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The Woodlands Waterway Arts Festival's
Books on the Green
Books on the Green once again returns to The Woodlands Waterway Arts Festival. In addition to bringing award-winning authors to the three-day event, the 2025 Books on the Green will be a more interactive experience for guests, featuring poetry buskers, a storytelling challenge, a Peep's Literary Diorama contest, children's poetry readings and the longest game of “Pass the Story.” Tickets to the festival are required to attend any of the presentations below and can be purchased here.
Peep's Literary Diorama Challenge Friday, April 11 Vote for your favorite book-inspired diorama created with the springtime treat, Peeps!
Roadmap to Publishing Friday, April 11 @ 3 p.m. Learn the ins and outs of getting published from author and literary agent, Ann Rose and author and educator Marcus Bridgewater. Rose is a California native who left her heart in San Diego, and now resides in Texas after a stint in Florida. Her degree is in Communication from San Diego State University, and her resume runs the gamut from lifeguard to business systems analyst, but books have always been her passion. In addition to being a literary agent for The Tobias Literary Agency, she is also the author of The Seemingly Impossible Love Life of Amanda Dean and the soon-to-be-released A Hexcellent Chance to Fall in Love. She also has published several young adult novels under the pen name A.M.Rose. Bridgewater, known on social media as Garden Marcus, is also the author of How to Grow: Nurture Your Garden, Nurture Yourself. Media outlets that have featured his work include Vogue, Dwell, the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, and The Drew Barrymore Show. A creator, educator, motivational speaker, and plant enthusiast, he is also the founder and CEO of Choice Forward, a company that offers life coaching, seminars, and workshops. He lives in Texas with his wife, son, and a thousand plants.
Poetry Readings @ 10:30 a.m. Come listen to the young winners of The Woodlands Diversion's Poetry Contest
Poet J. Bruce Fuller Saturday, April 12 @ 11:30 a.m. J. Bruce Fuller is the author of the poetry book How to Drown a Boy. His chapbooks include “The Dissenter's Ground,” “Lancelot,” and “Flood,” and his poems have appeared in “The Southern Review,” “Crab Orchard Review,” “McNeese Review,” “Birmingham Poetry Review,” and “Best New Poets 2022,” among others. He has received scholarships from Bread Loaf, the Sewanee Writers’ Conference, and Stanford University, where he was a 2016-2018 Wallace Stegner Fellow. He currently teaches at Sam Houston State University, where he is Director of TRP (Texas Review Press).
Award-winning Science Fiction/Fantasy Author Martha Wells Saturday, April 12 @ 1 p.m. Martha Wells has been a science fiction/fantasy writer since her first fantasy novel was published in 1993, and her work includes The Books of the Raksura series, the Ile-Rien series, The Murderbot Diaries series, and other fantasy novels, most recently Witch King (Tordotcom, 2023). She has also written media tie-in fiction for Star Wars, Stargate: Atlantis, and Magic: the Gathering, as well as short fiction, YA novels, and non-fiction. She has won Nebula Awards, Hugo Awards, Locus Awards, an Alex Award, and a Dragon Award, and her work has appeared on the World Fantasy Award ballot, the Philip K. Dick Award ballot, the BSFA Award ballot, the USA Today Bestseller List, the Sunday Times Bestseller List, and the New York Times Bestseller List. She is a member of the Texas Literary Hall of Fame, and her books have been published in thirty languages.
Portrait Sketches with Christina Almeda Saturday, April 12 from 3:30 p.m.-5 p.m. Christine Almeda is a Filipino-American freelance illustrator and character designer from New Jersey. She grew up reading cozy library books and filling countless sketchbooks with drawings. She graduated from Montclair State University with a BFA in Animation & Illustration. Almeda has worked on more than 20 books for kids and currently works on picture books, including Lolo's Sari-Sari Store and Box of Dreams. She especially loves stories about community, creativity, and family. Almeda is now creating art in Houston.
Author & Poet David M. Parsons Sunday, April 13 @ 11:30 a.m. David M. Parsons, 2011 Texas State Poet Laureate, co-founder of MCLAC and the Greater Conroe Arts Alliance. He is the recipient of an NEH Dante Fellowship to the SUNY Geneseo, the French-American Legation Poetry Prize, and the Baskerville Publisher’s Prize. His first collection of poems, Editing Sky, was the winner of the 1999 Texas Review Poetry Prize and a 2000 Violet Crown Book Awards Special Citation. His other books are Color of Mourning, Feathering Deep, Reaching For Longer Water (Texas Review Press/Texas A&M University Press Consortium), David M. Parsons New & Selected Poems (TCU Press), and Far Out: Poems of the 60’s (Wings Press, Co-edited w/Wendy Barker), Austin Relativity: Coming of Age in the 60s was published by TCU Press in the Spring of 2025.. He has taught Creative Writing at Lone Star College-Montgomery for over twenty years and in many other venues across the state, including St. Thomas University and Inprint Inc. Parsons was inducted into the Texas Institute of Letters in 2009. He lives with his wife, Nancy, an award-winning graphic designer and fine artist, in Conroe, Texas. He is a Sacristan at Sacred Heart Church in Conroe.
Author Jean Becker, Chief of Staff for Pres. George H.W. Bush Sunday, April 13 @ 1 p.m. Jean Becker served as chief of staff for President George H.W. Bush for nearly twenty-five years. She’s the editor of Pearls of Wisdom by Barbara Bush and author of the New York Times bestseller The Man I Knew: The Amazing Story of George H.W. Bush’s Post Presidency. Her latest book, Character Matters: And Other Life Lessons from George H.W. Bush, was released in April 2024. Prior to her post as chief of staff, Jean served as deputy press secretary to First Lady Barbara Bush and was a newspaper reporter for 10 years, including a four-year stint at USA TODAY. Becker is the author of two nonfiction books: “The Man I Knew: The Amazing Story of George H.W. Bush’s Post-Presidency” and “Character Matters: And Other Life Lessons from George H.W. Bush.”
Author Katie Wray Schon Sunday, April 13 @ 2:30 p.m. Katie Schon is an author/illustrator who loves making beautiful books. Her newest children’s book is Painting Wonder: How Pauline Baynes Illustrated the Worlds of C. S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. Schon grew up in Rhode Island, but now lives in Texas with a wonderful husband and three inspiring kids. They all love adventures, art, bikes, books, baking bread, camping, climbing, faith, family, gardening, music, and road trips. On most days you can find her out riding bikes or hanging out with the neighbors. The house is rarely tidy, but the door is always open if you're looking for a friend, a snack, or a chat about children's books.