Monday Roundup: April 6 - 12!

Bookish events in Texas for the week of April 6 - April 12, 2015:

Special Events:
ARCHIZINES celebrates the resurgence of alternative and independent architectural publishing around the world, Houston, January 29 - April 17

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

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

North Texas Book Festival, Denton, April 10 - 11

Lone Star LesFic Festival, Austin, April 11

Greater Houston TeenBookCon, April 11

San Antonio Book Festival, April 11

DEAR Texas, statewide, April 12

Monday, April 6:

Austin
BookPeople, T. C. BOYLE speaking & signing his new novel, The Harder They Come, 7PM

Houston

Brazos Bookstore, Jon Gnarr reading and signing THE INDIAN, 7PM

Murder By the Book, Steve Berry will sign and discuss his new Cotton Malone thriller, The Patriot Threat, 6:30PM

Tuesday, April 7:

Austin
BookPeople, Author & Avid Recycler Matt London speaking & signing The 8th Continent, 6PM

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

Dallas
B&N - Lincoln Park, Jenni Hulet to Discuss and Sign My Paleo Patisserie: An Artisan Approach to Grain Free Baking, 7PM

Horchow Auditorium, Dennis Lehane shares insights into his new book World Gone By (part of DMA's Arts & Letters Live), 7:30PM

Northwood Country Club, Margaret Feinberg, author of Fight Back With Joy, will speak at the Festa della Donna Women’s Brunch, 10AM

The Wild Detectives, Sean Cotter and Shelby Vincent discuss the joys and terrors of translating literature, 7:30PM

Houston

B&N - Vanderbilt Square, Cynthia Bond: Ruby, 7PM

Brazos Bookstore, BARNEY FRANK speaking & signing Frank: A Life in Politics From the Great Society to Same-Sex Marriage, 7PM

KIPP Sharpstown, Space City Slam: Saturn Preliminary, 6PM

Murder By the Book, Susanna Kearsley will sign and discuss her new book A Desperate Fortune, 6:30PM

Outreach Center of West Houston, Paige McKenzie will discuss and sign her new novel, THE HAUNTING OF SUNSHINE GIRL, 7PM

Unity of Houston (Unity Church of Christianity), An Evening with Deepak Chopra followed by book signing, 7:30PM

San Marcos

TSU - The Wittliff Collections, The Lindsey Reading Series featuring Ben Fountain, 3:30PM

Wednesday, April 8:

Austin
BookPeople, Former Member of Congress BARNEY FRANK speaking & signing Frank: A Life in Politics From the Great Society to Same-Sex Marriage, 7PM

Malvern Books, Raw Paw reading series, which celebrates the release of a new issue of their poetry imprint, Mind Maze, 7PM

Ransom Center, Book Lecture: Hermione Lee "A Biographer's Quest," 4PM

Dallas
B&N - Lincoln Park, Cynthia Bond: Ruby, 7PM

Dallas Public Library - Lakewood Branch, presentation by local author and humorist Rose-Mary Rumbley, 1:30PM

Hall of State, Brian L. Brown and Paul Hightower will sign North Texas Beer: A Full-Bodied History of Brewing in Dallas, Fort Worth and Beyond, 6:30PM

HKS Inc., Geoff Dyer will discuss Another Great Day at Sea, 7PM

Houston

University of Houston - Honors College, Journeying through Spirituality: A Reading and Talk with Essayists Kim Meyer and Jessica Wilbanks, 5:30PM

Irving

Irving Public Library - West Irving, YouTube star Paige McKenzie discusses The Haunting of Sunshine Girl, 7PM

San Antonio

B&N - San Pedro, Melanie Shankle Signs Nobody's Cuter Than You: A Memoir about the Beauty of Friendship, 7PM

The Woodlands

B&N - Woodlands Mall, Danielle Paige: The Wicked Will Rise, 7PM

Thursday, April 9:

Allen
Allen Public Library, Christina Baker Kline will discuss Orphan Train, 7:30PM

Austin
BookPeople, EPIC READS - Sara Raasch, Danielle Paige, Heather Brewer and Victoria Aveyard, 7PM

Malvern Books, Novel Night with Drew Hayes & David Heymann, Q&A and open mic, 7PM

Dallas

B&N - Lincoln Park, Melanie Shankle:Nobody's Cuter than You A Memoir about the Beauty of Friendship, 7PM

Texas Theatre, Literary Death Match with Ben Fountain, Merritt Tierce, Alice Laussade, Tim Rogers, Will Clarke, J. Suzanne Frank and Joaquin Zihuatanejo, 7PM

Frisco

B&N - Stonebriar Mall, Paige McKenzie: The Haunting of Sunshine Girl Book One, 7PM

Grapevine
Books-A-Million, Shane Dawson will sign I Hate Myselfie, 6PM

Houston

Bohemeo's, Space City Slam: Titan Preliminary, 6PM

Brazos Bookstore, James Hannaham reading and signing DELICIOUS FOODS, 7PM

Museum of Fine Arts, author Reza Shah-Kazemi presents Tolerance: The Spirit at the Heart of Islam, 7PM

San Antonio
Our Lady of the Lake University, Denise Chávez reads from her new novel, The King and Queen of Comezón, 6PM

Friday, April 10:

Austin

B&N - Arboretum, Barbara Stark-Nemon:Even in Darkness A Novel, 7PM

BookPeople, Author & Conceptual Artist JAMES HANNAHAM speaking & signing Delicious Foods, 7PM

Paramount Theatre, Aimee Mann and Billy Collins in concert, 8PM

Stateside at the Paramount, Austin Poetry Slam presents the 2015 Slam Finals, 7:30PM

UT - Perry-Castañeda Library, Hamilton Book Awards Author Showcase and Reception, 4PM

Dallas
UT Dallas - School of Arts & Humanities, KEN LIGHT presents The Other America, 1969-2014 with book signing to follow, 7:30PM

Houston

Discovery Green, Orbit Poetry Slam, 6PM

River Oaks Bookstore, Marie Lenotre reads and signs Appetites: A Memoir, 4PM

Saturday, April 11:

Amarillo
Sam's Club, Jodi Thomas will be signing copies of her latest release ONE TRUE HEART, 11AM

Austin
BookPeople, Author CAROLE BUMPUS speaking & signing A Cup of Redemption, 6PM

Half Price Books - S Lamar, Janna Bierschwale will sell ad sign her kids’ book Abby and the Stolen Bone, 2PM

Malvern Books, The Lion & The Pirate Unplugged, 4PM

Dallas

Winspear Opera House, Billy Collins and Aimee Mann: Poetry, Music, and Conversation (DMA Arts & Letters Live), 7:30PM

El Paso
EPCC - The Little Temple, readings featuring Felipe de Ortego y Gasca, Robin Scofield, Ysella Ayn Fulton, and Michael García with open mic to follow, 7PM

Highland Park
Logos Books, Bethany Haley Williams will sign The Color of Grace, 3PM 

Houston

Half Price Books - Westheimer/Montrose, local author Michael Lewis will sign his parenting book Thank God for Women With Big HIPS, 2PM

Murder by the Book, Philip Kerr will sign and discuss his newest Bernie Gunther novel, The Lady from Zagreb, 4:30PM

Irving
South Irving Library, Andy Griffiths will discuss The 39-Story Treehouse, 11AM

Plano

B&N - Creekwalk Village, Lonna Enox signs Blood Relations, 2PM

B&N - Preston/Park, Keith Trotter signing 100 Small Steps The First 100 Pounds You Gotta Think Right, 2PM

Rockwall
Half Price Books, James Howell will sign Countdown to Atomgeddon, 1PM

San Antonio

Majestic Empire Theatre, Literary Death Match with Neal Pollack, Lance Rubin, Natalia Sylvester and Isabel Quintero, 7PM

The Twig Book Shop, Nancy Grossenbacher reads and signs The Butterfly Who Became A Cocoon, 11AM

Webster

B&N - Baybrook, Bill King signs Unapologetically Moderate: My Search for the Rational Center in American Politics, 12PM

The Woodlands

B&N - Woodlands Mall, Giacomo Giammatteo: A Bullet for Carlos, 2PM

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

College Station
B&N, local Texas authors book signing: Jeff Kerr, author of Seat of Empire, Robert Stevens, author of Master Robert and Merrill and Paul Bonarrigo, authors of Vineyard Cuisine, 2PM

Houston
River Oaks Bookstore, D.D. King reads and signs The Volunteer, 1PM

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