• FESTIBA, Festival of International Books & Arts, Edinburg & Brownsville, February 27-March 5
• Odessa Shakespeare Festival, March 3–5
• Writefest: A Festival for Emerging Writers, Houston, March 6-12
• 12th Annual Book & Author Luncheon, Bulverde, March 8
• Celebration of Texas Authors, Austin, March 8
• 32nd Annual Tejas Storytelling Festival, Denton, March 9012
• WORDfest (Writers Organizations ‘Round Dallas), Hurst, March 11

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
• Of Texas Rivers & Texas Art (an exhibition from the book of the same title), San Angelo, February 16–April 9
• Sandra Cisneros: A House of Her Own Exhibition, San Marcos, February 15–July 1
• Cartooning Texas: One Hundred Years of Cartoon Art in the Lone Star State, Del Rio, March 1–31
• Texas Writers: Humanities Texas Exhibition, Salado, March 3–31
• The Art of Dr. Seuss: A Retrospective Exhibition, Austin, March 4–April 2
• Everyday People: The Art of James E. Ransome (a National Center for Children’s Illustrated Literature exhibition), Abilene, March 9-May 8

Sunday, March 5

Abilene

• Abilene Public Library – South Branch at Abilene Mall, 2017 Texas Author Series featuring Mary O. Parker, Johnnie Lou Avery Boyd, Rachel Caine, and Mike Cox, 2PM

Austin

• Austin History Center, Meet and talk with veterans and hear excerpts from the works they have created as part of Our Warrior Chorus, 2:30PM
• BookPeople, YVETTE GROVE speaking and signing Lily’s Deliciously Different Day, 2PM
• BookPeople, TIM DORSEY speaking and signing Clownfish Blues, 5PM
• The Writing Barn, Workshop: A Lonely Island: Finding Inspiration and Confidence in Writing for Clients, 1PM

Dallas

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

Garland

• B&N – Firewheel Mall, George Arnold signs Tragedy of the Commons: Dark Prophesies, 11AM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Reception for the launch of IN THE EYES OF OUR CHILDREN: HOUSTON, AN AMERICAN CITY, 5PM
• Martini Blu, Performance Poetry: Queen’s Night, 6PM

Mansfield

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

Midland

• B&N, The Adventures of George Pitts book signing with George Pitts, 1:30PM

San Antonio

The Twig Book Shop, Robert Seltzer discusses and signs Amado Muro and Me, 4PM

Monday, March 6

Austin

• Monkeywrench Books, AK Press Book Tour: John Flaherty discusses No More Heroes: Grassroots Challenges to the Savior Mentality, 6PM
• St. Edward’s University, The Marcia Kinsey Visiting Writers Series present poet Kazim Ali, 6PM

Dallas

• Dallas Museum of Art, Arts & Letters Live present Chris Cleave, author of Everyone Brave Is Forgiven, and Jennifer Ryan, author of The Chilbury Ladies’ Choir, 7:30PM

Houston

• Alley Theatre, Inprint’s Margarett Root Brown Reading Series presents George Saunders in a choral reading of Lincoln in the Bardo with Alley Theatre actors, 7:30PM [sold out but will be live-streamed at inprinthouston.org and houstonpublicmedia.org/inprint]
• Murder By the Book, Tim Dorsey will sign and discuss Clownfish Blues, 6:30PM
• Tracy Gee Community Center, SCBWI Houston meeting: “Taking Advantage of the Nonfiction Market” with Wendy Lanier, 7PM

San Antonio

• The Twig Book Shop, Writers’ League of Texas Presentation and Discussion: Texas Independents, 6PM
  

Tuesday, March 7

Arlington

• UT Arlington College Park Center, Maverick Speakers Series presents Fareed Zakaria, author of In Defense of a Liberal Education, 7:30PM

Austin

• BookPeople, GEORGE SAUNDERS speaking & signing Lincoln in the Bardo, 7PM [ticket required]
• Bullock Museum, Discover Texas history through art and conversation with James Crisp, author of Sleuthing the Alamo: Davy Crockett’s Last Stand, and Sam Ratcliffe, author of Painting Texas History to 1900, followed by a book signing, 7PM
• Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam!, 8PM

Dallas

• SMU – McFarlin Auditorium, The Ebby Halliday Companies Lecture Series presents Brandon Stanton, author of Humans of New York, 8PM

Fort Worth

• The Dock Bookshop, Fort Worth Poetry Slam and open mic!, 8PM

Garland

• B&N – Firewheel Mall, Waking Up Slowly: Spiritual Lessons from My Dog, My Kids, Critters, and Other Unexpected Places book signing with Dave Burchett, 2PM

Houston

• Blue Willow Bookshop, Robin Preiss Glasser will share her new FANCY NANCY book, NANCY CLANCY, LATE BREAKING NEWS, 5PM
• Brazos Bookstore, Tom Clavin discusses and signs DODGE CITY, 7PM
• Fix Coffeebar, Poetry Fix featuring Angelique Jamail & Outspoken Bean, 6:30PM
• Inprint House, Poetry of the City: A Talk by Alicia Ostriker, 7:30PM
• Katy Budget Books, NYT Bestselling author Kerrelyn Sparks premieres How to Tame a Beast in Seven Days, 6PM
• Murder By the Book, Rhys Bowen will sign and discuss her new stand-alone mystery, In Farleigh Field, 6:30PM
• University of St. Thomas, 2017 B.K. Smith Lecture in History: Dr. David M. Kennedy, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Freedom From Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 7:30PM

San Antonio

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

The Woodlands

• B&N – Woodlands Mall, The Width of the World book signing with David Baldacci, 7PM

Wednesday, March 8

Austin

• BookPeople, JENNY LAWSON speaking & signing You Are Here, 7PM [ticket required]
• Chez Zee, Chez Zee Author Series featuring Bill Wittliff, 6PM
• LBJ Library Auditorium, The Harry Middleton Lectureship presents presidential historian Michael Beschloss, author of At the Highest Levels: The Inside Story of the End of the Cold War, 6PM
• The Long Center, an evening with Fran Lebowitz, author of Metropolitan Life and Social Studies, 8PM

Dallas

• Scottish Rite Cathedral, Arts & Letters Live presents George Saunders, author of Lincoln in the Bardo, with the actors of Kitchen Dog Theater, 7:30PM

Denton

• Denton Public Library South, Professor’s Corner: Poems by Texas Poet Laureate Alan Birkelbach, 7PM
• University of North Texas, UNT Visiting Writers Series presents a reading and book signing with poet Melissa Kwasny, 8PM

Houston

• Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Slam, 7:30PM
• Brazos Bookstore, Glenn Blake reads and signs THE OLD AND THE LOST, 7PM
• Murder By the Book, Joanne Fluke will sign and discuss her new book, Banana Cream Pie Murder, 6:30PM

Huntsville

• Sam Houston State, Women’s Poetry Slam: Let’s Get LOUD!, followed by An Afro-Latina in Texas: Poetry & Performance with Jasminne Mendez and Dr. Trevor Boffone, 5PM

San Marcos

• Texas State University – The Wittliff Collections, Award presentation, reading and book signing: Jim Shepard’s novel, The Book of Aron, has won the inaugural L.D. and LaVerne Harrell Clark Fiction Prize, 3:30PM

Thursday, March 9

Austin

• BookPeople, JARED KLEINERT speaking & signing 3 Billion Under 30, 7PM
• BookWoman, Second Thursday Poetry Open Mic featuring Ann Howells & Michelle Hartman hosted by Cindy Huyser, 7:15PM
• Malvern Books, Novel Night with Brittani Sonnenberg & Adeena Reitberger, 7PM
• Mr. Catfish & More, NeoSoul Poetry ATX, 8PM

Burnet

• Herman Brown Library, Coffee Talks presents Debra Winegarten, author of Oveta Culp Hobby, Winner of 2015 Best Biography from Texas Author Association, 1:30PM

Commerce

• Texas A&M, The Mayo Review issue launch featuring Courtney Craggett, 6:30PM

Dallas

• Half Price Books Mother Ship, Noah Galloway signs Living With No Excuses, 7PM
• Warwick Melrose Hotel, DFW World Affairs Council presents Scott Miller’s discussing and signing Agent 100: An American Spymaster and the German Resistance in WWII, 6PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, poet Andre de Korvin reads and signs THE DAY THE CLOCKS SPOKE RUSSIAN, 7PM
• La Colombe d’Or, 2017 Distinguished Diplomat Lecture: “China: Then and Now” with Ambassador Nicholas Platt, author of China Boys, 6:30PM
• Murder By the Book, Brad Parks will sign and discuss Say Nothing, 6:30PM
• University of Houston – Central, Cargo and Carrier Lecture Series: Q&A with Jeff VanderMeer, author of Southern Reach, 5PM

South Padre Island

• South Padre Island Community Center, History at Noon with local author Steve Hathcock, 12PM

Victoria

• University of Houston, American Book Review reading series presents T. Geronimo Johnson, author of Welcome to Braggsville, 12PM

Friday, March 10

Alpine

• Front Street Books, E. DAN KLEPPER presents his latest work Why the Raven Calls the Canyon, 5:30PM

Carrizo Springs

• Dimmit County Public Library, Texas Touring Roster Artist ire’ne lara silva will read, discuss, and sign her books, 4PM

Dallas

• Heroes Lounge, Dallas Poetry Slam hosts a Women of the World Poetry Slam Fundraiser (hosted by Candy), 8PM
• Lucky Dog Books – Oak Cliff, Poets on X+ hosted by Opalina Salas and Carlos Salas, 8PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, an evening with Ken Liu and Kelly Luce – Writefest 2017 Keynote Speakers, 7PM

San Antonio

• Viva Tacoland, Gemini Ink readings featuring Timothy Donnelly, Ellie Francis Douglass, Bárbara Renaud González, 6:30PM

Saturday, March 11

Austin

• B&N – Arboretum, Byron Browne signing of Spanish Missions of Texas, 2PM
• BookPeople, SCBWI Austin meeting: Ten Reasons you Should Absolutely Not Give Up with P. J. Hoover, 10AM
• JW Marriott, Greenleaf Book Group hosts “The Power of Personal Brand Storytelling” Meetup (part of SXSW), 11AM

Dallas

• B&N – Preston/Royal, Shanalee Sharboneau Signs Copies of Her Picture Books, 1PM

Denison

• Denison Public Library, Meet the Author Series: Steve Lanore, 11AM

El Paso

• Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: :Everybody’s Got a Home But Me: The Rowdy, Roving Life and Stories of Lucia Berlin” with Mark Pumphrey, 12:45PM

Houston

• Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research, Clayton Library Lecture Series presents Kelvin Meyers, forensic genealogist and author of NGS Research in the States: Texas, 10:30AM
• Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, CAMH Gallery Talk: Terry R. Myers, author of Painting: Documents of Contemporary Art, 2PM
• Half Price Books – Clear Lake, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release!, all day
• Murder By the Book, Patricia Briggs will sign and discuss the newest book in the Mercy Thompson series, Silence Fallen; and Anne Bishop will sign and discuss Etched in Bone, a novel of The Others, 4:30PM

San Antonio

• Gemini Ink, Master Poetry Workshop with Timothy Donnelly, 10AM
• The Twig Book Shop, Amy Jackson reads and signs Cassandra and the Night Sky, 11AM

Southlake

• B&N – Town Square, Neil White Book Signing Closure, 1PM

Sugar Land

• Fort Bend County Libraries – First Colony Branch, Creative-Writing Workshop: Developing Strong Female Characters for Texas Fiction with Cash Anthony, Laura Elvebak, Charlotte Phillips, and Becky Hogeland (members of The Final Twist Writers Society), 2PM
• Half Price Books, Robert Devine will be signing Ketchup in My Veins and Southeast to Panama, 1PM

• West Waco Library & Genealogy Center, Creative Minds Writers’ Group Workshop: “Paranormal Alchemy: Mastering the Suspension of Disbelief” with Lorelei Buckley, 11AM

Webster

• B&N, Gulf Coast Poets meeting featuring Stacy Nigliazzo, 10:30AM

Sunday, March 12

Austin

• BookPeople, BABETTE HUGHES speaking & signing The Secret of Happiness: And other essays from The Huffington Post, 2PM
• Malvern Books, Austin Writers Roulette presents “Survival 101,” 4PM

Dallas

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

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