MONDAY ROUNDUP: Texas Literary Calendar March 21 - 27

Bookish events in Texas for the week of March 21 - 27, 2016: 

Special Events:
Wildcatter Exchange, Fort Worth, March 25 - 26

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

Monday, March 21:

Austin
BookPeople, Award-Winning Austin Comedian ZACH ANNER speaking & signing If at Birth You Don't Succeed, 7PM

Brownsville
UT RGV, ire'ne lara silva conducts the Grito Writing Workshop, 3PM

UT RGV, Celebremos Nuestra Gloria: featuring ire'ne lara silva and local poets, 6PM

Frisco
B&N - Stonebriar, Omega Rising (Voyagers Series #3) signing with Patrick Carman, 6PM

Tuesday, March 22:

Austin

BookPeople, Austin Author & Michener Graduate KARAN MAHAJAN speaking & signing The Association of Small Bombs, 7PM

Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM

The Cactus Cafe, Bat City Review reading featuring poet Micah Bateman, fiction from James Domingo Madrigal & Marco Verdoni, and a special performance from playwright Megan Tabaque, 7PM

Dallas

Horchow Auditorium, Arts & Letters Live presents Hanya Yanagihara, author of A Little Life, in conversation with KERA's Krys Boyd, 7:30PM

Fort Worth

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

Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Sandra Zalman discusses and signs CONSUMING SURREALISM IN AMERICAN CULTURE, 7PM

San Antonio

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

Villa Finale's Meusebach House, San Antonio's Historic Architecture presentation & book signing with T. Irwin, 5:30PM

Trinity University - Chapman Auditorium, Jan Jarboe Russell presents The Train to Crystal City, 6PM

Wednesday, March 23:

Austin
B&N - Arboretum, Special Storytime with Tiffany Briggs and the Hardworking Honey Bee, 11AM

BookPeople, Bestselling Author HANYA YANAGIHARA speaking & signing A Little Life, in conversation with Clay Smith of Kirkus Reviews, 7PM [TICKETS REQUIRED]

grayDUCK Gallery, Disparate Elements reading series presents Jennifer Whalen, Andrews Sullivan, John Gosslee and Patrick Ryan Frank, 7PM

Dallas
Kettle Arts Gallery, Pegasus Reading Series featuring L.E. GOLDSTEIN, JI YOON LEE, and GAYLE REAVES-KING, 7PM

UT Dallas - Center for Values, Joan Slonczewski, author of Microbiology: An Evolving Science, presents "The Good Viruses: How Viruses Enhance Life and Improve our Genomes," 7:30PM

Houston

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

B&N - Westheimer, Gary Whitney signs Thistle Downe, 10AM

B&N - Westheimer, Suzanne Huffer signing Earl Wilson, 1PM

Brasil Cafe, Glass Mountain reading, 7PM

San Antonio

Palo Alto College, opening reception for the San Antonio Poetry Archive with San Antonio Poet Laureate Laurie Ann Guerrero, 6PM

The Twig Book Shop, James McGrath Morris discusses and signs Eye on the Struggle: Ethel Payne, the First Lady of the Black Press, 5PM

Thursday, March 24:

Austin

BookPeople, Austin Author ANTONIO RUIZ-CAMACHO In Conversation With ELIZABETH MCCRACKEN and speaking & signing Barefoot Dogs, 7PM

Cheer Up Charlie's, Everything Is Bigger reading series presents: Katelin Kelly, Ben Seanor, Paz Pardo and Cyrus Cassells, 7PM

Stateside at the Paramount, Is there life after Lubbock? Stories, poetry and music with Jaston Williams and Kimmie Rhodes, 8PM

UT - Gender & Sexuality Center, This Bridge Called My Back: a literary celebration with Cherrie Moraga, 6PM

Dallas

The Wild Detectives, First Hearings: Miroslav Penkov reads and signs Stork Mountain, 7:30PM

Frisco
B&N - Stonebriar, Five Kingdoms #4: Death Weavers signing with Brandon Mull, 7PM

Houston

Brazos Bookstore, Wendy Paris discusses and signs SPLITOPIA, 7PM

Murder By the Book, Harlan Coben will sign and discuss his newest stand alone novel, Fool Me Once, 6:30PM [TICKETS REQUIRED]

Poison Girl Bar, Poison Pen Reading Series presents Jill Talbot, author of Metawritings: Toward a Theory of Nonfiction, 8:30PM

Lubbock

Texas Tech English Auditorium, Creative Writing Reading Series presents Dennis Covington, author of Revelation, 7:30PM

San Antonio
B&N - La Cantera, Omega Rising (Voyagers Series #3) book signing with Patrick Carman, 6:30PM

Half Price Books - Broadway, S.K. Alfstad will sell and sign his Christian mystery, Code Name Joshua, 1PM

Half Price Books - Huebner, S.K. Alfstad will sell and sign his Christian mystery, Code Name Joshua, 6PM

The Twig Book Shop, Jan Tilley discusses and signs Eat Well to Be Well, 5PM

Friday, March 25:

Austin

BookPeople, Debut Novelist ANDREA DUNLOP speaking & signing Losing the Light, 7PM

Six Square District Office, a literary salon with Cherrie Moraga, editor of This Bridge Called My Back, 6PM

Houston

Brazos Bookstore, Gulf Coast Journal reading series with poet Wayne Miller and fiction writers Dino Enrique Piacentini, Julia Brown and Selena Anderson, 7PM

Murder By the Book, Lyndsay Faye will sign and discuss her newest novel, Jane Steele, 6:30PM

Saturday, March 26:

Austin

Austin Community College - Highland, Writers' League of Texas workshop: "Building a Novel Out of Scenes" with Brian Yansky, 9AM

BookPeople, Local Author DOUGLAS BRINKLEY speaking & signing Rightful Heritage, 3PM

BookPeople, Austin Author & Political Historian CHUCK BAILEY speaking & signing Picturing Texas Politics: A Photographic History from Sam Houston to Rick Perry, 6PM

Half Price Books - South Lamar, children�s author Jennifer Rustgi will sell and sign her A Moon of My Own, 1PM

Ballinger

Bickel and Company, F.C. Pearce signing her first novel, Listen for the Morning Dove, 10:30AM

Dallas

B&N - Preston/Royal, Gerald Brence signs Ox in the Culvert, 1PM

El Paso

Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: "Riding the Range with your Voice" with Sheela Wolford , 12:45PM

Galveston
Galveston Bookshop, Kelton D. Sams, Jr. signs Growing Up in Galveston, Texas: Walls Came Tumbling Down, 12PM

Galveston Bookshop, Mike Cox signs Gunfights and Sites in Texas Ranger History, 2PM

Houston

Brazos Bookstore, Travis Ian Smith reads and signs INDIE DARLING, 7PM

Murder By the Book, J. Aaron Sanders will sign and discuss Speakers Of The Dead: A Walt Whitman Mystery, 4:30PM

River Oaks Bookstore, Denise Ditto reads and signs The Tooth Collector Fairies: Batina's Best First Day, 3PM

Lubbock

B&N, Images of America: Slaton by Cathy Whitten book signing, 1PM

Midland
B&N, Book Signing: C.T. Ford, author of Rainbow Wings, 1PM

Plano
B&N - Creekwalk Village, Nick Farrell signs In Spite of Me, 2PM

Round Rock

B&N - La Frontera, Romance Author Double Header: Mary Alford, author of Rocky Mountain Pursuit, and Jolene Navarro, author of A Texas Christmas Wish, 2PM

San Antonio

Esperanza Peace and Justice Center, The Power of �This Bridge:� A pl�tica with Cherr�e Moraga, 7PM

Half Price Books - Broadway, Lesli Hicks will sell and sign her memoir about her adopted special needs child, Slow Takes a Long Time, 1PM

Palo Alto College Performing Arts Center, Gemini Ink Autograph Series: Public reading with Sandra Cisneros, 7PM

Southlake
B&N - Town Square, Book Signing for Author Michelle Stewart signs Complete Faith: 31 Days of Practical Teachings for Complete Faith in God, 1PM

The Woodlands
B&N - Woodlands Mall, Beauty Begins: Making Peace with Your Reflection book signing with Chris Shook and Megan Shook Alpha, 11AM

Sunday, March 27:

Dallas

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