• West Texas Writers’ Academy, Canyon, June 5-9
• Sixth Annual Children’s Arts & Literacy Festival, Abilene, June 8-10
• Wimberley Book Festival, June 10
• Fresh Fiction’s Boas & Tiaras, Dallas, June 10

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
• Of Texas Rivers and Texas Art, Austin, June 5–August 13
• Print Houston 2017, June 5–July 3
• Illustrator of the Century Garth Williams, Abilene, June 8–September 1

Sunday, June 4

Austin

• BookPeople, ALISON MACOR speaking & signing Rewrite Man: The Life and Career of Screenwriter Warren Skaaren, 2PM
• BookPeople, EDDIE WILSON speaking & signing Armadillo World Headquarters, 5PM
• BookWoman, Readings and Workshop: Burn Black Zine & Tenderspeck Healing Trauma with the Arts, 3:30PM
• Malvern Books, Readings from Donna M. Johnson’s Personal Narrative Workshop, 4PM

Dallas

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

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Olivia Clare reads and signs DISASTERS IN THE FIRST WORLD, 6PM

Mansfield

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

Monday, June 5

Austin

• BookPeople, DEBORAH CARTER MASTELOTTO speaking & signing The Tarot Primer, 7PM

Dallas

• Nokia Conference Center, DFW World Affairs Council hosts Dr. Steven A. Cook discussing and signing False Dawn: Protest, Democracy, and Violence in the New Middle East, 6PM

Fort Worth

• Bass Performance Hall, as part of the 15th annual Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Stuart Isacoff discusses his new book, When the World Stopped to Listen: Van Cliburn’s Cold War Triumph, and its Aftermath, 10AM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, University of Houston Professor Edmund Cueva discusses and signs Lessons in Mythology: A Comparative Approach, 7PM
• Tracy Gee Community Center, “Fracturing Folk & Fairy Tales” SCBWI-Houston Writing Workshop with Aileen Kirkham, 7PM

Tuesday, June 6

Austin

• BookPeople, LIZZIE VELASQUEZ speaking & signing Dare to Be Kind, 7PM

Boerne

• Patrick Heath Public Library, Author David Liss will present a program on “World Building” for middle grade and YA readers, 4:30PM

Dallas

• Toasted Coffee + Kitchen, For the Love of Words, 6:30PM

Fort Worth

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

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Larry and Carolyn Watts read, discuss, and sign DISHONORED AND FORGOTTEN, 7PM

San Antonio

• The Korova, PuroSlam!, 10PM

Wednesday, June 7

Austin

• Barton Springs Pool, Julie Wernersbach and Carolyn Tracy launch The Swimming Holes of Texas, 7PM
• BookPeople, BOLDLY BOOKISH YA AUTHOR TOUR: TARA ALTEBRANDO speaking and signing The Possible; SARAH TOLCSER speaking and signing Song of the Current; EMERY LORD speaking and signing The Names They Gave Us; and BRIGID KEMMERER speaking & signing Letters to the Lost, 7PM
• Bullock Museum, High Noon Talks: Photographer Kenny Braun discusses Surf Texas, 12PM

Dallas

• Winspear Opera House, Former Dallas Police Chief David Brown will discuss and sign Called to Rise: A Life in Faithful Service to the Community That Made Me (in conversation with Keven Ann Willey, vice president and Editorial Page editor of The Dallas Morning News), 7:30PM

Houston

• Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Slam, 7:30PM
• Brazos Bookstore, John T. Edge discusses and signs THE POTLIKKER PAPERS: A FOOD HISTORY OF THE MODERN SOUTH, 7PM
• Katy Budget Books, Special story time: Terri Sabol reads her book, Oscar and Emmy Get Rescued, 10AM
• Murder By the Book, Lisa Jewell will sign and discuss I Found You, 6:30PM

San Antonio

• Rebar, Kinyo Live poets and musicians present “TexasLess,” 9PM
• The Twig Book Shop, Stew Magnuson discusses and signs The Last American Highway: A Journey Through Time Down U.S. Route 83 in Texas, 5:30PM
  

Thursday, June 8

Abilene

• Texas Star Trading Co., Elizabeth and James Wallace sign Garth Williams American Illustrator: A Life (in conjunction with the 2017 Children’s Art & Literacy Festival), 3PM

Austin

• B&N – Arboretum, Liana LeFey signing Scandal of the Season, 7PM
• BookPeople, JOHN T. EDGE speaking & signing The Potlikker Papers: A Food History of the Modern South, 7P
• BookWoman, Second Thursday Poetry Open Mic featuring Grieselda Castillo, 7:15PM
• Malvern Books, Novel Night with Michael Aaron Casares, Lee Thomas, and María Limón,7PM
• Mr. Catfish & More, NeoSoul Poetry ATX, 8PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Paige Bowers discusses and signs THE GENERAL’S NIECE: THE LITTLE-KNOWN DE GAULLE WHO FOUGHT TO FREE OCCUPIED FRANCE, 7PM
• Community Artists’ Collective, Deniz “dee!colonize’ Lopez, writer, editor and poet, will read from and sign dee! collection, the complete layers, 6PM
• Murder By the Book, Cara Black will sign her Aimee Leduc prequel, Murder in Saint-Germain, 6:30PM

San Antonio

• The Twig Book Shop, Elliot Turner reads and signs The Night of the Virgin, 5PM
  

Uvalde

• El Progreso Memorial Library, Stew Magnuson discusses and signs The Last American Highway: A Journey Through Time Down U.S. Route 83 in Texas, 5:30PM

Friday, June 9

Austin

• Austin Public Library – Spicewood Springs, New York Times-bestselling author Ilona Andrews will read, discuss, and sign White Hot, 7PM [must be 18]
• BookPeople, NISHI WHITELEY speaking & signing Chronic Relief: A Guide to Cannabis for the Terminally and Chronically Ill, 7PM
• Malvern Books, An Evening with poets Alice Jones, Cecily Parks, and Kathleen Peirce, 7PM
• Monkeywrench Books, The Tilted Scales Collective will present ideas from their book, A Tilted Guide to Being a Defendant, 6:30PM
• WhichCraft Tap Room, release party for the new Trappist Beer Travels book, 6PM

Dallas

• Heroes Lounge, Dallas Poetry Slam presents: The GNO Show, 8PM
• Lucky Dog Books – Oak Cliff, Poets on X+ featuring Paul Koniecki, author of Reject Convention, 7:30PM

Leakey

• Real County Public Library, Stew Magnuson discusses and signs The Last American Highway: A Journey Through Time Down U.S. Route 83 in Texas, 12PM

Saturday, June 10

Abilene

• Texas Star Trading Co., West Texas writer S.J. Dahlstrom signs copies of his Wilder Good series, 11AM

Austin

• B&N – Arboretum, Michael Kihntopf signing Wars Without End, Battles Without Winners, 2PM
• BookPeople, SCBWI-Austin Monthly Meeting: “Mad About the Middle” with Mari Mancusi and Diana Peterfreund, 10AM
• BookPeople, ELLIOTT TURNER speaking & signing The Night of the Virgin, 2PM
• BookPeople, KAYLA OLSON speaking & signing The Sandcastle Empire, 5PM
• Half Price Books – North Lamar, local author Alan J. Porter will sell and sign Quatemain: The New Adventures, Vol. 2, 1PM
• The Saxon Pub, Editors Craig Clifford and Craig D. Hillis, along with contributing authors Jan Reid, John T. Davis, and Joe Nick Patoski, signing Pickers and Poets: The Ruthlessly Poetic Singer-Songwriters of Texas, + Musical Event, 3PM
• The Writing Barn, Workshop: “Doodling for Writers & Those Who Aspire to Write” with author Carin Channing, 2PM

Dallas

• B&N – Lincoln Park, Exit Strategy discussion and book signing with Lauren Allbright, 3PM
• Dallas Museum of Art, Arts & Letters Live: Poet, educator, and New York Times bestselling-author Kwame Alexander kicks off summer reading with his latest book, The Playbook: 52 Rules to Aim, Shoot, and Score in This Game Called Life, 2PM
• The Frederick Douglass Center, SankofaTalks: POWER OF EDUCATION with Dennis Kimbro, author of The Wealth Choice: Success Secrets of Black Millionaires, 7PM
• The Wild Detectives, Spanish poetry workshop with Julia Leverone, 10:30AM

El Paso

• El Paso Public Library – Memorial Park, Tumblewords Project workshop: “Ode to the Skin I’m In” with Cecilia Tate, 12:45PM

Fort Worth

• Central Public Library, Tandy Lecture Hall, Reby Cary & Shining Stars of I. M. Terrell. Reby Cary discusses the people and stories that inspired his new books, The Hurdlers: Historic Black Icons in Fort Worth and Tarrant County and The Apex: Beyond the Chains: Unchained Aspirations of African-Americans in Fort Worth and Tarrant County, 2 PM

Galveston

• Galveston Bookshop, Lisa Lewis signs Healthy Happy Cooking, 2PM

Houston

• B&N – Westheimer Crossing, Mary Luz Bermudez signing Siempre Adelante Nunca Atras, 2PM
• Brazos Bookstore, reception celebrating the release of TEXAS WEATHER: AN ANTHOLOGY, with an introduction by editor Laurence Musgrove, 7PM
• Half Price Books – Clear Lake, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release!, all day
• Katy Budget Books, Rosalie King signs Deadly Transformation, 2PM
• Murder By the Book, Kay Finch will sign and discuss The Black Cat Sees His Shadow, and Julie Herman will sign and discuss Burned, 4:30PM
• River Oaks Bookstore, Cassandra Bohne reads and signs The Second Mary, 3PM
• Writespace, Workshop: “Technical Writing” with Andreana Binder, 1PM

• Milagros Religious Gifts & More, Local author and artist Lauren Flake will be signing and celebrating the release of her newest children’s book, Where Did My Sweet Grandpa Go?: A Preschooler’s Guide to Losing a Loved One, 10AM

Leakey

• Frio Canyon Motorcycle Shop, Stew Magnuson signs The Last American Highway: A Journey Through Time Down U.S. Route 83 in Texas, 10:30AM

Midland

• B&N, Geoffery Thomas signing The Wayward Astronomer, 12PM

Nacogdoches

• Blueberry Festival, Denzel Holmes will discuss and sign Big Cypress, all day

Port Neches

• Fleur Fine Books, Author Meet & Greet with Donna Grant & Sharla Lovelace, 3PM

San Antonio

• B&N – Bandera Pointe, The Creepypasta Collection, Volume 2 author signing, 3PM
• B&N – La Cantera, Denise Mazal Resnerova signing Knitting ‘The Continental Way’: The Easy Way, Denise’s Way, 2PM
• B&N – San Pedro, Dr. Joe Bates signs Making Your Brain Hum – 12 Weeks To a Smarter You, 1PM
• Gemini Ink, Poetry Workshop: “Hashtag Revision” with Sheila Black, 10AM
• The Twig Book Shop, Shina James reads and signs Monstrous Ties, 11AM
  

Southlake

• B&N – Town Square, Story time: Stephanie Barker reading and signing The Little Copper Penny, 11AM

Webster

• B&N – Baybrook, Gulf Coast Poets meeting featuring Bucky Rea, 10:30AM
• B&N – Baybrook, Colonel Michael D.Tarvin signing Light in the Midst of Darkness, 1PM

Sunday, June 11

Austin

• 4th Tap Brewing Cooperative, Revel Unclassified presents “Such Wild Love” with poet Alan Berecka, 12:30PM
• BookPeople, PAIGE BOWERS speaking & signing The General’s Niece, 2PM
• BookPeople, CHELSEA MUELLER speaking & signing Borrowed Souls, 5PM
• Malvern Books, Austin Writers Roulette presents “Freedom Reimaged,” 4PM

Dallas

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

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Bryan Vartabedian discusses and signs LOOKING OUT FOR NUMBER TWO, 5PM

San Antonio

• The Twig Book Shop, Laura Reagan signs How to Raise Respectful Parents, 11AM
  

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