Monday Roundup: TEXAS LITERARY CALENDAR May 21-27, 2018

Bookish goings-on in Texas for the week of May 21-27, 2018: 

Special Events:
New Ideas 2: A Festival of New Plays, Dallas, May 18-26

Elena Gallego Rare Books Pop-up Shop, San Antonio, May 19-June 3

Boldface Conference, Houston, May 21-25

Comicpalooza, Houston, May 25-27

Ongoing Exhibits:

Routine Fables, Houston, May 25-July 29

Monday, May 21:

Austin
Austin CentralLibrary, Chad Sarno cooking demonstration and signing of The Wicked Healthy Cookbook, 6:30PM

BookPeople, AMY CHOZICK speaking & signing Chasing Hillary (In Conversation with Mimi Swartz of Texas Monthly), 7PM

Dallas
Interabang Books, Gilbert King discussing and signing BENEATH A RUTHLESS SUN, 7PM

Houston

Brazos Bookstore, poet Justin Jamail reading from and signing EXCHANGEABLE BONDS, 7PM

Richardson
Richardson Public Library, Writers Guild of Texas workshop: "Point of View + Voice" with Carmen Goldthwaite, 7PM

Tuesday, May 22:

Austin

BookPeople, PAIGE DAVIS speaking & signing Here We Grow, 7PM

Jack Allen's Kitchen Anderson Lane, book signing happy hour with Kenny Braun, author of As Far as You Can See, 5PM

Malvern Books, Malvern’s Multi-Verse with Cecily Sailer, 7PM

Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam featuring Chucky Black, 7PM

Dallas

Dallas Museum of Art, Arts & Letters Live presents award-winning author Michael Ondaatje discussing his new novel, Warlight, with author Bret Anthony Johnston, director of the Michener Center for Writers, 7:30PM

Half Price Books - The Mothership, Katherine Center reading and signing How to Walk Away, 7PM [numbered-pass event]

Interabang Books, John Branch discussing and signing THE LAST COWBOYS, 7PM

The Wild Detectives, Carina Chocano discussing and signing You Play the Girl: On Playboy Bunnies, Stepford Wives, Train Wrecks, & Other Mixed Messages, 7:30PM

Decatur
Decatur Public Library, Julia Heaberlin reading and signing Paper Ghosts, 6:30PM

Houston

The Black Labrador, Houston Writers House social: Amy Megill (aka Editor Amy) presents "Preparing to Work with and Later Working with an Editor," 6:30PM

Warehouse Live, the Houston Moth StorySLAM presents "Ego," 7:30PM

McAllen
B&N - Palms Crossing, Story time: Local author Iona Cordero reading Paramedics to the Rescue!, 10AM

McAllen Public Library, The Storybook Garden hosts Natalia Sylvester reading and signing Everyone Knows You Go Home, 6PM

Nacogdoches
The Bosslight, Author and Bosslight manager Tim Bryant discusses his first novel, DUTCH CURRIDGE, 6:30PM

San Antonio

The Mix, PuroSlam, 9:30PM

The Twig Book Shop, Barbara Ras and Kathy Fagan Poetry Reading, 6PM

Weslaco

Mayor Joe V. Sanchez Public Library, The Storybook Garden hosts award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes to talk about her books, including her latest, GHOST BOYS, 6:30PM

Wednesday, May 23:

Austin
BookPeople, JOHN BRANCH speaking & signing The Last Cowboys (In Conversation with: Kevin Robbins), 7PM

Malvern Books, An Evening with David Abel & Cathy Eisenhower, 7PM

Boerne
Herff-Rozelle Farm, German author Barbara Ortwein will discuss At Journey's End: Texas Forever, the final book in her Texas Saga Trilogy, 10:30AM

Dallas

B&N - Lincoln Park, The Poppy War book signing with R.F. Kuang, 7PM

The Wild Detectives, Join local writers and activists for a conversation about the #TimesUp movement as they consider where race does or not fit into it (moderated by Sanderia Faye, author of Mourner’s Bench), 7:30PM

Houston

Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Slam, 7:30PM

Renee's on the Bayou, Poetic Nights on the Bayou featuring Kyle Blue, 7PM

St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, Brazos Bookstore presents Michael Ondaatje, reading from his book WARLIGHT, 7PM [ticketed event]

San Antonio
San Antonio Country Club, Lewis Fisher will join the San Antonio Bibilophiles Club to discuss his newest book, Maverick: The American Name That Became a Legend, 10:30AM

The Twig Book Shop, Katherine Center reading and signing How to Walk Away, 5PM

Thursday, May 24:

Austin

Austin Central Library, Pulitzer Prize-winner Jack E. Davis will read from and discuss The Gulf: The Making of an American Sea, with local writer Juli Berwald (author of Spineless), 7PM

BookPeople, KATHERINE CENTER speaking & signing How to Walk Away, 7PM

Dallas

Deep Vellum Books, Nonfiction Authors Association DFW Monthly Meetup, 7PM

Interabang Books, Amy Poeppel reading and signing LIMELIGHT, 7PM

The Wild Detectives, Ijeoma Oluo discussing and signing So You Want to Talk about Race, 7:30PM

Fort Worth
The Fort Worth Club, The World Affairs Council of DFW hosts Bret Baier discussing and signing Three Days in Moscow: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of the Soviet Empire, 11:30AM

Houston

B&N - Vanderbilt Square, In My Hands: Compelling Stories from a Surgeon and His Patients Fighting Cancer book signing with Steven A. Curley, 12PM

Brazos Bookstore, Dickson Lam reading and signing PAPER SONS, 7PM

Katy Budget Books, Summer Slam for teens and kids, 6PM

Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church, Brazos Bookstore presents Rachel Kushner reading from her new book THE MARS ROOM, 7:30PM

River Oaks Bookstore, Michael Eason discussing and signing Wildflowers of Texas, 5PM

San Antonio

B&N - San Pedro, Reaper: Ghost Target book signing with Nicholas Irving, 7PM

Palo Alto College, San Antonio’s Literary History: A Plática with Tomás Ybarra-Frausto and Carmen Tafolla, 6:30PM

Sugar Land

B&N - First Colony, Story time with local author Maria Ashworth, 10AM

Friday, May 25:

Austin

BookPeople, ANNE KEENE speaking & signing The Cloudbuster Nine, 7PM

Malvern Books, I Scream Social Reading & Open Mic featuring Claudia Delfina Cardona, Nia Brookins, and Maggie Ilersich, 7PM

Dallas

South Dallas Cultural Center, Former Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Diane Ragsdale will moderate a panel with Rev. Dr. Leroy Haynes, Jr., Marvin Crenshaw, Skip Shockley, Sister Sonceria Messiah, and B.L. Smith, all members of the original Dallas and Denton Panthers, along with Ernest McMillan, founder of the Dallas chapter of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, to discuss The Black Panther Party in a City Near You, 7PM

Houston

Kaboom Books, Poetry of the Imagination: A Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Reading, 7PM

Library Coffee and Wine House, Xone Poetry presents Rhythmz II: Spring 'n da Groove, 7PM

Saturday, May 26:

Austin

Half Price Books - N. Lamar, local author Ned Wolf will sell and sign his fantasy books from The Nandia Trilogy, 1PM

Malvern Books, book launch for Amanda Johnston's Another Way to Say Enter (with Lisa L. Moore), 7PM

Cleburne

The Published Page Bookshop, Diane Schallen discussing and signing Explore Medieval Times, 12PM

Dallas

Interabang Books, Connie Simpson discussing and signing THE NANNY CONNIE WAY, 7PM

Latino Cultural Center, Dave Gutierrez will be giving a lecture on his critically acclaimed book Patriots from the Barrio with a book signing to follow, 2PM

El Paso

B&N - Sunland Park, Richard Ochoa signing Unstoppable, 1PM

Galveston

Galveston Bookshop, Jim Sanderson signing La Mordida, 2PM

Houston

Brasil, Houston VIP Slam and workshop featuring Jonathan Mendoza, 7PM

Guava Lamp, heART & SOUL presents Volume 104: Hear Him, 5PM

Half Price Books - Clear Lake, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last

Murder By the Book, Mark Oshiro will sign and discuss Anger Is A Gift, and Caleb Roehrig will sign and discuss White Rabbit, 4:30PM

River Oaks Bookstore, poetry and art with Mong-Lan, 3PM

Katy

Cinco Ranch Branch Library, Ancient Empires series: Islamic Art and Architecture with former architecture professor Sheba Akhtar, author of Of Color and Form, 1PM

San Antonio

B&N - San Pedro, Ned Wolf signing Nandia's Children, 4PM

Imagine Books & Records, Dali's Mustache: Poetry and Music, 8PM

The Twig Book Shop, Kevin Greenblat signing Plant Life of Western Texas, 11AM

Tyler

B&N, The Truck That Could Not Move book signing with Rosemarie Swadley Davis, 2PM

Sunday, May 27:

Austin

Malvern Books, Readings from Donna M. Johnson’s Personal Narrative Workshop, 4PM

Dallas

Half Price Books - The Mother Ship, local author Leonard Critcher will sell and sign his book Welcome to the Metroplex!, a complete guide to DFW, 1PM

Houston

Brazos Bookstore, Public Poetry presents poets Erica Nichol and RJ Wright, 5PM