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Humanities Texas presents Texas Storytime: A Family Reading Program,<\/span> Midland, February 8-March 15<\/li>\n
FESTIBA 2018: Festival of International Books & Arts, <\/span>Brownsville, February 26-March<\/li>\n
11th Annual Johnson City Library Writers Conference,<\/span> February 28<\/li>\n
32nd Annual Texas Cowboy Poetry Gathering,<\/span> Alpine, March 2-3<\/li>\n
RGV Writers Conference,<\/span> McAllen, March 3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Ongoing Exhibits<\/h1>\n
- OK, I’ll Do It Myself: Narratives of Intrepid Women in the American Wilderness, Selections from the Caroline F. Schimmel Collection,<\/span> Dallas, January 18-March 28<\/span><\/li>\n
- Our Voice: Celebrating the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Awards (NCCIL exhibition)<\/span>, Abilene, February 8-May 19<\/li>\n
- HOMETOWN TEXAS photography exhibition,<\/span> Dallas, February 17-May 5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
  Sunday, February 25<\/h1>\n
  Austin<\/p>\n
  \n
  BookPeople, DAVID NEFF speaking & signing Weird Homes, 2PM<\/li>\n
  Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam presents The Battle of the South: A Southern Slam Team Brawl, 3PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
  Bryan<\/p>\n
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  Brazos County Expo Center, Jeff and Mary O Parker, authors of Explore Texas: A Nature Travel Guide, will be appearing together for a signing and to teach a session at the Texas Bluebird Society’s annual “Bluebird Season Kickoff,” 9AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
  Dallas<\/p>\n
  \n
  The Foundry Club, Writing Workshops Dallas presents: “Writing Out of the Wilderness: A Publication Seminar – Survive Rejection, Forge a Path to Publication, & Make Yourself Findable” with Blake Kimzey, 3PM<\/li>\n
  Half Price Books Mothership, local author William Venema will sell and sign his military thriller, Death in Panama, and local author Ray Sharp will sell and sign his children’s book, After All, Dogs Are Colorblind, Aren’t They?, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
  Houston<\/p>\n
  \n
  B&N – Westheimer, poet Tarif Youssef-Agha signing his memoir, The Chronicles of the Syrian Revolution, 12PM<\/li>\n
  Brazilian Arts Foundation, O Brasil Secreto: Brazilian Art, Prose, and Poetry in Translation featuring Gabriela Maya, poetry in translation by D.A. Smith, and a Q & A with Houston-based painter Tony Paran\u00e1, 4PM<\/li>\n
  Rudyard’s Pub, Public Poetry presents “The Passion Series” featuring Mark Irwin, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
  Irving<\/p>\n
  \n
  South Irving Library, Hope Nation book launch with Angie Thomas, Ally Carter, Julie Murphy, and Dr. Rose Brock, 3PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
  Monday, February 26<\/h1>\n
  Dallas<\/p>\n
  \n
  Aaron Family Jewish Community Center, Paula Shoyer discussing signing The Healthy Jewish Kitchen (includes a cooking demonstration), 7PM<\/li>\n
  Dallas Museum of Art, Arts & Letters Live hosts Amy Bloom and her new novel, White Houses, 7:30PM<\/li>\n
  Deep Vellum Book, a thrilling night of conversation as we celebrate the re-launch of Joe Milazzo\u2019s Crepuscule W\/ Nellie (with Robin Myrick, Brenda Randall, and David Eric Tomlinson), 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
  Houston<\/p>\n
  \n
  Blue Willow Bookshop, C.C. Hunter will discuss and sign her new teen novel, THIS HEART OF MINE, 7PM<\/li>\n
  Brazos Bookstore, Watt Casey Jr. discussing and signing MY GUITAR IS A CAMERA, 7PM<\/li>\n
  Main Street Theater – Rice Village, Wordsmyth Theater Co. invites you to a reading of The Secretary, by Kyle John Schmidt, followed a moderated talk-back with the playwright, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
  Tuesday, February 27<\/h1>\n
  Austin<\/p>\n
  \n
  BookPeople, AMY BLOOM speaking & signing White Houses, 7PM [ticketed event]<\/li>\n
  LBJ Library, Hulu series \u201cThe Looming Tower\u201d Preview and Conversation with Lawrence Wright, author of The Looming Tower, actor Michael Stuhlbarg, and former FBI Special Agent Ali Soufan, 6PM [a Friends event]<\/li>\n
  Malvern Books, Malvern\u2019s Multi-Verse Reading Series meets I Scream Social Reading Series with Dr. Joe, Annar Ver\u00f6ld, and Schandra Madha, 7PM<\/li>\n
  Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam featuring UT Spitshine, 7:15PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
  Dallas<\/p>\n
  \n
  Interabang Books, Kayleen Schaefer discussing and signing TEXT ME WHEN YOU GET HOME, 7PM<\/li>\n
  Lucky Dob Books – Casa Linda, Book Reading & Live Music with Emily Ann Peterson, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
  Denton<\/p>\n
  \n
  UNT, Visiting Writers Series presents a reading with Ruth Ellen Kocher, award-winning author of seven books of poetry, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
  Houston<\/p>\n
  \n
  Black Labrador, Houston Writers House meeting: Guest Speakers Leigh Owen and Julie Grob, coordinators for instruction at UH libraries, will present about the Rare Books Collections, 6:30PM<\/li>\n
  Murder By the Book, Steve Cavanagh will sign and discuss The Plea, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
  San Antonio<\/p>\n
  \n
  The Mix, Puroslam with DJ Donnie Dee, 9:30PM<\/li>\n
  Trinity University, The Stieren Arts Enrichment Series presents Pulitzer Prize-winner Jennifer Egan, author of Manhattan Beach, 8PM<\/li>\n
  The Twig Book Shop, Elizabeth Crook reading and signing The Which Way Tree, 5PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
  Seguin<\/p>\n
  \n
  Texas Lutheran University, Brown Distinguished Lecture: Award-winning actress Diane Guerrero, author of In The Country We Love: My Family Divided (book signing follows), 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
  Southlake<\/p>\n
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  B&N – Town Square, No es por vista: Solo la fe abre tus ojos book signing with Cash Luna, 6PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
  Wednesday, February 28<\/h1>\n
  Austin<\/p>\n
  \n
  BookPeople, BONNIE SIEGLER speaking & signing Signs of Resistance [with featured panelists:\u00a0 Alicia Weigel, Director of Policy and Advocacy at Deeds Not Words; Xochi Solis, artist and member of the Chulita Vinyl Club; and Rebecca McInroy host of KUT\u2019s \u201cNews & Brews\u201d(NPR), moderator], 7PM<\/li>\n
  Resistencia Books, Against the Deportation Terror: A Reading & Book Signing with Rachel Ida Bluff, 7:30PM<\/li>\n
  Terrazas Branch Library, Chicon Street Poets Presents Aural Literature, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
  Dallas<\/p>\n
  \n
  B&N – Lincoln Park, Rickey Pittman to read Cajun ABC and Rio Grande ABC, 7PM<\/li>\n
  Interabang Books, Chick Lit Luncheon Kick-Off Party: The Chick Lit Luncheon is Community Partners of Dallas\u2019 largest fundraiser of the year, raising money to support the charity\u2019s mission of ensuring safety, restoring dignity, and inspiring hope for the abused and neglected children served by Dallas County Child Protective Services, 6PM<\/li>\n
  SMU – Cox School of Business, Dr. Deirdre Nansen McCloskey discussing Bourgeois Equality: How Ideas, Not Capital or Institutions, Enriched the World, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
  Houston<\/p>\n
  \n
  Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Slam, 7:30PM<\/li>\n
  B&N – Westheimer, No es por vista: Solo la fe abre tus ojos book signing with Cash Luna, 7PM<\/li>\n
  Brazos Bookstore, Mutabilis Press Reunion Reading, 6PM<\/li>\n
  Murder By the Book, Rhys Bowen will sign and discuss her stand-alone novel, The Tuscan Child, 6:30PM<\/li>\n
  Talento Bilingue de Houston, Celebrate 20 Years of Nuestra Palabra And The Expansion of the Showcase: The Latino Agenda Voting and the Upcoming Elections, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
  San Antonio<\/p>\n
  \n
  Sabina’s Coffee House, The Ocotillo Review V2.1 Release Party & Reading, 6:30PM<\/li>\n
  The Twig Book Shop, Cristy Nickel discussing and signing The Code Red Revolution, 5PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
  Thursday, March 1<\/h1>\n
  Austin<\/p>\n
  \n
  BookPeople, MICHAEL NOLL speaking & signing The Writer’s Field Guide to the Craft of Fiction (in conversation with Bret Anthony Johnston, Director of the Michener Center for Writers), 7PM<\/li>\n
  BookWoman, Dirt: A Reading with C. Prudence Arceneaux, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
  College Station<\/p>\n
  \n
  Texas A&M – Cushing Memorial Library & Archives, opening of the exhibition, The Angel in the Marble: Selections from the Berger-Cloonan Collection of Decorated Papers: notable paper marbler and artist Tom Leech will deliver a keynote lecture entitled, \u201cYour Brain on Paper: Musings from a Papermaker\u2019s Vat,\u201d 6:30PM (live demonstration of several methods of paper decoration, including marbling, suminagashi, and paste paper, 2:30PM)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
  Dallas<\/p>\n
  \n
  Interabang Books, Tayari Jones reading and signing AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE, Oprah’s latest pick, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
  Houston<\/p>\n
  \n
  Brazos Bookstore, Scott Ziegler discussing and signing ZIEGLER COOPER: 40 YEARS OF DESIGN INSPIRATION, 7PM<\/li>\n
  Murder By the Book, Ausma Zehanat Khan will sign and discuss A Dangerous Crossing, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
  Lubbock<\/p>\n
  \n
  Texas Tech, Creative Writing Alumni Reading: poet Michael Shewmaker, award-winning author of Penumbra, and writer, translator, and former newspaper journalist Sarah Viren, award-winning author of Mine, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
  San Antonio<\/p>\n
  \n
  Artpace, Book Publication: FIRST FAMILIES OF BEXAR (an SA300 Tricentennial Event), 8:30AM<\/li>\n
  Love Shack Boutique, Unf#ck Your Brain Book Reading & Signing with Dr. Faith Harper, 7PM<\/li>\n
  Barshop Jewish Community Center, JCC Author & Speaker Series: Sarge presents Black Boychik, 7PM<\/li>\n
  Trinity University, MAS Alvarez Seminar: The Canci\u00f3n Cannibal Cabaret with Tejana poet and playwright Amalia Ortiz, 6PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
  South Padre Island<\/p>\n
  \n
  Paragraphs on Padre, Book signing and discussion with poet PW Covington, author of The Motor Hotels of Central Avenue, 3PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
  Sugar Land<\/p>\n
  \n
  B&N – First Colony, Story time with local author Maria Ashworth, 10AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
  Victoria<\/p>\n
  \n
  UHV, American Book Review Reading Series hosts Carlin Romano, critic-at-large for The Chronicle of Higher Education, 12PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
  Friday, March 2<\/h1>\n
  Austin<\/p>\n
  \n
  BookPeople, STEVEN W. HORN speaking and signing When They Were Young, CINDY LO speaking and signing Behind the Red Velvet Curtain, and DR. LYNN LATIFAH HOBIN speaking & signing Alchemy of Awakening, 7PM<\/li>\n
  Resistencia Books, Celebrating Words & Verses of Black Women: A Caf\u00e9 Libro Open Mic featuring Tonya Lyles, Chandra Washington, Cindy Elizabeth, and Amanda Johnston, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
  Dallas<\/p>\n
  \n
  Interabang Books, Jeffrey A. Engel discussing and signing WHEN THE WORLD SEEMED NEW, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
  Houston<\/p>\n
  \n
  Blue Willow Bookshop, Dr. Seuss Bus Visit: Random House Children\u2019s Books takes Dr. Seuss on the road, 5PM<\/li>\n
  Brazos Bookstore, Thomas Pierce reading and signing THE AFTERLIVES, 7PM<\/li>\n
  Discovery Green, Orbit Slam Series, 6PM<\/li>\n
  Inprint House, Inprint\u2019s First Friday Poetry Reading Series presents Reyes Ramirez, 8:30PM<\/li>\n
  Marriott Marquis, High School for the Performing and Visual Arts Friends 12th annual Encore Luncheon: Pulitzer Prize-finalist and critically-acclaimed novelist Susan Choi will be honored as HSPVA\u2019s 2018 Distinguished Alumna, 11:30AM<\/li>\n
  Murder By the Book, Walter Mosley will sign and discuss Down The River Unto the Sea, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
  Humble<\/p>\n
  \n
  Humble Civic Center, Space City Preliminary Slam: Houston poets, spoken word artists, and emcees, ages 13-19, compete for a spot on the Meta-Four Houston youth slam team, ranked #5 in the world, 6PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
  Midland<\/p>\n
  \n
  B&N, Cristy Nickel signing Code Red Revolution, 4PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
  South Padre Island<\/p>\n
  \n
  Paragraphs on Padre, Book signing and discussion with poet Vladimir Swirynsky, 1:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
  Saturday, March 3<\/h1>\n
  Austin<\/p>\n
  \n
  ACC Highland Campus, Writers’ League of Texas workshop: “Layering: A Structured Approach to Revision” with Chaitali Sen, 10AM<\/li>\n
  Austin History Center, Meet the Author: Elizabeth Clare discussing and signing The Austin Dam Disaster of 1900, 3PM<\/li>\n
  BookPeople, story time with Susan Kralovansky, local author of Counting Colors in Texas, 10:30AM<\/li>\n
  BookPeople, WALTER MOSLEY speaking & signing Down the River Unto the Sea, 2PM [ticketed event]<\/li>\n
  BookWoman, Book Talk & Self-Defense Demo with Wendy L. Rouse, author of Her Own Hero: The Origins of the Women’s Self-Defense Movement, Sun Dragon Martial Arts and Self Defense, and Sensei Joy Williamson, 4PM<\/li>\n
  Harry Ransom Center, Explore UT Open House, 11AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
  Dallas<\/p>\n
  \n
  Dallas Museum of Art, Short story writing workshop led by author Bret Anthony Johnston, Director of the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas at Austin, 3PM<\/li>\n
  Dallas Museum of Art, Arts & Letters Live presents “Texas Bound I”: Chamblee Ferguson reads “Preface to My Autobiography” and “The Grand Old Opera” by Steve Martin; Liza Marie Gonzalez reads \u201cEverything is Far from Here\u201d by Cristina Henr\u00edquez; Sally Vahle reads \u201cCleaning Your Gun\u201d by Laurie Lynn Drummond; Actor to be announced reads \u201cHalf of What Atlee Rouse Knows About Horses\u201d by Bret Anthony Johnston, 7:30PM<\/li>\n
  Interabang Books, Analicia Sotelo reading from and signing VIRGIN: POEMS, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
  El Paso<\/p>\n
  \n
  El Paso Public Library – Memorial Park, Tumblewords Project Workshop: “Ars Poetica\u2014Poetry about Poetry and a Look at the Writing Life” with Annette Velasquez, 12:45PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
  Fort Worth<\/p>\n
  \n
  BOLD Library, workshop: Bam! Pow! Zoom! Create Your Own Graphic Novel, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
  Houston<\/p>\n
  \n
  Brazos Bookstore, Paul Petronella discussing and signing PAULIE\u2019S, 7PM<\/li>\n
  Half Price Books – North Oaks, Local Author Saturday: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last<\/li>\n
  Hardy & Nance Studios, Illusions of Grandeur Presents “Life Is a Circus” with poet Chris Cantu, 6:30PM<\/li>\n
  Jungman Neighborhood Library, Public Poetry Reading Series featuring Monica Teresa Ortiz, Rebecca Oxley, Nick Lantz, and Konnor Broussard, 2PM<\/li>\n
  Murder By the Book, Dean “Miranda” James will sign and discuss Claws for Concern, 4:30PM<\/li>\n
  Writespace, Workshop: “How to Publish Your Work” with Joshua Foster, 9:30AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
  Jasper<\/p>\n
  \n
  Jasper Public Library, Writers’ League of Texas presents “Texas Writes” with feature presentations from authors Suzy Spencer and Reavis Z. Wortham, 10AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
  Kerrville<\/p>\n
  \n
  Wolfmueller’s Books, Elizabeth Crook reading and signing The Which Way Tree, 3PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
  Lubbock<\/p>\n
  \n
  B&N, If You Were A Commandment book signing with S.R. Jackson, and Hen House Chronicles book signing with Sue Swinson, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
  Port Neches<\/p>\n
  \n
  Fleur Fine Books, Meet & Greet with Beatrice Moore Luchin, author of The Shoe Fetish fiction book trilogy, 3PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
  San Antonio<\/p>\n
  \n
  UTSA – Downtown, Poetry to Provoke, 9AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
  Sunday, March 4<\/h1>\n
  Abilene<\/p>\n
  \n
  National Center for Children’s Illustrated Literature, the NCCIL welcomes Dr. Claudette S. McLinn, Coretta Scott King Book Awards Chair, 5:30PM [members only]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
  Austin<\/p>\n
  \n
  BookPeople, STORY PIRATES presenting Stuck in the Stone Age, 2PM<\/li>\n
  BookWoman, The Austin Dam Disaster of 1900: A Book Talk with Elizabeth Clare, 4PM<\/li>\n
  Malvern Books, an afternoon with poets David Cavanagh, Sharon Webster, and Steven Ray Smith, 4PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
  Dallas<\/p>\n
  \n
  The Foundry Club, Writing Workshops Dallas presents: “A Writer\u2019s Blueprint for The Social Media Game” with Whitney Davis, 3PM<\/li>\n
  Half Price Books Mothership, local author Robert Lovelle Rooks will sell and sign his novel Filipina, and local author Francia Noble will sell and sign her book Doing Business God’s Way: Devotions for the Entrepreneur, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
  El Paso<\/p>\n
  \n
  Blackbird Cantina, Xelena Gonzalez and Adriana M. Gomez perform their award-winning debut picture book, All Around Us, 5:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
  Fort Worth<\/p>\n
  \n
  Central Library, workshop: Bam! Pow! Zoom! Create Your Own Graphic Novel, 3PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
  Houston<\/p>\n
  \n
  Brazos Bookstore, S Shankar reading and signing GHOST IN THE TAMARIND, 5PM<\/li>\n
  Rudyard’s Pub, Public Poetry presents “The Passion Series” featuring John Gorman and Kevin Prufer, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
  Mansfield<\/p>\n
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  Half Price Books, Local Author Sundays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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