{"id":901,"date":"2018-12-31T14:35:43","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T14:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=901"},"modified":"2018-12-31T14:35:43","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T14:35:43","slug":"major-book-events-by-month-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=901","title":{"rendered":"MAJOR BOOK EVENTS BY MONTH"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"articleHeader\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"u243259-5\">Use this calendar of recurring events and cultural emphases in Texas and those other states to plan ahead in your bookish life. We&#8217;ll add dates for each year as we learn of them.<\/p>\n<h1 id=\"u243259-8\">January<\/h1>\n<ul id=\"u243259-19\">\n<li id=\"u243259-10\">National Book Month<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243259-12\">National Book Week (third full week of January)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243259-14\">Book Publishers Day (Jan. 16 annually)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243259-16\">Pulpwood Queen&#8217;s Girlfriend Weekend (Nacogdoches)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243259-18\">Austin Book, Paper, &#038; Photo Show<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u243259-22\">February<\/h1>\n<ul id=\"u243259-31\">\n<li id=\"u243259-24\">Black History Month<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243259-26\">Lone Star Literary Life Birthday (Feb. 2 annually)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243259-28\">ConDFW (Fort Worth)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243259-30\">Texas Cowboy Poetry Gathering (Alpine)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u243259-34\">March<\/h1>\n<ul id=\"u243259-45\">\n<li id=\"u243259-36\">Women&#8217;s History Month<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243259-38\">Freedom of Information Day (March 16 annually)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243259-40\">Children&#8217;s Picture Book Day (March 28 annually)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243259-42\">North Texas Teen Book Festival (Irving)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243259-44\">Lone Star Literary Life&#8217;s Top Ten Texas Bookish Destinations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u243259-48\">April<\/h1>\n<ul id=\"u243259-79\">\n<li id=\"u243259-50\">National Poetry Month<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243259-52\">D.E.A.R., &#8220;Drop Everything and Read&#8221; Month<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243259-54\">National Library Week (April 9\u201315, 2017)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243259-56\">International Children&#8217;s Book Day (April 2 annually)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243259-58\">Children&#8217;s Book Day, El d\u00eda de los ni\u00f1os\/El d\u00eda de los libros (D\u00eda) (April 30 annually)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243259-60\">World Book Day (Shakespeare&#8217;s birthday, April 23 annually)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243259-62\">Bayou City Book Festival (Friendwood, April 3-8, 2017)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243259-64\">Austin International Poetry Festival (April 6-9, 2017)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243259-66\">Books in the Basin (Odessa, April)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243259-68\">Poetry at Round Top (April 21\u201323, 2017)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243259-70\">NETWO Spring Conference<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243259-72\">Houston Writers&#8217; Guild Conference<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243259-74\">San Antonio Book Festival (Sat, April 8, 2017)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243259-76\">Texas Institute of Letters Annual Meeting (April\u00a0 8, 2017, El Paso)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243259-78\">West Texas Trail Writers (Fort Davis, April 29, 2017)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul id=\"u243259-95\">\n<li id=\"u243259-84\">Texas Writers Month<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243259-86\">Children&#8217;s Book Week (May 1\u20137, 2017)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243259-88\">National Independent Bookstore Day (last Saturday in April annualy)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243259-90\">BookExpo America (New York, May 31\u2013June 2, 2017)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243259-92\">O. Henry Pun-off (Austin, May 13, 2017)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243259-94\">Dallas-Fort Worth Writers Conference (Dallas, May 6-7)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul id=\"u243259-117\">\n<li id=\"u243259-100\">GLBT Books Month<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243259-104\">Bloomsday (James Joyce&#8217;s <span id=\"u243259-102\">Ulysses,<\/span> June 16 annually)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243259-106\">CALF (Children&#8217;s Art &#038; Literacy Festival), Abilene (June 8-10, 2017)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243259-108\">Western Writers of America Convention (Kansas City, MO, June 21-24, 2017)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243259-110\">Writers&#8217; League of Texas Agents &#038; Editors Conference (Austin, June 30-July 2, 2017)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243259-112\">Annual Austin African-American Book Festival (June 24, 2017)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243259-114\">International Christian Retail Show (June)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243259-116\">Lone Star Literary Life&#8217;s Second Annual Readers\u2019 Choice Top Ten Texas Bookstores (June 4 and June 11, 2017)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul id=\"u243259-125\">\n<li id=\"u243259-122\">Writers&#8217; League of Texas Summer Writing Wokrshop, Austin (July)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243259-124\">Macondo Writers\u2019 Workshop (San Antonio, July)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u243259-128\">August<\/h1>\n<ul id=\"u243259-138\">\n<li id=\"u243259-133\"><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.etxbookfest.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">East Texas Book Fest<\/a><\/span> (Tyler, August)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243259-135\">Flor de Nopal Literary Festival, Austin<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243259-137\">Texas Christian Writers\u2019 Conference<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u243259-141\">September<\/h1>\n<ul id=\"u243259-154\">\n<li id=\"u243259-143\">Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15\u2013Oct. 15 annually)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243259-145\">Banned Books Week (last week of September annually)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243259-147\">National Cowboy Symposium and Celebration, Lubbock (second weekend in September annually)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243259-149\">Permian Basin Writers&#8217; Workshop, Midland<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243259-151\">West Texas Book Festival,\u00a0 Abilene (September)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243259-153\">NF 4 NF: Nonfiction for New Folks Writing Conference for Nonfiction Children&#8217;s Writers (Rosenberg, September)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u243259-157\">October<\/h1>\n<ul id=\"u243259-170\">\n<li id=\"u243259-159\">LGBT History Month<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243259-161\">National Friends of Libraries Week (late October annually)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243259-163\">Teen Read Week (third week of October annually)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243259-165\">Texas Teen Book Festival, Austin (Sat., Oct. 7, 2017)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243259-167\">Houston LibroFEST, October<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243259-169\">North Texas Book &#038; Paper Show (Grapevine)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u243259-173\">November<\/h1>\n<ul id=\"u243259-184\">\n<li id=\"u243259-175\">Native American Heritage Month<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243259-177\">National Novel Writing Month<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243259-179\">University Press Week (November)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243259-181\">Texas Book Festival (Austin, Nov. 4\u20135, 2017)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243259-183\">Shop Small: Small Business Saturday (November)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u243259-187\">December<\/h1>\n<ul id=\"u243259-190\">\n<li id=\"u243259-189\">World AIDS Day (Dec. 1 annually)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"u243248-484\">\n<h1 id=\"u243248-2\">Special Events<\/h1>\n<ul id=\"u243248-12\">\n<li id=\"u243248-5\"><span id=\"u243248-3\">25th Annual Austin International Poetry Festival,<\/span> April 6-9<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243248-8\"><span id=\"u243248-6\">DEAR Texas, <\/span>statewide, April 8-9<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243248-11\"><span id=\"u243248-9\">North Texas Book Festival, <\/span>Denton, April 15<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u243248-15\">Ongoing Exhibits<\/h1>\n<ul id=\"u243248-37\">\n<li id=\"u243248-18\"><span id=\"u243248-16\">Stories to Tell: Selections from the Harry Ransom Center, <\/span>Austin, February 6\u2013July 16<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243248-21\"><span id=\"u243248-19\">The Lost Generation: World War I Poetry, <\/span><span id=\"u243248-20\">Denton, January 17\u2013May 11<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"u243248-24\"><span id=\"u243248-22\">Storyland: A Trip Through Childhood Favorites,<\/span> Fort Worth, January 21\u2013May 7<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243248-27\"><span id=\"u243248-25\">The Human Experience: From Texas to the World<\/span> literacy initiative, Houston, January 18\u2013May 18<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243248-30\"><span id=\"u243248-28\">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=\"u243248-33\"><span id=\"u243248-31\">Sandra Cisneros: A House of Her Own Exhibition,<\/span> San Marcos, February 15\u2013July 1<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243248-36\"><span id=\"u243248-34\">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=\"u243248-40\">Sunday, April 9<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u243248-42\"><span id=\"u243248-41\">Austin<\/span><\/p>\n<ul id=\"u243248-55\">\n<li id=\"u243248-44\">B&#038;N &#8211; Arboretum, DEAR Texas Author Event Cathy G. Nickell, author of Arthur Zarr&#8217;s Amazing Art Car, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243248-46\">BookPeople, Illustrator DAN HANNA speaking &#038; signing Pout Pout Fish Far From Home, 11:30AM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243248-48\">BookPeople, DAVID SAMUEL LEVINSON speaking &#038; signing Tell Me How This Ends Well (in conversation with Elizabeth McCracken), 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243248-50\">BookPeople, KELLY JENSEN speaking &#038; signing Here We Are: 44 Voices Write, Draw, and SpeakAbout Feminism for the Real World (in conversation with Rebecca Sexton, Allison Peyton Steger,and Jessica Luther), 5PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243248-52\">Malvern Books, Austin Writers Roulette presents \u201cPretense Is Underrated,\u201d 4PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243248-54\">The Writing Barn, Workshop: Pitch Perfect Pacing with PJ Hoover, 3:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u243248-58\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u243248-61\">\n<li id=\"u243248-60\">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=\"u243248-64\">El Paso<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u243248-67\">\n<li id=\"u243248-66\">B&#038;N &#8211; Sunland Park, Christine Granados signs Fight Like a Man &#038; Other Stories We Tell Our Children, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u243248-69\">El Paso<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u243248-72\">\n<li id=\"u243248-71\">Main Library, Alan Birkelbach and Karla K. Morton reading in conjunction with the Texas Institute of Letters, 3:30 pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u243248-75\">Frisco<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u243248-78\">\n<li id=\"u243248-77\">B&#038;N &#8211; Stonebriar, Steve Copling launches Sage Alexander and the Hall of Nightmares, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u243248-81\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u243248-90\">\n<li id=\"u243248-83\">Brazos Bookstore, Inprint Prize Winners Reading and reception, 6PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243248-85\">Murder By the Book, Susan Wittig Albert will sign and discuss the new China Bayles mystery, The Last Chance Olive Ranch, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243248-87\">River Oaks Bookstore, Cengiz Sisman discusses and signs The Burden of Silence: Sabbatai Sevi and the Evolution of the Ottoman-Turkish Deonmes, 3PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243248-89\">Unity of Houston, The Tom Bird Method Workshop: Writing in the Divine Author State, 1:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u243248-93\">Plano<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u243248-96\">\n<li id=\"u243248-95\">B&#038;N &#8211; Preston\/Park, DEAR Texas event with Texas authors Jan Sikes and Mike Hawron, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u243248-99\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u243248-106\">\n<li id=\"u243248-101\">K23 Gallery, Bookworm: A Fair for Book Lovers, 12PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243248-103\">The Twig Book Shop, Eduardo Rabasa reads and signs A Zero Sum Game, 11AM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243248-105\">The Twig Book Shop, poet Joseph Trombatore reads and signs My Master&#8217;s Palette, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u243248-111\">Monday, April 10<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u243248-113\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u243248-116\">\n<li id=\"u243248-115\">BookPeople, DAVID SHIELDS speaking &#038; signing Other People: Takes &#038; Mistakes (in conversation with Clay Smith), 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u243248-119\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u243248-126\">\n<li id=\"u243248-121\">Crescent Club, DFW World Affairs Council hosts Helene Cooper discussing and signing Madame President: The Extraordinary Story of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243248-123\">SMU, Hughes Trigg Forum: &#8220;The Unpredicted: In Science, Literature &#038; Politics&#8221; with Simon Dedeo, 5:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243248-125\">The Wild Detectives, Cruzando el Border &#8211; El Oficio del poeta: Arnulfo Vigil, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u243248-129\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u243248-134\">\n<li id=\"u243248-131\">B&#038;N &#8211; River Oaks, ALI NOORANI discusses and signs There Goes the Neighborhood: How Communities Overcome Prejudice and Meet the Challenge of American Immigration, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243248-133\">Brazos Bookstore, Dan Worrall discusses and signs PLEASANT BEND, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u243248-137\">Huntsville<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u243248-140\">\n<li id=\"u243248-139\">Sam Houston State, Poet and cross-genre writer Dr. Ching-In Chen launches newest book, recombinant, 5:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u243248-143\">Tuesday, April 11<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u243248-145\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u243248-152\">\n<li id=\"u243248-147\">BookPeople, TYLER KNOTT GREGSON speaking &#038; signing Wildly Into the Dark: Typewriter Poems and the Rattlings of a Curious Mind, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243248-149\">Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam featuring Bill Moran and book release of Oh God Get Out Get Out, Hosted by Tova Charles, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243248-151\">UT &#8211; Fine Arts Library, A Conversation with Sarnath Banerjee, Indian graphic novelist, publisher, and visual artist, 12PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u243248-155\">Cedar Hill<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u243248-158\">\n<li id=\"u243248-157\">Zula Bryant Wylie Library, Dallas Area Writers Group featuring Tall Tales Told Short with Ann Fields, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u243248-161\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u243248-168\">\n<li id=\"u243248-163\">Dallas Museum of Art, Arts &#038; Letters Live hosts Cynthia D\u2019Aprix Sweeney discussing and signing The Nest, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243248-165\">Half Price Books Mother Ship, Melissa Lenhardt launches the paperback release of Sawbones, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243248-167\">The Wild Detectives, local writer Glen Pourciau reads from View, his latest collection of short stories, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u243248-171\">El Paso<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u243248-174\">\n<li id=\"u243248-173\">El Paso Public Library &#8211; Dorris Van Doren, Christine Granados reads and signs Fight Like a Man &#038; Other Stories We Tell Our Children, 4PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u243248-177\">Fort Worth<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u243248-182\">\n<li id=\"u243248-179\">The Dock Bookshop, Fort Worth Poetry Slam and open mic!, 8PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243248-181\">Fort Worth Area Book Club, Fresh Fiction presents JoAnna Grace discussing and signing Why the River Runs, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u243248-185\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u243248-194\">\n<li id=\"u243248-187\">Blue Willow Bookshop, Cinda Williams Chima will discuss and sign SHADOWCASTER, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243248-189\">Brazos Bookstore, David Samuel Levinson reads and signs TELL ME HOW THIS ENDS WELL, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243248-191\">Murder By the Book, Dominic Smith will sign and discuss the paperback release of The Last Painting of Sara de Vos, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243248-193\">Warehouse Live, Houston Moth StorySLAM: Fresh, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u243248-197\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u243248-200\">\n<li id=\"u243248-199\">The Korova, PuroSlam Team Finals!, 10PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u243248-203\">Wednesday, April 12<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u243248-205\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u243248-212\">\n<li id=\"u243248-207\">BookPeople, ANDY GRIFFITHS speaking &#038; signing The 65-Story Treehouse, 6PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243248-209\">BookWoman, Jennifer Bloom reading &#038; signing Brainstorms: Poems, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243248-211\">Malvern Books, poet Caits Meissner launches Let It Die Hungry with Ebony Stewart &#038; Amanda Johnston, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u243248-215\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u243248-220\">\n<li id=\"u243248-217\">Hotel Crescent Court, DFW World Affairs Council hosts Chase Untermeyer discussing Zenith: In the White House of George H.W. Bush, 12PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243248-219\">The Wild Detectives, Harry Hunsicker reads and signs The Devil&#8217;s Country, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u243248-223\">Denton<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u243248-228\">\n<li id=\"u243248-225\">Denton South Branch Library, Professor&#8217;s Corner: Poems by Texas Poet Laureate David. M. Parsons, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243248-227\">UNT on the Square, UNT Rilke Prize Q&#038;A, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u243248-231\">Fort Worth<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u243248-234\">\n<li id=\"u243248-233\">B&#038;N &#8211; Hulen, The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple book signing with Jeff Guinn, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u243248-237\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u243248-246\">\n<li id=\"u243248-239\">Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Slam, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243248-241\">Brazos Bookstore, poet Elizabeth Lyons reads and signs THE BLESSING OF DARK WATER, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243248-243\">MATCH Houston, DiverseWorks Diverse Discourse Lecture and Studio Visit Series: Featuring Claudia La Rocco \u2013 Criticism is Dead. Long Live Criticism, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243248-245\">Murder By the Book, Steve Berry will sign and discuss his new Cotton Malone thriller, The Lost Order, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u243248-249\">McAllen<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u243248-252\">\n<li id=\"u243248-251\">McAllen Public Library &#8211; Main, a night with new Poet Laureate Priscilla Suarez, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u243248-255\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u243248-262\">\n<li id=\"u243248-257\">Palo Alto College, Pen to Paper: Celebrating Local Poets with San Antonio Poet Laureate Jenny Browne, and Texas Poet Laureate Laurie Ann Guerrero, 6PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243248-259\">Rebar, Kinyo Live Poetry: &#8220;Mindless,&#8221; 8:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243248-261\">The Twig Book Shop, poet Terry Lucas reads and signs Dharma Rain, 5PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u243248-265\">Thursday, April 13<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u243248-267\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u243248-278\">\n<li id=\"u243248-269\">Al Volta&#8217;s Midnight Bar, LIT CRAWL AUSTIN PRESENTS STATE-OF-THE-ART STORIES, 12AM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243248-271\">BookPeople, AJ MENDEZ BROOKS speaking &#038; signing Crazy Is My Superpower, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243248-273\">BookWoman, Second Thursday Poetry Open Mic featuring Jan Benson &#038; Agnes Eva Savich hosted by Cindy Huyser, 7:15PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243248-275\">Malvern Books, ACC Creative Writing Department\u2019s Balcones Prize Winners, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243248-277\">Mr. Catfish &#038; More, NeoSoul Poetry ATX, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u243248-281\">Burnet<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u243248-284\">\n<li id=\"u243248-283\">Herman Brown Library, Coffee Talks hosts Myra McIlvain discussing and signing Stein House: German Settlers in Indianola, 1:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u243248-287\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u243248-292\">\n<li id=\"u243248-289\">Deep Vellum Books, Corey Dolgan discusses and signs Kill It to Save It: An Autopsy of Capitalism&#8217;s Triumphs over Democracy, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243248-291\">Half Price Books Mother Ship, Jeff Guinn discusses and signs The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and People&#8217;s Temple, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u243248-295\">Denton<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u243248-298\">\n<li id=\"u243248-297\">University of North Texas, UNT Rilke Prize Reading, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u243248-301\">El Paso<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u243248-304\">\n<li id=\"u243248-303\">El Paso Public Library &#8211; Armijo, Christine Granados reads and signs Fight Like a Man &#038; Other Stories We Tell Our Children, 4:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u243248-307\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u243248-310\">\n<li id=\"u243248-309\">Brazos Bookstore, A Night of Translation with Mark Haber and Scott Esposito, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u243248-313\">Lubbock<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u243248-316\">\n<li id=\"u243248-315\">Texas Tech, Creative Writing Program Reading Series presents Elissa Washuta, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u243248-319\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u243248-322\">\n<li id=\"u243248-321\">Brick, book release party for It Takes a Village by Alejandro Diaz, 6PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u243248-325\">Uvalde<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u243248-328\">\n<li id=\"u243248-327\">El Progreso Memorial Library, reading and book signing with ire&#8217;ne lara silva, 3PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u243248-331\">Friday, April 14<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u243248-333\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u243248-338\">\n<li id=\"u243248-335\">BookPeople, COREY DOLGON speaking &#038; signing Kill It to Save It: An Autopsy of Capitalism&#8217;s Triumph Over Democracy, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243248-337\">Malvern Books, Rebecca Schuman launches Schadenfreude, A Love Story with Susan Signe Morrison, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u243248-341\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u243248-344\">\n<li id=\"u243248-343\">Lucky Dog Books &#8211; Oak Cliff, Poets on X+ with Opalina and Carlos Salas, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u243248-347\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u243248-354\">\n<li id=\"u243248-349\">Brazos Bookstore, poet Terry Lucas reads and signs DHARMA RAIN, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243248-351\">River Oaks Bookstore, Gwen Strauss discusses and signs The Hiding Game, 3PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243248-353\">Writespace, Anything Goes All-Genre Open Mic, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u243248-357\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u243248-362\">\n<li id=\"u243248-359\">The Twig Book Shop, poet Susan Campbell reads and signs Anything You Ever Wanted to Know, 6PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243248-361\">Viva Tacoland, Gemini Ink Poetry Series featuring Anthony the Poet, Viktoria Valenzuela, and Edward Vidaurre, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u243248-365\">Tyler<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u243248-368\">\n<li id=\"u243248-367\">UT Tyler, meet &#038; greet (8:30AM), presentation and Q&#038;A (10AM), and second presentation (1PM) with Dr. Temple Grandin, author of The Autistic Brain: Helping Different Kinds of Minds Succeed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u243248-371\">Webster<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u243248-374\">\n<li id=\"u243248-373\">B&#038;N &#8211; Baybrook, Lora-Marie Bernard signs The Counterfeit Prince of Old Texas, 4PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u243248-377\">Saturday, April 15<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u243248-379\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u243248-392\">\n<li id=\"u243248-381\">Austin Community College &#8211; Highland, Writers&#8217; League of Texas workshop: &#8220;Novel and Memoir Revision: Conventions and Experiments&#8221; with Adam Soto, 10AM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243248-383\">Austin Public Library &#8211; Manchaca Road, workshop with author Carin Channing, 10AM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243248-385\">Austin Public Library &#8211; North Village, Austin Poetry Society meeting featuring Jena Kirkpatrick, 1:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243248-387\">BookPeople, Comedian ZACH ANNER speaking &#038; signing If At Birth You Don&#8217;t Succeed: My Adventures with Disaster and Destiny, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243248-389\">Casa de Resistencia Books, &#8220;Blood Stories: Resistance and Resilience&#8221; workshop with Jenuine Poetess, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243248-391\">Malvern Books, poet Tom\u00e1s Q. Mor\u00edn launches Patient Zero with Elena Passarello, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u243248-395\">Bellaire<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u243248-398\">\n<li id=\"u243248-397\">Bellaire City Library, Kay Kendall Author Talk, 3PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u243248-401\">Belton<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u243248-404\">\n<li id=\"u243248-403\">McWha Bookstore, book signing with local authors Amy Rognlie and Lynette Sowell, 10AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u243248-407\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u243248-416\">\n<li id=\"u243248-409\">B&#038;N &#8211; Preston\/Royal, Laura Ann Elpers Pierce signs Little Worm: A Story About Worry, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243248-411\">Deep Vellum Books, Intersectionality of Political Organization with Professor Lisa Armstrong, author of Gender and Neoliberalism: The All India Democratic Women\u2019s Association and Globalization Politics, 12PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243248-413\">Deep Vellum Books, Culture in Translation: A Literary Panel Discussion with Mark Haber and Scott Esposito, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243248-415\">Writers Garret, Workshop: Graphic Novels, Children&#8217;s Books, &#038; Zines: Exploring Illustrated Writing with A. Kendra Greene, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u243248-419\">El Paso<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u243248-422\">\n<li id=\"u243248-421\">Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: &#8220;Poetry In Stories We Tell Our Children&#8221; with Christine Granados, 12:45PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u243248-425\">Galveston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u243248-428\">\n<li id=\"u243248-427\">Galveston Bookshop, Susan P. Baker signs Unaware: A Suspense Novel, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u243248-431\">Harker Heights<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u243248-434\">\n<li id=\"u243248-433\">B&#038;N, Henry A. Nash signs Integrity Does Matter, 12PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u243248-437\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u243248-448\">\n<li id=\"u243248-439\">B&#038;N &#8211; River Oaks, Chris Bridge story time and book signing, 11AM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243248-441\">Brazos Bookstore, Zachary Turpin lectures on and signs Walt Whitman\u2019s LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF JACK ENGLE, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243248-443\">Half Price Books &#8211; Montrose, Leanne Vogel discusses and signs The Keto Diet: The Complete Guide to a High-Fat Diet, with More Than 125 Delectable Recipes and Meal Plans to Shed Weight, Heal Your Body, and Regain Confidence, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243248-445\">River Oaks Bookstore, Russell J. Sanders reads and signs All You Need Is Love, 3PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243248-447\">Writespace, Workshop: Using Objects and Memory as Springboards into Inspiration with Marian Szczepanski, 9:30AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u243248-451\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u243248-456\">\n<li id=\"u243248-453\">San Antonio Public Library &#8211; Igo, Adrienne deWolfe meets with the San Antonio Romance Authors to discuss &#8220;Make Your Manuscript Hum With Excitement,&#8221; 10AM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u243248-455\">The Twig Book Shop, Mary Beth Harris reads and signs A to Z Adventures in San Antonio, 11AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u243248-459\">Southlake<\/p>\n<p id=\"u243248-461\">B&#038;N &#8211; Town Square, Porsche Porscha the Pink Pig Book 2 book signing with local author Edith Odiwo, 11AM<\/p>\n<h1 id=\"u243248-464\">Sunday, April 16<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u243248-466\">Sunday, April 16:<\/p>\n<p id=\"u243248-468\">Austin<\/p>\n<p id=\"u243248-470\">Malvern Books, An Afternoon with Yarrow Paisley (I, No Other) and Felix Morgan, 2PM<\/p>\n<p id=\"u243248-473\">Malvern Books, Ayden LeRoux and Abraham Burickson present Odyssey Works, 5PM<\/p>\n<p id=\"u243248-476\">Dallas<\/p>\n<p id=\"u243248-478\">Half Price Books Mothership, Local Author Sundays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, all day<\/p>\n<p id=\"u243248-482\">* * * * *<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Use this calendar of recurring events and cultural emphases in Texas and those other states to plan ahead in your bookish life. 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