{"id":1276,"date":"2018-12-31T16:32:37","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T16:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=1276"},"modified":"2018-12-31T16:32:37","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T16:32:37","slug":"special-events-124","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=1276","title":{"rendered":"Special Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"articleHeader\"><\/div>\n<ul id=\"u369791-45\">\n<li id=\"u369791-5\"><span id=\"u369791-3\">Anime Matsuri Convention<\/span>, Houston, March 29-April 1<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-8\"><span id=\"u369791-6\">16th Annual Austin Edible Book Festival, <\/span>April 1<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-11\"><span id=\"u369791-9\">Mega Coraz\u00f3n 2018 Spoken-Word Marathon,<\/span> San Antonio, April 2<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-14\"><span id=\"u369791-12\">Texas Library Association Annual Conference,<\/span> Dallas, April 3-6<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-17\"><span id=\"u369791-15\">Dallas Lit Hop 2018,<\/span> April 5-29<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-20\"><span id=\"u369791-18\">26th Annual Austin International Poetry Festival,<\/span> April 5-8<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-23\"><span id=\"u369791-21\">Latinx Shakespeare: A Borderlands Drama Symposium<\/span>, San Antonio, April 6<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-26\"><span id=\"u369791-24\">Fan Expo Dallas,<\/span> April 6-8<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-29\"><span id=\"u369791-27\">30th Annual IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award for Excellence in Book Publishing Ceremony and Dinner,<\/span> Austin, April 6<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-32\"><span id=\"u369791-30\">Texas Institute of Letters Annual Meeting &#038; Banquet, <\/span>San Antonio, April 6-7<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-35\"><span id=\"u369791-33\">10th Annual Lone Star LesFic Festival, <\/span>Austin, April 7<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-38\"><span id=\"u369791-36\">2018 North Texas Book Festival,<\/span> Denton, April 7<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-41\"><span id=\"u369791-39\">2018 Dallas Book Festival,<\/span> April 7<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-44\"><span id=\"u369791-42\">6th San Antonio Book Festival,<\/span> April 7<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u369791-48\">Ongoing Exhibits<\/h1>\n<ul id=\"u369791-52\">\n<li id=\"u369791-51\"><span id=\"u369791-49\">Our Voice: Celebrating the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Awards (NCCIL exhibition)<\/span>, Abilene, February 8-May 19<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul id=\"u369791-59\">\n<li id=\"u369791-55\"><span id=\"u369791-53\">HOMETOWN TEXAS photography exhibition,<\/span> Dallas, February 17-May 5<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-58\"><span id=\"u369791-56\">In His Own Words: The Life and Work of C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez<\/span> (Humanities Texas), Del Rio, March 24-May 4<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u369791-62\">Sunday, April 1<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u369791-64\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u369791-67\">\n<li id=\"u369791-66\">BookPeople, PAULA DISBROWE speaking &#038; signing Food52 Any Night Grilling, 5PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u369791-70\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u369791-75\">\n<li id=\"u369791-72\">The Foundry Club, Writing Workshops Dallas seminar: &#8220;Writing Villains as the Mirror of Heroes&#8221; with Amber Royer, 4PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-74\">Half Price Books &#8211; The Mother Ship, local writer and poet Michael Neil will sell and sign his poetry book Voices from a Hanging Cliff, and local writer and poet Brittany Griffiths will sell and sign her poetry collection, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u369791-78\">Mansfield<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u369791-81\">\n<li id=\"u369791-80\">Half Price Books, Local Author Sundays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release!, while supplies last<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u369791-84\">Monday, April 2<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u369791-86\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u369791-89\">\n<li id=\"u369791-88\">BookPeople, MICHAEL BARNES speaking &#038; signing Indelible Austin: More Selected Histories, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u369791-92\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u369791-95\">\n<li id=\"u369791-94\">Interabang Books, Elizabeth Smart discussing and signing WHERE THERE\u2019S HOPE, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u369791-98\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u369791-107\">\n<li id=\"u369791-100\">Brazos Bookstore, Avery Neal discussing and signing IF HE\u2019S SO GREAT, WHY DO I FEEL SO BAD?, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-102\">Houston Public Library, Wayne Wiegand presents his book The Desegregation of Public Libraries in the Jim Crow South: Civil Rights and Local Activism, 6PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-104\">Murder By the Book, C.J. Box will sign and discuss the newest Joe Pickett novel, The Disappeared, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-106\">Tracy Gee Community Center, SCBWI-Houston meeting: &#8220;Demons and Better Angels: Finding the Path to Our Truest Stories (and a Little Bit of Peace of Mind)&#8221; with Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u369791-110\">Tuesday, April 3<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u369791-112\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u369791-117\">\n<li id=\"u369791-114\">Central Presbyterian Church, Film Icon SEAN PENN presents his first novel, Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff (in conversation with Douglas Brinkley), 7PM[ticketed event]<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-116\">Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam Semi-Finals Hosted by Tova Charles, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u369791-120\">Canyon<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u369791-123\">\n<li id=\"u369791-122\">First United Bank Center, WTAMU Distinguished Lecture Series presents Brandon Stanton, author of Humans of New York, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u369791-126\">Cleburne<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u369791-129\">\n<li id=\"u369791-128\">The Published Page Bookshop, Ribbon Cutting and Open House for The Published Page Bookshop, 10AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u369791-132\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u369791-141\">\n<li id=\"u369791-134\">The Adolphus, SCBWI-North Dallas meeting: School Visit Tips with Baptiste &#038; Miranda Paul, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-136\">B&#038;N &#8211; SMU, Professor MARC I. STEINBERG book release for THE FEDERALIZATION OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE, 5PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-138\">Interabang Books, Jonathan Evison reading and signing LAWN BOY, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-140\">The Wild Detectives, Service Storytelling Night honoring National Service Recognition Day, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u369791-144\">Frisco<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u369791-147\">\n<li id=\"u369791-146\">B&#038;N &#8211; Stonebriar, Thunderhead (B&#038;N Exclusive Edition) book signing with Neal Shusterman, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u369791-150\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u369791-159\">\n<li id=\"u369791-152\">Brazos Bookstore, 100 Black Men of Metropolitan Houston hosts 3rd \u201c100 Black Men, 100 Stories\u201d book event; the theme will be \u201cSlavery Stories\u201d featuring books by writers that focus on American slavery, with a discussion, Q &#038; A, and signing (A percentage of proceeds benefits 100 Black Men of the Houston Metropolitan Area\u2019s community programs), 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-154\">Christ Church Cathedral, JUNOT D\u00cdAZ reading &#038; signing his children&#8217;s picture book, Islandborn, 7PM [ticketed event]<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-156\">The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, William Middleton discussing and signing Double Vision: The Unerring Eye of Art World Avatars Dominique and John de Menil, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-158\">Rice University, Bill Fulton, Director of the Kinder Institute for Urban Research, will discuss his book, Talk City: A Chronicle of Political Life in An All-American Town, with Lisa Gray of the Houston Chronicle, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u369791-162\">North Richland Hills<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u369791-165\">\n<li id=\"u369791-164\">North Richland Hills Library, Behind the Book: C.J. Box reading and signing The Disappeared, 1PM [ticketed reception 12PM]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u369791-168\">Plano<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u369791-171\">\n<li id=\"u369791-170\">Haggard Library, C. J. Box, who will talk about his new novel, The Disappeared, 6PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u369791-174\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u369791-179\">\n<li id=\"u369791-176\">City Council chambers, Investiture Ceremony of the 2018-2020 San Antonio Poet Laureate, Octavio Quintanilla, PhD, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-178\">The Mix, PuroSlam Team Finals, 9:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u369791-182\">Wednesday, April 4<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u369791-184\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u369791-195\">\n<li id=\"u369791-186\">BookPeople, JUNOT D\u00cdAZ speaking &#038; signing Islandborn, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-188\">Bullock Museum, High Noon Talks: Mitch Roth discusses Convict Cowboys: The Untold History of the Texas Prison Rodeo, 12PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-190\">Malvern Books, celebrate the release of Montreux Rotholtz\u2019s collection Unmark with a reading with Rotholtz, Sid Miller, Katy Chrisler, and Stephanie Goehring, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-192\">Resistencia Books, Writing Workshop: &#8220;Face Your Fears&#8221; with Ana Castillo, 6PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-194\">UT &#8211; Avaya Auditorium, The Michener Center for Writers presents a reading with award-winning short story writer and author Amy Hempel, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u369791-198\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u369791-201\">\n<li id=\"u369791-200\">The Wild Detectives, &#8220;Inner Moonlight,&#8221; a new monthly poetry reading series, featuring local poets Gayle Reaves-King and Dan Collins (curated by Logen Cure), 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u369791-204\">Fort Worth<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u369791-211\">\n<li id=\"u369791-206\">B&#038;N &#8211; Hulen, Local Author Isabella Allen signing Through the Barbed Wire, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-208\">April 4, Deep Vellum Books, Dennis Abrams reading and signing I Was Cleopatra, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-210\">TCU, Dr. Birute Galdikas presents &#8220;Saving the Orangutans of Borneo and Their Forest Home&#8221;, followed by a book signing, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u369791-214\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u369791-227\">\n<li id=\"u369791-216\">Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Slam, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-218\">The Ballroom at Bayou Place, the World Affairs Council of Greater Houston presents Sean Penn reading and discussing his new novel, BOB HONEY WHO JUST DO STUFF, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-220\">Blue Willow Bookshop, Ree Drummond (aka The Pioneer Woman) will sign her newest picture book, LITTLE REE: BEST FRIENDS FOREVER, 5PM [ticketed event]<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-222\">The Houstonian Hotel, featured speaker Amy Dickinson will sign her memoir, Strangers Tend to Tell Me Things, at Houston Hospice 17th Annual Butterfly Luncheon, 11AM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-224\">Katy Budget Books, Jesse Andrews, the New York Times bestselling-author of Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, signs Munmun, 6PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-226\">The Silos at Sawyer Yards, Sujatha Gidla reading and discussing her first book, Ants Among Elephants, with Houston-based author Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u369791-230\">Hurst<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u369791-233\">\n<li id=\"u369791-232\">B&#038;N &#8211; NE Mall, Thunderhead (B&#038;N Exclusive Edition) book signing with Neal Shusterman, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u369791-236\">Lubbock<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u369791-239\">\n<li id=\"u369791-238\">Lubbock Public Library, the family of Crazy Horse join author William Matson in a discussion and signing of their book, Crazy Horse: The Lakota Warrior&#8217;s Life and Legacy, based on the family&#8217;s oral history, 5:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u369791-242\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u369791-247\">\n<li id=\"u369791-244\">San Antonio Garden Center, Lewis Fisher will be discussing the conservation of San Antonio in honor of the Tricentennial, followed by a book signing and sale, 12PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-246\">The Twig Book Shop, Matthew Longo discussing and signing The Politics of Borders: Sovereignty, Security, and the Citizen After 9\/11, 5PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u369791-250\">San Marcos<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u369791-253\">\n<li id=\"u369791-252\">Texas State &#8211; The Wittliff Collections, Clark Fiction Prize Reading: Colson Whitehead will be awarded the 2018 award for his most recent novel, The Underground Railroad, which has also won the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award, followed by a reading and book signing, 6PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u369791-256\">Thursday, April 5<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u369791-258\">Abilene<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u369791-263\">\n<li id=\"u369791-260\">Grace Museum, Jason Dean of Southwestern University will deliver a public lecture on iconic publisher and book designer Carl Hertzog: &#8220;The Work of Carl Hertzog: Bearing Witness to the Western Word,&#8221; 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-262\">NCCIL, Gallery Artist Talk by award-winning artist Jerry Pinkney, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u369791-266\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u369791-271\">\n<li id=\"u369791-268\">BookPeople, JONATHAN EVISON speaking &#038; signing Lawn Boy, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-270\">BookWoman, an evening of poetry and prose with Amanda Johnston, ANOTHER WAY TO SAY ENTER, and Alexis Paige, NOT A PLACE ON ANY MAP, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u369791-274\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u369791-283\">\n<li id=\"u369791-276\">Bowl &#038; Barrel, Readers 2 Leaders presents Lanes 2 Literacy, 6PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-278\">Highland Park United Methodist Church, Friends of SMU Libraries present Jeremy Heimans and Henry Timms and NEW POWER: How Movements Build, Businesses Thrive, and Ideas Catch Fire, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-280\">SMU &#8211; McCord Auditorium, The Gilbert Lecture Series hosts Dr. Wayne A. Wiegand and &#8220;Hidden Figures in Civil Rights History: The Desegregation of Public Libraries in the Jim Crow South,&#8221; 6PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-282\">The Wild Detectives, Ver\u00f3nica Gerber Bicecci reading and discussing Empty Set with translator Christina MacSweeney, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u369791-286\">El Paso<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u369791-289\">\n<li id=\"u369791-288\">UTEP, 33rd Annual Literature Lecture with 2008 Pulitzer Prize winner Dr. John Matteson, author of Eden\u2019s Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u369791-292\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u369791-301\">\n<li id=\"u369791-294\">Blue Willow Bookshop, Lisa See will discuss and sign her novel THE TEA GIRL OF HUMMINGBIRD LANE, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-296\">Brazos Bookstore, William Middleton discussing and signing DOUBLE VISION: THE UNERRING EYE OF ART WORLD AVATARS DOMINIQUE AND JOHN DE MENIL, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-298\">Match 2, That is Not to Say We Have No Regrets: A Reading, with Songs, Peter Turchi reading excerpts from his novel in progress with music and sound design by his son, Reed Turchi, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-300\">Murder By the Book, Kevin Hearne will sign and discuss Scourged, the final Iron Druid book, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u369791-304\">Midland<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u369791-307\">\n<li id=\"u369791-306\">B&#038;N, author William Matson and the Edward Clown family discussing and signing Crazy Horse: The Lakota Warrior &#038; Legacy, 5:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u369791-310\">Odessa<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u369791-313\">\n<li id=\"u369791-312\">Ellen No\u00ebl Art Museum, UTPB Sandstorm students will read accepted poems, 6PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u369791-316\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u369791-323\">\n<li id=\"u369791-318\">Bibliotech East, the San Antonio Book Festival hosts award-winning children&#8217;s and YA author Jason Reynolds, 5PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-320\">The Library at Hotel Emma, Twig&#8217;s Evening with the Author: Nancy G. West, author of River City Dead, the fourth book in her humor mystery series, 6PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-322\">UTSA, First Generation Poetry Slam!, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u369791-326\">Sugar Land<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u369791-329\">\n<li id=\"u369791-328\">B&#038;N &#8211; First Colony, Story time with local author Maria Ashworth, 10AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u369791-332\">Friday, April 6<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u369791-334\">Abilene<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u369791-337\">\n<li id=\"u369791-336\">NCCIL, Join artist Jerry Pinkney and other special guests and celebrate the opening of\u00a0 the &#8220;Our Voice&#8221; exhibition and the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award-winning artists, 6PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u369791-340\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u369791-351\">\n<li id=\"u369791-342\">Austin Public Library &#8211; Old Quarry, Adult Writing Workshop with Bernadette Noll, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-344\">BookPeople, DANIEL KILDAY speaking &#038; signing Molly Warner, School Reporter, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-346\">Malvern Books, Austin International Poetry Festival City Read, 12:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-348\">Malvern Books, Citizen Stories: Viewing Claudia Rankine\u2019s Citizen through the lens of Black Panther with host Joe Brundidge and guests Daria Howard and Kelene Blake-Fallon, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-350\">Renaissance Austin Hotel, BookSpring presents 6th Annual Storybook Heroes Luncheon honoring SaulPaul, \u201cMusician with a Message\u201d and 2017 Austinite of the Year (literacy benefit), 11:30AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u369791-354\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u369791-361\">\n<li id=\"u369791-356\">First United Methodist Church of Dallas, Arts &#038; Letters Live presents Lidia Bastianich discussing My American Dream: A Life of Love, Family, and Food with Paula Lambert, founder of Mozzarella Company and Viaggi Deliziosi, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-358\">Interabang Books, Leah Stewart reading and signing WHAT YOU DON\u2019T KNOW ABOUT CHARLIE OUTLAW, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-360\">Texas Theatre, World Affairs Council of DFW hosts writer, journalist, and winner of 10 Emmy Awards Jorge Ramos, discussing and signing Stranger: The Challenge of a Latino Immigrant in the Trump Era, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u369791-364\">Denton<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u369791-367\">\n<li id=\"u369791-366\">UNT, POSTWAR FACULTY COLLOQUIUM with Deborah Jaramillo, author of Ugly War, Pretty Package: How CNN and Fox News Made the Invasion of Iraq &#8220;High Concept&#8221;, and Christopher Loss, author of Between Citizens and State: The Politics of American Education in the Twentieth Century, 9:30AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u369791-370\">Frisco<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u369791-373\">\n<li id=\"u369791-372\">B&#038;N &#8211; Stonebriar, By a Charm and a Curse book signing with Jaime Questell, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u369791-376\">Gilmer<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u369791-379\">\n<li id=\"u369791-378\">Gilmer Flowers Etc, book signing with Dana Wayne, local author of Whispers On the Wind, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u369791-382\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u369791-391\">\n<li id=\"u369791-384\">B&#038;N &#8211; Houston, Unsuccessful Thug: One Comedian&#8217;s Journey from Naptown to Tinseltown book signing with Mike Epps, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-386\">Brazos Bookstore, Theodora Bishop reading and signing ON THE ROCKS, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-388\">Inprint House, Inprint\u2019s First Friday Poetry Reading Series presents Adrienne Perry, 8:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-390\">Murder By the Book, Kathryn Casey will sign and discuss her newest book, In Plain Sight: The Kaufman County Prosecutor Murders, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u369791-394\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u369791-399\">\n<li id=\"u369791-396\">Majestic Theatre, The San Antonio Book Festival presents The MOTH Mainstage 2018, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-398\">Witte Museum, Book App\u00e9tit: a San Antonio Book Festival Literary Feast with Paula Poundstone, 11AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u369791-402\">Webster<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u369791-405\">\n<li id=\"u369791-404\">B&#038;N &#8211; Baybrook, J.P. MacFarland signing Hope Alive, 6PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u369791-408\">Saturday, April 7<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u369791-410\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u369791-431\">\n<li id=\"u369791-412\">BookPeople, CHARLIE ROSE and DAN PEELER speaking &#038; signing Dragons of Romania Book Three: Star of Doom, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-414\">BookPeople, LEAH STEWART speaking &#038; signing What You Don&#8217;t Know about Charlie Outlaw, 6PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-416\">BookWoman, Austin International Poetry Festival&gt; GLBTQ + Woman Read, 1:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-418\">Half Price Books &#8211; North Lamar, local author H.R. Young-Lira will sell and sign her book The Truth About Sunday Minor, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-420\">Half Price Books &#8211; South Lamar, local author Magnus Leijon will sell and sign his thriller Off Grid: A True Story, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-422\">Malvern Books, celebrating the launch of the novel Collision Theory by Adrian Todd Zuniga, with readings from Adrian and Jason Neulander, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-424\">Paramount Theatre, Cecile Richards speaking about her new book, Make Trouble: Standing Up, Speaking Out, and Finding the Courage to Lead, 3PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-426\">Paramount Theatre, Chrissy Metz (Kate Pearson on the NBC family drama This Is Us) will discuss and sign her memoir, This Is Me, with Tim Gunn, 8PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-428\">Stateside at the Paramount Theatre, Austin Poetry Slam Off: Top 10 slam poets of Austin will vie for five spots in Austin\u2019s nationally ranked slam team, 8PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-430\">St. Edward&#8217;s University, Writers&#8217; League of Texas workshop: &#8220;Crafting Prose for Memoirs that Brings Your Memories to Life&#8221; with Katherine Catmull, 10AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u369791-434\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u369791-437\">\n<li id=\"u369791-436\">B&#038;N &#8211; Preston\/Royal, Jim West signs Genocide by GMO, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u369791-440\">El Paso<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u369791-443\">\n<li id=\"u369791-442\">El Paso Public Library &#8211; Memorial Park, Tumblewords Project workshop: Jim Sparks Billie Holiday 103rd Birthday Celebration with blues poetry, 12:45PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u369791-446\">Fort Worth<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u369791-449\">\n<li id=\"u369791-448\">Fort Worth Central Library, Wayne Wiegand discussing and signing The Desegregation of Public Libraries in the Jim Crow South: Civil Rights and Local Activism, 3PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u369791-452\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u369791-469\">\n<li id=\"u369791-454\">B&#038;N &#8211; Champions, Pastor John W. Gray III signing I Am Number 8, 4PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-456\">B&#038;N &#8211; River Oaks, Nick Anthony Russo signing Quiver of Eros, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-458\">Body, Mind &#038; Soul, psychic medium and author Jane de Forest discussing and signing Love Never Dies, 2PM (followed by an Intuition Workshop and Gallery Readings with author Jane de Forest, 3PM)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-460\">Brazos Bookstore, This spring, Inprint awarded 10 prizes ranging from $1,000 \u2013 $10,000 to students studying creative writing in Houston. Winners of these prizes will give short readings from their work, followed by a reception, 5PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-462\">Half Price Books &#8211; North Oaks, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-464\">Murder By the Book, Sonali Dev will sign and discuss A Distant Heart, 4:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-466\">Williams Sonoma Highland Village, Giada De Laurentiis celebrates the launch of her new book, Giada\u2019s Italy, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-468\">Writespace, Workshop: &#8220;How to Be Genuinely Funny in Your Writing&#8221; with Adam Holt, 9:30AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u369791-472\">Irving<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u369791-475\">\n<li id=\"u369791-474\">South Irving Library, El D\u00eda de los Ni\u00f1os\/El D\u00eda de los Libros (Children\u2019s Day\/Book Day), 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u369791-478\">Laredo<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u369791-481\">\n<li id=\"u369791-480\">Cafe Dolce Del Mar, Laredo Border Slam writing workshop, 11AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u369791-484\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u369791-487\">\n<li id=\"u369791-486\">Kathleen Sommers, Lonn Taylor signing Marfa for the Perplexed, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u369791-490\">Southlake<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u369791-493\">\n<li id=\"u369791-492\">B&#038;N &#8211; Town Square, Lance Alston signing Wealthfulness: Simple Steps to Financial Health and Happiness, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul id=\"u369791-499\">\n<li id=\"u369791-498\">Magnolia Market, Chrissy Metz (Kate Pearson on the NBC family drama This Is Us) will sign her memoir, This Is Me, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u369791-502\">Sunday, April 8<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u369791-504\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u369791-513\">\n<li id=\"u369791-506\">BookPeople, LAUREN HILGERS speaking &#038; signing Patriot Number One, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-508\">Malvern Books, The Lion &#038; The Pirate Unplugged: Austin International Poetry Festival City Read, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-510\">Malvern Books, Austin Writers Roulette presents &#8220;Drugs &#038; Fantasies,&#8221; 4PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-512\">Malvern Books, celebrating the release of award-winning author Anna Maria Hong\u2019s first poetry collection, Age of Glass, and her novella, H &#038; G, with readings by Hong and award-winning poet Roger Reeves, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u369791-516\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u369791-527\">\n<li id=\"u369791-518\">Dallas Museum of Art, Arts &#038; Letters Live hosts Luis Alberto Urrea, author of The House of Broken Angels, and Francisco Cant\u00fa, author of The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches From the Border, 2:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-520\">Deep Vellum Books, Rivers and Beasts book launch, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-522\">The Foundry Club, Writing Workshops Dallas seminar: &#8220;How to Self-Edit: 50 Essential Tips for Honing Every Manuscript&#8221; with Blake Atwood, 3PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-524\">Half Price Books &#8211; The Mother Ship, local author Rose Chivers will sell and sign her book Faith Talk Fear Walk: Life Lessons and Reflections Along the Journey to Starve Fear and Embrace Faith, and local author Becky Villareal will sell and sign copies of her children&#8217;s book Gianna the Great, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-526\">Williams Sonoma NorthPark Center, Giada De Laurentiis will celebrate the launch of her new book, Giada\u2019s Italy, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u369791-530\">Fort Worth<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u369791-533\">\n<li id=\"u369791-532\">Half Price Books &#8211; Ridgmar, local authors Trevor Griffin, Phill Hampton, and Geoffrey Vibert will sell and sign their book, The 6 Phases of Building Wealth: The Step-by-Step Guide to Achieving Financial Freedom, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u369791-536\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u369791-545\">\n<li id=\"u369791-538\">The Ballroom at Bayou Place, Cecile Richards speaking about her new book, MAKE TROUBLE: STANDING UP, SPEAKING OUT, AND FINDING THE COURAGE TO LEAD \u2013\u2013 MY LIFE STORY (in conversation with Commissioner Rodney Ellis), 3PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-540\">Brazos Bookstore, Stephanie Elizondo Griest discussing and signing ALL THE AGENTS AND SAINTS, 5PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-542\">Cafe Brasil, The Flamenco Poets Society &#038; Caf\u00e9 Brasil present an afternoon of storytelling, flamenco guitar, and Cante, 6PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u369791-544\">Discovery Green, WITS presents 2018 Space City Grand Slam, 3PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u369791-548\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u369791-553\">\n<li id=\"u369791-550\">Headwaters at Incarnate Word, Art of the Sacred Texas Springs: Poetry Reading &#038; 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