TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY PRESS EVENTS

2009

January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August
September | October | November | December
Looking Toward 2010 | Other News

JANUARY

Monday, January 5–Monday, January 12, 2009
Exhibit
Tentative
Society for Historical & Underwater Arch
Toronto, Canada

Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Presentation & Book Signing
Liz Carmack,
Historic Hotels of Texas (TAMU Press)
1:00 p.m.
Daughters of the Republic of Texas
Austin Woman's Club
708 San Antonio Street
Austin, Texas

Saturday, January 24, 2009
Book Signing
Phil Caudill, Moss Bluff Rebel (TAMU Press)
Beaumont History Conference
Beaumont, Texas

Sunday, January 25, 2009
Radio Interview
Gary Hartman, The History of Texas Music (TAMU Press)
8:00 a.m. EST
"Contours"
Hear it online at: www.wnti.org

FEBRUARY

Continues through Thursday, February 19, 2009
Exhibit/Book Signing
The Center for Texas Studies at TCU,
Going to Texas (TCU Press)
Museum of the Big Bend
Alpine, Texas

Thursday, February 12, 2009
Presentation & Book Signing
Liz Carmack, Historic Hotels of Texas (TAMU Press)
12:00 p.m.
Fort Worth Newcomers Club
Mira Vista Golf Club
6600 Mira Vista Blvd.
Fort Worth, Texas
phone: 817-922-8667

Friday, February 13, 2009
Presentation & Book Signing
Liz Carmack, Historic Hotels of Texas (TAMU Press)
12:00 p.m.
Rotary Club of Fort Worth
Fort Worth Club Bldg.
306 W. Seventh St., Suite 715
Fort Worth, Texas
phone: 817-332-7977

Friday, February 13, 2009
Book Signing
Patsy Pittman Light, Capturing Nature (TAMU Press)
2:00—6:00 p.m.
Houston Antique Dealers Association
George R. Brown Convention Center
1001 Avenida de las Americas
Houston, Texas

Monday, February 16, 2009
Presentation & Book Signing
Liz Carmack, Historic Hotels of Texas (TAMU Press)
12:00 p.m.
Oak Hill Rotary
Cannoli Joe's
4715 Hwy 290 West
Austin, Texas

Thursday, February 19–Saturday, February 21, 2009
Exhibit
Texas Chapter of the Wildlife Society
Lubbock, Texas

Thursday, February 26, 2009
Presentation & Book Signing
Liz Carmack, Historic Hotels of Texas (TAMU Press)
10:00 a.m.
Sun City Social Center
Georgetown, Texas
phone: 512-864-1207

MARCH

Sunday, March 1, 2009
Exhibit and Book Signing
D. Gentry Steele and M. Jimmie Killingsworth,
Reflections of the Brazos Valley (TAMU Press)
6:00–8:00 p.m.
Art 979 Gallery
Village Cafe and Bakery
210 26th Street
Bryan, Texas
Free entry

Thursday, March 5, 2009
Presentation and Book Signing
Chuck Parsons, The Sutton-Taylor Feud (UNT Press)
7:00 p.m.
Dr. Eugene Clark Library
217 South Main Street
Lockhart, Texas
phone: 512-398-3223

Thursday, March 5–Thursday, April 16, 2009
Exhibit/Book Signing
The Center for Texas Studies at TCU, Going to Texas (TCU Press)
Centennial Museum, UT
El Paso, Texas

Friday, March 6, 2009
Panel Discussion & Book Signing
Liz Carmack, Historic Hotels of Texas (TAMU Press)
Time TBA
Undergraduate Writing Center
University of Texas at Austin
Location TBA
Austin, Texas
phone: 832-277-8548

Friday, March 6, 2009
Presentation
Patsy Pittman Light, Capturing Nature (TAMU Press)
Time: TBA
Rockdale High School
Rockdale, Texas

Friday, March 6—Saturday, March 7, 2009
Presentation/Book Signing
Patsy Pittman Light, Capturing Nature (TAMU Press)
3rd Annual Tejas Art and Book Festival
Downtown
Rockdale, Texas

Saturday, March 7, 2009
Book Signing
Patsy Pittman Light, Capturing Nature (TAMU Press)
Time: TBA
Lucy Hill Patterson Memorial Library
201 Ackerman St.
Rockdale, Texas

Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Book Signing
Ernie Stromberger, John Hill for the State of Texas (TAMU Press)
5:00–7:00 p.m.
River Oaks Bookstore
3270 Westheimer
Houston, Texas

Thursday, March 12, 2009
Book Signing
Ginny McNeill Raska, The Uncompromising Diary of Sallie McNeill, 1858–1867 (TAMU Press)
6:00 p.m.
Hosted by the Sweeny Library Association
Sweeny Branch Library of the Brazoria County Library System
205 West Ashley Wilson Road
Sweeny, Texas

Saturday, March 14, 2009
Presentation and Book Signing
J. Brett Cruse, Battles of the Red River War
(TAMU Press)
11:00 a.m.
Fort Concho Museum
Suttler's Store
630 South Oaks Street
San Angelo, Texas

Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Presentation
Henry C. Dethloff, Texas Aggies Go to War
(TAMU Press)
11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
College Station Conference Center
Room #127
George Bush Blvd.
College Station, Texas
A simple lunch is served for $5 per person.
Reservations are required.
contact: Anne Boykin
email: aboykin@cstx.gov
phone: 979-764-3491

Thursday, March 19, 2009
Presentation and Book Signing
Brendan M. Greeley Jr., The Two Thousand Yard Stare (TAMU Press)
7:30 p.m.
Barnes & Noble Booksellers
Annapolis Harbour Center
2516 Solomons Island Road
Annapolis, Maryland
phone: 410-573-1115

Saturday, March 21, 2009
Book Signing
Judy Barrett, What Can I Do with My Herbs?
(TAMU Press)
10:00 a.m.
Producers Coop
Bryan, Texas

Saturday, March 21, 2009
Book Signing
Sybil Rosen, Living in the Woods in a A Tree: Remembering Blaze Foley (UNT Press)
2:30 p.m.
South by Southwest Music Trade Show
South by Bookstore
Austin Convention Center
500 E. Cesar Chavez St.
website: http://www.sxsw.com/music/trade_show/bookstore

Saturday, March 21, 2009
Book Signing
Vince Bell, One Man’s Music (UNT Press)
3:30 p.m.
South by Southwest Music Trade Show
South by Bookstore
Austin Convention Center
500 E. Cesar Chavez St.
website: http://www.sxsw.com/music/trade_show/bookstore

Sunday, March 22, 2009
Book Signing
Patsy Pittman Light, Capturing Nature (TAMU Press)
1:00–4:00 p.m.
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
4801 La Crosse Avenue
Austin, Texas

Monday, March 23, 2009
Presentation & Book Signing
Liz Carmack, Historic Hotels of Texas (TAMU Press)
9:30 a.m.
Women’s Club of Lakeway
Lakeway Inn
101 Lakeway Dr.
Lakeway, Texas
phone: 512-261-3071

Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Presentation & Book Signing
Liz Carmack, Historic Hotels of Texas (TAMU Press)
11:30 a.m.
Rotary Anns of Austin
Austin Country Club
4408 Long Champ Drive
Austin, Texas

Wednesday, March 25–Saturday, March 28, 2009
Exhibit
Texas State Historical Association
Austin, Texas

Thursday, March 26, 2009
Book Signing
Judy Barrett, What Can I Do with My Herbs?
(TAMU Press)
1:00–5:00 p.m.
Highland Lakes Master Gardeners
Burnet, Texas

Friday, March 27, 2009
Book Signing
Sharon A. Navarro and Senator Leticia Van de Putte, Latina Legislator (TAMU Press)
10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Texa State Capitol
1100 Congress
Austin, Texas

Saturday, March 28, 2009
Book Signing
J. Brett Cruse, Battles of the Red River War
(TAMU Press)
11:00 a.m.
TPW - Fort McKavett Gift Shop
Intersection FM 864 & 1674
Fort McKavett, Texas

Saturday, March 28, 2009
Book Signing
Judy Barrett, What Can I Do with My Herbs?
(TAMU Press)
Olives Ole
San Antonio, Texas

Saturday, March 28, 2009
Discussion/Book Signing
Phil Caudill, Moss Bluff Rebel (TAMU Press)
49th Annual Readers & Writers Roundtable
Salado, Texas

Sunday, March 29, 2009
Presentation & Book Signing
Mary Jo O'Rear, Storm over the Bay (TAMU Press)
2:00 p.m.
Barnes & Noble Booksellers
5129 Blanch D Moore Drive
Corpus Christi, Texas
phone: 361-992-1339

Tuesday, March 31–Friday, April 3, 2009
Exhibit
Texas Library Association
Houston, Texas

APRIL

Continues through Friday, April 3, 2009
Exhibit
Texas Library Association
Houston, Texas

Continues through Thursday, April 16, 2009
Exhibit/Book Signing
The Center for Texas Studies at TCU,
Going to Texas (TCU Press)
Centennial Museum, UT
El Paso, Texas

Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Book Signing
Judy Barrett, What Can I Do with My Herbs?
(TAMU Press)
9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Milam County Master Gardeners
Cameron, Texas

Thursday, April 2–Sunday, April 4, 2009
Exhibit
Tentative
West Texas Historical Association
Lubbock, Texas

Thursday, April 2–Monday, April 5, 2009
Exhibit
Society for Military History
Murfreesboro, Tennessee

Thursday, April 2–Monday, April 5, 2009
Exhibit
Society for Military History
Murfreesboro, Tennessee

Saturday, April 4, 2009
Presentation & Book Signing
Liz Carmack, Historic Hotels of Texas (TAMU Press)
Time TBA
Dinner in the Stacks
Dick Smith Library
Tarleton State University
Stephenville, Texas
phone: 254-968-9249

Saturday, April 4, 2009
Book Signing
Judy Barrett, What Can I Do with My Herbs?
(TAMU Press)
Lampasas, Texas

Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Book Signing
Judy Barrett, What Can I Do with My Herbs?
(TAMU Press)
9:30 a.m.
Austin Herb Society
Austin, Texas

Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Book Signing
Judy Barrett, What Can I Do with My Herbs?
(TAMU Press)
9:45 a.m.
Red Poppy Garden Club
Georgetown, Texas

April, 2009
Exhibit
Tentative
San Angelo Book Festival
San Angelo, Texas

April, 2009
Exhibit
Fay Lecture Series
TAMU Campus
College Station, Texas

Saturday, April 11, 2009
"Meet the Author" Book Signing
Phil Caudill, Moss Bluff Rebel (TAMU Press)
2:00 p.m.
Barnes & Noble Booksellers
The Woodlands, Texas

Thursday, April 16—Sunday, April 19, 2009
Presentation/Book Signing
Patsy Pittman Light, Capturing Nature (TAMU Press)
Arkansas Literary Festival
Time and location: TBA

Saturday, April 18, 2009
Presentation/Book Signing
Greg Lasley, Greg Lasley's Texas Wildlife Portraits (TAMU Press)
12:00–4:00 p.m.
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
4801 La Crosse Ave.
Austin, Texas
For more information on this book, see: www.texaswildlifeportraits.com/Welcome.html

Wednesday, April 22–Sunday, April 26, 2009
Exhibit
Society for American Archaeology
Atlanta, Georgia

Thursday, April 23, 2009
Reading
S. R. Martin Jr., On the Move (TAMU Press)
12:00–2:00 p.m.
Daniel J. Evans Library—Basement Performance Space
The Evergreen State College
2700 Evergreen Parkway
Olympia, Washington
Refreshments
contact: Ernestine Kimbro, Faculty Librarian
phone: 360-867-6715
e-mail: kimbroe@evergreen.edu

Thursday, April 23–Saturday, April 25, 2009
Exhibit
Texas Master Gardener Conference
Marshall, Texas

Sunday, April 26, 2009
Open House/Book Signing
S. R. Martin Jr., On the Move (TAMU Press)
Author's home
Olympia, Washington

2009
Exhibit
Tentative
THC Historic Preservation Conference
Austin, Texas

MAY

May 2009
Exhibit/Book Signing
The Center for Texas Studies at TCU,
Going to Texas (TCU Press)
Museum of the Big Bend
Alpine, Texas

Saturday, May 2, 2009
Book Signing
Judy Barrett, What Can I Do with My Herbs?
(TAMU Press)
2:00 p.m.
Barnes & Noble Booksellers
La Frontera
Austin, Texas

Sunday, May 3, 2009
Presentation/Book Signing
Dr. Shelley Wachsmann, The Sea of Galilee Boat
(TAMU Press)
2:00 p.m.
Christ United Methodist Church
4201 Highway 6 South
College Station, Texas

Sunday, May 3, 2009
Open House/Book Signing
S. R. Martin Jr., On the Move (TAMU Press)
Author's home
Olympia, Washington

Monday, May 4, 2009
Presentation/Book Signing
Greg Lasley, Greg Lasley's Texas Wildlife Portraits (TAMU Press)
12:00 p.m.
2009 Texas Author Series
Sponsored by Friends of the Abilene Public Library
Abilene Public Library
Abilene, Texas

Thursday, May 7, 2009
Speech/Reading/Book Signing
S. R. Martin Jr., On the Move (TAMU Press)
11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
South Puget Sound Community College
Campus bookstore
Olympia, Washington

Sunday, May 10, 2009
Book Signing
Judy Barrett, What Can I Do with My Herbs?
(TAMU Press)
2:00 p.m.
It's About Thyme Garden Center
Austin, Texas

Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Book Signing
Bob Flynn, Echoes of Glory (TCU Press)
5:00 p.m.
Twig Bookshop
San Antonio, Texas

Saturday, May 16, 2009
Presentation
S. R. Martin Jr., On the Move (TAMU Press)
Evergreen satellite program
Grays Harbor Community College Library
Aberdeen, Washington

Saturday, May 23, 2009
Book Signing
David H. Kattes, Insects of Texas (TAMU Press)
11:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
4801 La Crosse Avenue
Austin, Texas

Saturday, May 23, 2009
Book Signing
Judy Barrett, What Can I Do with My Herbs?
(TAMU Press)
Festival of Flowers
San Antonio, Texas

Saturday, May 30, 2009
Book Signing
Judy Barrett, What Can I Do with My Herbs?
(TAMU Press)
Oma's Garten
Killeen, Texas

JUNE

Saturday, June 6–Sunday, September 6, 2009
Exhibit/Book Signing
The Center for Texas Studies at TCU,
Going to Texas (TCU Press)
Old Jail Art Center
Albany, Texas

Monday, June 8, 2009
Book Signing
Judy Barrett, What Can I Do with My Herbs?
(TAMU Press)
San Antonio Herb Group + Others
Antique Rose Emporium
San Antonio, Texas

Thursday, June 11, 2009
Debate/Interview
Jim Smallwood and Chuck Parsons (TAMU Press)
7:00 p.m.
"TV Magazine" with Sharon Colson
KAMU-TV
Brazos Valley channel 15
Bryan/College Station channel 4 and HD channel 12
website: http://kamu.publicbroadcasting.net/tvstreaming.html
Also broadcast Saturday, June 13, and Sunday, June 14, at 6:00 p.m.

Saturday, June 13, 2009
Book Signing
Ron Rozelle, Sundays with Ron Rozelle
(TCU Press)
1:00–3:00 p.m.
Barnes and Noble Booksellers
4916 South Broadway
Tyler, Texas
phone: 903-534-3996

Saturday, June 20, 2009
Book Signing
Judy Alter, Cooking My Way through Life with Kids and Books and other titles (State House/McWhiney Foundation Press)
1:00 p.m.
Lynch Line at the Light
356 S. Second Street
Albany, Texas

JULY

Continues through Sunday, September 6, 2009
Exhibit/Book Signing
The Center for Texas Studies at TCU,
Going to Texas (TCU Press)
Old Jail Art Center
Albany, Texas

Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Speaking Engagement
Phil Caudill, Moss Bluff Rebel (TAMU Press)
7:00 p.m.
Sons of Confederate Veterans Organization
Granbury's Texas Brigade
Gander Mountain
19302 Interstate 45 North
Spring, Texas

Sunday, July 19, 2009
Book Signing
Lori Joan Swick, Comfort and Mirth (TCU Press)
2:00 p.m.
Borders Bookstore
4601 W. Freeway
Fort Worth, Texas
phone: 817-737-0444

Sunday, July 26, 2009
Book Signing
Clifford E. Shackelford, Madge M. Lindsay, and C. Mark Klym, Hummingbirds of Texas (TAMU Press)
1:00–4:00 p.m.
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
4801 La Crosse Ave.
Austin, Texas

AUGUST

Continues through Sunday, September 6, 2009
Exhibit/Book Signing
The Center for Texas Studies at TCU,
Going to Texas (TCU Press)
Old Jail Art Center
Albany, Texas

Wednesday, August 5–Saturday, August 8, 2009
Book Signing
Pamela Walker, Growing Good Things to Eat in Texas (TAMU Press)
American Cheese Society 2009 National Conference
"Cheese In The Heart of Texas"
Hilton Austin
500 East 4th Street
Austin, Texas

Thursday, August 6, 2009
Book Signing
Eugene George, Lost Architecture of the Rio Grande Borderlands (TAMU Press)
6:00–7:30 p.m.
Design Within Reach Austin Studio
200 W 2nd St (@ Colorado)
Austin, Texas

Thursday, August 20, 2009
Photo Exhibit/Book Signing
Linda Walsh, Photographer, Growing Good Things to Eat in Texas (TAMU Press)
6:00–9:00 p.m.
Houston Center of Photography
1441 W. Alabama
Houston, Texas

Sunday, August 23, 2009
Book Signing
Pam Walker and Linda Walsh, Growing Good Things to Eat in Texas (TAMU Press)
4:00–6:00 p.m.
Brazos Bookstore
2421 Bissonnet
Houston, Texas

SEPTEMBER

Continues through Sunday, September 6, 2009
Exhibit/Book Signing
The Center for Texas Studies at TCU,
Going to Texas (TCU Press)
Old Jail Art Center
Albany, Texas

Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Presentation/Book Signing
Phillip Caudill, Moss Bluff Rebel (TAMU Press)
Dinner: 6:30, Program: 7:15 p.m.
(Reservations by 9/9/09, 512-916-3412)
Civil War Roundtable
Tarrytown United Methodist Church
2601 Exposition Boulevard
Austin, Texas

OCTOBER

Thursday, October 8, 2009
Book Signing
Judy Barrett, What Can I Do with My Herbs?
(TAMU Press)
Pioneer Unit, Herb Society of America
Location TBD

Friday, October 9, 2009
Presentation & Book Signing
Brian and Shirley Loflin, Texas Cacti (TAMU Press)
11:30 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Austin, Texas

Saturday, October 17, 2009
Book Signing
Gay Gomez, The Louisiana Coast
(TAMU Press)
Louisiana Book Festival
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Saturday, October 31, 2009
Book Signing
Judy Barrett, What Can I Do with My Herbs?
(TAMU Press)
Texas Book Festival
Austin, Texas

NOVEMBER

Saturday, November 7, 2009
Event
The First Annual National Bookstore Day
Celebrating the vibrant culture of bookstores
Presented by Publishers Weekly, working with sister publications Library Journal and School Library Journal

Wednesday, November 11, 2009–Friday, January 15, 2010
Exhibit/Book Signing
The Center for Texas Studies at TCU,
Going to Texas (TCU Press)
National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame
Fort Worth, Texas

Thursday, November 12, 2009
Book Review & Signing
Heather Green Wooten, The Polio Years in Texas (TAMU Press)
10:30 a.m.
Helen Hall Library
League City, Texas

Thursday, November 12, 2009
Book Launch
Heather Green Wooten, The Polio Years in Texas (TAMU Press)
5:30–7:00 p.m.
1838 Michael B. Menard House
1604 33rd Street
Galveston, Texas

Thursday, November 12, 2009
Book Signing
Judy Barrett, What Can I Do with My Herbs?
(TAMU Press)
Herb Group
Location TBD

DECEMBER

Continues through Friday, January 15, 2010
Exhibit/Book Signing
The Center for Texas Studies at TCU,
Going to Texas (TCU Press)
National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame
Fort Worth, Texas

Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Exhibit and Book Signing
E. Joe Deering, Loving that Lone Star Flag
(TAMU Press)
George Bush Presidential Library and Museum
College Station, Texas

Saturday, December 5, 2009
Book Signing
Kelly Bender, Texas Wildscapes
(TAMU Press)
12:00–3:00 p.m.
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
4801 La Crosse Avenue
Austin, Texas
phone: 512-232-0143

Saturday, December 5, 2009
Book Signing
Jim Stanley, Hill Country Landowners Guide
(TAMU Press)
1:00–4:00 p.m.
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
4801 La Crosse Avenue
Austin, Texas
phone: 512-232-0143

Thursday, December 17, 2009
Speaking Engagement
Phil Caudill, Moss Bluff Rebel (TAMU Press)
7:00 p.m.
The Houston Civil War Roundtable
The Briar Club
2603 Timmons Lane (between Westheimer and Alabama)
Houston, Texas

2010

January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August
September | October | November | December | Other News

JANUARY

Continues through Friday, January 15, 2010
Exhibit/Book Signing
The Center for Texas Studies at TCU,
Going to Texas (TCU Press)
National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame
Fort Worth, Texas

FEBRUARY

Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Book Presentation and Signing
Heather Green Wooten, The Polio Years in Texas (TAMU Press)
12:00–1:00 p.m.
Houston History of Medicine Society monthly meeting
Onstead Auditorium, Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas


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