Book reading and signing: Heart of Obsidian by Nalini Singh

06.12.13

New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh will sign and discuss Heart of Obsidian. Though she's traveled as far afield as the deserts of China, the Highlands of Scotland and the temples of

Mongoose versus Cobra Reading Series Part VI: Rebecca Gayle Howell & Jacob Shores-Arguello

Mongoose versus Cobra

05.13.13

Rebecca Gayle Howell's and Jacob Shores-Arguello's rare creations combine erudition with a devotion to beauty. Rebecca Gayle Howell has published poems and translations in Ecotone, Hayden&#

George H.W, Bush is frisky

Barbara Bush reveals an unexpected marital woe in a $2.1 million night for reading: Can't contain the sock man

By Tarra Gaines

04.21.13 | 6:01 am

Barbara Bush may have stepped down as the chair of the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy and into an honorary role, but her humor and drive certainly remain a guiding influence over the f ...

Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series: Jonathan Lethem & John Jeremiah Sullivan

Alley Theatre

04.22.13

The 2012/2013 Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series closes with two nationally acclaimed nonfiction writers, Jonathan Lethem and John Jeremiah Sullivan. Lethem, a MacArthur "genius"

Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series: Amber Dermont & Jesmyn Ward

Hobby Center for the Performing Arts

03.25.13

Inprint presents an evening of great fiction with Amber Dermont and National Book Award-winner Jesmyn Ward as part of the 2012-2013 Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series. Amber Dermont, a

Book launch: It All Started with a Turtle by Lisa Holthouse

Children's Museum of Houston

03.23.13

The Children's Museum Houston will host the launch of Lisa Holthouse's new children's book, It All Started with a Turtle, with author readings and a signing, a lemonade stand serving le

Story time and book signing: It All Started with a Turtle by Lisa Holthouse

04.06.13

River Oaks Bookstore will host Lemonade Day co-founder and author of It All Started with a Turtle, Lisa Holthouse, for a story time meet and greet and book signing. Fresh lemonade will be serv

Reading Group: Perspectives 181: Human Nature

Contemporary Arts Museum Houston

05.04.13 - 05.11.13

Get together with CAMH's Teen Council to discuss contemporary essays, short fiction and poems. Reading assignments will be available in advance at the Museum front desk and online. All ages wel

Poetry Reading: "Students on a Soapbox"

Contemporary Arts Museum Houston

03.07.13

Join for a poetry reading by up-and-coming poets from the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts and School of the Woods. The program features Poetry Slam-influenced performances as well as

The Flamenco Poets Society presents "Women poets from Spain & Latin America: Carmen Conde, Gabriela Mistral & Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz"

04.07.13

The Flamenco Poets Society will present "Women Poets from Spain and Latin America: Carmen Conde, Gabriela Mistral & Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz." These poets believed in the educ