{"id":887,"date":"2018-12-31T14:31:39","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T14:31:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=887"},"modified":"2018-12-31T14:31:39","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T14:31:39","slug":"special-events-72","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=887","title":{"rendered":"Special Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"articleHeader\"><\/div>\n<ul id=\"u238240-24\">\n<li id=\"u238240-5\"><span id=\"u238240-3\">New Visions, New Voices Playwriting Festival,<\/span> Dallas, March 29-April 2<\/li>\n<li id=\"u238240-8\"><span id=\"u238240-6\">Fan Expo Dallas,<\/span> March 31-April 2<\/li>\n<li id=\"u238240-11\"><span id=\"u238240-9\">Houston Books2Eat &#8211; Second Annual Edible Books Festival,<\/span> March 31<\/li>\n<li id=\"u238240-14\"><span id=\"u238240-12\">Austin Edible Book Festival,<\/span> April 1<\/li>\n<li id=\"u238240-17\"><span id=\"u238240-15\">Lone Star LesFic Festival, <\/span>Austin, April 1<\/li>\n<li id=\"u238240-20\"><span id=\"u238240-18\">New Fiction Confab, <\/span>Austin, April 1<\/li>\n<li id=\"u238240-23\"><span id=\"u238240-21\">8th Annual Teen Book Con,<\/span> Houston, April 1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u238240-27\">Ongoing Exhibits<\/h1>\n<ul id=\"u238240-58\">\n<li id=\"u238240-30\"><span id=\"u238240-28\">Stories to Tell: Selections from the Harry Ransom Center, <\/span>Austin, February 6\u2013July 16<\/li>\n<li id=\"u238240-33\"><span id=\"u238240-31\">The Lost Generation: World War I Poetry, <\/span><span id=\"u238240-32\">Denton, January 17\u2013May 11<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"u238240-36\"><span id=\"u238240-34\">Storyland: A Trip Through Childhood Favorites,<\/span> Fort Worth, January 21\u2013May 7<\/li>\n<li id=\"u238240-39\"><span id=\"u238240-37\">The Human Experience: From Texas to the World<\/span> literacy initiative, Houston, January 18\u2013May 18<\/li>\n<li id=\"u238240-42\"><span id=\"u238240-40\">Of Texas Rivers &#038; Texas Art<\/span> (an exhibition from the book of the same title), San Angelo, February 16\u2013April 9<\/li>\n<li id=\"u238240-45\"><span id=\"u238240-43\">Sandra Cisneros: A House of Her Own Exhibition,<\/span> San Marcos, February 15\u2013July 1<\/li>\n<li id=\"u238240-48\"><span id=\"u238240-46\">Cartooning Texas: One Hundred Years of Cartoon Art in the Lone Star State,<\/span> Del Rio, March 1\u201331<\/li>\n<li id=\"u238240-51\"><span id=\"u238240-49\">Texas Writers: Humanities Texas Exhibition,<\/span> Salado, March 3\u201331<\/li>\n<li id=\"u238240-54\"><span id=\"u238240-52\">The Art of Dr. Seuss: A Retrospective Exhibition,<\/span> Austin, March 4\u2013April 2<\/li>\n<li id=\"u238240-57\"><span id=\"u238240-55\">Everyday People: The Art of James E. Ransome <\/span>(a National Center for Children&#8217;s Illustrated Literature exhibition), Abilene, March 9-May 8<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u238240-61\">Sunday, March 26<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u238240-63\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u238240-70\">\n<li id=\"u238240-65\">4th Tap Brewing Co-Op, Revel Unclassified: arts-infused Sunday brunch and collaborative storytelling with musicians, writers, and artists, 12:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u238240-67\">BookPeople, JOHN SCALZI speaking and signing The Collapsing Empire, 3PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u238240-69\">BookWoman, Susan R. Nelson Speaking &#038; Signing The Only Light I Saw Was in Galveston: My Six Year Journey After Death, 3:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u238240-73\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u238240-78\">\n<li id=\"u238240-75\">Deep Vellum Books, Other People&#8217;s Poetry: Adrienne Rich, featuring Margaret Allyson, Fran Carris, Orion Centauri, Logen Cure, Brenda Gaba, Megan Giesecke, Reivin Johnson, Jean Lamberty, Morgan Lionheart, Andrea Luttrell, Amanda Mitchell, Roberto Munguia, Gayle Reaves-King, Thoele Sarradet, Desmene Statum, Connor Stratman, Leah Teiger, Robin Turner, and Bess Whitby, 4PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u238240-77\">Half Price Books Mothership, Local Author Sundays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, all day<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u238240-81\">Elgin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u238240-84\">\n<li id=\"u238240-83\">Elgin Public Library, Margi Crisp and William Montgomery discuss and sign The Nueces River, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u238240-87\">Frisco<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u238240-90\">\n<li id=\"u238240-89\">Frisco Public Library, Sisters in Crime North Dallas workshop: &#8220;PLUG IN AND GET CONNECTED: Getting the Most Out of Writers Conferences&#8221; presented by Stephen Manning, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u238240-93\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u238240-98\">\n<li id=\"u238240-95\">Brazos Bookstore, Jack Davis discusses and signs THE GULF, 5PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u238240-97\">Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center, Author Talk: Lisa F. Smith, author of Girl Walks Out of a Bar, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u238240-101\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u238240-104\">\n<li id=\"u238240-103\">San Antonio Public Library, San Antonio authors Bonnie Lyons and Deb Field, along with photographer Linda Harris, will introduce their book, Wow: Wonderful Old Women, 3PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u238240-107\">Monday, March 27<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u238240-109\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u238240-114\">\n<li id=\"u238240-111\">BookPeople, HARI KUNZRU speaking and signing White Tears, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u238240-113\">Dozen Street, Chicon Street Poets presents Justin Booth &#8211; &#8220;Outlaw Poet&#8221;, haiku challenge, and open mic, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u238240-117\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u238240-120\">\n<li id=\"u238240-119\">Brazos Bookstore, John Scalzi reads and signs THE COLLASPING EMPIRE, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u238240-123\">Tuesday, March 28<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u238240-125\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u238240-134\">\n<li id=\"u238240-127\">BookPeople, DANIEL PINCHBECK speaking and signing How Soon Is Now: From Personal Initiation to Global Transformation, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u238240-129\">Bullock Museum, B Movies and Bad History: Slavery on the Silver Screen with Dr. Dwight Watson, author of Black Bayou: African-American Life and Civil Rights in Houston and Race and the Houston Police Department: A Change Did Come, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u238240-131\">Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam Semi-Finals Hosted by Christopher Michael, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u238240-133\">St. Edward&#8217;s University, The Marcia Kinsey Visiting Writers Series presents Karan Mahajan, author of National Book Award-finalist The Association of Small Bombs, 6PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u238240-137\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u238240-144\">\n<li id=\"u238240-139\">Deep Vellum Books, Dark Moon Poetry readings, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u238240-141\">Half Price Books Mother Ship, John Scalzi signs The Collapsing Empire, 7PM [WRISTBAND REQUIRED]<\/li>\n<li id=\"u238240-143\">Warwick Melrose Hotel, DFW World Affairs Council presents Doug Mack, author of The Not-Quite States of America: Dispatches from the Territories and Other Far-Flung Outposts of the USA, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u238240-147\">Fort Worth<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u238240-150\">\n<li id=\"u238240-149\">The Dock Bookshop, Fort Worth Poetry Slam and open mic!, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u238240-153\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u238240-156\">\n<li id=\"u238240-155\">Brazos Bookstore, Hari Kunzru reads and signs WHITE TEARS, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u238240-159\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u238240-164\">\n<li id=\"u238240-161\">The Korova, PuroSlam with DJ Donnie Dee, 10PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u238240-163\">Pearl Studio, Ambassador Luncheon with the Right Honourable Henry McLeish, author of Rethinking Our Politics\u2014the Political and Constitutional Future of the United Kingdom, 11:30AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u238240-167\">Wednesday, March 29<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u238240-169\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u238240-180\">\n<li id=\"u238240-171\">Austin Books &#038; Comics, Val Mayerik and Jim Berry sign Of Dust and Blood, 4PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u238240-173\">Austin Public Library &#8211; Old Quarry, Austin Out Loud featuring local sci-fi authors Christy Esmahan, M.G. Herron, Nancy Smith, and Steve Statham, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u238240-175\">Austin Public Library &#8211; Terrazas, Aural Literature: Local writers read their own work aloud for the public, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u238240-177\">BookPeople, DEB OLIN UNFERTH speaking and signing Wait Till You See Me Dance (in conversation with Elizabeth McCracken), 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u238240-179\">Malvern Books, Why There Are Words Austin: Flight, featuring Bob Ayres, Nan Cuba, BettySoo, and W. W. McNeal, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u238240-183\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u238240-188\">\n<li id=\"u238240-185\">Kettle Arts Gallery, Wordspace Dallas presents the Pegasus Reading Series featuring M.H. Clay, Detrick Hughes, Christopher Stephen Soden, and B. Randall, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u238240-187\">Laura Lee Clark Interior Design Inc., Moll Anderson signs Change Your Home, Change Your Life with Color, 4PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u238240-191\">Fort Worth<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u238240-194\">\n<li id=\"u238240-193\">The Last Word Bookstore, Steampunk Night with Stephen Sanders, author of Songs for a Mechanical Age: A Volume of Steampunk Poetry, 6PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u238240-197\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u238240-204\">\n<li id=\"u238240-199\">Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Slam, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u238240-201\">Brazos Bookstore, Melissa Febos discusses and signs ABANDON ME, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u238240-203\">Museum of Fine Arts, screening of Ang Lee&#8217;s film Billy Lynn\u2019s Long Halftime Walk, based on Ben Fountain\u2019s novel, followed by a discussion with the author, 6:30PM [reception at 5:30PM]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u238240-207\">McKinney<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u238240-212\">\n<li id=\"u238240-209\">Eldorado Country Club, DFW World Affairs Council presents Doug Mack, author of The Not-Quite States of America: Dispatches from the Territories and Other Far-Flung Outposts of the USA, 11:45AM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u238240-211\">UTSA, Tejana Myth, Memory, and Fiction: a reading by ire\u2019ne lara silva, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u238240-215\">Thursday, March 30<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u238240-217\">Abilene<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u238240-222\">\n<li id=\"u238240-221\">National Center for Children&#8217;s Illustrated Literature (NCCIL), Author\/Artist talk: POP-UP ADVENTURES WITH ROBERT SABUDA (part of the 20th anniversary celebrations), 6PM<br \/><span id=\"u238241\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nccil.org\/visit\/upcoming-events\" id=\"u238242\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"readableLinkWithMediumImage\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"587\" height=\"54\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/nccil%20event%20ad%20033017.jpg\"  id=\"u238242_img\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u238240-225\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u238240-236\">\n<li id=\"u238240-227\">BookPeople, MARY JENNINGS HEGAR speaking and signing Shoot Like A Girl: One Woman&#8217;s Dramatic Fight in Afghanistan and on the Home Front, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u238240-229\">BookWoman, TORCH: Wildfire Reading Series featuring Sequoia Manor and Sheree Ren\u00e9e Thomas, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u238240-231\">Malvern Books, Malvern\u2019s Multi-Verse with poet Nick Courtright, author of Let There Be Light, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u238240-233\">Mr. Catfish &#038; More, NeoSoul Poetry ATX, 8PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u238240-235\">UT Perry-Casta\u00f1eda Library, Rex Lee Poetry Reading, 4PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u238240-239\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u238240-242\">\n<li id=\"u238240-241\">Deep Vellum Books, Launch of the DFW chapter of the Nonfiction Authors Association, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u238240-245\">Denton<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u238240-248\">\n<li id=\"u238240-247\">University of North Texas, Department of English presents Jeffrey Eugenides, author of The Marriage Plot, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u238240-251\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u238240-258\">\n<li id=\"u238240-253\">Brazos Bookstore, Robert Jensen discusses and signs THE END OF PATRIARCHY, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u238240-255\">Nuestra Palabra Art &#038; Books, A Night of Huizache featuring readings by Lorna Dee Cervantes, Simon J. Ortiz, Christine Granados, Laurie Ann Guerrero, and Dagoberto Gilb, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u238240-257\">Poison Girl, Poison Pen Reading Series, 8:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u238240-261\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u238240-270\">\n<li id=\"u238240-263\">Carmens de la Calle Caf\u00e9, Jazz &#038; Poetry with Purpose featuring local poet Andrea &#8220;Vocab&#8221; Sanderson &#038; jazz saxophonist Rene Saenz, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u238240-267\">The Twig Book Shop, Tyra Manning presents &#8220;Writing to Heal&#8221; Workshop, 5:30PM<br \/><span id=\"u238256\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetwig.com\/event\/tyra-manning-writing-heal-workshop\" id=\"u238257\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"readableLinkWithMediumImage\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"606\" height=\"56\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/twig%20event%20ad%20033017.jpg\"  id=\"u238257_img\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"u238240-269\">VIA Metro Center, VIA&#8217;s 8th Annual Poetry on the Move Winners&#8217; Reception, 6PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u238240-273\">San Marcos<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u238240-276\">\n<li id=\"u238240-275\">TSU &#8211; Alkek Library, Visiting Writer Series presents a poetry reading and discussion and book signing with Stephen Dunn, 3:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u238240-279\">Friday, March 31<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u238240-281\">Abilene<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u238240-284\">\n<li id=\"u238240-283\">NCCIL, dinner with author and artist ROBERT SABUDA (part of the 20th anniversary celebrations), 6PM [ticketed event]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u238240-287\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u238240-294\">\n<li id=\"u238240-289\">BookPeople, KIMBERLY WILLIS HOLT speaking and signing Blooming at the Texas Sunrise Motel, 4PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u238240-291\">BookPeople, SKYLER WHITE speaking and signing The Skill of Our Hands, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u238240-293\">Malvern Books, INF Press Launch and Reading with poets Jenna Martin Opperman (Shattering is Gradual) and Andrea Eames (New Monsters), 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u238240-297\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u238240-304\">\n<li id=\"u238240-299\">B&#038;N &#8211; Lincoln Park, Michael Merschel, books editor for the Dallas Morning News, discusses and signs his debut YA novel, Revenge of the Star Survivors, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u238240-301\">SMU Tower Center, Coffee &#038; Conversation with Amy Freedman, author of Nontraditional Security Threats in Southeast Asia, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u238240-303\">Wyly Theatre, HearHere Series presents Fran Lebowitz, author of the Fran Lebowitz Reader, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u238240-307\">Denton<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u238240-312\">\n<li id=\"u238240-309\">University of North Texas, Willis Library Forum: Postwar Faculty Colloquium with Professor Thomas Doherty, author of Hollywood and Hitler, and Professor Laura McEnaney, author of Civil Defense Begins at Home: Militarization Meets Everyday Life in the Fifties, 10AM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u238240-311\">University of North Texas, Visiting Writers Series presents Jeffrey Eugenides, author of The Marriage Plot, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u238240-315\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u238240-322\">\n<li id=\"u238240-317\">Brazos Bookstore, Writers&#8217; League of Texas presents Celebrating Texas Independents: Our Great Literary State\u2019s Independent Presses, Journals, Bookstores, and More, feature panelists are LeeAnne Carlson (Glass Mountain), Will Evans (Deep Vellum Publishing and Cinestate), Jill Meyers (A Strange Object), and Gabriela Baeza Ventura (Arte P\u00fablico Press), 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u238240-319\">Forty Five Ten Houston,\u00a0 Moll Anderson signs Change Your Home, Change Your Life with Color, 4PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u238240-321\">Rothko Chapel, as part of &#8220;An Act of Justice&#8221; Symposium, Writers in the Schools (WITS) and Meta-Four Houston will give a poetry performance on the plaza, 6PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul id=\"u238240-328\">\n<li id=\"u238240-327\">Katherine Anne Porter Literary Center, Visiting Writer Series presents a poetry reading and discussion and book signing with Stephen Dunn, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u238240-331\">Port Neches<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u238240-334\">\n<li id=\"u238240-333\">Fleur Fine Books, Meet &#038; Greet with author Bill Davis, 3PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u238240-337\">Saturday, April 1<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u238240-339\">Abilene<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u238240-343\">\n<li id=\"u238240-342\">NCCIL, Pop-up Workshop with author and artist Robert Sabuda, 10AM<span id=\"u238247\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nccil.org\/visit\/upcoming-events\" id=\"u238248\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"readableLinkWithMediumImage\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"583\" height=\"54\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/nccil%20event%20ad%20040117.jpg\"  id=\"u238248_img\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u238240-346\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u238240-361\">\n<li id=\"u238240-348\">Austin History Center, Meet the Author: book discussion with Carol Dawson, Roger Polson, and Geoff Appold, authors of Miles and Miles of Texas: 100 Years of the Texas Highway Department, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u238240-350\">BookPeople, Special Guest Story Time: CYNTHIA LEONOR GARZA speaking and signing Luc\u00eda the Luchadora, 11:30AM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u238240-352\">BookPeople, LLOYD SACHS speaking and signing T Bone Burnett: A Life In Pursuit, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u238240-354\">BookPeople, Actor KATEY SAGAL speaking and signing Grace Notes: My Recollections, 6PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u238240-356\">BookWoman, Cynthia Leonor Garza reads from her picture book debut, LUCIA THE LUCHADORA, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u238240-358\">St. Edward&#8217;s University, Writers&#8217; League of Texas workshop: &#8220;Structure in Narrative Nonfiction: How to Put the Pieces Together&#8221; with Michael Hall, 9AM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u238240-360\">Stateside at the Paramount, Austin Poetry Slam GRAND SLAM Finals featurig Danny Strack Hosted by Jomar Valentin, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u238240-364\">Beaumont<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u238240-367\">\n<li id=\"u238240-366\">B&#038;N &#8211; Parkdale Mall, Joy Miller House signs The Nesting Place: A Bird&#8217;s Eye View of Easter, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u238240-370\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u238240-377\">\n<li id=\"u238240-372\">Jones Day, DFW World Affairs Council presents Daniel Franklin, Executive Editor of The Economist and author of Megachange: The World in 2050, 9:30AM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u238240-374\">SMU &#8211; Fondren Library, An evening of dinner, conversation, and the 8th Annual Literati Award presentation to Rena Pederson, author of THE BURMA SPRING: Aung San Suu Kyi and the New Struggle for the Soul of a Nation, 6PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u238240-376\">Wyly Theatre, HearHere Series presents Fran Lebowitz, author of the Fran Lebowitz Reader, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u238240-380\">El Paso<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u238240-383\">\n<li id=\"u238240-382\">Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: &#8220;Riddle Me This&#8221; with Robin Scofield, 12:45PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u238240-386\">Fort Worth<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u238240-389\">\n<li id=\"u238240-388\">The Dock Bookshop, Spring Writers &#038; Readers Roundup with author Shewanda Riley, 11AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u238240-392\">Harker Heights<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u238240-395\">\n<li id=\"u238240-394\">B&#038;N, Chentell Merriman reads and signs Fireflies On Night Patrol, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u238240-398\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u238240-413\">\n<li id=\"u238240-400\">B&#038;N &#8211; Champions, Award-Winning Author DiAnn Mills presents a writing workshop at 12PM, followed by a signing of her FBI Task Force series at 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u238240-402\">Boy Scout Headquarters, as part of STEM-boree, Amy Jackson will read and sign Cassandra and the Night Sky, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u238240-404\">Community Artists&#8217; Collective, Dr. Alvia Wardlaw, internationally recognized art historian and curator, will sign copies of Charles Alston, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u238240-406\">Katy Budget Books, Abbi Glines signs her latest novels, Up in Flames and The Lights, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u238240-408\">River Oaks Bookstore, Sengiz Sisman discusses and signs The Burden of Silence: Sabbatai Sevi and the Evolution of the Ottoman-Turkish Deonmes, 3PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u238240-410\">Writespace, Workshop: Introduction to Writing Flash Fiction with Patricia Flaherty Pagan, 9:30AM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u238240-412\">Writespace, Workshop: How to Be Genuinely Funny in Your Writing with Adam Holt, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u238240-416\">Irving<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u238240-419\">\n<li id=\"u238240-418\">North Lake College, The Writers Bloc Workshop: A Spoonful of Subplot Sugar: Adding Romance to Your Story with Amanda Arista, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u238240-422\">Lubbock<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u238240-425\">\n<li id=\"u238240-424\">B&#038;N, Mary Andrews signs her Fireborn Chronicles series, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u238240-428\">McAllen<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u238240-431\">\n<li id=\"u238240-430\">B&#038;N &#8211; Palms Crossing, Bronwyn Fiyremore discusses and signs Lion Manor, 3PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u238240-434\">Midland<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u238240-437\">\n<li id=\"u238240-436\">B&#038;N, Leslie Williams signs Emblem of Faith Untouched: A Short Life of Thomas Cranmer and When Anything Goes: Being Christian in a Post-Christian World, 12PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u238240-440\">Pearland<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u238240-443\">\n<li id=\"u238240-442\">Half Price Books, local author Professor J will sell and sign his children&#8217;s book, Jacque,12:30<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u238240-446\">Richardson<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u238240-449\">\n<li id=\"u238240-448\">Richardson Civic Center, Writers Guild of Texas \u2013 Spring Workshop: &#8220;The Language of Dialogue: How to use your characters&#8217; voices to amp up your story&#8221; presented by Melissa DeCarlo and Rosemary Clement-Moore, 9AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u238240-452\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u238240-465\">\n<li id=\"u238240-454\">Gemini Ink, 2016 Mentorship Celebratory Reading featuring Amanda Ward, Connie Voisine, and their mentees, 6PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u238240-456\">San Antonio Public Library &#8211; Landa, National Poetry Month celebration with Alamo Area Poets Open Mike Session, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u238240-460\">The Twig Book Shop, Kelli Donley reads and signs Basket Baby, 11AM<br \/><span id=\"u238250\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetwig.com\/event\/kelli-donley-basket-baby\" id=\"u238251\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"readableLinkWithMediumImage\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"606\" height=\"56\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/twig%20event%20ad%20040117a.jpg\"  id=\"u238251_img\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"u238240-464\">The Twig Book Shop, Poets read from their Poetry on the Move winning submissions, 2PM<br \/><span id=\"u238253\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetwig.com\/event\/poetry-move\" id=\"u238254\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"readableLinkWithMediumImage\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"605\" height=\"56\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/twig%20event%20ad%20040117b.jpg\"  id=\"u238254_img\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u238240-468\">Southlake<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u238240-471\">\n<li id=\"u238240-470\">B&#038;N &#8211; Town Square, Jeanne Skartsiaris signs Dance Like You Mean It, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u238240-474\">Sunday, April 2<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u238240-476\">Abilene<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u238240-479\">\n<li id=\"u238240-478\">Abilene Public Library &#8211; South, Texas Author Series: Rachel Caine will discuss Ink and Bone and Paper and Fire from her new series, The Great Library, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u238240-482\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u238240-495\">\n<li id=\"u238240-484\">4th Tap Brewing Co-Op, Revel Unclassified: arts-infused Sunday brunch and collaborative storytelling with musicians, writers, and artists, 12:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u238240-486\">B&#038;N &#8211; Arboretum, Anna LeBaron discusses and signs The Polygamist&#8217;s Daughter, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u238240-488\">BookPeople, Lawyer &#038; NFL Coach DARON K. ROBERTS speaking and signing Call An Audible, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u238240-490\">BookPeople, DAN CHAON speaking and signing Ill Will, 5PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u238240-492\">Malvern Books, The Lion &#038; The Pirate Unplugged inclusive open mic with David Borden, author of And Yet We Rise, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u238240-494\">Malvern Books, An Afternoon with poets Dan Boehl, Katy Chrisler, and Cindy St. John, 4PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u238240-498\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u238240-501\">\n<li id=\"u238240-500\">Half Price Books Mothership, Local Author Sundays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, all day<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u238240-504\">Garland<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u238240-507\">\n<li id=\"u238240-506\">B&#038;N &#8211; Firewheel Mall, Neil A. White signs Closure, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u238240-510\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u238240-513\">\n<li id=\"u238240-512\">Discovery Green, Writers in the Schools (WITS) presents the Space City Grand Slam!, 3PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u238240-516\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u238240-523\">\n<li id=\"u238240-518\">SAY S\u00ed, Voices and Vibes poetry and live music, 11AM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u238240-522\">The Twig Book Shop, Cynthia Leonor Garza reads and signs Lucia the Luchadora, 2PM<br \/><span id=\"u238244\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetwig.com\/event\/cynthia-leonor-garza-lucia-luchadora\" id=\"u238245\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"readableLinkWithMediumImage\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"595\" height=\"55\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/twig%20event%20ad%20040217.jpg\"  id=\"u238245_img\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u238240-526\">* * * * *<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Visions, New Voices Playwriting Festival, Dallas, March 29-April 2 Fan Expo Dallas, March 31-April 2 Houston Books2Eat &#8211; Second Annual Edible Books Festival, March 31 Austin Edible Book Festival, April 1 Lone Star LesFic Festival, Austin, April 1 New Fiction Confab, Austin, April 1 8th Annual Teen Book Con, Houston, April 1 Ongoing Exhibits [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/887\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}