- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Exhibition, Austin, February 10–July 6, 2015
- Armadillo Rising: Austin’s Music Scene in the 1970s, Wittliff Collection, Texas State University, San Marcos, February 9 – July 3, 2015
- ARCHIZINES celebrates the resurgence of alternative and independent architectural publishing around the world, Houston, January 29 - April 17
- Our Lady of the Lake Literary Festival, San Antonio, March 27 - April 12
- Texas Writers: a Humanities Texas Exhibition, San Antonio, April 1 - 29
- Fusebox Festival, Austin, April 1 - 12
- Austin International Poetry Festival, April 9 - 12
- DEAR Texas, statewide, April 12
- A Hemispheric Conversation: Queer/Feminist Independent Publishing Projects ‘Belleza y Felicidad’ and ‘Belladonna’ exhibit, Austin, April 14 - May 9
- Texas Library Association Annual Conference, Austin, April 14 - 17
- Forrest Fest, Lamesa, April 16 - 18
- Poetry at Round Top Festival, April 17 - 19
- Dallas Book Festival, April 18
- MenilFest (Houston Indie Book Fest), April 18
Sunday, April 12
Austin
- BookPeople, Bestselling Author, Chef & Reality TV Star BETHENNY FRANKEL speaking & signing her new book, I Suck at Relationships So You Don't Have To: 10 Rules for Not Screwing UpYour Happily Ever After, 1PM
- BookPeople, Award-Winning Journalist and author of Betting the Farm on a Drought: Stories From the Front Lines of Climate Change SEAMUS MCGRAW in conversation with: Katie Pitrie (Tecolote Farm), Edwin Marty (Food Policy Manager, Office of Sustainability, City of Austin), Hershel Kendall (Indian Hills Farm) and Elizabeth Winslow (edible Austin), 5PM
Bulverde/Spring Branch
- Bulverde/Spring Branch Public Library, 10th annual Books & Author Luncheon fundraiser with Jan Jarboe Russell, Miles Arceneaux, Adan Medrano and S.C. Gwynne, 2PM
Pasadena
- B&N - Fairway Market, Mother/Teen Daughter Discussion With Author of The Lesson Plan, Gwen Gistarb, 1PM
San Antonio
- Whitley Center at Oblate Theological Seminary, Gala Benefit: VOICES DE LA LUNA GALA, 5PM
Monday, April 13
Abilene
- Abilene Public Library, Texas Author Series with Miles Arceneaux, 11:45AM
Austin
- Austin History Center, Book launch: Austin's First Cookbook, 6:30PM
- B&N - Arboretum, Dina Gachman: Brokenomics 50 Ways to Live the Dream on a Dime, 7PM
- BookPeople, readings with YA authors Justine Larbalestier, Ally Carter & David Levithan, 7PM
Dallas
- Half Price Books Mother Ship, New York Times bestselling Romance author Abbi Glines will participate in a Q&A and sign her book When I’m Gone, 7PM
El Paso
- B&N - Sunland Park, Wide-Open World by John Marshall, 6PM
Houston
- Blue Willow Bookshop, Chris Cander will discuss and sign her newest novel, WHISPER HOLLOW, 7PM
- Brazos Bookstore, publication launch party for UNFOLD: HOUSTON REVEALED, 7PM
Tuesday, April 14
Austin
- BookPeople, Author JO IVESTER speaking & signing The Outskirts of Hope: A Memoir of the 1960s Deep South, 7PM
- Malvern Books, an evening with author Douglas Trevor, who will be reading from his new novel, Girls I Know, 7PM
- The North Door, Literary Death Match: Antonio Ruiz-Camacho, Cecil Castellucci, Jason Neulander & K.A. Holt, 8:30PM
- Paramount Theatre, an Evening with Amanda F***ing Palmer, 8PM
- Spider House Cafe & Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM
Houston
- Blue Willow Bookshop, Kimberly Willis Holt will discuss and sign her newest novel for kids, DEAR HANK WILLIAMS, 5PM
- Brazos Bookstore, Kimberly Meyer (in conversation with Antonya Nelson) reads and signs THE BOOK OF WANDERINGS, 7PM
- Houston Maritime Museum, author and historian Marks Hinton presents a history lecture: Houston’s Port and Ship Channel History as Told by Street Names, 7PM
- Murder By the Book, Stuart Woods will sign his new Stone Barrington novel, Hot Pursuit, 6:30PM
- River Oaks Bookstore, Olivia deBelle Byrd reads and signs Save My Place, 5PM
Wednesday, April 15
Austin
- BookPeople, Mac Barnett, Jory John, Jon Scieszka, Jonathan Auxier, Tom Angleberger - Middle Grade Extravaganza!, 6PM
- BookPeople, GEOFF RIPS - The Calculus of Falling Bodies, 8PM
Dallas
- British Beverage Company, For the Love of Words, 6PM
- First Presbyterian Church, Candice Bergen: Candid Reflection (part of DMA's Arts & Letters Live), 7:30PM
- Half Price Books Mothership, New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci will discuss and sign his Young Adult fantasy thriller, The Finisher, 7PM
- SMU - Wesley Hall, Bryan Burrough presents Days of Rage: America's Radical Underground, the FBI, and the Forgotten Age of Revolutionary Violence, 7PM
- The Wild Detectives, Reading and Book Signing: Poet Santiago Vizcaíno & Translator Alexis Levitin, 7:30PM
Frisco
- B&N - Stonebriar Mall, Janet Tashjian: My Life as a Gamer, 6PM
Houston
- University of Houston - Honors Commons, Glass Mountain reading, 5:30PM
- Murder By the Book, David Morrell will sign and discuss his latest book, Inspector of the Dead, 6:30PM
Thursday, April 16
Austin
- BookPeople, Writers' League of Texas Third Thursday panel: "Writing that Makes Us Laugh", 7PM
- BookPeople, Author & Journalist BRYAN BURROUGH speaking & signing Days of Rage: America's Radical Underground, The FBI, and the Forgotten Age of Revolutionary Violence, 7PM
- C-Boy's Heart & Soul, George Brainard will sign copies of All Tore Up: Texas Hot Rod Portraits, 8PM
- UT- Avaya Auditorium, Michener Center Reading Series presents Geoff Dyer, 7:30PM
Dallas
- B&N - Lincoln Park, Jan Jarboe Russell: The Train to Crystal City FDR's Secret Prisoner Exchange Program and America's Only Family Internment Camp During World War II, 7PM
- Sheraton Dallas Hotel, author Malcolm Gladwell presents David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits and the Art of Battling Giants, 12:15PM
- The Wild Detectives, Oral Fixation Meet and Greet, 7:30PM
Houston
- Artisans, Appetites: A Memoir by Marie LeNotre, ?
- Blue Willow Bookshop, Melissa Marr, New York Times bestselling author, will lead a special story time for BUNNY ROO, I LOVE YOU, her new picture book, 10AM
- Blue Willow Bookshop, David Heymann will discuss and sign his book, MY BEAUTIFUL CITY AUSTIN, 7PM
- Brazos Bookstore, Meredith Moore - I AM HER REVENGE, 7PM
- Houston Community College - West Loop South, American Root Reading Series: Cultural Crossroads – Lucha Corpi, 5:30PM
- MECA, Space City Slam: Sirius Semifinal, 6PM
- Murder By the Book, David Baldacci will sign and discuss The Finisher, 6:30PM
- The Printing Museum, The Future of the Book: Authors and Artists in Conversation, 6:30PM
Round Rock
- B&N - La Frontera, Kimberly Schlapman: Oh Gussie! Cooking and Visiting in Kimberly's Southern Kitchen, 12:30PM
San Antonio
- Carver Community Cultural Center, La Voz de San Antonio, 6PM
Friday, April 17
Austin
- BookPeople, Bestselling Author & Political Commentator COKIE ROBERTS speaking & signing Capital Dames: The Civil War and the Women of Washington, 1848-1868, 7PM
Dallas
- Horchow Auditorium, Dr. James Hall presents and signs The Self-Portrait: A Cultural History, 9AM
- Horchow Auditorium, Jacob Rubin & Rebecca Scherm: Identity Thief (part of DMA's Arts & Letters Live), 7:30PM
- The Wild Detectives, Dallas Poetry Slam, 8PM
Fort Worth
- B&N - Hulen Center, Jan Jarboe Russell: The Train to Crystal City FDR's Secret Prisoner Exchange Program and America's Only Family Internment Camp During World War II, 7PM
Houston
- Brazos Bookstore, Edward Hirsch signs Gabriel: A Poem, 5:30PM
- MECA, Orbit Poetry Slam, 6PM
- MECA, Space City Slam: Nebula Semi-final, 6PM
Saturday, April 18
Austin
- B&N - Arboretum, Jesse Sublett Meet and Greet Book Signing: 1960s Austin Gangsters Organized Crime that Rocked the Capital, 2PM
- BookPeople, special story time with painter, photographer, writer, and illustrator Suzanne Lewis, 11:30AM
- ESB Mex-Am Center, Canto Mundo Southwest Poets' Reading, 3PM
- Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, Mark Gustafson presents A Naturalist's Guide to the Texas Hill Country, ?
- Malvern Books, bilingual reading and discussion with Ecuadorian poet Santiago Vizcaíno and translator Alexis Levitin, 7PM
Cedar Park
- Half Price Books, local author and poet J’Nai Reynolds will sign her new book Heart of the Poet: The Poems of Enduring Faith, 1PM
Dallas
- B&N - Lincoln Park, Lisa Scottoline to sign Every Fifteen Minutes, 2PM
- Mighty Fine Arts, poetics and performance art in conjunction with Glenn Downing’s exhibition opening, 9PM
El Paso
- B&N - Sunland Park, Kent Jacobs signs Zuni Stew, 12PM
Fort Worth
- B&N - TCU, Khalid Rashdan signing Do your best and forget the rest: The seven self-power steps for unlimited success, 1PM
Galveston
- Galveston Bookshop, Ann M. Pearson reads and signs Taken by Storm: Galveston 1900, 3PM
Garland
- B&N - Firewheel, ROAR@SPL Poetry Festival, 2PM
Houston
- B&N - River Oaks, Melanie Shankle:Nobody's Cuter than You A Memoir about the Beauty of Friendship, 7PM
- B&N - Vanderbilt Square, Scrumptious Suspense book signing, 2PM
- Blue Willow Bookshop, Christy Wilson Beam will discuss and sign her book, MIRACLES FROM HEAVEN, 11AM
- Brazos Bookstore, Jane Blaffer Owen reads and signs NEW HARMONY, INDIANA: LIKE A RIVER, NOT A LAKE, 6PM
- Half Price Books - Westheimer/Montrose, local author Vicci Shook will sign her children’s book Silly Bubba and the Llama, 1PM
- Murder By the Book, Bruce DeSilva will sign and discuss A Scourge of Vipers, 1PM
- Murder By the Book, Diane Kelly will sign and discuss Death, Taxes, and Cheap Sunglasses, 4:30PM
- River Oaks Bookstore, David Gottlieb reads and signs Almost A Mensch Part 2: The Pathway to Menschhood, 4PM
- St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Spiritual Conference with Larry Payne, author of The Heart of Houston, 8:30AM
Humble
- B&N - Deerbrook Mall, George Arnold: Fire and Ice - Beyond Alchemy, 10AM
Hurst
- B&N - NE Mall, Texas Author Extravaganza!, 2PM
Round Rock
- The Book Spot, Book Signing - Featuring Donna Grant, Julie/J Kenner, Lexi Blake, & Shayla Black, 2PM
San Angelo
- San Angelo Writers' Guild: Kay Ellington and Barbara Brannon (The Paragraph Ranch) presenting a writing workshop at Hastings 9 to 11 AM, followed by book signing, 11 am to noon
San Antonio
- Bihl Haus Arts, Celebrate Texas Women's Creativity with Her Texas, 2PM
- Half Price Books - Huebner, local author Ervinell Walters will sign her debut Christian novel Afterwards, 2PM
- The Twig Book Shop, Joan Cook Carabin reads and signs One-of-a-Kind Judge: The Honorable Hippo Garcia, 11AM
- The Woodlands
- B&N - Woodlands Mall, Gwen Y. Gistarb: The Lesson Plan, 2PM
Sunday, April 19
Austin
- BookPeople, Nobel Laureate STEVEN WEINBERG speaking & signing To Explain the World: The Discovery of Modern Science, 3PM
- Malvern Books, Free Minds Presents an Afternoon with the Tuesday Night Writers and Class of 2015, 2PM
Houston
- Brazilian Arts Foundation Cultural Center, The Flamenco Poets Society presents Poetry & Dance: Celebrating Julia de Burgos & Nancy Morejón Poetry, 3PM
- Katy Budget Books, Crimson Romance Author Signing with Karen Sue Burns, Andrea R. Cooper, Nicole Flockton, Elizabeth Meyette, and Shelley K. Wall, 3PM
- Rienzi Center, A Parade of Books, 1PM
San Antonio
- Gemini Ink, La Voz de San Antonio, 3PM
- The Twig Book Shop, JJ Persis reads and signs Zodiac Lovers I Remember, 2PM
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