• ConDFW XVI, February 10-12
• Black History Month Writer’s Showcase, Cedar Hill, February 11-12
• Houston Authors Bash, February 11-12

Ongoing Exhibits

• Stories to Tell: Selections from the Harry Ransom Center, Austin, February 6–July 16
• The Lost Generation: World War I Poetry, Denton, January 17-May 11
• 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

Sunday, February 5

Austin

• 4th Tap Brewing Co-op, Revel Unclassified Sunday Brunch: musicians, writers, and artists will collaborate to tell stories through music, spoken word, and visual art, 12:30PM

Dallas

• Deep Vellum Bookstore, White Rock Zine Machine offering tiny handmade books by local writers and artists, 1PM
• Deep Vellum Books, Bonehouse Poets will launch a new series of twelve zines with a reading, 6PM
• 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

B&N – La Cantera, February Sunday Storytime: Guest Author Eartha Powell, 12PM

Monday, February 6

Dallas

• Dallas Museum of Arts, Arts & Letters Live presents Texas Bound I: Fragments of Discovery: Constance Gold Parry reads Door and Puzzles by Fabiana Elisa Martínez, and Harriet Harris reads Sh’khol by Colum McCann, 7:30PM

Houston

• Alley Theatre, Houston Public Library Quarterly Reading Series: Terry McMillan will discuss her latest novel I Almost Forgot About You, 7:30PM
• Brazos Bookstore, Gulf Coast Journal and Bat City Review present a reading featuring Nick Flynn, Kurt Henzelman, Taisia Kitaiskaia, and Dan Chu, 7PM
• Murder By the Book, Deborah Crombie will discuss her newest Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James book, Garden of Lamentations (pre-order your copy for personalized signing prior to the event), 6:30PM
• Tracy Gee Community Center, SCBWI Houston workshop: Mentor Texts: Never Write Alone Again with Pat Miller, author of The Hole Story, 7PM

Huntsville

• Sam Houston State, Keramet Reiter will discuss 23/7: Pelican Bay Prison and the Rise of Long-Term Solitary Confinement, 9AM

Tuesday, February 7

Austin

• BookWoman, Barbara Frances reading and signing Like I Used to Dance: A Novel, 7PM
• The North Door, Owen Egerton’s One Page Salon featuring Alex Baia, Janet Maykus, Danny Smith, Nick Wade, Johnny Holden, and Alexandra Thomas, 7:30PM
• Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM

Dallas

• B&N – Lincoln Park, Garden of Lamentations: A Novel book signing with Deborah Crombie, 7PM
• B&N – SMU, Clay G. Small will discuss and sign Heels Over Head, 5PM

Fort Worth

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

Houston

• Blue Willow Bookshop, Lisa McMann will discuss and sign her novel DRAGON CAPTIVES, a companion book to THE UNWANTEDS series, 5PM
• Brazos Bookstore, Caroline Leech reads and signs WAIT FOR ME, 7PM
• Fix Coffeebar, Poetry Fix featuring Erika Jo Brown and BJ Love, 6:30PM
• Warehouse Live, Houston Moth StorySLAM: “Love Hurts,” 7:30PM

Huntsville

• Sam Houston State, “A Comedic Night of Nakedness” with Harlan Cohen, author of The Naked Roommate: And 107 Other Issues You Might Run Into in College, 6PM

San Antonio

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

South Padre Island

• Paragraphs on Padre, Meet the Author Series: David Harry Tannenbaum discusses and signs Out of the Depths, 1PM

Wednesday, February 8

Austin

• BookPeople, ALEX HORTON, BRANDON CARO, and TERESA FAZIO speaking & signing The Road Ahead: Fiction from the Forever War (panel discussion moderated by PHILIPP MEYER & BRIAN VAN REET), 7PM
• Malvern Books, An Evening with poet Sho Sugita & local writer and translator Eduardo Aparicio, 7PM

Dallas

• SMU, The Sun & Star Japan and East Asia Program presents Rumi Aoyama, author of China and the Future of International Order, 4PM
• UT Dallas, Center for Values in Medicine, Science and Technology Lecture Series: The Power of Science Fiction with Melissa Littlefield, author of The Lying Brain: Lie Detection in Science and Science Fiction, 7:30PM
• World Affairs Council Offices, Robert S. Kaplan discusses What You Really Need to Lead: The Power of Thinking and Acting Like an Owner, 6:30PM

Denton

• Denton South Branch Library, Professor’s Corner featuring the poetry of the late Texas Poet Laureate Paul Ruffin, 7PM

Houston

• Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Slam, 7:30PM
• Murder By the Book, John Lescroart will sign and discuss his new stand-alone thriller Fatal, and Kelly Parsons will sign and discuss Under the Knife, 6:30PM

San Antonio

• Rebar, Kinyo Poetry Live: “Mayor Ivory Taylorless,” 8:30PM

Thursday, February 9

Austin

• B&N – Sunset Valley, Nothing to Prove: Why We Can Stop Trying So Hard book signing with Jennie Allen, 7PM
• BookPeople, GEOFFREY COWAN speaking & signing Let the People Rule (in conversation withDouglas Brinkley), 7PM
• BookWoman, Second Thursday poetry open mic featuring Desiree Morales and Ashley Smith Keyfitz, 7:15PM
• Harry Ransom Center, “From Mainz to Austin: Carl H. Pforzheimer’s Gutenberg Bible” with Eric White, Curator of Rare Books at Princeton University, 7PM
• Malvern Books, Novel Night with S.D. Banks and Sugar Lee Ryder, 7PM
• Mr. Catfish & More, NeoSoul Poetry ATX, 8PM

Burnet

• Herman Brown Library, Coffee Talks featuring Cynthia Leal Massey, author of Death of a Texas Ranger, Winner of 2015 Will Rogers Silver Medallion Award for Best Western Non-fiction, 1:30PM

Dallas

• Half Price Books Mother Ship, actor, writer, producer, and author Robert Knott will discuss and sign Robert B. Parker’s Revelation, 7PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Jeanne Scheper discusses and signs MOVING PERFORMANCES, 7PM
• Jung Center of Houston, “Channeling and Creativity” with Erin Prophet, author of Prophet’s Daughter: My Life with Elizabeth Clare Prophet Inside Church Universal and Triumphant, 7PM
• MATCH Houston, Dr. Peter Marra will discuss and sign Cat Wars: The Devastating Consequences of a Cuddly Killer, 7PM
• Murder By the Book, Reed Farrel Coleman will sign and discuss What You Break, 6:30PM
• Museum of Fine Arts, Glassell School Core Program Lecture: Martha Rosler, author of Culture Class, 7PM

San Antonio

• Red Balloon Bookshop, Holly Goldberg Sloan will read and sign SHORT, 6:30PM
• San Antonio Public Library, 5th San Antonio Book Festival author lineup announcement event, 10AM

South Padre Island

• South Padre Island Community Center, local author, historian, island explorer, and treasure hunter Steve Hathcock discusses causeway collapse with David Tannenbaum, 12PM

Friday, February 10

Austin

• BookPeople, REED FARREL COLEMAN speaking and signing What You Break, and ROBERT KNOTT speaking & signing Robert B. Parker’s Revelation, 7PM
• Malvern Books, An Evening with poets Michael McLaughlin & mónica teresa ortiz, 7PM

Dallas

• Dallas Museum of Art, Arts & Letters Live presents Simon Tolkien, author of No Man’s Land, and Amor Towles, author of A Gentleman in Moscow, 7:30PM
• Heroes Lounge, Dallas Poetry Slam present the GNO Show, 8PM
• Lucky Dog Books – Oak Cliff, Poets on X+ hosted by Opalina Salas and Carlos Salas, 7PM

Fort Worth

• The Library Cafe, Fort Worth Poetry Slam: Love Jonz Presents Love’s Breeeze, A Special Valentine’s Dinner & Performance featuring Karolina Breeze, 8PM

Houston

• Murder By the Book, MBTB Irregulars Open House, 5PM

Saturday, February 11

Austin

• BookPeople, CAROL S. STEIKER & JORDAN M. STEIKER speaking & signing Courting Death: The Supreme Court and Capital Punishment, 3PM
• Half Price Books – North Lamar, local author and former winner of the O. Henry Pun-Off World Championship Carlotta Eike Stankiewicz will sell and sign Haiku Austin, 1PM
• Malvern Books, The Lion & The Pirate Unplugged: an inclusive open mic, 7PM

Cedar Hill

• B&N – Hillside Village, local author R. Jay Berry will sign Forever Love, 12PM

Dallas

• B&N – Lincoln Park, Michelle Hartman, editor of Red River Review, signs The Lost Journal of my Second Trip to Purgatory, 6PM
• B&N – Preston/Royal, Clay G. Small will discuss and sign Heels Over Head, 2PM
• The Writer’s Garret, Workshop: Partner Zines for Lovers and Others with Lisa Huffaker, 10AM

El Paso

• Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: Nancy Lorenza Green presents Inspirational Voices: Audre Lorde, 12:45PM

Fort Worth

• Fort Worth Writer’s Boot Camp, Write Fearlessly! with Rachel Pilcher, 1PM
• Harker Heights
• B&N, The Good Daughter book signing with Alexandra Burt, 3PM

Houston

• Blue Willow Bookshop, Amor Towles will hold a meet and greet for Gentleman in Moscow, his bestselling novel, 3PM
• Brazos Bookstore, Amor Towles reads and signs A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW, 7PM
• Children’s Museum of Houston, Author and former Houston Texans player Wade Smith will read and sign Smitty Hits the Books, 1PM
• Express Children’s Theatre, 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, Erin M. Hicks discusses and signs Houston Soups and Sips, 3PM
• Writespace, All About Love Open Mic, 7:30PM

San Antonio

• B&N – Bandera Pointe, Jane Alvey Harris signs Riven, 2PM

Southlake

• B&N – Town Square, Kathy Chamberlin reading and signing Ellie the Elephant and the Day She Remembers. 11AM

Tyler

• B&N, local author Joe Bates, MD, signs Making Your Brain Hum: 12 Weeks to a Smarter You, 2PM

Webster

• B&N – Baybrook, Gulf Poets Society meeting featuring Stephen Gros, 10:30AM

Weslaco

• The Storybook Garden, Author Meet & Greet – Rebecca Luna, 11AM

The Woodlands

• B&N – Woodlands Mall, James Farrell signs Up, Up and Gone! My Forty-Seven Years in the Airline Industry, 2PM

Sunday, February 12

Austin

• 4th Tap Brewing Co-op, Revel Unclassified Sunday Brunch: musicians, writers, and artists will collaborate to tell stories through music, spoken word, and visual art, 12:30PM
• BookPeople, DEBBIE PEARSON speaking & signing The Blueprint to Age Your Way, 3PM
• Half Price Books – North Lamar, local author Rudy Leeman will sell and sign For Everything a Season: A Historical Novel of an Immigrant Family, 1PM
• Malvern Books, Austin Writers Roulette presents “Romance and Other Patriarchal Fantasies,” 4PM

Dallas

• B&N – Preston/Royal, M.J. Dougherty discusses and signs Life Lessons from a Total Failure, 3PM
• Dallas Public Library – North Oak Cliff Branch, lecture with Dr. Kendall Brown, author of Quiet Beauty: The Japanese Gardens of North America (followed by a guided tour of the Japanese garden in Kidd Springs Park), 3PM
• Half Price Books Mothership, Local Author Sundays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, all day

Houston

• Brazilian Arts Foundation Cultural Center, “Pablo Neruda and Flamenco Rhythms” – An afternoon of music and poetry with Randy Cordero and Reyes Ramirez, 3PM
• Murder By the Book, Sophie Jordan will sign and discuss her newest novel Rise of Fire, and Lily Blackwood will sign and discuss The Rebel of Clan Kincaid, 2PM

San Antonio

• B&N – La Cantera, February Sunday Storytime: Guest Author H. Rick Goff, 12PM
• B&N – La Cantera, Valentine’s Day Romance Author Panel with San Antonio Romance Authors Writer’s Organization members Jolene Navarro, Lynn Lorenz, Sasha Summers, Camille Di Maio and Teri Wilson, 2PM
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• The Twig Book Shop, Jim May will discuss and sign Trail Guide for a Crooked Heart: Stories and Reflections for Life’s Journey, 11AM

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