• 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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