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Special Events

• Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Exhibition, Austin, February 10–July 6, 2015
• Drawing Stories: The Picture Book Art of Marla Frazee, National Center for Children’s Illustrated Literature, Abilene, February 12 – May 30
• All-Con, Dallas, March 12 – 15
• Armadillo Rising: Austin’s Music Scene in the 1970s, Wittliff Collection, Texas State, San Marcos, February 9 – July 3

 

Sunday, March 15

 

Austin

• Half Price Books - North Lamar, Christina M. Berry will sign her novel Alicia, 2PM

 

Dallas

• Barnes & Noble - Lincoln Park, Joe Cross signs Reboot with Joe Fully Charged: 7 Keys to Losing Weight, Staying Healthy and Thriving, 2PM
• South Dallas Cultural Center, In the Words of a Sistah: The Evolution 2015, 3PM

 

Houston

•  Church Cathedral, Elizabeth Head Black presents Hand in Hand, 9AM

 

Monday, March 16

 

Colorado City

• Mitchell County Library, Travis W. Inman signs When Love Called, 4PM

 

Dallas

• Magnolia Lounge, Fair Park, Pandora's Box presents Samira Noorali, M. H. Clay, Gene Barry, and singer Lily Taylor, 7PM
• Wyly Theater, Oral Fixation show Writing On The Wall, 8PM

 

Houston

• Murder by the Book, Olen Steinhauer will sign and discuss his new stand-alone novel, All The Old Knives, 6:30PM

 

South Padre Island

• Paragraphs on Padre, NEAR DEATH: A Biblical Journey, book discussion, reception and signing with Rev. Eli H. Sheldon, 1PM

 

Tuesday, March 17

 

Austin

• Malvern Books, SOFT BEASTS: A Reading with Layne Ransom, Gail Aronson & J. D. Scott, 7PM
• Spider House Cafe & Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM

 

Dallas

• Horchow Auditorium, Rabih Alameddine with Colm Tóibín: Words and Pictures, 7:30PM

 

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Jill Alexander Essbaum reads and signs Hausfrau, 7PM
• Murder by the Book, C. J. Box will sign and discuss the newest book in his Joe Pickett series, Endangered, 6:30PM

 

San Antonio

• The Twig Book Shop, Jo Whittemore presents Colonial Madness, 4PM

 

Waco

• Baylor University, Armstrong Browning Library, join the editors of Her Texas and Texas Poet Laureate Rosemary Catacalos, songwriter Tish Hinojosa, and poet and writer Naomi Shihab Nye, March 17

 

Wednesday, March 18

 

Dallas

• Dallas City Performance Hall, Leon Panetta presents Worthy Fights: A Memoir of Leadership in War and Peace, 7:30PM
• The Wild Detectives, Sergio Pitol birthday celebration and book release party. Deep Vellum publisher Will Evans and translator George Henson will discuss The Art of Flight, 7PM

 

Houston

• Murder by the Book, Jacqueline Winspear will sign and discuss her new Maisie Dobbs novel, A Dangerous Place, 6:30PM

 

San Antonio

• The Twig Book Shop, Chris Cander reads and signs Whisper Hollow, 7PM

 

Thursday, March 19

 

Allen

• Allen Public Library, Wilson W. "Dub" Crook will discuss Peopling of the Americas: Is Clovis First Finally Dead?, 7:30PM

 

Conroe

• Lone Star College-Montgomery, Sarah Bird reads and discusses excerpts from her works, 7PM

 

Dallas

• Horchow Auditorium, Jo Baker: Jane Austen Remixed, 7:30PM
• Nasher Sculpture Center GalleryLab, “The Mother Tongue,” Talk on Translation & Art with Will Evans (Deep Vellum Publishing) & Dr. Sean Cotter (translator & professor at UT-Dallas), 6PM
• SMU, Peter Balakian will discuss his noted book, The Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and America’s Response, 6:30PM
• Wordspace Member Salon, featuring John Slate, 7PM

 

Houston

• The Heritage House, Jerry and Marvy Finger Lecture Series: How to Spend your Way Out of a Debt Crises - Lessons from the Republic of Texas presented by author James P. Bevill, 12PM

 

San Antonio

• The Twig Book Shop, Poetry Double-header with Barbara Ras and Noel Crook, 5:30PM

 

Friday,March 20

 

Austin

• Malvern Books, A Literary Situation at Malvern Books with poet and video artist Steve Roggenbuck, et al, 7PM

 

Dallas

• Barnes & Noble Lincoln Park, Gail Carriger, Prudence, 7PM
• Heroes, Dallas Poetry Slam with Danielle Inez, 8PM
• Park Cities Club, International Perspectives Series presents The Next 40 Years of U. S. Foreign Policy with author Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman, 12PM
• Union Coffee House, Nailed It! Open Mic, 8PM

 

Garland

• Barnes & Noble Firewheel Mall, George Arnold signs Kremlin Kerfuffle: Koshki of the CIA, 4PM

 

Houston

• MECA, Space City Slam: Mars Preliminary, 6PM
• Murder by the Book, David Joy will sign and discuss Where All The Light Tends to Go, Bryon Quertermous will sign and discuss Murder Boy, and Duane Swierczynski will sign and discuss Canary, 6:30PM
• Silver Street Studios, Writespace Open House, Reception and Faculty Reading Series, 5:30PM
• Unity of Houston (Unity Church of Christianity), Gregg Braden Lecture The Turning Point: Thriving on the Edge of the Perfect Storm followed by a book signing, 7:30PM

 

San Antonio

• The Twig Book Shop, Gemini Ink Spring Fling Faculty Reading, 6:30PM

 

Saturday, March 21

 

Abilene

• Annual Workshop and Luncheon of the Abilene Writers Guild. Speakers include Laura Drake on “Writing Emotion” and Sally Clark on writing non-fiction, 11:30 AM

 

Austin

• Barnes & Noble Arboretum, meet & greet book signing with Brannon Perkison, The Do-Nothing, 2PM
• Barnes & Noble Arboretum, Ellie O'Neill, Reluctantly Charmed, A Novel, 7PM
• Bullock Museum, Book it, Texas!, Holy Ghost Girl, 10:30AM
• Malvern Books, The Lion & The Pirate Unplugged, 2PM

 

Dallas

• Barnes & Noble Lincoln Park, Susie Jennings, 31 Days of Mountaintop Miracles: One Woman's Legacy of Unconditional Obedience, 3PM
• Lucky Dog Books Oak Cliff, WordSpace presents Gene Blair, traveling poet and publisher from Ireland, 8PM

 

Garland

• Barnes & Noble Firewheel Mall, George Arnold signs his newest book Kremlin Kerfuffle: Koshki of the CIA, 10AM

 

Houston

• Barnes & Noble Vanderbilt Square, Howard T. Joe, Essential Guide to Treat Diabetes and to Lower Cholesterol, 2PM
• Blue Willow Bookshop, Lindsey Lane chats with Jennifer Mathieu and Varsha Bajaj about Evidence of Things Not Seen, Lindsey’s novel for young adults, 1PM
• Blue Willow Bookshop, Sarah Cortez will be joined by several other poets as they read from Goodbye Mexico: Poems of Remembrance, 4PM
• Half Price Books Westheimer/Montrose, indie author Ed Williamson will sign his Biblical Study book, The Love Book: Behold, What Manner of Love, 1PM
• Meta-Four Houston, Space City Slam: Atlantis Preliminary, 6PM
• Murder by the Book, Lynne Truss will sign and discuss Cat Out Of Hell, 1PM
• Murder by the Book, Gail Carriger will sign and discuss Prudence, 4:30PM
• Silver Street Studios, Writespace Open House Faculty Reading Series, 7:30PM
• Spaghetti Warehouse, Celebrity Tour: Discover Houston in 1837 with author Mike Vance, 11AM

 

Hurst

• Barnes & Noble NE Mall, book signing with author Kelly K. Lavender, Beautiful Evil Winter, 11AM

 

Irving

• Irving Public Library, South Branch, grand opening with Young Adults author Elizabeth Eulberg, 9:30AM

 

Luling

• Central Texas Oil Museum, book signing, J. Griffis Smith, author of On the Road with Texas Highways, 11AM

 

San Antonio

• Half Price Books Broadway, local author Christopher St. John Sampayo will sign his books Haunting of Rosehaven, Ghosts of Glass, and Fields of Frozen Stars, 2PM
• Half Price Books Huebner, Jesse Brown, Jr. will sign his dark fantasy novel The Legend of the Werewolf, 2PM
• Half Price Books Stone Ridge, local author Gene Scoggin will sign his inspirational book, A God Thing, 1PM

 

Waco

• Barnes & Noble Circuit City Plaza, David Mosley, Heartbreak Times, 5:30PM

 

Sunday, March 22

 

Austin

• Half Price Books North Lamar, Christina M. Berry will sign her novel, Alicia, 2PM

 

Garland

• Barnes & Noble Firewheel, George Arnold signs Kremlin Kerfuffle: Koshki of the CIA, 10AM

 

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