MONDAY ROUNDUP: Texas Literary Calendar March 28 - April 3

Bookish events in Texas for the week of March 28 - April 3, 2016: 

Special Events:
Culture of Writing Festival, Dallas, March 29

International Children's Book Day, April 2

Inspirational Writers Alive! Conference, Amarillo, April 2

Lone Star LesFic Festival, Austin, April 2

Literary Death Match, San Antonio, April 2

San Antonio Book Festival, April 2

Teen Book Con, Houston, April 2

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

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

Shakespeare's First Folio Exhibit, College Station, March 8 - April 3

In His Own Words: The Life and Work of C�sar Ch�vez, San Antonio, March 15 - April 30

Humanities Texas Exhibit: Shakespeare, Hurst, April 1 - 30

Monday, March 28:

Austin
BookPeople, O. Henry Award-Winning Author RICK BASS speaking & signing For a Little While, 7PM

Fort Worth
The Dock Bookshop, Rickie Clark birthday celebration and signing of What My Daddy Should Have Told Me, 7PM

Houston

Cullen Theatre, Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series presents Mat Johnson, author of Loving Day, and Helen Oyeyemi, author of What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours, 7:30PM

MD Anderson Library, Transformative Power of Literature Presentation by Newbery Medal winner Matt de la Pe�a, 11:30AM

Murder By the Book, Jacqueline Winspear will sign and discuss her new Maisie Dobbs novel, Journey to Munich, 6:30PM

University of Houston - Farish Hall, Newbery Medal winner Matt de la Pe�a leads a craft talk and Q&A, 3PM

San Antonio
McNay Art Museum, Gemini Ink Autograph Series Luncheon with Sandra Cisneros, 11:30AM [TICKET REQUIRED]

Tuesday, March 29:

Austin

BookPeople, Bestselling Author SEAN BEAUDOIN In conversation with MARY HELEN SPECHT and speaking & signing Welcome Thieves: Stories, 7PM

BookWoman, Kristen Hogan reading The Feminist Bookstore Movement: Lesbian Antiracism and Feminist Accountability, 7PM

Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM

Dallas

Highland Park United Methodist Church, Authors LIVE! presents Jacquelyn Mitchard and Two If By Sea, 7PM

Half Price Books Mother Ship, Penguin Teen on Tour featuring a panel discussion and Q&A with Alison Goodman (The Dark Days Club), Alwyn Hamilton (Rebel of the Sands), Rachel Hawkins (Rebel Belle series), Sabaa Tahir (An Ember in the Ashes series) and April Genevieve Tucholke (Wink Poppy Midnight), followed by a book signing, 7PM [TICKETS REQUIRED]

The Wild  Detectives, Poetry Reading with Ann Fisher-Wirth and Danielle Sellers, 7:30PM

Fort Worth

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

Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Rick Bass reads and signs FOR A LITTLE WHILE, 7PM

San Antonio

Integrative Healing Institute, Book Signing with Karin Kiser, Author of Lighten Your Load: 35 Surprisingly Simple Ways to Free Yourself from Stress, Toxins and Clutter, 5PM

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

Westin River Walk, For the Love of San Antonio Urban Luncheon Series featuring Peter Kageyama, author of For the Love of Cities, 11:30AM

The Woodlands
B&N - Woodlands Mall, What You Always Wanted: An If Only novel book signing with Kristin Rae, 7PM

Wednesday, March 30:

Austin
BookPeople, Bestselling Author of Devil in the White City, ERIK LARSON, speaking & signing Dead Wake, 7PM [TICKETS REQUIRED]

The Badlands, Lucky Dark Press presents Badlands Blotter: Swallowing Swords, 7PM

Houston

Asia Society Texas Center, Asia Society Lecture: Rising Tides in the South China Sea: Can Military Escalation be Avoided? with David Firestein, author of Here and There: 81 Conversations about China and America, 7PM

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

Brazos Bookstore, Charles Neu discusses and signs COLONEL HOUSE, 6:30PM

Thursday, March 31:

Austin

Monkeywrench Books, Cindy Milstein discusses Taking Sides: Revolutionary Solidarity and the Poverty of Liberalism, 7PM

Dallas

First United Methodist Church of Dallas, Arts & Letters Live presents Erik Larson, author of Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania, 7:30PM

Dripping Springs
Dripping Springs Community Library, Debra Winegarten discusses and signs Oveta Culp Hobby, 6PM

Houston
University of St. Thomas - Cullen Hall, 2016 Archbishop J. Michael Miller Lecture: There Is No Mercy from a Distance: Pope Francis as Vicar of Mercy by Dr. John P. O'Callaghan, author of Recovering Nature, 7:30PM

Rice University - Keck Hall, Houston Spaceport Frontier Lecture Series: The Texas Space Landscape with Dr. David Alexander, author of The Sun part of the Greenwood Press �Guide to the Universe� Series, 7PM

Friday, April 1:

Austin

B&N - Arboretum,Where Women Create: Book of Organization: The Art of Creating Order book signing with Jo Packham, 7PM

BookPeople, Bestselling Author STEPHANIE EVANOVICH speaking & signing The Total Package, 7PM

Half Price Books - North Lamar, 14th Annual Edible Book Festival, 7PM

Houston

B&N - Vanderbilt Square, George Arnold signs Beijing Ding-a-Ling: Mao of the CIA, 4PM

Inprint House, First Friday Poetry Reading Series featuring Choonwa Moon, 8:30PM

MECA, 2016 Space City Poetry Slam Series: Pluto Preliminary, 6PM

Murder By the Book, Philip Kerr will sign and discuss his newest Bernie Gunther novel, The Other Side of Silence, 6:30PM

University of Houston - Moores School of Music, Moores School of Music Symposium: And His Burthen is Light? Handel�s Messiah and Its Cultural Baggage with Michael Marissen, author of Tainted Glory in Handel�s Messiah: The Unsettling History of the World�s Most Beloved Choral Work, 2:30PM

San Antonio

The St. Anthony Hotel, BOOK APP�TIT: A Book Festival and Library Foundation Literary Feast for The Well Read and Well Fed featuring Stephen Harrigan (A Friend of Mr. Lincoln) and Thomas Mallon (Finale: A Novel of the Reagan Years) in conversation about their latest novels with Dan Goodgame, 7PM

Saturday, April 2:

Austin

BookPeople, MysteryPeople Presents Bestselling Author PHILIP KERR speaking & signing The Other Side of Silence, in conversation with Mark Pryor, 4PM

Half Price Books - South Lamar, Crystal Darks will sell and sign Concrete Situations, 1PM

Malvern Books, Join four Austin indie authors as they read selections from their works and discuss how they made the leap to indie publishing, 3PM

St. Edward's University, Writers' League of Texas workshop: "Effective Research Methods for Fiction: How Much Is Enough" with John Pipkin, 9AM

Zilker Park, Judy Barrett signs Easy Edibles: How to Grow and Enjoy Fresh Food at the Zilker Garden Festival, all day

Dallas

B&N - Lincoln Park, Lauren Conrad signs Celebrate, 3PM

B&N - Preston/Royal, Meet author Anna Gjenero as she reads from Her Children's Book Marko Gets a Puppy, 11:30AM

B&N - Preston/Royal, Margie Norum signs Mom's Journey, 1PM

El Paso
B&N - Fountains at Farah, Valentin Sandoval signs South Sun Rises, 2PM

Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords workshop: "The Mind's Embroidery" with Viva Flores, 12:45PM

Fort Worth

The Dock Bookshop, Book launch party for Louis Frederick, author of Survive Police Contact, 4PM

Houston

B&N - River Oaks, Brian McTaggart signs 100 Things Astros Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die, 2PM

B&N - Vanderbilt Square, George Arnold signs Beijing Ding-a-Ling: Mao of the CIA, 10AM

Brazos Bookstore, Kermit Roosevelt reads and signs ALLEGIANCE, 5:30PM

Murder By the Book, Amanda Stevens will sign and discuss The Visitor, the newest book in her Graveyard Queen series, 4:30PM

Plano
B&N - Creekwalk Village, Dawn Crouch signs Under the Full Moon, 2PM

San Antonio

The Twig Book Shop, Catherine Chagra reads and signs Dirty Darlings, 11AM

Southlake
B&N - Town Square, Lisa London signing Darker the Night, 1PM

Webster

B&N - Baybrook, Thomas Flowers signing his "Subdue" series, 11AM

The Woodlands

B&N - Woodlands Mall, Alice Schiel signs Nora Mae, a Remarkable, Insignificant Person, 2PM

Sunday, April 3:

Austin
B&N - Prestonwood, William Vargas signs A Family Living in Darkness and A Father's Covenant, 2PM

BookPeople, Neurosurgeon JAMES R. DOTY speaking & signing Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon's Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart, 4PM

Recycled Reads, Open Mic Poetry, 3:30PM

Zilker Park, Judy Barrett signs Easy Edibles: How to Grow and Enjoy Fresh Food at the Zilker Garden Festival, all day

Bul Verde
Bul Verde/Spring Branch Library, Book and Author Event Fundraiser featuring Jeff Guinn, Anita Belles Porterfield & John Porterfield, Jim LaVilla-Havelin, Jan Tilley, Paulette Jiles, Bruce Shackelford and Jeff Anderson, 10AM

Houston
B&N - Vanderbilt Square, George Arnold signs Beijing Ding-a-Ling: Mao of the CIA, 11AM