
Special Events:
ConDFW XVI, February 10-12
Black History Month Writer’s Showcase, Cedar Hill, February 11-12
Houston Authors Bash, February 11-12
Ongoing Exhibits:
Tracy Gee Community Center, SCBWI Houston workshop: Mentor Texts: Never Write Alone Again with Pat Miller, author of The Hole Story, 7PM
Huntsville
Sam Houston State, Keramet Reiter will discuss 23/7: Pelican Bay Prison and the Rise of Long-Term Solitary Confinement, 9AM
MATCH Houston, Dr. Peter Marra will discuss and sign Cat Wars: The Devastating Consequences of a Cuddly Killer, 7PM
B&N - Preston/Royal, Clay G. Small will discuss and sign Heels Over Head, 2PM
The Writer's Garret, Workshop: Partner Zines for Lovers and Others with Lisa Huffaker, 10AM
El Paso
Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: Nancy Lorenza Green presents Inspirational Voices: Audrey Lorde, 12:45PM
Fort Worth
Fort Worth Writer's Boot Camp, Write Fearlessly! with Rachel Pilcher, 1PM
Harker Heights
B&N, The Good Daughter book signing with Alexandra Burt, 3PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Amor Towles reads and signs A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW, 7PM
Children's Museum of Houston, Author and former Houston Texans player Wade Smith will read and sign Smitty Hits the Books, 1PM
Express Children's Theatre, Space City Preliminary Slam, 2PM
Half Price Books - Clear Lake, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release!, all day
Stories to Tell: Selections from the Harry Ransom Center, Austin, February 6-July 16
The Human Experience: From Texas to the World literacy initiative, Houston, January 18-May 18
The Lost Generation: World War I Poetry, Denton, January 17-May 11
Storyland: A Trip Through Childhood Favorites, Fort Worth, January 21-May 7
Monday, February 6:
The Human Experience: From Texas to the World literacy initiative, Houston, January 18-May 18
The Lost Generation: World War I Poetry, Denton, January 17-May 11
Storyland: A Trip Through Childhood Favorites, Fort Worth, January 21-May 7
Monday, February 6:
Dallas
Dallas Museum of Arts, Arts & Letters Live presents Texas Bound I: Fragments of Discovery: Constance Gold Parry reads Door and Puzzles by Fabiana Elisa Martínez, and Harriet Harris reads Sh’khol by Colum McCann, 7:30PM
Houston
Alley Theatre, Houston Public Library Quarterly Reading Series: Terry McMillan will discuss her latest novel I Almost Forgot About You, 7:30PM
Brazos Bookstore, Gulf Coast Journal and Bat City Review present a reading featuring Nick Flynn, Kurt Henzelman, Taisia Kitaiskaia, and Dan Chu, 7PM
Murder By the Book, Deborah Crombie will discuss her newest Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James book, Garden of Lamentations (pre-order your copy for personalized signing prior to the event), 6:30PMDallas Museum of Arts, Arts & Letters Live presents Texas Bound I: Fragments of Discovery: Constance Gold Parry reads Door and Puzzles by Fabiana Elisa Martínez, and Harriet Harris reads Sh’khol by Colum McCann, 7:30PM
Houston
Alley Theatre, Houston Public Library Quarterly Reading Series: Terry McMillan will discuss her latest novel I Almost Forgot About You, 7:30PM
Brazos Bookstore, Gulf Coast Journal and Bat City Review present a reading featuring Nick Flynn, Kurt Henzelman, Taisia Kitaiskaia, and Dan Chu, 7PM
Tracy Gee Community Center, SCBWI Houston workshop: Mentor Texts: Never Write Alone Again with Pat Miller, author of The Hole Story, 7PM
Huntsville
Sam Houston State, Keramet Reiter will discuss 23/7: Pelican Bay Prison and the Rise of Long-Term Solitary Confinement, 9AM
Tuesday, February 7:
Austin
BookWoman, Barbara Frances reading and signing Like I Used to Dance: A Novel, 7PM
The North Door, Owen Egerton's One Page Salon featuring Alex Baia, Janet Maykus, Danny Smith, Nick Wade, Johnny Holden, and Alexandra Thomas, 7:30PM
Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM
Dallas
B&N - Lincoln Park, Garden of Lamentations: A Novel book signing with Deborah Crombie, 7PM
B&N - SMU, Clay G. Small will discuss and sign Heels Over Head, 5PM
The North Door, Owen Egerton's One Page Salon featuring Alex Baia, Janet Maykus, Danny Smith, Nick Wade, Johnny Holden, and Alexandra Thomas, 7:30PM
Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM
Dallas
B&N - Lincoln Park, Garden of Lamentations: A Novel book signing with Deborah Crombie, 7PM
B&N - SMU, Clay G. Small will discuss and sign Heels Over Head, 5PM
Fort Worth
The Dock Bookshop, Fort Worth Poetry Slam and Open Mic, 8PM
Houston
Blue Willow Bookshop, Lisa McMann will discuss and sign her novel DRAGON CAPTIVES, a companion book to THE UNWANTEDS series, 5PM
Houston
Blue Willow Bookshop, Lisa McMann will discuss and sign her novel DRAGON CAPTIVES, a companion book to THE UNWANTEDS series, 5PM
Brazos Bookstore, Caroline Leech reads and signs WAIT FOR ME, 7PM
Fix Coffeebar, Poetry Fix featuring Erika Jo Brown and BJ Love, 6:30PM
Warehouse Live, Houston Moth StorySLAM: "Love Hurts," 7:30PM
Huntsville
Sam Houston State, "A Comedic Night of Nakedness" with Harlan Cohen, author of The Naked Roommate: And 107 Other Issues You Might Run Into in College, 6PM
San Antonio
Fix Coffeebar, Poetry Fix featuring Erika Jo Brown and BJ Love, 6:30PM
Warehouse Live, Houston Moth StorySLAM: "Love Hurts," 7:30PM
Huntsville
Sam Houston State, "A Comedic Night of Nakedness" with Harlan Cohen, author of The Naked Roommate: And 107 Other Issues You Might Run Into in College, 6PM
San Antonio
The Korova, PuroSlam with DJ Donnie Dee, 10PM
South Padre Island
Paragraphs on Padre, Meet the Author Series: David Harry Tannenbaum discusses and signs Out of the Depths, 1PM
Wednesday, February 8:
South Padre Island
Paragraphs on Padre, Meet the Author Series: David Harry Tannenbaum discusses and signs Out of the Depths, 1PM
Wednesday, February 8:
Austin
BookPeople, ALEX HORTON, BRANDON CARO, and TERESA FAZIO speaking & signing The Road Ahead: Fiction from the Forever War (panel discussion moderated by PHILIPP MEYER and BRIAN VAN REET), 7PM
BookPeople, ALEX HORTON, BRANDON CARO, and TERESA FAZIO speaking & signing The Road Ahead: Fiction from the Forever War (panel discussion moderated by PHILIPP MEYER and BRIAN VAN REET), 7PM
Malvern Books, An Evening with poet Sho Sugita & local writer and translator Eduardo Aparicio, 7PM
Dallas
Dallas
UT Dallas, Center for Values in Medicine, Science and Technology Lecture Series: The Power of Science Fiction with Melissa Littlefield, author of The Lying Brain: Lie Detection in Science and Science Fiction, 7:30PM
World Affairs Council Offices, Robert S. Kaplan discusses What You Really Need to Lead: The Power of Thinking and Acting Like an Owner, 6:30PM
Denton
Denton South Branch Library, Professor's Corner featuring the poetry of Texas Poet Laureate Paul Ruffin, 7PM
Houston
World Affairs Council Offices, Robert S. Kaplan discusses What You Really Need to Lead: The Power of Thinking and Acting Like an Owner, 6:30PM
Denton
Denton South Branch Library, Professor's Corner featuring the poetry of Texas Poet Laureate Paul Ruffin, 7PM
Houston
Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Slam, 7:30PM
Murder By the Book, John Lescroart will sign and discuss his new stand-alone thriller Fatal, and Kelly Parsons will sign and discuss Under the Knife, 6:30PM
San Antonio
Rebar, Kinyo Poetry Live: "Mayor Ivory Taylorless," 8:30PM
Thursday, February 9:
Murder By the Book, John Lescroart will sign and discuss his new stand-alone thriller Fatal, and Kelly Parsons will sign and discuss Under the Knife, 6:30PM
San Antonio
Rebar, Kinyo Poetry Live: "Mayor Ivory Taylorless," 8:30PM
Thursday, February 9:
Austin
B&N - Sunset Valley, Nothing to Prove: Why We Can Stop Trying So Hard book signing with Jennie Allen, 7PM
BookPeople, GEOFFREY COWAN speaking & signing Let the People Rule (in conversation withDouglas Brinkley), 7PM
BookWoman, Second Thursday poetry open mic featuring Desiree Morales and Ashley Smith Keyfitz, 7:15PM
Harry Ransom Center, "From Mainz to Austin: Carl H. Pforzheimer's Gutenberg Bible" with Eric White, Curator of Rare Books at Princeton University, 7PM
B&N - Sunset Valley, Nothing to Prove: Why We Can Stop Trying So Hard book signing with Jennie Allen, 7PM
BookPeople, GEOFFREY COWAN speaking & signing Let the People Rule (in conversation withDouglas Brinkley), 7PM
BookWoman, Second Thursday poetry open mic featuring Desiree Morales and Ashley Smith Keyfitz, 7:15PM
Harry Ransom Center, "From Mainz to Austin: Carl H. Pforzheimer's Gutenberg Bible" with Eric White, Curator of Rare Books at Princeton University, 7PM
Malvern Books, Novel Night with S.D. Banks and Sugar Lee Ryder, 7PM
Mr. Catfish & More, NeoSoul Poetry ATX, 8PM
Burnet
Herman Brown Library, Coffee Talks featuring Cynthia Leal Massey, author of Death of a Texas Ranger, Winner of 2015 Will Rogers Silver Medallion Award for Best Western Non-fiction, 1:30PM
Dallas
Half Price Books Mother Ship, actor, writer, producer, and author Robert Knott will discuss and sign Robert B. Parker’s Revelation, 7PM
Mr. Catfish & More, NeoSoul Poetry ATX, 8PM
Burnet
Herman Brown Library, Coffee Talks featuring Cynthia Leal Massey, author of Death of a Texas Ranger, Winner of 2015 Will Rogers Silver Medallion Award for Best Western Non-fiction, 1:30PM
Dallas
Half Price Books Mother Ship, actor, writer, producer, and author Robert Knott will discuss and sign Robert B. Parker’s Revelation, 7PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Jeanne Scheper discusses and signs MOVING PERFORMANCES, 7PM
Jung Center of Houston, "Channeling and Creativity" with Erin Prophet, author of Prophet’s Daughter: My Life with Elizabeth Clare Prophet Inside Church Universal and Triumphant, 7PM
Brazos Bookstore, Jeanne Scheper discusses and signs MOVING PERFORMANCES, 7PM
Jung Center of Houston, "Channeling and Creativity" with Erin Prophet, author of Prophet’s Daughter: My Life with Elizabeth Clare Prophet Inside Church Universal and Triumphant, 7PM
Murder By the Book, Reed Farrel Coleman will sign and discuss What You Break, 6:30PM
Museum of Fine Arts, Glassell School Core Program Lecture: Martha Rosler, author of Culture Class, 7PM
San Antonio
Museum of Fine Arts, Glassell School Core Program Lecture: Martha Rosler, author of Culture Class, 7PM
San Antonio
Red Balloon Bookshop, Holly Goldberg Sloan will read and sign SHORT, 6:30PM
San Antonio Public Library, 5th San Antonio Book Festival author lineup announcement event, 10AM
South Padre Island
South Padre Island Community Center, local author, historian, island explorer, and treasure hunter Steve Hathcock discusses causeway collapse with David Tannenbaum, 12PM
San Antonio Public Library, 5th San Antonio Book Festival author lineup announcement event, 10AM
South Padre Island
South Padre Island Community Center, local author, historian, island explorer, and treasure hunter Steve Hathcock discusses causeway collapse with David Tannenbaum, 12PM
Friday, February 10:
Austin
BookPeople, REED FARREL COLEMAN speaking and signing What You Break, and ROBERT KNOTT speaking & signing Robert B. Parker's Revelation, 7PM
Malvern Books, An Evening with poets Michael McLaughlin & mónica teresa ortiz, 7PM
Dallas
BookPeople, REED FARREL COLEMAN speaking and signing What You Break, and ROBERT KNOTT speaking & signing Robert B. Parker's Revelation, 7PM
Malvern Books, An Evening with poets Michael McLaughlin & mónica teresa ortiz, 7PM
Dallas
Dallas Museum of Art, Arts & Letters Live presents Simon Tolkien, author of No Man's Land, and Amor Towles, author of A Gentleman in Moscow, 7:30PM
Heroes Lounge, Dallas Poetry Slam present the GNO Show, 8PM
Lucky Dog Books - Oak Cliff, Poets on X+ hosted by Opalina Salas and Carlos Salas, 7PM
Fort Worth
The Library Cafe, Fort Worth Poetry Slam: Love Jonz Presents Love's Breeeze A Special Valentine's Dinner & Performance featuring Karolina Breeze, 8PM
Houston
Murder By the Book, MBTB Irregulars Open House, 5PM
South Padre Island
Paragraphs on Padre, Meet the Author Series: Audrey Ashline Svec reads and signs Venetian Sunset, 1PM
Lucky Dog Books - Oak Cliff, Poets on X+ hosted by Opalina Salas and Carlos Salas, 7PM
Fort Worth
The Library Cafe, Fort Worth Poetry Slam: Love Jonz Presents Love's Breeeze A Special Valentine's Dinner & Performance featuring Karolina Breeze, 8PM
Houston
Murder By the Book, MBTB Irregulars Open House, 5PM
South Padre Island
Paragraphs on Padre, Meet the Author Series: Audrey Ashline Svec reads and signs Venetian Sunset, 1PM
Saturday, February 11:
Austin
BookPeople, CAROL S. STEIKER & JORDAN M. STEIKER speaking & signing Courting Death:The Supreme Court and Capital Punishment, 3PM
Half Price Books - North Lamar, local author and former winner of the O. Henry Pun-Off World Championship Carlotta Eike Stankiewicz will sell and sign Haiku Austin, 1PM
Malvern Books, The Lion & The Pirate Unplugged: an inclusive open mic, 7PM
B&N - Lincoln Park, Michelle Hartman, editor of Red River Review, signs The Lost Journal of my Second Trip to Purgatory, 6PMBookPeople, CAROL S. STEIKER & JORDAN M. STEIKER speaking & signing Courting Death:The Supreme Court and Capital Punishment, 3PM
Half Price Books - North Lamar, local author and former winner of the O. Henry Pun-Off World Championship Carlotta Eike Stankiewicz will sell and sign Haiku Austin, 1PM
Malvern Books, The Lion & The Pirate Unplugged: an inclusive open mic, 7PM
B&N - Preston/Royal, Clay G. Small will discuss and sign Heels Over Head, 2PM
The Writer's Garret, Workshop: Partner Zines for Lovers and Others with Lisa Huffaker, 10AM
El Paso
Fort Worth
Fort Worth Writer's Boot Camp, Write Fearlessly! with Rachel Pilcher, 1PM
Harker Heights
B&N, The Good Daughter book signing with Alexandra Burt, 3PM
Houston
Blue Willow Bookshop, Amor Towles will hold a meet and greet for Gentleman in Moscow, his bestselling novel, 3PM
Children's Museum of Houston, Author and former Houston Texans player Wade Smith will read and sign Smitty Hits the Books, 1PM
Express Children's Theatre, Space City Preliminary Slam, 2PM
River Oaks Bookstore, Erin M. Hicks discusses and signs Houston Soups and Sips, 3PM
Writespace, All About Love Open Mic, 7:30PM
San Antonio
B&N - Bandera Pointe, Jane Alvey Harris signs Riven, 2PM
South Padre Island
Paragraphs on Padre, Meet the Author Series: Barbara Lamar reads and signs True Families, 1PM
Southlake
B&N - Town Square, Kathy Chamberlin reading and signing Ellie the Elephant and the Day She Remembers. 11AM
South Padre Island
Paragraphs on Padre, Meet the Author Series: Barbara Lamar reads and signs True Families, 1PM
Southlake
B&N - Town Square, Kathy Chamberlin reading and signing Ellie the Elephant and the Day She Remembers. 11AM
Tyler
B&N, local author Joe Bates, MD, signs Making Your Brain Hum: 12 Weeks to a Smarter You, 2PM
Webster
B&N - Baybrook, Gulf Poets Society meeting featuring Stephen Gros, 10:30AM
Webster
B&N - Baybrook, Gulf Poets Society meeting featuring Stephen Gros, 10:30AM
Weslaco
The Storybook Garden, Author Meet & Greet - Rebecca Luna, 11AM
The Woodlands
B&N - Woodlands Mall, James Farrell signs Up, Up and Gone! My Forty-Seven Years in the Airline Industry, 2PM
Sunday, February 12:
Austin
4th Tap Brewing Co-op, Revel Unclassified Sunday Brunch: musicians, writers, and artists will collaborate to tell stories through music, spoken word, and visual art, 12:30PM
BookPeople, DEBBIE PEARSON speaking & signing The Blueprint to Age Your Way, 3PM
Half Price Books - North Lamar, local author Rudy Leeman will sell and sign For Everything a Season: A Historical Novel of an Immigrant Family, 1PM
Malvern Books, Austin Writers Roulette presents "Romance and Other Patriarchal Fantasies," 4PM
Dallas
B&N - Preston/Royal, M.J. Dougherty discusses and signs Life Lessons from a Total Failure, 3PM4th Tap Brewing Co-op, Revel Unclassified Sunday Brunch: musicians, writers, and artists will collaborate to tell stories through music, spoken word, and visual art, 12:30PM
BookPeople, DEBBIE PEARSON speaking & signing The Blueprint to Age Your Way, 3PM
Half Price Books - North Lamar, local author Rudy Leeman will sell and sign For Everything a Season: A Historical Novel of an Immigrant Family, 1PM
Malvern Books, Austin Writers Roulette presents "Romance and Other Patriarchal Fantasies," 4PM
Dallas
Dallas Public Library - North Oak Cliff Branch, lecture with Dr. Kendall Brown, author of Quiet Beauty: The Japanese Gardens of North America (followed by a guided tour of the Japanese garden in Kidd Springs Park), 3PM
Half Price Books Mothership, Local Author Sundays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, all day
Houston
Brazilian Arts Foundation Cultural Center, “Pablo Neruda and Flamenco Rhythms” – An afternoon of music and poetry with Randy Cordero and Reyes Ramirez, 3PM
Murder By the Book, Sophie Jordan will sign and discuss her newest novel Rise of Fire, and Lily Blackwood will sign and discuss The Rebel of Clan Kincaid, 2PM
San Antonio
B&N - La Cantera, February Sunday Storytime: Guest Author H. Rick Goff, 12PM
Houston
Brazilian Arts Foundation Cultural Center, “Pablo Neruda and Flamenco Rhythms” – An afternoon of music and poetry with Randy Cordero and Reyes Ramirez, 3PM
Murder By the Book, Sophie Jordan will sign and discuss her newest novel Rise of Fire, and Lily Blackwood will sign and discuss The Rebel of Clan Kincaid, 2PM
San Antonio
B&N - La Cantera, February Sunday Storytime: Guest Author H. Rick Goff, 12PM
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