Monday Roundup: Texas Literary Calendar February 29 - March 6

Bookish events in Texas for the week of February 29 - March 6, 2016: 

Special Events:
Festival of International Books & Arts (FESTIBA), Edinburg, February 29 - March 6

Austin Book Fest, March 5

Sin Fronteras Independent Book Festival, McAllen, March 5

Staple 2016, Austin, March 5 - 6

Ongoing Exhibits:

Shakespeare in Print and Performance, Austin, December 21 - May 29

Encounters and Discoveries in Literature: Celebrating Arte P�blico Press and Twentieth Century Latina/o Literature, Houston, January 18 - June 30

African American Literature, Modern and Contemporary, Houston, February 1 - 29

In His Own Words: The Life and Work of C�sar Ch�vez, Wichita Falls, February 1 - March 5

Texas Writers Exhibition, Johnson City, February 8 - March 4

Fact, Fiction, and the New World: The Role of Books in the Making of America, Honey Grove, March 1 - 31

Monday, February 29:

Austin
Companion, launch of Issue 61, the first issue of American Short Fiction's 25th anniversary year, 7PM

Beaumont
Lamar University, Lamar Literary Festival: Lisa Sandlin presents The Do-Right, 7PM

Houston

Menil Collection, Curator Discussion: Copley, Comics, and Alternative Figures in American Art with Dan Nadel, author of Art Out of Time, and Houston artist Trenton Doyle Hancock, 7PM

Rice University - Stude Concert Hall, Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series presents a reading with Tracy K. Smith, 7:30PM

Tuesday, March 1:

Austin

BookPeople, Austin author J.K. GEORGE speaking & signing Contact Sport: A Story of Champions, Airwaves, and a One Day Race Around the World, 7PM

Resistencia Bookstore, poetry reading with Urayo�n Noel, 7PM

Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM

The North Door, One Page Salon presents: John Erler, Carlotta Stankiewicz, Bill Passalacqua, Michael Noll, Johnny Holden & Jamie Harris, 7PM

Dallas
Half Price Books Mother Ship, 3 YA author signings: Veronica Rossi, Susan Dennard, and Kathleen Baldwin, 7PM

Fort Worth
The Dock Bookshop, Fort Worth Poetry Slam and Open Mic, 8PM

Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Bartee Haile discusses and signs TEXAS BOOMTOWNS, 7PM

Murder By the Book, Lene Kaaberb�l and Agnete Friis will sign and discuss The Considerate Killer, 6:30PM

San Antonio

The Korova, PuroSlam! with DJ Donnie Dee, 10PM

Wednesday, March 2:

Austin
BookPeople, award winning graphic designer DJ STOUT speaking & signing Variations on a Rectangle: Thirty Years of Graphic Design from Texas Monthly to Pentagram, 7PM

Bullock Museum, High Noon Talk: Ron J. Jackson, Jr. and Lee Spencer Wright discuss Joe the Slave Who Became an Alamo Legend, 12PM

LBJ Library Auditorium, Bob Woodward and Alexander Butterfield, deputy to White House Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman, discuss Woodward's new book The Last of the President's Men, 6PM

Houston

AvantGarden, Write About Now poetry open mic, 7:30PM

Blue Willow Bookshop, Obert Skye will discuss and sign LOST & FOUND, the second book in the WITHERWOOD REFORM SCHOOL series, 5PM

Brazos Bookstore, Kevin Douglas West discusses and signs CUBA BEHIND OPEN DOORS, 7PM

Murder By the Book, Caroline Kepnes will sign and discuss Hidden Bodies, 6:30PM

University of St. Thomas - Cullen Hall, The Easter 1916 Rising: An Historical Perspective with Professor Joe Lee, author of Ireland 1912-1985: Politics and Society, 7PM

San Antonio

Our Lady of the Lake University, Literary Talk by Urayo�n Noel: �Was There a Latin@ Sixties Poetry?�, 7PM

The Twig Book Shop, Manning Wolfe reads and signs DOLLAR SIGNS: Texas Lady Lawyer vs. Boots King and Bill Rodgers discusses and signs History Retweets Itself Texas Edition, 5PM

Thursday, March 3:

Austin

Avaya Auditorium, Michener Center for Writers Reading Series featuring Annie Baker, 7:30PM

BookPeople, Austin author JOSE SKINNER speaking & signing The Tombstone Race: Stories, 7PM

Harry Ransom Center, Poetry on the Plaza: Shakespeare's Sonnets, 4PM

Malvern Books, Fantastical Fictions with Marshall Ryan Maresca, 7PM

Dallas

Aaron Family Jewish Community Center - Schultz Rosenberg Campus, Steven Pressman presents 50 Children: One Ordinary American Couple�s Extraordinary Rescue Mission into the Heart of Nazi Germany, 7PM

South Dallas Cultural Center, African Diaspora: New Dialogues presents poet Tim Seibles, 7:30PM

SMU - McCord Auditorium, Michael Horowitz, author of The Diffusion of Military Power: Causes and Consequences for International Politics, and Christopher Jenks discuss "Killer Robots," moderated by Joshua Rovner, author of Fixing the Facts: National Security and the Politics of Intelligence, 5:30PM

Houston

Brazos Bookstore, Derick Burleson & Allen Gee poetry readings, 7PM

Cristo Rey Jesuit College Preparatory of Houston, 2016 Space City Poetry Slam Series: Constellation Preliminary, 6PM

Murder By the Book, Michelle Gable will sign and discuss her new novel I'll See You In Paris, 6:30PM

Lubbock

Texas Tech, Creative Writing Program Reading Series presents Mat Johnson, 7:30PM

San Antonio
Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, Urayo�n Noel Poetry Reading/Book Signing, 7PM

Friday, March 4:

Austin

BookPeople, bestselling children's author OBERT SKYE speaking & signing Lost & Found, 6PM

BookPeople, Local Author Night: Austin author ANNE ODOM speaking & signing The Duchess of Bristol, 7PM

Resistencia Bookstore, C�fe Libro open mic featuring Olivia Romo, 7PM

Houston

Blue Willow Bookshop, Michelle Gable will discuss and sign her novel I�LL SEE YOU IN PARIS, 11AM

Brazos Bookstore, Kayt Sukel discusses and signs THE ART OF RISK, 7PM

Inprint House, First Friday Poetry Reading Series 40th Anniversary presents Robin Davidson, 8:30PM

Kaboom Books, Dennis Abrams presents The Play's the Thing, 7PM

University of Houston - Cullen Performance Hall, The Houston Moth GrandSLAM II, 8PM

Lubbock

Texas Tech, Creative Writing Program Reading Series presents Joey Franklin & Landon Houle, 4PM

San Antonio

The Twig Book Shop, Michael P. O�Connor discusses and signs The Wild West Meets the Big Apple, 6PM

Saturday, March 5:

Amarillo
B&N - Westgate Mall, Vicki Schoen signing Inherit the Texas Earth, 2PM

Austin

BookPeople, local poet and novelist ANDREA EAMES speaking & signing The Making of Stones, 3PM

BookWoman, Poetry Chapbook Launch - Abe Louise Young's Heaven to Me, 7PM

Recycled Reads, 7 year anniversary party!, 12PM

St. Edward's University, Writers' League of Texas workshop: "How to Write Literary Genre Fiction" with Michael Noll, 9AM

Dallas

B&N - Lincoln Park, Nancy Churnin to sign The William Hoy Story: How a Deaf Baseball Player Changed the Game, 4PM

El Paso

B&N - Fountains at Farah, Catherine Chagra signs Dirty Darlings, 2PM

Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop:"The Poetry of Dance" with Celia Aguilar , 12:45PM

Friendswood
Friendswood Public Library, Off the Page Poetry Series presents former Texas Poet Laureate Larry D. Thomas and Pushcart Prize nominee Chip Dameron, 7PM

Garland
B&N - Firewheel Mall, Austin Wells signs Heath, Texas (Images of America Series), 2PM

Houston

B&N - Centre at Copperfield, Robert Jacobus signs Houston Cougars in the 1960s, 3PM

B&N - River Oaks, Marci Izard signs Nourishing Your Whole Self, A Cookbook with Feelings, 2PM

B&N - Vanderbilt Square, Realms of Fantasy and Spirituality author event with Lindsey Scholl and Cindy Wu, 2PM

Brazos Bookstore, Speak Poet! with Marcell Murphy and Jasminne Mendez, 2PM

Katy Budget Books, Justina Page signs The Circle of Fire: In the Midst of the Ashes an Ember of Hope Flickered, 2PM

Murder By the Book, Marshall Ryan Maresca will sign and discuss The Alchemy of Chaos, 1PM

Murder By the Book, Manning Wolfe will sign and discuss Dollar Signs: Texas Lady Lawyer vs Boots King, 4:30PM

Killeen

Killeen Civic and Conference Center, Debra Winegarten presents Oveta Culp Hobby at the Take 190 Festival, 10AM

Lubbock
B&N, Chuck Bailey signs Picturing Texas Politics: A Photographic History from Sam Houston to Rick Perry, 1:30PM

B&N, Paris Modigiliani & Me book signing with Jacqueline Kolosov, 3:30PM

San Antonio

Gemini Ink, Performalist Poetics: An Exploratory Workshop with Urayo�n Noel, 10AM

Leon Valley Community and Conference Centers, Judy Barrett, author of Easy Edibles: How to Grow and Enjoy Fresh Food, will be a guest author at the 27th Annual Earthwise Living Day, 9AM

The Twig Book Shop, Linda Brooks reads and signs The Calling of Ella McFarland, 11AM

The Twig Book Shop, Heribert Von Feilitzsch discusses and signs The Secret War Council: The German Fight against the Entente in America in 1914, 5PM

Southlake
B&N - Town Square, William Vargas signs A Family Living in Darkness, 1PM

Spring
Spring Creek Oaks Clubhouse, Northwest Houston Romance Writers of American workshop with Pamela Fagan Hutchins, 10AM

Sugar Land
B&N - First Colony Mall, Crystal Allen signs The Magnificent Mya Tibbs Series, 2PM

Washington
Washington-on-the-Brazos Historic Sight, Richard B. McCaslin signs Washington on the Brazos: Cradle of the Texas Republic during the 180th Texas Independence Day Celebration, 10AM

Sunday, March 6:

Austin
BookPeople, Austin children's author CARMEN OLIVER speaking & signing Bears Make the Best Reading Buddies, 2PM

Malvern Books, an afternoon with poets Chip Dameron & Larry D. Thomas, 2PM

Waterloo Records and Video, Bruce T. Atkinson and Jenni Finlay sign Kent Finlay, Dreamer: The Musical Legacy Behind Cheatham Street Warehouse, ?

Midland

B&N, Midland Postcard History Series book signing with James Collett and Doug Page, 1PM

Pasadena

B&N - Fairway Market Place, Tarif Youssef-Agha signs A Journey Around the Arab Spring Revolutions, 12PM