{"id":513,"date":"2018-12-31T12:37:11","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T12:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=513"},"modified":"2018-12-31T12:37:11","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T12:37:11","slug":"special-events-49","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=513","title":{"rendered":"Special Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"articleHeader\"><\/div>\n<ul id=\"u117572-42\">\n<li id=\"u117572-5\"><span id=\"u117572-3\">CounterCurrent Festival, <\/span>Houston, April 12 &#8211; 17<\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-8\"><span id=\"u117572-6\">Poetry at Round Top,<\/span> April 15 &#8211; 17<\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-11\"><span id=\"u117572-9\">Story Circle Network 8th Women\u2019s Writing Conference,<\/span> Austin, April 15 &#8211; 17<\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-14\"><span id=\"u117572-12\">DEAR Texas,<\/span> statewide, April 16 &#8211; 17<\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-17\"><span id=\"u117572-15\">Texas Library Association Annual Conference, <\/span>Houston, April 19 &#8211; 22<\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-20\"><span id=\"u117572-18\">Rio Grande Valley International Poetry Festival,<\/span> various locations, April 21 &#8211; 24<\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-23\"><span id=\"u117572-21\">30th Annual Northeast Texas Writers&#8217; Organizations Conference, <\/span>Mt. Pleasant, April 22 &#8211; 23<\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-26\"><span id=\"u117572-24\">2016 New American Voices Play Reading Series, <\/span>Houston, April 22 &#8211; 24<\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-29\"><span id=\"u117572-27\">New Fiction Confab, <\/span>Austin, April 23<\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-32\"><span id=\"u117572-30\">North Texas Teen Book Festival, <\/span>Irving, April 22 &#8211; 23<\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-35\"><span id=\"u117572-33\">World Book Day,<\/span> April 23<\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-41\"><span id=\"u117572-36\">DFW Writers Conference,<\/span> Fort Worth, April 23 &#8211; 24<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u117572-44\">Ongoing Exhibits<\/h1>\n<ul id=\"u117572-63\">\n<li id=\"u117572-47\"><span id=\"u117572-45\">Shakespeare in Print and Performance, <\/span><span id=\"u117572-46\">Austin, December 21 &#8211; May 29<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-50\"><span id=\"u117572-48\">Encounters and Discoveries in Literature: Celebrating Arte P\u00fablico Press and Twentieth Century Latina\/o Literature,<\/span> Houston, January 18 &#8211; June 30<\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-53\"><span id=\"u117572-51\">In His Own Words: The Life and Work of C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez,<\/span> San Antonio, March 15 &#8211; April 30<\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-56\"><span id=\"u117572-54\">Humanities Texas Exhibit: Shakespeare, <\/span>Hurst, April 1 &#8211; 30<\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-59\"><span id=\"u117572-57\">Necessary Work: Bryce Milligan&#8217;s World of Words and Design,<\/span> San Antonio, April 9 &#8211; May 21<\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-62\"><span id=\"u117572-60\">Texas Writers Exhibition,<\/span> Dallas, April 17 &#8211; May 14<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u117572-66\">Sunday, April 17<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u117572-68\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u117572-73\">\n<li id=\"u117572-70\">B&#038;N &#8211; Arboretum, D.E.A.R. Texas book fair and author signings, 9AM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-72\">Malvern Books, Texas Association of Authors\u2019 fifth annual Book Awards Contest readings Day 2, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u117572-76\">El Paso<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u117572-79\">\n<li id=\"u117572-78\">International Museum of Art, Tom Diamond will sign copies of his new book, Moon Spell, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u117572-82\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u117572-87\">\n<li id=\"u117572-84\">Johnston Middle School, Inprint presents Cool Brains with Kate DiCamillo, 3PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-86\">Silver Street Studios, Writespace Houston and FotoFest&#8217;s Literacy Through Photography program present FotoFun Family Day with readings by Marion Young, author of Love Circles the World, 12PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u117572-90\">McAllen<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u117572-93\">\n<li id=\"u117572-92\">B&#038;N &#8211; Northcross, Steven Schneider reading and signing The Magic of Mariachi\/La Magia del Mariachi, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u117572-96\">Monday, April 18<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u117572-98\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u117572-101\">\n<li id=\"u117572-100\">BookPeople, EMILY&#8217;s List Founder ELLEN R. MALCOLM speaking &#038; signing When Women Win: Emily&#8217;s List and the Rise of Women in American Politics, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u117572-104\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u117572-107\">\n<li id=\"u117572-106\">UT Dallas, Dr. Mohamed M. Keshavjee&#8217;s presents Into that Heaven of Freedom: The Impact of Apartheid on an Indian Family&#8217;s Diasporic History, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u117572-110\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u117572-117\">\n<li id=\"u117572-112\">M. D. Anderson Memorial Library, Inprint Houston craft talk with Sharon Olds, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-114\">Murder By the Book, Stuart Woods will sign his new Stone Barrington novel, Family Jewels, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-116\">Wortham Center, Inprint Houston&#8217;s Margarett Root Brown Reading Series presents Tony Hoagland and Sharon Olds, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u117572-120\">Tuesday, April 19<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u117572-122\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u117572-127\">\n<li id=\"u117572-124\">The Cactus Cafe, Bat City Review reading featuring Taisia Kitaiskaia, Jenn Shapland, Gillian Barlow Graham, Sagnik Datta, Lara Prescott, &amp; Chad Bennett, 6PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-126\">Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u117572-130\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u117572-137\">\n<li id=\"u117572-132\">Aaron Family Jewish Community Center, Reading, &#8220;Writing and Religion? Talking About Tolerance in Public Schools&#8221; with Linda K. Wertheimer, author of Faith Ed: Teaching about Religion in an Age of Intolerance, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-134\">Horchow Auditorium, Arts &#038; Letters Live: Skip Hollandsworth presents The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America&#8217;s First Serial Killer, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-136\">The Wild Detectives, Nick Scott and Noa Gavin debut their sci-fi YA comedy novel, Practical Applications for Multiverse Theory, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u117572-140\">Fort Worth<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u117572-143\">\n<li id=\"u117572-142\">The Dock Bookshop, Fort Worth Poetry Slam and Open Mic, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u117572-146\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u117572-151\">\n<li id=\"u117572-148\">Blue Willow Bookshop, Chitra Divakaruni will discuss and sign her new novel BEFORE WE VISIT THE GODDESS, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-150\">Brazos Bookstore, a presentation of work from Borderlines Volume Two, the latest edition of Voices Breaking Boundaries, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u117572-154\">Huntsville<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u117572-157\">\n<li id=\"u117572-156\">Sam Houston State, Publishing and Translation Roundtable featuring John Pluecker, co-founder of language justice collaborative Antena and author of Ford Over, and Maria Miranda Maloney, publisher of Mouthfeel Press, 11AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u117572-160\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u117572-165\">\n<li id=\"u117572-162\">B&#038;N &#8211; Northwoods, Titans book signing with Leila Meacham, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-164\">The Korova, PuroSlam Finals! with DJ Donnie Dee, 10PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u117572-168\">The Woodlands<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u117572-171\">\n<li id=\"u117572-170\">B&#038;N &#8211; Woodlands Mall, Poptropica: Book 1: Mystery of the Map book signing with Kory Merritt, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u117572-174\">Wednesday, April 20<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u117572-176\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u117572-185\">\n<li id=\"u117572-178\">BookPeople, Award Winning Journalist MASON INMAN, author of Oracle of Oil: A Maverick Geologist&#8217;s Quest for a Sustainable Future, in conversation with RUSSELL GOLD, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-180\">Jack Allen\u2019s Kitchen\u2019s (360 location), Local writer and fourth generation Texan Jessica Dupuy will celebrate the release of her latest cookbook, United Tastes of Texas: Authentic Recipes from All Corners of the Lone Star State, 5PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-182\">The North Door, Bedpost Confessions: Poetry and Storytelling, 8PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-184\">UT, Serhiy Zhadan, Ukrainian poet, novelist, essayist and translator, will be reading excerpts from Voroshilovgrad, 3PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u117572-188\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u117572-191\">\n<li id=\"u117572-190\">Lucky Dog Books &#8211; Oak Cliff, Open Mic Storytelling: &#8220;Figures of Speak,&#8221; 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u117572-194\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u117572-203\">\n<li id=\"u117572-196\">Brazos Bookstore, Amber Tamblyn reads from and signs DARK SPARKLER, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-198\">Hilton Americas &#8211; Houston, Houston Storytellers Guild presents An Evening of Storytelling featuring Antonio Rocha, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-200\">Houston Technology Center, &#8220;Pathway to the World&#8221; lecture by Hank Moore, author of Houston Legends and Pop Icons and Business Legends, 5:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-202\">Murder By the Book, Soho Teen Night with Robin Epstein, Adam Silvera, and Joy Preble, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u117572-206\">Thursday, April 21<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u117572-208\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u117572-219\">\n<li id=\"u117572-210\">Blanton Museum of Art, Perspectives Lecture Series: Dominic Smith discusses his new novel The Last Painting of Sara de Vos with University of Delaware art historian H. Perry Chapman and Kirkus Reviews editor Clay Smith, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-212\">BookPeople, Poet &amp; Actress AMBER TAMBLYN speaking &amp; signing Dark Sparkler, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-214\">BookPeople, Writers&#8217; League of Texas Third Thursday Panel: Keeping it Brief: Writing and Publishing Short Stories with Michael Barrett, Jill Meyers, Chaitali Sen and Kirk Wilson, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-216\">Monkeywrench Books, Book presentation: Circus Maximum, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-218\">The North Door, Bedpost Confessions: Poetry and Storytelling, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u117572-222\">Canyon<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u117572-225\">\n<li id=\"u117572-224\">West Texas A&#038;M, Western Writers Series hosts Philipp Meyer, author of The Son, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u117572-228\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u117572-233\">\n<li id=\"u117572-230\">SMU &#8211; Mack Ballroom, Reception for Leila Meacham followed by lecture and signing of Titans, 11AM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-232\">South Dallas Cultural Center, African Diaspora: New Dialogues with poet Dawn Lundy Martin, author of Life in a Box is a Pretty Life, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u117572-236\">Fort Worth<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u117572-241\">\n<li id=\"u117572-238\">B&#038;N &#8211; Hulen Center, Standing Strong: An Unlikely Sisterhood and the Court Case that Made History book signing with Diane Reeve, 6PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-240\">TCU &#8211; Moudy Gallery, eleven40seven, TCU&#8217;s arts journal, celebrates the release of their first chapbook, 6PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u117572-244\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u117572-269\">\n<li id=\"u117572-246\">B&#038;N &#8211; River Oaks, Wade Smith launches his first children\u2019s book, Smitty Hits the Play Books, 5PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-248\">B&#038;N &#8211; Town &#038; Country, Poptropica: Book 1: Mystery of the Map book signing with Kory Merritt, 5:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-250\">Blue Willow Bookshop, Newbery award winning author Kwame Alexander will celebrate literacy and discuss his newest book, BOOKED, 6PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-252\">Blue Willow Bookshop, Sean Patrick Flanery will discuss and sign his new novel, JANE TWO, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-254\">Brazos Bookstore, M.O. Walsh reads and signs MY SUNSHINE AWAY, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-256\">Children&#8217;s Museum of Houston, Bilingual Story Time with award-winning author Diane Gonzales Bertrand, 5:10PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-258\">Contemporary Art Museum of Houston, Imagining Life on Mars with Erika Jo Brown, Cassandra Rose Clarke, Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud, Henk Rossouw and Sehba Sarwar, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-260\">Half Price Books &#8211; Westheimer\/Montrose, New York Times bestselling author Raymond Arroyo will discuss and sign Will Wilder: The Relic of Perilous Falls, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-262\">The Heritage Society, Finger Lecture Series: Bartee Haile presents Texas Oil Boom Towns of the Early 1900s, 12PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-264\">Murder By the Book, Tor Teen Night with Alan Gratz, P.J. Hoover and David Lubar, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-266\">River Oaks Bookstore, Ellen Ross discusses and signs The Moment Whispers: Nature in the Here and Now, 5PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-268\">Unity of Houston (Unity Church of Christianity), An Evening with Gabrielle Bernstein, author of Miracles Now, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u117572-272\">Lubbock<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u117572-275\">\n<li id=\"u117572-274\">Texas Tech, Creative Writing Reading Series presents poet and journalist Christopher Merrill, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u117572-278\">Montgomery<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u117572-281\">\n<li id=\"u117572-280\">Lone Star College, readings, discussions, and books signings with poets Carmen Tafolla and Robin Davidson, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u117572-284\">San Marcos<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u117572-287\">\n<li id=\"u117572-286\">Texas State &#8211; Alkek Library, Wittliff Collections Reading Series presents , 3:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u117572-290\">Friday, April 22<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u117572-292\">Alpine<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u117572-295\">\n<li id=\"u117572-294\">The Rusty Rabbit, photographer Walter Nelson discusses and signs The Black Place, 6PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u117572-298\">Arlington<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u117572-301\">\n<li id=\"u117572-300\">UTA &#8211; Central Library, Kathleen Kent presents The Outcasts, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u117572-304\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u117572-311\">\n<li id=\"u117572-306\">B&#038;N &#8211; Arboretum, Meet and Greet Book Signing With Jeff Burandt: Odd Schnozz and the Odd Squad, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-308\">BookPeople, Actor, Director and Writer SEAN PATRICK FLANERY speaking &#038; signing his debut novel, Jane Two, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-310\">Malvern Books, I Scream Social Reading Series featuring poets Andrea Eames, Jenna Opperman, and Sarah Hackley, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u117572-314\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u117572-317\">\n<li id=\"u117572-316\">B&#038;N &#8211; Lincoln Park, The Road to Happiness Is Always Under Construction book signing with Linda Gray, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u117572-320\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u117572-327\">\n<li id=\"u117572-322\">Brazos Bookstore, Gulf Coast Reading Series presents Matvei Yankelevich, Rosa Alcal\u00e1 and Carolann Madden, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-324\">Murder By the Book, Steve Martini will sign and discuss the paperback release of The Enemy Inside, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-326\">Writespace, Anything Goes All-Genre Open Mic, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u117572-330\">Saturday, April 23<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u117572-332\">Amarillo<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u117572-335\">\n<li id=\"u117572-334\">B&#038;N, Death Under a Full Moon book signing with Dianne Smithwick-Braden, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u117572-338\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u117572-349\">\n<li id=\"u117572-340\">BookPeople, Ornithologist &amp; Author LYNN E. BARBER speaking &amp; signing Birds in Trouble, 3PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-342\">Half Price Books &#8211; South Lamar, Belle Chisholm will sell and sign her Forever My Love, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-344\">Malvern Books, a reading with poet Lucas Hunt and friends, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-346\">St. Edward&#8217;s University, Writers&#8217; League of Texas workshop: &#8220;Who&#8217;s Telling Your Story &#8211; and How? Narrative Voice and Point of View in Fiction&#8221; with Sara Kocek, 9AM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-348\">The Writing Barn, Workshop: The Story Hunter: Mining Life and History in Search of Story with Greg Neri, 10AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u117572-352\">Burleson<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u117572-369\">\n<li id=\"u117572-354\">Half Price Books, Betty Kilby Fisher will sell and sign copies of her memoir Wit, Will and Walls, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-356\">Dallas<\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-358\">B&#038;N &#8211; Lincoln Park, Jane Two book signing with Sean Patrick Flanery, 3PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-360\">B&#038;N &#8211; Preston\/Royal, Gwen Kirkpatrick signs Diary of a Decade, 3PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-362\">Dallas Public Library &#8211; Central, North Texas Book Reviewers Preview, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-364\">Deep Vellum Books, launch of David Olimpio\u2018s book, THIS IS NOT A CONFESSION, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-366\">Half Price Books Mother Ship, award-winning film and television actress and acclaimed poet Amber Tamblyn will discuss and sign Dark Sparkler, 6PM [PASS REQUIRED]<\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-368\">The Wild Detectives, World Book Day Celebration, all day<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u117572-372\">Denton<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u117572-375\">\n<li id=\"u117572-374\">B&#038;N &#8211; Golden Triangle Mall, Meet Demi Prentiss, Author of Radical Sending: Go to Love and Serve, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u117572-378\">El Paso<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u117572-381\">\n<li id=\"u117572-380\">Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: &#8220;Shakespeare&#8217;s Birthday&#8221; with Robin Scofield, 12:45PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u117572-384\">Fort Worth<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u117572-387\">\n<li id=\"u117572-386\">The Dock Bookshop, Meet the Author: Phyllis Dixon presents Down Home Blues, 4PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u117572-390\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u117572-409\">\n<li id=\"u117572-392\">B&#038;N &#8211; Westheimer, Earl Wilson &#8211; A World War II Journal book signing with Suzanne Huffer, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-394\">Brazos Bookstore, Out Brief Candle: A Celebration of Shakespeare\u2019s Death Scenes, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-396\">Contemporary Art Museum Houston, Gulf Coast presents Contemporary Translation with Matvei Yankelevich and Rosa Alcal\u00e1, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-398\">East End Studio Gallery, workshop: Poetry, Publishing and Performance with Jasminne Mendez, 11:30AM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-400\">Half Price Books &#8211; Westheimer\/Montrose, Shelly Morrow Whitenburg will sell and sign her children\u2019s book Angels are God\u2019s Helpers, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-402\">Murder By the Book, Karen Hanson Stuyck will sign and discuss Death by Dumpster, 4:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-404\">Outreach Center of West Houston, Dav Pilkey will discuss and sign his novels for kids, including his CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS series, 11AM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-406\">River Oaks Bookstore, Storytelling with Walter Blanchard, 3PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-408\">Writespace, Workshop: How to Give Minor Characters Major Impact with KJ Russell, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u117572-412\">Plano<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u117572-415\">\n<li id=\"u117572-414\">B&#038;N &#8211; Preston\/Park, Katrina McGhee signing Loving on Me!: Lessons Learned on the Journey from MESS to MESSAGE, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u117572-418\">Round Rock<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u117572-421\">\n<li id=\"u117572-420\">B&#038;N &#8211; La Frontera, Essential Tips for Coaching Youth Sports book signing with Dan Cowan, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u117572-424\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u117572-427\">\n<li id=\"u117572-426\">Bihl Haus Arts, &#8220;Independent Publishing and Book Design&#8221; a panel discussion with Bryce Milligan, Rosemary Catacalos, Roberto Bonazzi and Dave Oliphant, , 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u117572-430\">Sunday, April 24<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u117572-432\">Arlington<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u117572-435\">\n<li id=\"u117572-434\">Half Price Books &#8211; South, local author James Howell will sell and sign his book Countdown to Atomgeddon: The Race to Build the First Atomic Bomb, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u117572-438\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u117572-449\">\n<li id=\"u117572-440\">BookPeople, Bestselling Authors KATHI APPELT &amp; JANET FOX speaking &amp; signing Maybe a Fox &#038; The Charmed Children of Rookskill Castle, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-442\">BookWoman, Shubh Bala Schiesser reads and discusses Sacred River: Poems from India, 4PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-444\">Cheer Up Charlie&#8217;s, Everything is Bigger Reading Series featuring poets Martin Rock, Emily Bludworth de Barrios, Amanda Johnston, Lesser Gonzalez Alvarez, Austin Rodenbiker, and Sarah Janczak, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u117572-446\">Malvern Books, James S. 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