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Special Events:
Mexican Art and Literature Film Series, Houston, March 4-8
SMU's 54th Annual Women's Symposium, Dallas, March 6
34th Annual Texas Storytelling Festival, Denton, March 7-10
International Women's Day Observance, Houston, March 8
5th Annual DFW Literary Fest, Dallas, March 9
Women of Wonder Con, Dallas, March 9
Take 190: A Festival of Books & Art, Killeen, March 9
Ongoing Exhibits:
30 Poems for the Tricentennial: A Poetic Legacy, San Antonio, December 3-April 25
Women of Flatbed: A Retrospective, Austin, January 17-April 28
Storyland: A Trip Through Childhood Favorites Features Seven Beloved Children’s Books, Midland, February 2-April 18
Our People: The Life and Works of Author Angela Shelf Medearis, Austin, February 2-June 22
Worlds of W O N D E R: David Ezra Stein, Abilene, February 14-May 18
Words/Matter: Latin American Art and Language at the Blanton, Austin, February 17-May 26
The Word Embodied: Scripture as Creative Inspiration in Twentieth-Century Book Arts, Dallas, March 1-June 15
Sunday, March 3:
Austin
BookPeople, DANIEL HAMERMESH speaking & signing Spending Time: The Most Valuable Resource, 5PM
BookWoman, Linda Hanna Lloyd reading and signing The Syrian Peddler, and Greg Buford reading and signing Making Ghosts Dance, 4PM
Malvern Books, The Lion & The Pirate Unplugged with Special Guest Elizabeth L. Sammons, 1PM
Museum of Human Achievement, Wires: A Choose Your Own Audio Adventure, 12PM
The Vortex, the Austin debut of international touring poet and author Jason Bayani with his critically-acclaimed "Locus of Control," 8PM
Dallas
Half Price Books Mother Ship, Local Author Sundays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
The Wild Detectives, Jeff Tweedy will sign his memoir, Let’s Go (So We Can Get Back), 12:30PM [ticketed event]
El Paso
B&N - Fountains at Farah, Ned Wolf signing his Nandia Trilogy and his latest book, Awaken Your Power to Heal, 2PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Marcus Emerson reading and signing BEN BRAVER AND THE INCREDIBLE EXPLODING KID, 3PM
Mansfield
Half Price Books, Local Author Sundays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, Karen Oakes signing Drewsilla the Shelter Puppy, 12PM
The Twig Book Shop, Lonn Taylor signing Turning the Pages of Texas, 2PM
South Padre Island
Paragraphs on Padre, Steven Schneider discussing and signing Borderlands, 1PM
Monday, March 4:
Austin
BookPeople, MARY ADKINS speaking & signing When You Read This (in conversation with Lucas Schaefer), 7PM
UT - Perry-Castañeda Library, Trevor Owens Book Discussion: The Theory and Craft of Digital Preservation, 5:30PM
Dallas
Dallas Museum of Art, Arts & Letters Live presents Texas Bound I: TIFFANY SOLANO DESENA reads “France” by Stephanie Saldaña; WILLIAM JACKSON HARPER reads “The Red Swing” by Phyllis W. Allen; JEFFREY SCHMIDT reads “So Many Lovely Lies” by Andrew Geyer; and G. W. BAILEY reads “Let Me Let You Go” by Jamie Brickhouse, 7:30PM [ticketed event]
Denton
South Denton Branch Library, Professor's Corner: Dr. AnaLouise Keating presents Social Protest Poetry, 7PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Thomas Mallon reading and signing LANDFALL, 7PM
Rice U, Laura Eve Engel will be reading a series of poems from her book Things That Go, 12PM
Tracy Gee Community Center, Houston SCBWI meeting featuring "Proposing & Writing a Series" with Jennifer Hamburg, 7PM
Huntsville
Sam Houston State, Women's Poetry Slam, 6:30PM
Tuesday, March 5:
Addison
Bitter Sisters Brewery, Amber Royer reading and signing Pure Chocolate (with demos, cake, and chocolate and beer flights), 7:30PM
Austin
BookPeople, TOM ZIGAL speaking & signing Outcry Witness (in conversation with James Kunetka), 7PM
The North Door, One Page Salon featuring Adam Ruhl, Brooke Elise Axtell, Roanna Flowers, and Andrew Hilbert, 7:30PM
Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam New SH** SLAM, 7:15PM
UT - Jones Reading Room, Literary Speaker Series: neuroscientist Norman Doidge, author of The Brain’s Way of Healing, 7PM
Boerne
Cibolo Nature Center, David K. Langford discussing and signing Seasons at Selah: The Legacy of Bamberger Ranch Preserve, 6:30PM
Dallas
Hotel Crescent Court, Fred Burton discussing and signing Beirut Rules: The Murder of a CIA Station Chief and Hezbollah's War Against America, 6PM
Interabang Books, Virginia Willis discussing and signing SECRETS OF THE SOUTHERN TABLE, 6PM
Meyerson Symphony Center, 2019 University of Dallas McDermott Lecture featuring Anthony Doerr, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of All the Light We Cannot See, 7:30PM
El Paso
VA Clinic, Tumblewords Project workshop series for veterans and their families, 3PM
Fort Worth
The Dock Bookshop, Poetry and Open Mic, 8PM
Houston
Blue Willow Bookshop, Christian Robinson will discuss and sign ANOTHER, his newest picture book, 5PM
Brazos Bookstore, Becky Crouch Patterson discussing and signing LUCKENBACH TEXAS, 6PM
Cullen Performance Hall, Annie Leibovitz discussing and signing AT WORK (part of FotoFest International), 7PM
Fix Coffeebar, Poetry Fix presents Choonwha Moon and Laura Pena, 6:30PM
Katy Budget Books, luncheon with Phillip Margolin signing The Perfect Alibi, 1PM
Murder By the Book, Phillip Margolin will sign and discuss The Perfect Alibi, 6:30PM
San Antonio
The Mix, PuroSlam featuring DJ Donnie Dee, 9:30PM
The Twig Book Shop, Mary Adkins reading and signing When You Read This, 5PM
The Woodlands
Wednesday, March 6:
Austin
Austin Central Library, PETER HELLER speaking & signing The River (in conversation with Clay Smith from Kirkus Reviews), 7PM
BookWoman, Roy Casagranda reading and signing The Blood Throne of Caria, 7PM
Bullock Museum, High Noon Talks: Ron Rozelle discussing Exiled: The Last Days of Sam Houston, 12PM
Dallas
Dallas Museum of Art, Arts & Letters Live presents Jessie Burton, author of The Miniaturist, and Susie Rogers and Kevin Mulvany, art historians, will discuss their creative process in making the miniatures used in the PBS Masterpiece television series, 7:30PM [ticketed event]
JCC Dallas, Jane Isay presents UNCONDITIONAL LOVE: A GUIDE TO NAVIGATING THE JOYS AND CHALLENGES OF BEING A GRANDPARENT TODAY, 9:30AM
Denton
Spiderweb Salon HQ, The Zine Experiment: Open Studio & Workshop, 6PM
Houston
Avant Garden, Write About Now Ladies Mic featuring Kyla Jenee Lacey, 7:30PM
Brazos Bookstore, Mary Adkins reading and signing WHEN YOU READ THIS, 7PM
Murder By the Book, Harriet Tyce will sign and discuss Blood Orange, and Amy Gentry will sign and discuss Last Woman Standing, 6:30PM
San Marcos
Texas State U, the Center for the Studay of the Southwest presents Nhi Lieu discussing and signing The American Dream in Vietnamese, 11AM
Thursday, March 7:
Austin
Malvern Books, a poetry reading from Jane Miller, author of Who is Trixie the Trasher? And Other Questions, 7PM
Canyon
Burrowing Owl Books, A Fiction Reading by Katie Foster, 7PM
Cleburne
Cleburne Public Library, an evening with Marjorie Lewis, author of When the Men Were Gone, 6:30PM
Dallas
Interabang Books, Don Winslow reading and signing THE BORDER, 7PM
Maggiano's, Half Price Books presents Author Luncheon with Steve Berry, 7PM
Denton
Denton County Brewing Company, the launch of UNT alum and former Assistant Fiction Editor of the American Literary Review, Courtney Craggett's debut story collection, TORNADO SEASON, 6PM
Fulshear
Bob Lutts Fulshear/Simonton Branch Library, Award-winning historical novelist Ann Weisgarber reading and signing her newest book, The Glovemaker, 2PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Sören Urbansky discussing and signing YELLOW PERILS, 7PM
Heights Public Library, Spanish Poetry at the Library, 6:30PM
Rice U, The Spectacle of the Woman Resistor: Female Dress and Gender Transformation with Mary Louise Roberts, 4PM
Solidarity Houston, First Thursday Manifesto Poetry Potluck/Showcase, 8PM
Pflugerville
Pflugerville Public Library, Monte Akers will discuss his book, The Grand Dame of Austin, which details the history of Austin's historical Driskill Hotel, 6:30PM
San Antonio
Hotel Emma, Transforming the Ordinary: Poetry Workshop & Reading with Linda Simone, 5:30PM
Friday, March 8:
Austin
BookPeople, MARLON JAMES speaking & signing Black Leopard, Red Wolf, 7PM [ticketed event]
BookWoman, Catherine Guthrie reading and signing Flat, 7:30PM
Cafe de Resistencia, Pupusas, Justicia, y Transformación: A Cafe Libró Open Mic, 7:30PM
Malvern Books, interview series "Borderless: Conversations on Art, Action, and Justice" featuring Monica Muñoz Martinez, 7PM
Benbrook
Benbrook Public Library, J. Todd Hawkins at 2nd Friday Poetry, 6:30PM
Dallas
Dallas Market Center, Jodi Thomas will be selling and signing copies of MORNINGS ON MAIN at the Dallas Quilt Show (Booth #204), all day
Deep Vellum Books, Courtney Craggett's Book Launch of TORNADO SEASON with Blake Kimzey and Kimberly Garza, 7PM
Heroes Lounge, Dallas Poetry Slam: Girls Night Out feat: iCon, 8PM
Driftwood
Desert Door, Kathleen Shafer, author of Marfa, The Transformation of a West Texas Town, will lead a talk about her book and the unique place that inspired it, with opening and closing live music by Jaeger, 5:30PM
Houston
Inprint House, VIP Arts Houston & Inprint present Performance Poetry Intensive with Marcell Murphy and Deborah DEEP Mouton, 6PM
Katy Budget Books, PC & Kristin, authors of the bestselling House of Night series, in conversation with Rachel Caine, 6:30PM
Murder By the Book, Steve Berry will sign and discuss his new Cotton Malone thriller, The Matla Exchange (with actor, writer and award-winning narrator Scott Brick), 6:30PM
Rice U, Dr Stacy Alaimo presents Global Visions, Speculative Aesthetics and Mediated Desire in the Blue Humanities, 4PM
San Antonio
B&N - La Cantera, The Border book signing with Don Winslow, 7PM
Saturday, March 9:
Austin
B&N - Arboretum, Austin Bay signing Cocktails from Hell, 2PM
BookPeople, Austin SCBWI Monthly Meeting: Ten Tips to Make the Most of Your Submission with P.J. Hoover, 10AM
BookPeople, GREG FOLEY speaking & signing Kat Keeps the Beat, 2PM
St. Edward's U, Writers' League of Texas workshop: "First Draft to Best Draft: Revising Like a Professional" with Katherine Catmull, 10AM
Boerne
Patrick Heath Public Library, Second Saturday Author Signing with Joy Fisher Hein, 11AM
Dallas
B&N - Lincoln Park, Fly Girls Young Readers' Edition: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History book signing with Keith O'Brien, 1PM
Dallas Market Center, Jodi Thomas will be selling and signing copies of MORNINGS ON MAIN at the Dallas Quilt Show (Booth #204), all day
El Paso
El Paso Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: "They Call You Ecstasy" with Sandy Torrez, 12:45PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Spring Break Kickoff with Crystal Allen, 10:30AM
Brazos Bookstore, Keith O’Brien discussing and signing FLY GIRLS, 7PM
Half Price Books - Clear Lake, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
Katherine Tyra Branch Library, Houston Writers Guild Library Workshop, 10:30AM
Katy Budget Books, author signing with Whit McClendon, 12PM
Winston Contemporary Art, Space City Slam Preliminary #5: Compete for your chance to join the internationally-renowned Meta-Four Houston youth slam team, 6PM
Writespace, Monthly Workshop Open Mic, 7PM
Lake Dallas
Lake Dallas Public Library, Writers' League of Texas presents "Texas Writes" with ire'ne lara silva and Nikki Loftin, 10AM
Lufkin
Absolutely Fiction, Bert Lindsey Book Signing, 1:30PM
Richardson
Chocolate Angel, Fresh Fiction Afternoon Tea with author Kim Redford, 4PM
San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, Bill Wright discussing and signing The Whole Damn Cheese: Maggie Smith, Border Legend, 11AM
South Padre Island
Paragraphs on Padre, Kent Wittenburg reading and signing The Story is Beginning and Here I am Soaking Wet: Poems for Forest Bathing, 1PM
Webster
B&N, Gulf Coast Poets meeting featuring Brian Kehinde, 10:30AM
The Woodlands
B&N, Author Signing: The Spread, 3PM
Sunday, March 10:
Austin
Hilton Austin Downtown, Joe Nick Patoski, author of Austin to ATX: The Hippies, Pickers, Slackers, and Geeks Who Transformed the Capital of Texas, will moderate the panel "Who and What Makes Austin Austin?" for SXSW, 12:30PM
Dallas
Dallas Market Center, Jodi Thomas will be selling and signing copies of MORNINGS ON MAIN at the Dallas Quilt Show (Booth #204), all day
Half Price Books Mother Ship, Local Author Sundays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
Interabang Books, Nancy Churnin reading and signing MARTIN AND ANNE: THE KINDRED SPIRITS OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. AND ANNE FRANK, 2PM
Denton
Dan's Silverleaf, Spiderweb Salon Happy Hour Illustration Workshop with Alex Stock, 2PM
Edinburg
Museum of South Texas History, Pino Shah and Geoff Alger present the Architecture of the Lower Rio Grande Valley Photography Project and McAllen Architecture: A Visual Journey, 2PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Patrick Summers discussing and signing THE SPIRIT OF THIS PLACE, 3PM
McKinney
Half Price Books, Dallas-native Robert Valleau will sell and sign his novel Dusty Road Chronicles, joined by Reagin Taylor, who is promoting her YA debut novel Flower Fields, 1PM
Richardson
The Drawing Board, Writing Workshops Dallas seminar: "Building a Platform & Social Media Audience" with Earlina Green, 3PM
San Antonio
Landa Library, Author Visit: C. Rod Pattan, MD, 3PM
Don't see your book or literary event here? Email Events@lonestarliterary.com with your complete info two weeks in advance of the issue in which your event is scheduled, and we'll include it.
