Journey to the Heart of the Quran, 6:30PM

Fort Worth

• Fort Worth Writer’s Boot Camp, Let’s Read Into This series: Voicemail Poems and Word Riot with Logen Cure, 7PM

Houston

• Archway Gallery, LOVE MACHINE FOR POEMS: A Workshop Experience with Carolyn Hembree, 7PM
• Cullen Theater, Inprint’s Margarett Root Brown reading series featuring Annie Proulx, author of Barkskins, 7:30PM
• University of Houston, UH Ethics in Science Lecture Series presented by Professor Jessica Tracy, author of Take Pride: Why the Deadliest Sin Holds the Secret to Human Success, 11AM

Richardson

• Richardson Public Library, Writers Guild of Texas workshop: “Writing Thrillers – Make Every Moment Count” presented by C.L. Stegall, 7PM

Tuesday, January 24

Austin

• BookPeople, MysteryPeople presents MELISSA LENHARDT speaking and signing The Fisher King, TERRY SHAMES speaking and signing An Unsettling Crime for Samuel Craddock, and JAMES ZISKIN speaking & signing Heart of Stone, 7PM
• BookWoman, Borders, Sanctuary and Immigration Politics in the Trump Era: A panel discussion with authors and activists: Karma Chávez, Elvia Rosales Arriola, CJ Alvarez, Virginia Raymond and Sulma Catarina Franco-Chamale, 7PM
• Malvern Books, Malvern’s Multi-Verse Reading Series with Thom the World Poet, 7PM
• Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM

Dallas

• Aaron Family Jewish Community Center, Jo Ivester discusses and signs The Outskirts of Hope, 7PM
• Half Price Books Mother Ship, educator and manual therapist Sue Hitzmann will discuss, demonstrate, and sign copies of her revised and updated New York Times bestselling-book The MELT Method, 7PM
• Horchow Auditorium, Arts & Letters Live presents Emma Donoghue, author of The Wonder, 7:30PM
• SMU, Clements Center Evening Lecture Series: Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner T.J. Stiles, author of Custer’s Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America, 5:30PM

Fort Worth

• B&N – Hulen, Jeff Guinn signs Silver City: A Novel of the American West, 7PM
• The Dock Bookshop, Fort Worth Poetry Slam and Open Mic, 8PM

Houston

• The Black Labrador, Houston Writers House meeting featuring author Deborah K. Fronteria, 6:30PM
• Brazos Bookstore, Carolyn Hembree reads from and signs her poetry collection RIGGING A CHEVY INTO A TIME MACHINE AND OTHER WAYS TO ESCAPE A PLAGUE, 7PM
• Fix Coffeebar, Poetry Fix featuring Gabrielle Langley & John Milkereit, 6:30PM
• Houston Maritime Museum, HMM History Lecture presented by Matthew Clavin, Ph.D., author of Aiming for Pensacola: Fugitive Slaves on the Atlantic and the Southern Frontiers, 7PM
• Murder By the Book, Mette Ivie Harrison will sign and discuss For Time And All Eternities, 6:30PM
• Houston Museum of Natural Science, HMNS Distinguished Lecture Series presented by Dr. Donald Prothero, author of The Princeton Field Guide to Prehistoric Mammals, followed by book signing, 6:30PM

Lubbock

• Groves Branch Library, New York Times best-selling author Jodi Thomas discusses and signs Wild Horse Springs, 6:30PM

San Antonio

• The Korova, PuroSlam with DJ Donnie Dee: The Free Speech of Bust Slam!, 10PM

Wednesday, January 25

Austin

• Austin Public Library – Old Quarry, Austin Out Loud: a reading featuring Sarah Bird, 7PM
• Austin Public Library – Terrazas, Aural Literature reading series featuring Fernando Flores, Stephanie Goehring, Monica Teresa Ortiz, and Travis Tate, 7PM
• BookPeople, SUE HITZMANN speaking & signing The MELT Method, 7PM
• Harry Ransom Center, David Ulin discusses and reads from his most recent work Sidewalking: Coming to Terms with Los Angeles, 7PM

Dallas

• Parish Episcopal School, Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner T.J. Stiles discusses and signs Custer’s Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America, 6:30PM
• UT Dallas, Center for Values in Medicine, Science and Technology Lecture Series: The Power of Science Fiction with Brian David Johnson, author of the forthcoming MWD: Hell Is Coming Home, 7PM

Houston

• Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Slam, 7:30PM
• Brazos Bookstore, E. R. Bills reads from and signs ROAD KILL: TEXAS HORROR BY TEXAS WRITERS, 7PM

San Antonio

• One Drop Reggae Shop & Juice Bar, Poetry: Corporateless Kinyo Live: Evolution of Personal Wealth, 8:30PM

Thursday, January 26

Austin

• Mr. Catfish & More, NeoSoul Poetry ATX, 8PM

Dallas

• Dallas Institute’s Nancy Cain Marcus Conference Center, An evening with Anna Badkhen, author of Walking with Abel: Journeys with the Nomads of the African Savannah, 6:30PM
• The Wild Detectives, Terry Shames will read and sign An Unsettling Crime for Samuel Craddock, 7:30PM

Fort Worth

• TCU – Moudy North, home-grown LIVE OAK READING SERIES featuring TCU’s Dr. Steve Sherwood and Aubrey Fineout, 6:30PM

Houston

• Asia Society Texas Center, Authors & Asia: Qiu Xiaolong, author of the Inspector Chen series, on “Writing China out of China,” 7PM
• Brazos Bookstore, J.A. Davis reads and signs CRISIS: BLUE, and Heidi Barnes reads and signs THE BELLMAN, 7PM
• Children’s Museum of Houston, Zoo Lady Storytelling with Sheila Starks Phillips, author of The Eggstra-Ordinary Surprise, 6:30PM
• Fix Coffeebar, Iconoclast Sessions with featured poets Billie Ducan and Corinna Delgado, 7PM
• Poison Girl Bar, Poison Pen Reading Series featuring Janine Joseph, Allegra Hyde, and Will Burns, 8:30PM
• University of St. Thomas, 38th Aquinas Lecture presented by Fr. James V. Schall, SJ, author of A Line Through the Human Heart: On Sinning and Being Forgiven, 7:30PM

Livingston

• Livingston Municipal Library, Writers’ League of Texas Workshop: Texas Writes with Charlotte Gullick and Suzy Spencer, 1PM

Lubbock

• Garden & Arts Center, Dr. Steven L. Berk discusses and signs Anatomy of a Kidnapping, 5:30PM

South Padre Island

• South Padre Island Community Center, local author and historian Steve Hathcock discusses island exploration and treasure hunting, 12PM

Victoria

• University of Houston-Victoria, American Book Review Reading Series presents James Magnuson, director of the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas at Austin and author of Famous Writers I Have Known, 12PM

Friday, January 27

Austin

• BookPeople, Historian DAINA RAMEY BERRY speaking & signing The Price for Their Pound of Flesh: The Value of the Enslaved from Womb to Grave, in the Building of a Nation, 7PM
• BookWoman, TORCH Wildfire Reading Series featuring Shae Harris & Cynthia Manick, 6:30PM
• Jester Auditorium, Grand Slam Poetry and Rap Battle, 7PM
• Malvern Books, I Scream Social Reading Series featuring Micah Ruelle, Marilyse V. Figueroa, and Leticia Urieta, 7PM
• UT Poetry Center, Thomas Whitbread Memorial Reading, 4:30PM

Dallas

• UT Dallas, Launch party for UT Dallas’s literary journal Reunion: Volume 6, 6PM

Houston

• Rudyard’s Pub, Gulf Coast Reading Series featuring Janine Joseph, Aza Pace, Jonathan Meyer, and Sarah-Jane Abate, 7PM

Lubbock

• B&N, DeAnna Cooner, Ph.D. signs The Dragon and the Mask, 5PM

Port Neches

• Fleur Fine Books, E. R. Bills signs Road Kill: Texas Horror by Texas Writers, 4PM

San Antonio

• San Antonio Country Club, Assistance League of San Antonio’s 5th Annual Lit ‘n Lunch featuring local authors and their recent books: Dr. Vincent Di Maio and Ron Franscell, co-authors of Morgue: A Life in Death; John Schmutz, author of “The Bloody Fifth” — The 5th Texas Infantry Regiment, Hood’s Texas Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia; and Lee Robinson, author of Lawyer for the Cat, 11:30AM

South Padre Island

• Paragraphs on Padre, Meet the Author Series: March Church reads and signs Dark Triad, 1PM

Saturday, January 28

Austin

• Austin Books & Comics, release party and signing for Gene Ha’s graphic novel Mae vol. 1, 1PM
• BookPeople, CYNTHIA LEVINSON speaking & signing The Youngest Marcher, 2PM
• Half Price Books – North Lamar, local author Curt Locklear will sell and sign his new book *Asunder: A Novel of the Civil War*, 3PM
• Malvern Books, Fantastical Fictions Reading Series presents Greg Hrbek, author of Not on Fire, but Burning, 7PM
• St. Edward’s University, Writers’ League of Texas workshop: “How to Submit to Journals” with Stacey Swann, 10AM

Dallas

• B&N – Preston/Royal, Gary Erwin signs copies of his Carved Knives Series, 1PM
• Bishop Arts Theatre Center, The Secrets We Keep: Destigmatizing Mental Illness featuring author and publisher ReShonda Tate Billingsley, 3PM
• Dallas Public Library – Audelia, “Being an Effective Elder Care Advocate” with Suzanne Asaff Blankenship, author of How to Take Care of Old People Without Loosing Your Marbles, 2PM
• Dallas Public Library – Lakewood, “Being an Effective Elder Care Advocate” with Suzanne Asaff Blankenship, author of How to Take Care of Old People Without Loosing Your Marbles, 10:30AM
• Dallas Public Library – Lakewood, Author Talk featuring John Gardner, 2PM
• Horchow Auditorium, Arts & Letters Live and “Selected Shorts” present Shaken & Stirred: Intoxicating Stories read by Michael Urie, Anika Noni Rose, and Joshua Malina, 7:30PM

El Paso

• Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: Rex Waide presents “Shattering Repression: The Fantastique and Surrealism,” 12:45PM

Flower Mound

• Flower Mound Public Library, U.S. Women’s Champion Alexey Root signs Prepare With Chess Strategy and plays chess with library visitors, 2PM

Fort Worth

• The Dock Bookshop, New Year, New You: Empowerment for your Mind, Body & Spirit learn about exciting new books and meet favorite and new authors, 4PM

Friendswood

• Friendswood Public Library, Off the Page Poetry Series featuring Choonwha Moon, Eloisa Perez-Lozano, and Varsha Shah, 7PM

Galveston

• Galveston Bookshop, E.R. Bills signs Road Kill: Texas Horror by Texas Writers, 2PM

Houston

• B&N – River Oaks, Courtnaye Richard signs IDENTIFIED: Knowing Who You Are in Christ & Moving Forward in Your Purpose, 1PM
• Blue Willow Bookshop, Crystal Allen launches her new book, THE MAGNIFICENT MYA TIBBS: THE WALL OF FAME GAME, 1PM
• Brazos Bookstore, Marion Bataille reads and signs ABC3D, NUMERO, and 10, 7PM
• Fly Dance Company, Space City Preliminary Slam, 2PM
• Half Price Books – Clear Lake, Local Author Saturdays. Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release!, all day
• River Oaks Bookstore, Gerald D. Harrison reads and signs Tenisia’s First Day at School, 3PM
• Writespace, Workshop: The Magic of Story Structure with Adrienne Perry, 10AM

Irving

• North Lake College – Central, DFW Writers Workshop: The Writers Bloc – Technology for Writers with author James Gaskin, 2PM
• Midland
• Centennial Library, 1st Annual Bluebonnet Brunch: celebrate reading and civic engagement as students in grades 3-6 are invited to vote for their favorite 2016-2017 Texas Bluebonnet Award nominee, 10:30AM

Lubbock

• B&N, Jodi Thomas signs Wild Horse Springs, 2PM

Plano

• B&N – Preston/Park, John Gibson signs A Sparrow Has Wings, 1PM

Port Neches

• Fleur Fine Books, Stephen Graham Jones signs Mongrels, 4PM

San Antonio

• B&N – San Pedro, Tim Price will sign SHOOTING FOR THE RECORD, 2PM

  

• The Twig Book Shop, Ben Longoria reads and signs American Monsters, 11AM

  

• The Twig Book Shop, Bonnie Lyons discusses and signs Wow: Wonderful Old Women – Interviews, 2PM

Teague

• Teague Community Center, Michael Corcoran will discuss and sign Washington Phillips and His Manzarene Dreams, 11AM

Sunday, January 29

Austin

• BookPeople, KAT KRONENBERG speaking & signing Dream Big, 4PM
• Malvern Books, book launch of The Entropy of Rocketman, a new collection of poems by Rita Anderson (with Ray Shea), 4PM

Bryan

• Revolution Cafe and Bar, Poetry slam and open mic, 8:30PM

Dallas

• B&N – Preston/Royal, Ginger McKnight-Chavers signs In the Heart of Texas, 1PM
• Deep Vellum Bookstore, Other People’s Poetry presents the poetry of Bob Kaufman, one of the original Beat poets, featuring readers Randy E. Aguebor, Brett Ardoin, Gayle Bell, Greg Brownderville, MH Clay, Jolee Davis, Jim Dolan, Sean Enfield, Daniel Evans, Paul Koniecki, Herb Levy, Sebastian Mejia, Joe Milazzo, Misty Amber Moore, Robin Myrick, Mark David Noble, Darryl Ratcliff, Carlos Salas, Opalina Salas, and Victory Gnadia Wolnisty, 4PM
• Deep Vellum Bookstore, Dark Moon Poetry Reading Series, 7PM
• Half Price Books Mothership, Local Author Sundays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, all day

Houston

• Meyerland Performing Arts Middle School, Inprint presents Cool Brains! featuring Tim Green, author of Left Out and former Atlanta Falcons defensive end, 3PM

San Antonio

• The Twig Book Shop, Eartha Powell reads and signs I Don’t Know: Adventures of a Forest Playground, 2PM

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