Monday Roundup: April 27 - May 3

Bookish events in Texas for the week of April 27 - May 3, 2015:                

Special Events:
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Exhibition, Austin, February 10 - July 6

Texas Writers: a Humanities Texas Exhibition, San Antonio, April 1 - 29

A Hemispheric Conversation: Queer/Feminist Independent Publishing Projects ‘Belleza y Felicidad’ and ‘Belladonna’ exhibit, Austin, April 14 - May 9

Monday, April 27:

Austin
BookPeople, Debut Novelist SARAH GERARD in conversation with STEPH OPITZ about Binary Star, 7PM

Dallas
Hall of State at Fair Park, Kenneth T. Walsh presents Celebrity in Chief: A History of the Presidents and the Culture of Stardom followed by a book signing, 7PM

Horchow Auditorium, Sue Roe & Joshua Wolf Shenk: Matisse, Picasso & the Power of Pairs, 7:30PM

Fort Worth
B&N - Hulen Center, Dana Perino signs And the Good News Is... Lessons and Advice from the Bright Side, 12:30PM

Houston

Brazos Bookstore, Attica Locke reads and signs PLEASANTVILLE, 7PM

Tuesday, April 28:

Austin
Spider House Cafe & Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM

Duncanville
Duncanville Public Library, Local author Jill K. Sayre will share stories of her novel, The Fairies of Turtle Creek, and then sign books, 7PM

Fort Worth
The Dock Bookshop, Fort Worth Poetry Slam, 8PM

Houston

Brazos Bookstore, George Hodgman reads and signs BETTYVILLE, 7PM

The Woodlands

B&N - Woodlands Mall, Jacob Grey signs Ferals, 7PM

Wednesday, April 29:

Austin
BookPeople, Owner of Pitmaster & Franklin BBQ Aaron Franklin speaking and signing Franklin Barbeque: A Meat-Smoking Manifesto, 7PM

Cherrywood Coffeehouse, Bat City Review reading, 7PM

Malvern Books, Revista Pterodáctilo Bilingual Poetry Reading, 6PM

The Writing Barn, Words and Wine with Nikki Loftin and Joy Preble, 7:30PM

Dallas

B&N - Lincoln Park, Rod Dreher signs How Dante Can Save Your Life The Life-Changing Wisdom of History's Greatest Poem, 7PM

Kettle Arts, Pegasus Reading Series featuring Nate Logan, Opalina Salas, Kara Synhorst, and Kyle Vaughn, 7PM

Houston

Brazos Bookstore, Mitchell Gaynor reads and signs THE GENE THERAPY PLAN, 7PM

Thursday, April 30:

Austin
BookPeople, Bestselling Author NEAL SHUSTERMAN speaking & signing Challenger Deep, 7PM

Spider House Ballroom, Testify ATX presents Stuck, 7:30PM

Dallas

Tycher Library, David Laskin will be discussing his new book, The Family, 7PM

Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Raphael Rubinstein reads and signs THE MIRACULOUS, 7PM

Houston Museum of Natural Science, Lecture - Quest to Save Wild Mustangs by H. Alan Day followed by a book signing, 6:30PM

Murder By the Book, Martin Walker will sign and discuss the latest Bruno book, The Children Return, 6:30PM

River Oaks Bookstore, Heath Hardage Lee reads and signs Winnie Davis: Daughter of the Lost Cause, 5:PM

Unity of Houston (Unity Church of Christianity), James Van Praagh - An Evening of Spirit followed by a book signing, 7:30PM

Friday, May 1:

Austin

BookPeople, Austin Author NEAL POLLACK speaking & signing Repeat, 7PM

Malvern Books, a reading from poet Dr. Sybil Pittman Estess, who will be introducing her latest collection, Like That, 7PM

Magnolia Lounge, CAKE AND PROSE, 7:30PM

Denton
UNT Willis Library, North Texas Review reception and reading, 5PM

Houston

Brazos Bookstore, Paul Otremba reads and signs PAX AMERICANA & Tomas Q. Morin reads and signs A LARGER COUNTRY, 7PM

Inprint House, First Friday Poetry Reading Series presents Saba Husein, 8:30PM

Irving
Irving Public Library - Valley Ranch, bestselling author Neal Shusterman discusses his newest book, Challenger Deep, 7PM

Kyle

Katherine Anne Porter Literary Center, reading with Elizabeth Crook, 7:30PM

Saturday, May 2:

Austin
B&N - Arboretum, Meet & Greet Book Signing With Barbara Youngblood Carr, 2PM

Malvern Books, Borderlands: Issue 42 Launch Party, 3PM

Malvern Books, An Evening with Santiago Vaquera-Vásquez & Ire’ne Lara Silva, 7PM

Dallas
B&N - Lincoln Park, Kay Willis Wyma signs I'm Happy for You (Sort Of...Not Really) Finding Contentment in a Culture of Comparison, 4PM

The Wild Detectives, POETRY READING – BONEHOUSE, 3PM

Denton

B&N - Golden Triangle Mall, Local Author Laura Maisano, Signing SCHISM, 1PM

Frisco

B&N - Stonebriar, Neal Shusterman signs Challenger Deep, 2PM

Garland
B&N - Firewheel Mall, Discussion and Signing With USA Today Bestselling Author Marc Cameron: Day Zero (Jericho Quinn Series #5), 2PM

Houston

Blue Willow Bookshop, celebrate Independent Bookstore Day with activities, food, giveaways and limited edition merchandise, all day

Brazos Bookstore, celebrate Independent Bookstore Day with refreshments, literary luminaries and limited edition swag, all day

Katy Budget Books, celebrate Independent Bookstore Day with limited edition merchandise, all day

Murder By the Book, Joy Preble will sign and discuss Finding Paris and Meredith Moore will sign and discuss I Am Her Revenge, 4:30PM

PJ's Coffee, Imagiread presents Books in Bloom: Stories for Families by Families + book swap, 10:30AM

River Oaks Bookstore, Martha Louise Hunter reads and signs Painting Juliana, 3PM

Hurst

B&N - NE Mall, Susan Mead signs Dance With Jesus From Grief to Grace, 1PM

Lewisville

B&N - Vista Ridge, George Arnold book signing, 1PM

San Antonio

Viva! Bookstore, celebrate Independent Bookstore Day!, all day

Southlake
B&N - Town Square, Author Signing Kelly Lavender, 11:30AM

Sugarland
B&N - First Colony Mall, Hooked by Allen Wolf ~ A Discussion and Signing Event, 1PM

Sunday, May 3:

Austin
B&N - Arboretum, Meet & Greet Book Signing With Francis Boafo, 2PM

BookPeople, Author ANNE BUSTARD speaking & signing Anywhere But Paradise, 3PM

BookWoman, The Gender Book Reading & Signing, 3:30PM

Malvern Books, The Lion & The Pirate Unplugged, 3PM

Monkeywrench Books, celebrating the release of the Green Anarchist Journal's third issue, 3PM