Upcoming Events

Joe Mock will be signing Rickwood: How America’s Oldest Ballpark Forged Baseball’s Legends at Lit Brews in Lubbock. Later in the weekend, he’ll be doing color commentary for the Texas Tech vs. West Virginia baseball game.

Joe Mock will be signing Rickwood: How America’s Oldest Ballpark Forged Baseball’s Legends at 2nd Chance Books in Lubbock. Later in the weekend, he’ll be doing color commentary for the Texas Tech vs. West Virginia baseball game. Rickwood captures more than just the thrill of a pitch or the drama of a pennant race; it’s a deeply personal chronicle of fathers and sons, community pride, and the cultural tides that shaped the South and the sport. Read stunning stories of icons like Willie Mays, Satchel Paige, Dizzy Dean, Reggie Jackson, and more. This book brings the past alive, offering readers the sights, sounds, and soul of America’s Oldest Ballpark. Discover the unforgettable moments from barnstorming Big Leaguers, the Negro Leagues and segregated Minor Leagues, from the roaring grandstands, thrilling victories, and heartbreaks, to the resilience that saved the ballpark for future generations.

Joe Mock will be signing Rickwood: How America’s Oldest Ballpark Forged Baseball’s Legends at Texas Tech Raider Depot Campus Bookstore in Lubbock. Later that day, he’ll be doing color commentary for the Texas Tech vs. West Virginia baseball game. Rickwood captures more than just the thrill of a pitch or the drama of a pennant race; it’s a deeply personal chronicle of fathers and sons, community pride, and the cultural tides that shaped the South and the sport. Read stunning stories of icons like Willie Mays, Satchel Paige, Dizzy Dean, Reggie Jackson, and more. This book brings the past alive, offering readers the sights, sounds, and soul of America’s Oldest Ballpark. Discover the unforgettable moments from barnstorming Big Leaguers, the Negro Leagues and segregated Minor Leagues, from the roaring grandstands, thrilling victories, and heartbreaks, to the resilience that saved the ballpark for future generations.    

Charles Petrie will be signing copies of DARK TEXAS in the Writers League of Texas tent at the San Antonio Book Festival. In Dark Texas, a gripping and hauntingly plausible near-future thriller, a historic winter storm plunges Texas into chaos as critical energy infrastructure fails and the electric grid teeters on the edge of collapse. This novel explores human resilience, the fragility of modern civilization, and the moral choices people face when the lights go out. Inspired by real events, Dark Texas is a chilling portrait of community, survival, and the power of preparedness in a world that thought it couldn’t fail. This nearly happened.

Charles Petrie will be discussing and signing copies of DARK TEXAS at Chemn Cafe in Elgin. In Dark Texas, a gripping and hauntingly plausible near-future thriller, a historic winter storm plunges Texas into chaos as critical energy infrastructure fails and the electric grid teeters on the edge of collapse. This novel explores human resilience, the fragility of modern civilization, and the moral choices people face when the lights go out. Inspired by real events, Dark Texas is a chilling portrait of community, survival, and the power of preparedness in a world that thought it couldn’t fail. This nearly happened.  

Meet Tim Whitt, co-author of Rickwood: How America’s Oldest Ballpark Forged Baseball’s Legends, will be signing books at the Rickwood Sports Card Show at historic Rickwood Field. The show is open to the public and free admission. Rickwood captures more than just the thrill of a pitch or the drama of a pennant race; it’s a deeply personal chronicle of fathers and sons, community pride, and the cultural tides that shaped the South and the sport. Read stunning stories of icons like Willie Mays, Satchel Paige, Dizzy Dean, Reggie Jackson, and more. This book brings the past alive, offering readers the sights, sounds, and soul of America’s Oldest Ballpark. Discover the unforgettable moments from barnstorming Big Leaguers, the Negro Leagues and segregated Minor Leagues, from the roaring grandstands, thrilling victories, and heartbreaks, to the resilience that saved the ballpark for future generations.  

TD Motley will be at Talking Animals Books for an Earth Day celebration event and book signing of his book, The Art of Farming. Amy Martin will also be there signing her book, Wild DFW. Motley’s novel, The Art of Farming: Sketches of a Life in the Country celebrates a symbiosis of plants, humans, dogs, and livestock, with wildlife cousins on the fringes.

Teddy Jones will read an excerpt from her latest book, Far From Uncertain at the Friona Public Library. Books will be available for sale and personalizing.

Max L. Knight will discuss his historical novel, Ghostly Bugles: A Novel of the Alamo. Books will be available for sale and personalization.

Former foreign correspondent Carol J. Williams will be at Eagle Harbor Books in Seattle for a discussion and launch of her new book, DISPATCHES FROM MOSCOW: SPIES AND LIES. Inspired by the author’s own experiences as a Moscow correspondent during perestroika, Dispatches from Moscow is a meticulously researched thriller that captures the danger of journalism in an authoritarian state and the impossible choices faced by those who dare to imagine a better world. It’s a story of professional ambition and personal sacrifice, of idealism tested by reality, and of a love that burns brightest in the shadow of the Iron Curtain’s final days.

The Book & Author Luncheon is the New Braunfels Public Library Foundation’s annual fundraiser. Four carefully selected authors (Jack Woodville London, Sherry Thomas, Vanessa Roeder, Bob and Rachel Pineda) will speak during the luncheon, and you will have the opportunity to buy their books as well as purchase raffle tickets and bid on silent auction prizes. Set in the violent Republic of Texas of the early 1840’s, Dangerous Latitudes is the story of an unlikely spy, two bumbling horse thieves, and a bewildering Black woman, all trapped between Sam Houston and a Mexican army that freely invades across the Rio Grande. Based on rich historical research and laced with exuberant, Texas-sized historical figures such as Sam Houston, Mirabeau Lamar, and Jack Hays, Dangerous Latitudes is a quest across a war-torn frontier that becomes a race to save two hundred captured Texans who the Mexican army has marked for death.  

Carol J. Williams will be featured at Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum for a book release reading and signing of her new book, DISPATCHES FROM MOSCOW: SPIES AND LIES. Free and open to the public. Inspired by the author’s own experiences as a Moscow correspondent during perestroika, Dispatches from Moscow is a meticulously researched thriller that captures the danger of journalism in an authoritarian state and the impossible choices faced by those who dare to imagine a better world. It’s a story of professional ambition and personal sacrifice, of idealism tested by reality, and of a love that burns brightest in the shadow of the Iron Curtain’s final days.

Thomas Manuel Ortiz will be signing his book, Why We Struggle to Go Green: Hard Truths about the Clean Energy Transition at Austin Public Library’s Greater Austin Book Festival. Why We Struggle to Go Green cuts through the hype and rhetoric to offer something rare: climate change realism from someone who’s spent decades looking for solutions.

Tim Whitt and Joe Mock will be signinig their new book, Rickwood: How America’s Oldest Ballpark Forged Baseball’s Legends at the Rickwood Classic game in Birmingham, Alabama. Rickwood captures more than just the thrill of a pitch or the drama of a pennant race; it’s a deeply personal chronicle of fathers and sons, community pride, and the cultural tides that shaped the South and the sport. Read stunning stories of icons like Willie Mays, Satchel Paige, Dizzy Dean, Reggie Jackson, and more. This book brings the past alive, offering readers the sights, sounds, and soul of America’s Oldest Ballpark. Discover the unforgettable moments from barnstorming Big Leaguers, the Negro Leagues and segregated Minor Leagues, from the roaring grandstands, thrilling victories, and heartbreaks, to the resilience that saved the ballpark for future generations.

Jack Woodville London will chair a panel titled, “Drawing Weapons, Drawing Boundaries: Geopolitics, Warfare, and the Impacts of Violence in the Texas-Mexico Borderlands, 1825 – 1857,” for the 2026 Alliance for Texas History annual conference in Fort Worth. Set in the violent Republic of Texas of the early 1840’s, Dangerous Latitudes by Jack Woodville London is the story of an unlikely spy, two bumbling horse thieves, and a bewildering Black woman, all trapped between Sam Houston and a Mexican army that freely invades across the Rio Grande. Based on rich historical research and laced with exuberant, Texas-sized historical figures such as Sam Houston, Mirabeau Lamar, and Jack Hays, Dangerous Latitudes is a quest across a war-torn frontier that becomes a race to save two hundred captured Texans who the Mexican army has marked for death.

Award-winning author, Johnnie Bernhard returns for another fantastic workshop, designed to help fiction writers develop their story and get published. Topics covered in this workshop will include building a writing community, narrative pace & point of view. During the workshop, Loren Steffy, award-winning author, journalist, & publisher of Stoney Creek Publishing, will talk on “Breaking Down the Myths of Publishing.” He will also discuss the economics of publishing & answer participant questions. The workshop is led by award-winning writer, Johnnie Bernhard. She is the author of four books. Her fifth, The Witch of Sonora, will be published by Stoney Creek Publishing in 2026.