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BOOKISH TEXAS EVENTS

2.22.2015

Special Events

• Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Exhibition, Austin, February 10–July 6, 2015
• Dallas Festival of Ideas, February 27–28
• Re:write Conference, Austin, February 27–28
• Houston Authors Bash, Katy, February 28

 

Sunday, February 22

 

Austin

• BookPeople, Bestselling Young Adult author Richelle Mead speaking and signing The Ruby Circle: A Bloodlines Novel, 2PM
• BookWoman, Book talk about the death penalty with Dorothy Van Soest, author of Just Mercy, 4PM
• Kick Butt Coffee, Spoken and Heard, 7PM

 

Dallas

• Horchow Auditorium, Jacqueline Woodson presents Brown Girl Dreaming, 3PM
• Wordspace Dallas presents LeAnne Howe and student readers from Yavneh Academy Denise Folz and Cassie Gross [rsvp for location], 2PM
• The Wild Detectives, First Hearings by Leanne Howe, 7PM

 

Houston

• Barnes & Noble—River Oaks, Ella Leya: The Orphan Sky book signing, 1PM
• Katy Budget Books, Erica Spindler discusses and signs her latest thriller, The First Wife, 2PM

 

Monday, February 23

 

Austin

• Cheer Up Charlies, Texas Book Festival Hearts Indies with NANO Fiction, A Strange Object/Covered with Fur, American Short Fiction, Fields, Smoking Glue Gun, Write Bloody Now, Bat City, Litragger, and The Austin Review, 6:30PM
• Rattle Inn, Texas Observer Rabble Rouser Round-Up and Fat Cat Schmoozefest with Lizz Winstead, 6PM

 

El Paso

• Grynde Bar, Bordersenses Barbed Wire Open Mic Poetry, 8PM

 

Houston

• Murder by the Book, Erica Spindler will sign and discuss The First Wife, 6:30PM
• Wortham Theater Center, Cullen Theater, 2014/2015 Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series presents an evening with award-winning poets Mary Szybist and Kevin Young, 7:30PM

 

Tuesday, February 24

 

Austin

• BookPeople, MysteryPeople presents Jamie Mason in conversation with Mark Pryor about Mason's new novel, Monday's Lie, 7PM
• Malvern Books, an evening with writer Christine Fischer Guy reading from her debut novel, The Umbrella Mender, 7PM
• Resistencia Bookstore, History, Truth & Fiction: An Evening with Tim Z. Hernandez & Natalia Sylvester, 7PM
• Spider House Cafe & Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM

 

Dallas

• Dallas Public Library, Skillman Southwestern Branch, Doug J. Swanson will read from and discuss his latest book, Blood Aces, 6PM
• Rosewood Crescent Hotel, Robert L. Grenier presents 88 Days to Kandahar: A CIA Diary, 6:30PM

 

El Paso

• Black Orchid Lounge, Bordersenses Barbed Wire Open Mic poetry, 8PM

 

Houston

• Brasil, Glass Mountain monthly reading series, TBA
• Brazos Bookstore, Minerva Perez reads and signs I Gotta Story, 7PM
• Murder by the Book, Sophie Jordan will sign and discuss Unleashed and Victoria Scott will sign and discuss Salt & Stone, 6:30PM

 

Lubbock

• Lubbock Public Library, Mahon (Downtown) branch, Caprock Writers' Alliance presents agent and author Sarah Negovetich, 7PM

 

San Antonio

• Gemini Ink, Great Books Series Seminar: Flannery O’Connor, 5:30PM

 

Wednesday, February 25

 

Austin

• BookPeople, Austin Chronicle Short Story Contest Winners Party, 7PM
• Malvern Books, Valentin Sandoval reads from his new poetic novel, South Sun Rises (with Daniel Apodaca), 7PM
• Stinson's Bistro, The Austin Review Issue 3 celebration, 8PM

 

Dallas

• The Wild Detectives, author reading, Ernie Wood and One Red Thread, 7:30PM

 

Houston

• Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry WAN Year Anniversary Party, 7:15PM
• Brazos Bookstore, Ted Estess reads and signs Fishing Spirit Lake and Sybil Estess reads and signs Like That, 7PM
• Improv Comedy Showcase and Restaurant, Heir to the Throne featuring Houston's Next Generation of Poets, 8PM
• Teatro Bilingue de Houston, The Tintero (Inkwell) Readings, 7:30PM

 

Southlake

• Barnes & Noble, Jennifer Senior reads and signs All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood, 7PM

 

Thursday, February 26

 

Austin

• BookPeople, author and social worker Julia Aziz speaking and signing Lessons of Labor: One Woman's Self-Discovery Through Birth and Motherhood, 7PM
• Malvern Books, W. Joe’s Poetry Corner with Ash Smith, 7PM

 

Dallas

• Barnes & Noble Lincoln Park, Hayley Mason, Bill Staley, and Caitlin Nagleson present Make it Paleo II: Over 175 New Grain-Free Recipes for the Primal Palate, 7PM
• Highland Park High School, Highland Park Literary Festival welcomes award-winning author Jeanette Walls as keynote speaker, 7PM
• Kettle Art, Pegasus Reading Series featuring Gregory Brownderville and Chelsea Wagenaar, 7PM
• Rosewood Crescent Hotel, David Axelrod presents Believer: My Forty Years in Politics, 7PM

 

Fort Worth

• TCU Kelly Center, an evening with Tom Zigal, TBA

 

Houston

• Architecture Center Houston, Authors in Architecture featuring Lake|Flato Houses: Embracing the Landscape, 5:30PM
• Brazos Bookstore, Jan Jarboe Russell reads and signs The Train to Crystal City, 7PM
• Outreach Center of West Houston, Ambassador Chase Untermeyer will discuss and his new book, Inside Reagan's Navy, 7PM
• River Oaks Bookstore, Jeffrey Lewis reads and signs Inquisitor’s Diary, 6PM

 

North Richland Hills

• North Richland Hills Public Library, Behind the Book: Joanne Fluke program & book signing, 12PM

 

San Antonio

• Palo Alto College Performing Arts Center, Gemini Ink presents the Heather Catto Kohout Lecture featuring award-winning writer and gifted storyteller Luis Alberto Urrea, 7PM

 

Friday, February 27

 

Austin

• BookPeople, founding member of Sonic Youth Kim Gordon in conversation with Terry Lickona, executive producer of Austin City Limits, about Gordon's new memoir, Girl in a Band, 7PM
• BookWoman, Mountain to Mountain: A Journey of Adventure and Activism for the Women of Afghanistan reading & signing plus Q&A with author Shannon Galpin, 7PM
• Malvern Books, an evening with Monofonus Press; William Z. Saunders, Grant Cross, Karen Davidson, and Morgan Coy. Saunders will be launching his new memoir, Bad Jobs III, 7PM

 

Dallas

• Horchow Auditorium, Dallas Museum of Art, Arts & Letters Live: Elliot Ackerman with Ben Fountain: Heroism and Heartbreak, 7:30PM

 

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Mong-Lan reads and signs One Thousand Minds Brimming, 7PM
• KIPP Liberation, Space City Slam: Mercury preliminary competition, 7PM

 

San Antonio

• Palo Alto College Performing Arts Center, Gemini Ink presents an Autograph Series Author Luncheon with Luis Alberto Urrea, 11:30AM

 

Saturday, February 28

 

Austin

• Barnes & Noble Arboretum, Lucile Estell, Steven Gonzales, and Mary Joy Graham sign El Camino Real de los Tejas, Texas (Images of America Series), 2PM
• BookPeople, Dual release party for Austin authors: Nikki Loftin presents Wish Girl and Jo Whittemore presents Colonial Madness, 3PM
• Bullock Museum, Poetry Out Loud, 1PM
• Malvern Books, The Lion & The Pirate Unplugged, 7PM

 

El Paso

• Rock House Cafe & Gallery, Bordersenses Barbed Wire open mic poetry, 8PM

 

Houston

• Houston Museum of Natural Science, Distinguished Lecture Series: Pyramids, Mummies and Cleopatra: Recent Discoveries in Ancient Egypt by Zahi Hawass followed by a book signing, 6:30PM
• Murder by the Book, Kathryn Casey will sign and discuss her newest book, Deliver Us: Three Decades of Murder and Redemption in the Infamous I-45/Texas Killing Fields (with Tim Miller, founder of Texas Equusearch), 4:30PM
• Red Rocket, Houston VIP Slam, 6:30PM
• River Oaks Bookstore, Sarah Cortez reads and signs Goodbye, Mexico: Poems of Remembrance, 2PM

 

Lubbock

• Barnes & Noble, McMortie Plays Baseball by Sue C. Swinson and Isabella, The Cow Who Wanted to Sing by JB Allen, book signings, 12:30PM
• Barnes & Noble, The Weaver Series by Vaun Murphrey, book signing, 2PM

 

McAllen

• Barnes & Noble, Northcross, meet author Minerva Perez signing her newest book, I Gotta Story: My 30 Years in TV News, 1PM

 

San Antonio

• The Twig Book Shop, featured local author Dr. Traci Smith reads and signs A Reason, A Season, A Lifetime, 11AM

 

South Padre Island

• Paragraphs on Padre Boulevard, Literary Mercado, 1PM

 

Waco

• Art Forum of Waco, Nuestra Voz open mic featuring Debra Winegarten and Cindy Huyser, 7PM

 

The Woodlands

• Barnes & Noble, The Woodlands Mall, Bill King signs Unapologetically Moderate, 2PM

 

Sunday, March 1

 

Austin

• BookPeople, Book Launch Party: Texas Authors, Poets, Artists speaking & signing Her Texas: Story, Image, Poem & Song, 2PM
• Malvern Books, an afternoon with Scott Wiggerman, Paul Licce, and Joe Blanda, launching Wiggerman’s new poetry collection, Leaf and Beak: Sonnets, 3PM

 

Dallas

• Barnes & Noble Preston Royal, Lisa Marie Jenkins signs Wake Up Beauty!: It's Not About the Prince, 2PM

 

El Paso

• El Paso Holocaust Museum, Martin Davidson will present his book The Perfect Nazi: Uncovering My Grandfather's Secret Past, 11AM

 

Houston

• Jewish Community Center, comedian and author Abby Sher presents Answer Your Phone, It’s Your Mother joined by author Rachel Ament, 7PM

 

San Marcos

• Alkek Library, TSU, exhibition reception, panel discussion, and book signing with artists of Homegrown: Austin Music Posters 1967 to 1982, 2PM

 

The Woodlands

• Barnes & Noble Woodlands Mall, Hayley Mason, Bill Staley, and Caitlin Nagleson present Make it Paleo II: Over 175 New Grain-Free Recipes for the Primal Palate, 1PM

 

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