• Austin SCBWI Authors & Illustrators Working Conference, May 20-21
• Boldface: A Conference for Emerging Writers, Houston, May 22-26
• Annual Meet the Authors: New Writers Event, San Antonio, May 27
• Lubbock-Con 2017, May 27
• plus fest: everything plus poetry festival, Houston, May 27
• Texas Writer’s Month Workshops with Sisters in Crime, Austin, May 27

Ongoing Exhibits

• Stories to Tell: Selections from the Harry Ransom Center, Austin, February 6–July 16
• Sandra Cisneros: A House of Her Own Exhibition, San Marcos, February 15–July 1
• Texas Writers Exhibition, Fredericksburg, May 1-31

Sunday, May 21

Austin

• BookPeople, SCHOLASTIC SUMMER READING ROAD TRIP: VARIAN JOHNSON signing To Catch a Cheat, JENNIFER ZIEGLER signing Revenge of the Happy Campers, and JONATHAN FENSKE signing Plankton Is Pushy, 10AM
• BookPeople, JEFF VANDERMEER speaking & signing Borne, 3PM
• BookPeople, GREG GARRETT speaking & signing Living with the Living Dead, 5PM
• Malvern Books, Christia Madacsi Hoffman launches Intent, her debut poetry collection, 4PM

Dallas

• B&N – Preston/Royal, former bookseller M.L. Rio signs If We Were Villains, 1PM
• Dallas Heritage Village at Old City Park, Dallas Goethe Center present a lecture Dr. Kenneth Hafertepe, author of The Material Culture of German Texans, 2PM
• Deep Vellum Books, Other People’s Poetry: DFW-area poets celebrate Frank O’Hara, 4PM
• Half Price Books Mother Ship, Local Author Sundays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, all day

San Antonio

• B&N – La Cantera, Camille Di Maio signing Before the Rain Falls, 2PM
• B&N – San Pedro, The Broken Spoke: Austin’s Legendary Honky-Tonk book signing with Donna Marie Miller, 2PM

Monday, May 22

Austin

• BookPeople, ELIZABETH SILVER speaking & signing The Tincture of Time (in coversation with Amanda Eyre Ward), 6:30PM
• BookPeople, JOHN KASICH speaking & signing Two Paths: America Divided or United (in conversation with Evan Smith), 8PM [ticket required]

Dallas

• Half Price Books Mother Ship, Steve Hamilton discusses and signs Exit Strategy, 7PM
• The Wild Detectives, Women Galore Literary Festival: Deb Olin Unferth reading from her latest collection of stories, Wait Till You See Me Dance, followed by a conversation with Ben Fountain, 7:30PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Jeff VanderMeer reads and signs BORNE, 7PM
• Houston Public Library, Authors Aloud! hosts Jessamyn Stanley discussing and signing Every Body Yoga, 6PM
• Murder By the Book, Dennis Lehane will sign and discuss Since We Fell, 6:30PM [line number required]
• River Oaks Bookstore, Leroy Chiao discusses and signs One Orbit, 6PM
  

Richardson

• Alamo Draft House, Half Price Books hosts a showing of A Dog’s Purpose followed by a Q&A and book signing of W. Bruce Cameron’s new book, A Dog’s Way Home, 6:30PM

Tuesday, May 23

Amarillo

• B&N, Mitzi: Tale of a Dog book signing with Dennis West, 7PM

Austin

• BookPeople, STEVE HAMILTON public stock signing of Exit Strategy, 12PM
• BookPeople, ASHLEY BLOM speaking & signing How to Eat a Lobster and Other Edible Enigmas Explained, 7PM
• Malvern Books, Malvern’s Multi-Verse with poet Joe Brundidge, 7PM
• Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam featuring Glori B. and hosted by Christopher Michael, 7PM
• University of Texas Press offices, Stephen Harrigan discusses and signs They Came From the Sky, 6:30PM
• The Writing Barn, Workshop: “Writing From Life: The Art of Fiction” with Bethany Ball, 6:30PM

Dallas

• Dallas Museum of Art, Arts & Letters Live: Anne Bothwell from KERA’s “Art&Seek” will moderate a conversation with Margo Jefferson, author of the NBCC-award winning Negroland: A Memoir, and Damon Tweedy, author of Black Man in a White Coat, 7:30PM
• The Wild Detectives, Women Galore Literary Festival: Morgan Parker will read from her new collection of poetry, There Are More Beautiful Things than Beyoncé, plus readings from local poets courtney marie and Fatima-Ayan Malika Hirsi, 7:30PM

Fort Worth

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

Houston

• Black Labrador, Houston Writers House meeting with Elizabeth White-Olsen of Writespace Houston, 6:30PM
• Brazos Bookstore, Deb Olin Unferth reads and signs WAIT TILL YOU SEE ME DANCE, 7PM
• Murder By the Book, Steve Hamilton will sign and discuss Exit Strategy, 6:30PM

Nacogdoches

• The Bosslight, Books for Lunch: Bren McClain will be signing ONE GOOD MAMA BONE, 12PM

San Antonio

• The Korova, PuroSlam!, 10PM

Wednesday, May 24

Austin

• Austin Books & Comics, artist Joe Eisma will sign brand new THE ARCHIES one-shot, 1PM
• BookPeople, NATHAN HILL speaking & signing The Nix, 7PM
• The Writing Barn, Words & Wine with Misha Maynerick Blaise!, 7:30PM

Dallas

• Deep Vellum Books, Dark Moon Poetry reading series, 7PM
• The Wild Detectives, Women Galore Literary Festival: RonAmber will present poems from Hot Banana Pudding: Elevated Notions on Socio-political Situations in Motion, 7:30PM

Houston

• Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Slam, 7:30PM
• Brazos Bookstore, Anis Shivani reads and signs KARACHI RAJ, 7PM
• Menil Collection, Art Talk: Christina Rosenberger, author of Drawing the Line: The Early Work of Agnes Martin, discusses “Finding the Grid: Agnes Martin and Abstraction,” 7PM
• Murder By the Book, Stephen Hunter will sign and discuss G-Man, 6:30PM

San Antonio

• Witte Museum, Helen Kleberg Groves will sign her new book Bob and Helen Kleberg of King Ranch, 6:30pm (Cocktails 6pm)

• B&N, Ken Starr signs Bear Country, 7PM

Thursday, May 25

Austin

• BookPeople, CHRISTINE LENNON speaking & signing The Drifter, 7PM
• Mr. Catfish & More, NeoSoul Poetry ATX, 8PM

Dallas

• Deep Vellum Books, Nonfiction Authors Association DFW meeting featuring “The Art of Author Branding” with Mary DeMuth, Author of 30+ Books, 7PM
• Half Price Books Mother Ship, Collectible Conversations: A Checkup with The Book Doctor, 6PM
• South Dallas Cultural Center, author Sanderia Faye hosts African Diaspora: New Dialogues with poet Douglas Kearney (plus Candy and Dallas Poetry Slam), 7:30PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Nathan Hill reads and signs THE NIX, 7PM
• Leonel Castillo Community Center, Tintero Projects: Readings & Workshop Series presents Afro-Latinas in Tejas with Natasha Carrizosa, Ariana Brown, and Jasminne Mendez, 6PM
• Murder By the Book, Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich will sign and discuss The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir, 6:30PM
• Poison Girl, Poison Pen Reading Series, 8:30PM
• River Oaks Bookstore, Zane Carson Carruth reads and signs The World’s First Tooth Fairy… Ever, 5PM

Friday, May 26

Austin

• BookPeople, ALEXANDRIA MARZANO-LESNEVICH speaking & signing The Fact of a Body, 7PM
• Malvern Books, I Scream Social reading series featuring Molly Schulman and Lara Prescott, 7PM

Dallas

• Heroes Lounge, Dallas Poetry Slam: Cards Against Humanity Night, 8PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, poet Analicia Sotelo reads and signs NONSTOP GODHEAD, 7PM

Lubbock

• B&N, Lubbock-Con Event, 7PM
• B&N, Why the Raven Calls the Canyon book signing with E. Dan Klepper, 7PM

Webster

• B&N – Baybrook II, Meet Connie Rankin, author of God Gave Us Wings: A Journey to Success, 4PM

Saturday, May 27

Amarillo

• B&N, The Wayward Astronomer book signing with Geoffrey Thomas, 1PM

Austin

• Malvern Books, celebrate the launch of Jessica Reisman’s new novel, Substrate Phantoms, 7PM
• St. Edward’s University, Writers’ League of Texas workshop: “Developing Conflict in Fiction” with Brian Yansky, 9AM

Dallas

• B&N – Preston/Royal, Diana Glass signs Benny’s Moving Buddy, 1PM
• Dallas Public Library, Interabang Books hosts Edward McPherson discussing and signing The History of the Future, 2PM
• Deep Vellum Books, Pandora’s Box presents the newly reassembled Dallas Lit-Art-Performance Legend DANCING TONGUES, 7PM
• The Wild Detectives, author Carmen Goldthwaite’s “Texas Dames”, 3PM

Houston

• B&N – Westheimer Crossing, Dr. Titus B. Stewart signs Prepare to Accelerate, 1PM
• Brazos Bookstore, Peyton Woodson Cooper reads from and signs CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL: BEST MOM EVER!, 7PM
• Half Price Books – Clear Lake, Local Author Saturdays. Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release!
• Katy Budget Books, Quarterly Book Talk: Beach Reads Edition, 4PM
• River Oaks Bookstore, Jane Alvey Harris reads and signs Riven, 3PM
• William Reaves | Sarah Foltz Fine Art, The Texas Aesthetic XI: The Summer Soiree Series, 1PM

San Antonio

• B&N – La Cantera, Guest Author Michael Kihntopf, 2PM
• The Twig Book Shop, Michael Corcoran discusses and signs All Over the Map: True Heroes of Texas Music, 2PM
  

Southlake

• B&N – Town Square, Jessika Fleck signing The Castaway Carnival, 1PM

• B&N, When It Rains book signing with KJ Ten Eyck, 12PM

The Woodlands

• B&N – Woodlands Mall, Connie Rankin signs God Gave Us Wings: A Journey to Success, 2PM

Sunday, May 28

Austin

• Malvern Books, celebrate the launch of Naomi Buck Palagi’s first poetry collection, Stone, plus readings from Jean Sotos and Elizabeth Mason, 1PM

Dallas

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

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