Monday Roundup: May 11 - 17

Bookish events in Texas for the week of May 11 - 17, 2015:

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

RT (fka Romantic Times) Booklovers Convention, Dallas, May 12 - 17

Monday, May 11:

Austin
BookPeople, Novelist KAMY WICOFF speaking & signing Wishful Thinking, 7PM

BookWoman, Annelies Zijderveld discusses and signs Steeped: Recipes Infused with Tea, 7PM

Beaumont
ART MUSEUM OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS, Jamie Brickhouse reading, signing, Q&A and reception for Dangerous When Wet, 5:30PM

Dallas
B&N - Lincoln Park, Rainbow Rowell signs Fangirl (B&N Exclusive Collector's Edition), 7PM

Parish Episcopal School - Midway Campus, David Brooks presents The Road to Character: The Humble Journey to an Excellent Life, 7PM

Fort Worth
B&N - Hulen, Taya Kyle signs American Wife A Memoir of Love, War, Faith, and Renewal, 7PM

Houston

Murder By the Book, Matthew Pearl will sign and discuss his new release, The Last Bookaneer, 6:30PM

Wortham Center, Inprint House Margarett Root Brown reading series presents Geoff Dyer, 7:30PM

Tuesday, May 12:

Austin
BookPeople, Co-Founder of HelloGiggles SOPHIA RIVKA ROSSI speaking & signing A Tale of Two Besties: A Hello Giggles Novel, 7PM

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

Dallas
B&N - Lincoln Park, Jen Lancaster signs I Regret Nothing A Memoir, 7PM

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

Houston

B&N - River Oaks, George Bush signs 41 A Portrait of My Father, 3PM

Brazos Bookstore, Jamie Brickhouse reads and signs DANGEROUS WHEN WET, 7PM

Warehouse Live, Houston Moth StorySLAM: Chemistry, 7:30PM

San Antonio

Gemini Ink, Actress & poet Amber Tamblyn reads from her new book Dark Sparkler and poet and publisher Derrick Brown reads from his latest collection, Our Poison Horse, 8PM

The Twig Book Shop, Kamy Wicoff reads and signs Wishful Thinking, 6PM

Wednesday, May 13:

Austin
BookPeople, Author JAMIE BRICKHOUSE speaking & signing Dangerous When Wet: A Memoir, 7PM

Malvern Books, Raw Paw Reading Series: release of the new issue of Mind Maze, 7PM

Scoot Inn, Lazers of Sexcellence 5.0 - A Poetry Show of Epic Proportions, 8PM

Dallas

Crescent Club, Lisa Shannon presents Mama Koko and the Hundred Gunmen, 6:30PM

Half Price Books Mothership, Meet Sophia Rivka Rossi, debut author and co-founder of HelloGiggles for a special book signing and HelloGiggles meet-up event, 7PM

Fort Worth

B&N - Hulen, Richard Rawlings signs Fast N' Loud Blood, Sweat and Beers, 7PM

Houston

Blue Willow Bookshop, Annelies Zijderveld will discuss and sign her cookbook, STEEPED: RECIPES INFUSED WITH TEA, 7PM

Menil Collection, The Watchful Eye: A WITS Student Reading, 7PM

Murder By the Book, Kathy and Becky Hepinstall will sign and discuss Sisters of Shiloh, 6:30PM

Irving
Irving Public Library - South Branch, We Need Diverse Books Young Adult Author Panel with authors Sona Charaipotra, Dhonielle Clayton, I.W. Gregorio, Marieke Nijkamp and Natalie C. Parker, 7PM

Thursday, May 14:

Allen
Allen Public Library, author Kenneth Mark Hoover discusses and signs his books, 7:30

Austin
BookPeople, Texas Authors KATHY & BECKY HEPINSTALL speaking & signing Sisters of Shiloh, 7PM

BookWoman, Second Thursday Open Mic featuring Susan Rooke, 7PM

Malvern Books, Novel Night with Richard Kendrick & Gary Hobbs, 7PM

Dallas

The Wild Detectives, , 7:30PM

Denton
J&J’s Pizza on the Square, Actress and writer Amber Tamblyn will share some of her poetry at next month’s Spiderweb Salon, 8PM

Houston

Blue Willow Bookshop, Sophia Rossi, HelloGiggles co-founder, will meet and greet fans as she discusses her new book, A TALE OF TWO BESTIES, 7PM

Brazos Bookstore, Dina Gachman reads and signs BROKENOMICS, 7PM

San Antonio

The Twig Book Shop, Jamie Brickhouse reads and signs Dangerous When Wet, 5:30PM

Friday, May 15:

Austin

BookPeople, Music & Culture Critic JESSICA HOPPER speaking & signing The First Collection of Criticism By a Living Female Rock Critic, 7PM

Dallas

Heroes Bar and Grill, Dallas Poetry Slam with Tova Charles and Zai Sadler, 8PM

Houston

Blue Willow Bookshop, Fierce Reads 2015 tour! Four amazing YA authors: Katie Finn, Lynne Matson, Marie Rutkoski & Lindsay Smith, 7PM

MECA, Orbit Poetry Slam, 6PM

Silver Street Studios, One Ton Goldfish: In Search of the Tangible Dream - Justin Garcia book debut & signing, 5PM

San Antonio
Gemini Ink, Making a Life in Writing: An Evening with Antonya Nelson and Laura Kasischke, 6:30PM

Saturday, May 16:

Amarillo
B&N, Linda Broday Signs Twice a Texas Bride, 2PM

Austin
BookPeople, Austin Author EMMA VIRJAN speaking & signing What This Story Needs Is A Pig In A Wig, 3PM

Dallas

B&N - Lincoln Park, Michelle Hartman Discusses Irony and Irreverence, 7PM

Horchow Auditorium, Oral Fixation—Destination America: True Stories of Immigration, 7:30PM

El Paso

B&N - Sunland Park, author signing: Mateo's Metamorphosis Journey, 1PM

Fort Worth
Half Price Books - Hulen, Michael Graves will sell and sign his newest book Ghosts: Revelations, 1PM

Harker Heights
B&N, Anna Black signing I'm Doin' Me, 12PM

Houston

Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, reading by New York-based poet and novelist Eileen Myles, 2PM

River Oaks Bookstore, Russell Sanders reads and signs The Book of Ethan, 3PM

Writespace, Book Launch: Find Your Voice with Sahar Paz, 7PM

Hurst

B&N - NE Mall, D.L. Tracey signs Tales from the Tables A Wicked Funny Look from the Waiter's Side of the Tables, 1PM

Plano

B&N - Preston/Park, Polly Holyoke signs The Neptune Challenge, 1PM

Round Rock

B&N - La Frontera, Douglas Mullis signs Gideon's Warriors, 2PM

San Antonio

The Twig Book Shop, Douglas B. Carlyle reads and signs Death by Times New Roman, 11AM

Southlake
B&N - Town Square, George Dalton signs A Collision of Dreams, 11AM

Watauga

Half Price Books, Cathy Beddow Keener will sell and sign her children's book Jazzy Bunny Get Floppy-ear-itis, 12PM

Sunday, May 17:

Austin
BookPeople, We Need Diverse Books YA Author Panel: I. W. Gregorio, Natalie C. Parker, Sona Charaipotra, Dhonielle Clayton and Marike Nijkamp, 1PM

Fort Worth
Half Price Books - Ridgmar, local author James Howell will sign his book Countdown to Atomgeddon: The Race to Build the First Atomic Bomb, 1PM

Houston

Brazos Bookstore, AFA/Brazos Concert performance/reading, 4PM

Murder By the Book, Mary Robinette Kowal will sign and discuss her newest book, Of Noble Family, and Marie Brennan will sign and discuss Voyage of the Basilisk, 2PM

Irving
Irving Public Library - South Branch, Macmillan’s Fierce Reads Spring Fling 2015 Tour featuring authors Katie Finn, Lynne Matson, Marie Rutkoski and Lindsay Smith, 2PM

San Antonio

The Twig Book Shop, Jeanne Sellers reads and signs Lakefront Lies, 11AM