Bookish events in Texas for the week of September 26-October 2, 2016:
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Special Events:
Banned Books Week, nationwide, September 25-October 1
Texas Grand Slam Poetry Festival, Bryan/College Station, September 29-October 2
Waco WordFest, September 30-October 2
Boerne Book Festival, October 1
Evening with the Authors, Lockhart, October 1
5th Annual Houston LibroFEST, October 1
Texas Teen Book Festival, Austin, October 1
Ongoing Exhibits:
Deep Vellum Books, Josefine Klougart reads, discusses, and signs One of Us Is Sleeping, 6:30PM
Lucky Dog Books-Oak Cliff, Soup's On: Stone Soup Showcase, 7PM
SMU-McCord Auditorium, presentation of the annual David J. Weber-William P. Clements Prize for the Best Non-Fiction Book on Southwestern America to historian Andrew J. Torget for Seeds of Empire: Cotton, Slavery, and the Transformation of the Texas Borderlands, 1800-1850, followed by a lecture and book signing, 5:30PM
Fort Worth
Memorial Wine Cellar, iWrite Luncheon Kick Off Party, 6:30PM
Poison Girl, Poison Pen Reading Series 10th Anniversary Reading featuring Mat Johnson, Adrienne Perry & Rob Wilder, 8:30PM
River Oaks Bookstore, Chris Holmes reads and signs his poetry collection, Just Another Black Voice, 4PM
San Antonio
El Paso
Fort Worth
Half Price Books-North Oaks Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release!
Institute of Hispanic Culture, Literary Round Table with Dr. Lorenzo Martinez, author of Cuba, Adiós: A Young Man's Journey to Freedom, followed by book signing, 4PM
MATCH Houston, 2016 Houston History Conference: The History of Houston's Musical Soul with keynote address by Texas author Joe Nick Patoski, 9AM
Murder By the Book, William Dylan Powell will sign and discuss Untimely Demise, 4:30PM
The Printing Museum, Workshop: BINDING A CLASSIC HARD COVER BOOK, 12PM
River Oaks Bookstore, Jacory Wiley reads and signs Vision to Dream, 3PM
Banned Books Week, nationwide, September 25-October 1
Texas Grand Slam Poetry Festival, Bryan/College Station, September 29-October 2
Waco WordFest, September 30-October 2
Boerne Book Festival, October 1
Evening with the Authors, Lockhart, October 1
5th Annual Houston LibroFEST, October 1
Texas Teen Book Festival, Austin, October 1
Ongoing Exhibits:
The Alchemy of Mind and Spirit: Intersections of Science and Poetry, Austin, September 26-January 13
Voces Americanas: Latino Literature in the United States, a Humanities Texas exhibit, Fort Worth, September 15-October 15
Xu Bing: Book from the Sky, a meditation on the nature of language, by celebrated Chinese artist Xu Bing, Austin, June 19-January 22
Monday, September 26:Voces Americanas: Latino Literature in the United States, a Humanities Texas exhibit, Fort Worth, September 15-October 15
Xu Bing: Book from the Sky, a meditation on the nature of language, by celebrated Chinese artist Xu Bing, Austin, June 19-January 22
Austin
BookPeople, Music Journalist CHUCK EDDY speaking & signing Terminated for Reasons of Taste:Other Ways to Hear Essential and Inessential Music, 7PM
Malvern Books, Ananda Devi reads and signs Eve Out of Her Ruins, 7PM
UT, Ananda Devi lectures from Eve Out of Her Ruins, 4PM
Fort Worth
LaMancha Business Centre, Let's Read Into This reading series: Tammy Gomez presents About Place Journal, 7:30PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Josefine Klougart reads and signs ONE OF US IS SLEEPING, 7PM
Tuesday, September 27:
BookPeople, Music Journalist CHUCK EDDY speaking & signing Terminated for Reasons of Taste:Other Ways to Hear Essential and Inessential Music, 7PM
Malvern Books, Ananda Devi reads and signs Eve Out of Her Ruins, 7PM
UT, Ananda Devi lectures from Eve Out of Her Ruins, 4PM
Fort Worth
LaMancha Business Centre, Let's Read Into This reading series: Tammy Gomez presents About Place Journal, 7:30PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Josefine Klougart reads and signs ONE OF US IS SLEEPING, 7PM
Tuesday, September 27:
Austin
BookPeople, Bestselling Author & Journalist S.C. GWYNNE speaking & signing The Perfect Pass: American Genius and the Reinvention of Football, 7PM [ticket required]
Malvern Books, Francois Pointeau hosts Malvern's Multi-Verse reading series featuring poets from the Barrio Writers program, 7PM
Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM
College Station
Texas A&M University-Annenberg Presidential Conference Center, Pivotal U.S. Elections: American Democracy at Issue panel with authors/scholars H. W. Brands, Katherine R. Unterman, George C. Edwards III, and Terry Anderson, 4PM
Malvern Books, Francois Pointeau hosts Malvern's Multi-Verse reading series featuring poets from the Barrio Writers program, 7PM
Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM
College Station
Texas A&M University-Annenberg Presidential Conference Center, Pivotal U.S. Elections: American Democracy at Issue panel with authors/scholars H. W. Brands, Katherine R. Unterman, George C. Edwards III, and Terry Anderson, 4PM
Dallas
B&N - Lincoln Park, It's Not Fair: Learning to Love the Life You Didn't Choose book signing with Melanie Dale, 7PM
Center for BrainHealth, Andrea Wildenthal Hanson lectures from her book about multiple sclerosis, Live Your Life, Not Your Diagnosis, book signing follows, 6:15PM
B&N - Lincoln Park, It's Not Fair: Learning to Love the Life You Didn't Choose book signing with Melanie Dale, 7PM
Center for BrainHealth, Andrea Wildenthal Hanson lectures from her book about multiple sclerosis, Live Your Life, Not Your Diagnosis, book signing follows, 6:15PM
Deep Vellum Books, Josefine Klougart reads, discusses, and signs One of Us Is Sleeping, 6:30PM
Lucky Dog Books-Oak Cliff, Soup's On: Stone Soup Showcase, 7PM
SMU-McCord Auditorium, presentation of the annual David J. Weber-William P. Clements Prize for the Best Non-Fiction Book on Southwestern America to historian Andrew J. Torget for Seeds of Empire: Cotton, Slavery, and the Transformation of the Texas Borderlands, 1800-1850, followed by a lecture and book signing, 5:30PM
Fort Worth
The Dock Bookshop, Fort Worth Poetry Slam and Open Mic, 8PM
Houston
Bohemeo’s, Glass Mountain Reading, 7PM
Brazos Bookstore, Ananda Devi reads and signs EVE OUT OF HER RUINS, 7PM
Houston
Bohemeo’s, Glass Mountain Reading, 7PM
Brazos Bookstore, Ananda Devi reads and signs EVE OUT OF HER RUINS, 7PM
Houston Museum of Natural Science, Distinguished Lecture Series: Brian Matthew Jordan discusses and signs Marching Home: Union Veterans and Their Unending Civil War, 6:30PM
Kaboom Books, Kick off the fall reading season with Failure to Identify and Tintero Readings featuring Rodrigo Toscano and Charles Alexander, 7PM
San AntonioKaboom Books, Kick off the fall reading season with Failure to Identify and Tintero Readings featuring Rodrigo Toscano and Charles Alexander, 7PM
The Korova, PuroSlam with DJ Donnie Dee, 10PM
Webster
B&N-Baybrook, Fourth Tuesday Poetry: contributing poets, featuring Chuck Taylor, read from The Beatest State in the Union, 7:30PM
Wednesday, September 28:
Webster
B&N-Baybrook, Fourth Tuesday Poetry: contributing poets, featuring Chuck Taylor, read from The Beatest State in the Union, 7:30PM
Wednesday, September 28:
Austin
BookPeople, YA Author KRISTEN-PAIGE MADONIA speaking & signing Invisible Fault Lines, 7PM
North Door, Austin Book Arts Center First Birthday Bash!, 6PM
Dallas
BookPeople, YA Author KRISTEN-PAIGE MADONIA speaking & signing Invisible Fault Lines, 7PM
North Door, Austin Book Arts Center First Birthday Bash!, 6PM
Dallas
Deep Vellum Books, happy hour reading, book signing, and celebration with Ananda Devi, author of Eve Out of Her Ruins, 4PM
Horchow Auditorium, Dallas Museum of Art's Arts & Letters Live presents Candice Millard, author of Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill, 7:30PM
The Wild Detectives, Ananda Devi reads and signs Eve Out of Her Ruins (with Will Evans of Deep Vellum Publishing), 7:30PM
Denton
University of North Texas-Sage Hall, Visiting Writers Series: New Faculty reading with Jehanne Dubrow, Ian McGuire, and Jill Talbot, 8PM
Fort Worth
LifeWay Store, prayer event and visit with authors Becky Wade and Karen Witemeyer, 6PM
Houston
Horchow Auditorium, Dallas Museum of Art's Arts & Letters Live presents Candice Millard, author of Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill, 7:30PM
The Wild Detectives, Ananda Devi reads and signs Eve Out of Her Ruins (with Will Evans of Deep Vellum Publishing), 7:30PM
Denton
University of North Texas-Sage Hall, Visiting Writers Series: New Faculty reading with Jehanne Dubrow, Ian McGuire, and Jill Talbot, 8PM
Fort Worth
LifeWay Store, prayer event and visit with authors Becky Wade and Karen Witemeyer, 6PM
Houston
Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Slam, 7:15PM
Blue Willow Bookshop, Ridley Pearson will discuss and sign his new novel for kids, LOCK AND KEY: THE INITIATION, 5PM
Blue Willow Bookshop, Ridley Pearson will discuss and sign his new novel for kids, LOCK AND KEY: THE INITIATION, 5PM
Murder By the Book, William Kent Krueger will sign and discuss Manitou Canyon, 6:30PM
Irving
South Irving Library, A Big Read 2016 event: a reading and book signing with Meg Medina, Cuban-American award-winning author of the children's book Mango, Abuela and Me, and YA novels Burn Baby Burn, and Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass, 7PM
Thursday, September 29:
Irving
South Irving Library, A Big Read 2016 event: a reading and book signing with Meg Medina, Cuban-American award-winning author of the children's book Mango, Abuela and Me, and YA novels Burn Baby Burn, and Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass, 7PM
Thursday, September 29:
Austin
BookPeople, New York Times Bestselling Author RIDLEY PEARSON speaking & signing Lock & Key: The Initiation, 6PM
Farewell Books, "Just the Few of Us" group poetry reading with ADRIENNE HERR, DION JAMES, JOOLS MCKNUCKLES, and ZOE DARSEE, 6PM
Harry Ransom Center, 2016 Burnshaw Lecture: a reading by Naomi Shihab Nye, 7PM
Mr. Catfish & More, NeoSoul Poetry ATX, 8PM
Dallas
Highland Park United Methodist Church, Book Signing, Lecture, Reception with Craig Nelson, author of Pearl Harbor: From Infamy to Greatness, 6PM
UT-Dallas, Ananda Devi lectures from Eve Out of Her Ruins, 5PM
The Wild Detectives, Cruzando el Border series: Daniel Saldaña París reads and signs Among Strange Victims, 7:30PM [bilingual event]
Fort Worth
Texas Christian University, Ananda Devi lectures and discusses Eve Out of Her Ruins, 9:15AM
Houston
BookPeople, New York Times Bestselling Author RIDLEY PEARSON speaking & signing Lock & Key: The Initiation, 6PM
Farewell Books, "Just the Few of Us" group poetry reading with ADRIENNE HERR, DION JAMES, JOOLS MCKNUCKLES, and ZOE DARSEE, 6PM
Harry Ransom Center, 2016 Burnshaw Lecture: a reading by Naomi Shihab Nye, 7PM
Mr. Catfish & More, NeoSoul Poetry ATX, 8PM
Dallas
Highland Park United Methodist Church, Book Signing, Lecture, Reception with Craig Nelson, author of Pearl Harbor: From Infamy to Greatness, 6PM
UT-Dallas, Ananda Devi lectures from Eve Out of Her Ruins, 5PM
The Wild Detectives, Cruzando el Border series: Daniel Saldaña París reads and signs Among Strange Victims, 7:30PM [bilingual event]
Fort Worth
Texas Christian University, Ananda Devi lectures and discusses Eve Out of Her Ruins, 9:15AM
Houston
River Oaks Bookstore, Chris Holmes reads and signs his poetry collection, Just Another Black Voice, 4PM
San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, Emmy Perez reads and signs her poetry collection, With the River on Our Face, 6PM
Friday, September 30:
Austin
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema-South Lamar, Texas Teen Book Festival screens The Outsiders with Penguin Teen authors Sabaa Tahir, David Arnold, and Renée Ahdieh, 6:30PM
BookPeople, Performance Coach CORT DIAL speaking & signing Heretics to Heroes: A Memoir on Modern Leadership, 7PM
Malvern Books, International Translation Day Celebration with a reading featuring renowned translators Kurt Heinzelman, Liliana Valenzuela, and Jamey Gambrell, 7PM
Dallas
Lucky Dog Books-Oak Cliff, "Paradise is Burning" poetry with Randall Garrett and Lauren Belmore (part of Freefall Festival), 8PM
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema-South Lamar, Texas Teen Book Festival screens The Outsiders with Penguin Teen authors Sabaa Tahir, David Arnold, and Renée Ahdieh, 6:30PM
BookPeople, Performance Coach CORT DIAL speaking & signing Heretics to Heroes: A Memoir on Modern Leadership, 7PM
Malvern Books, International Translation Day Celebration with a reading featuring renowned translators Kurt Heinzelman, Liliana Valenzuela, and Jamey Gambrell, 7PM
Dallas
Lucky Dog Books-Oak Cliff, "Paradise is Burning" poetry with Randall Garrett and Lauren Belmore (part of Freefall Festival), 8PM
Houston
B&N-River Oaks, George Arnold signs Pharaohs' Follies: Kits of the CIA, 2PM
Brazos Bookstore, Banned Books, Banned Lives: A Celebration of All Voices with readings by Caroline Leech (WAIT FOR ME), Anna Meriano (LOVE SUGAR MAGIC), Varsha Bajaj (THIS IS OUR BABY, BORN TODAY), as well as Houston area librarians,7PM
University of Houston Downtown - Academic Building, Three acclaimed authors—Luis J. Rodríguez, Javier O. Huerta, and Henry A. J. Ramos—will speak at the Latino Young Men and Boys in Search of Justice: A My Brother’s Keeper Forum (Presented by Arte Público Press), 8AM
Brazos Bookstore, Banned Books, Banned Lives: A Celebration of All Voices with readings by Caroline Leech (WAIT FOR ME), Anna Meriano (LOVE SUGAR MAGIC), Varsha Bajaj (THIS IS OUR BABY, BORN TODAY), as well as Houston area librarians,7PM
University of Houston Downtown - Academic Building, Three acclaimed authors—Luis J. Rodríguez, Javier O. Huerta, and Henry A. J. Ramos—will speak at the Latino Young Men and Boys in Search of Justice: A My Brother’s Keeper Forum (Presented by Arte Público Press), 8AM
Saturday, October 1:
Austin
Austin Book Arts Center, Fall Open House, 10AM
Austin Community College-Highland, Writers' League of Texas workshop: "Developing Characters: Make Readers Root for Your Protagonist" with Jennifer Ziegler, 9AM
Casa de Resistencia Books, Pariahs book release and signing with Sarah Rafael García and Mónica Ortiz, 7PM
Malvern Books, James Dennis reads and sign his debut poetry collection, CORRESPONDENCE IN D MINOR, plus a reading by Kirk Wilson, 7PM
Austin Community College-Highland, Writers' League of Texas workshop: "Developing Characters: Make Readers Root for Your Protagonist" with Jennifer Ziegler, 9AM
Casa de Resistencia Books, Pariahs book release and signing with Sarah Rafael García and Mónica Ortiz, 7PM
Malvern Books, James Dennis reads and sign his debut poetry collection, CORRESPONDENCE IN D MINOR, plus a reading by Kirk Wilson, 7PM
Dallas
Deep Vellum Books, reading, reception, and book signing with Fabiana Elisa Martinez, author of the bilingual collection 12 Random Words / 12 Palabras Al Azar, 7PMEl Paso
Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop with Gene Keller: "Hope and Other Chores", 12:45PM
Fort Worth
Art on the Boulevard, Art & Words Collaborative Show 2016, 6:30PM
The Last Word Bookstore, launch of Panther City Review, 4PM
Frisco
Frisco Heritage Museum, Museum Lecture Series: Rusty Williams discusses and signs The Red River Bridge War: A Texas-Oklahoma Border Battle, 9:30AM
Houston
B&N-River Oaks, B&N-River Oaks, George Arnold signs Pharaohs' Follies: Kits of the CIA, 11AMThe Last Word Bookstore, launch of Panther City Review, 4PM
Frisco
Frisco Heritage Museum, Museum Lecture Series: Rusty Williams discusses and signs The Red River Bridge War: A Texas-Oklahoma Border Battle, 9:30AM
Houston
Half Price Books-North Oaks Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release!
Institute of Hispanic Culture, Literary Round Table with Dr. Lorenzo Martinez, author of Cuba, Adiós: A Young Man's Journey to Freedom, followed by book signing, 4PM
Murder By the Book, William Dylan Powell will sign and discuss Untimely Demise, 4:30PM
The Printing Museum, Workshop: BINDING A CLASSIC HARD COVER BOOK, 12PM
River Oaks Bookstore, Jacory Wiley reads and signs Vision to Dream, 3PM
Round Rock
Half Price Books Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release!
San Antonio
Half Price Books Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release!
San Antonio
B&N - Bandera, Author Signing: Lose the Diet, Lose the Weight with Carl E. Coppock, 4PM
The Twig Book Shop, Adrianne Hemenway reads and signs Path to Enlightenment, 11AM
The Twig Book Shop, Adrianne Hemenway reads and signs Path to Enlightenment, 11AM
Southlake
B&N, Scott Ayars signing Triton Rising, 1PM
Webster
B&N-Baybrook, Gulf Coast Poets 2016 Poetry Out of Bounds featuring Elina Petrova, 1PM
The Woodlands
B&N-Woodlands Mall, Monke Akers and Nathan Akers sign Tower Sniper: The Terror of America's First Active Shooter on Campus, 2PM
Sunday, October 2:
B&N, Scott Ayars signing Triton Rising, 1PM
Webster
B&N-Baybrook, Gulf Coast Poets 2016 Poetry Out of Bounds featuring Elina Petrova, 1PM
The Woodlands
B&N-Woodlands Mall, Monke Akers and Nathan Akers sign Tower Sniper: The Terror of America's First Active Shooter on Campus, 2PM
Sunday, October 2:
Half Price Books Mothership Local Author Sundays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release!
Houston
B&N-River Oaks, George Arnold signs Pharaohs' Follies: Kits of the CIA, 11AM
MATCH Houston, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Love Poems: Music and Poetry, 6PM
Houston
B&N-River Oaks, George Arnold signs Pharaohs' Follies: Kits of the CIA, 11AM
MATCH Houston, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Love Poems: Music and Poetry, 6PM
Huntsville
Texas Prison Museum, Dr. Mitchel Roth reads and signs Convict Cowboys: The Untold Story of the Texas Prison Rodeo, 2PM
Mansfield
Half Price Books Local Author Sundays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release!
San Marcos
Texas State University-Wittliff Collections, Rocky Schenck signs The Recurring Dream, 2PM
Mansfield
Half Price Books Local Author Sundays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release!
San Marcos
Texas State University-Wittliff Collections, Rocky Schenck signs The Recurring Dream, 2PM
