Bookish events in Texas for the week of September 11-17, 2017: Special Events:
Las Lunas Locas Writing Circle Southwest Tour, Austin, September 11-12
Houston Artists Strong Hurricane Harvey Relief Fundraiser, Houston, September 14
Permian Basin Writers Workshop, Midland, September 15-17
"A Killer Weekend" Writing Workshop, Houston, September 15-16
Ongoing Exhibits:
In His Own Words: The Life and Work of César Chávez (a Humanities Texas exhibition), Plano, August 7-September 15
Voces Americanas: Latino Literature in the United States (a Humanities Texas exhibit), Plano, September 1-29
FOTOSEPTIEMBRE USA!, San Antonio, September 6-26
National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature 20th Anniversary Exhibition: Celebrating 20 Years of Art, Abilene, September 14-October 27
National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature 20th Anniversary Exhibition: Celebrating 20 Years of Art, Abilene, September 14-October 27
Monday, September 11:
Austin
BookPeople, WNYC's "Note to Self" host MANOUSH ZOMORODI speaking & signing Bored and Brilliant, 7PM [ticket required]Cap City Comedy Club, Gaby Dunn and Allison Raskin of the hit comedy YouTube channel "Just Between Us" performance in support of the book tour for their debut YA novel, I Hate Everyone But You, 8PM
Dallas
Interabang Books, GRAND OPENING PARTY with guest of honor Ann Patchett, author (most recently of Commonwealth) and co-owner of Parnassas Books in Nashville, Tennessee, 6PM
Scardello Artisan Cheese, Megan Giller will celebrate the release of her new book, Bean-to-Bar Chocolate: America's Craft Chocolate Revolution, with chocolate, cheese, and wine, 6PM
Frisco
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Barbara Radnofsky discusses and signs A CITIZEN’S GUIDE TO IMPEACHMENT, 7PMMurder By the Book, Craig Johnson will sign and discuss The Western Star, the latest in the Longmire series, 6:30PM
Stages Repertory Theatre, Tintero Readings featuring Reyes Ramirez (hosted by Lupe Mendez), 7PM
San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, Writers' League of Texas Panel Discussion: "How to Turn a Mess of Pages Into A Book" with Kate Winkler Dawson, Joe Jiménez, Chaitali Sen, and Nancy G. West, 6:30PMTuesday, September 12:
Austin
Austin
BookPeople, CRAIG JOHNSON speaking & signing the latest in the Longmire series, The Western Star, 7PM
BookWoman, journalist Cate Malek discussing and signing Palestine Speaks: Narratives of Life Under Occupation, 7PM
Home Slice Pizza, Austin Bat Cave's Story Department: "Reply All" and Hurricane Harvey Benefit, 7PM
BookWoman, journalist Cate Malek discussing and signing Palestine Speaks: Narratives of Life Under Occupation, 7PM
Home Slice Pizza, Austin Bat Cave's Story Department: "Reply All" and Hurricane Harvey Benefit, 7PM
Redbird Pilates and Fitness, Megan Giller will celebrate the release of her new book, Bean-to-Bar Chocolate: America's Craft Chocolate Revolution, including a chocolate tasting, 7:30PM
Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam featuring Shake Madness (hosted by Tova Charles), 7PM
Cedar HillZula Bryant Wylie Library, Dallas Area Writers Group meeting featuring novelist Melissa Lenhardt, 7PM
Interabang Books, Attica Locke will read and sign Bluebird, Bluebird, 7PM
Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam featuring Shake Madness (hosted by Tova Charles), 7PM
Cedar HillZula Bryant Wylie Library, Dallas Area Writers Group meeting featuring novelist Melissa Lenhardt, 7PM
Dallas
Half Price Books Mothership, Gaby Dunn and Allison Raskin, founders of the hit comedy YouTube channel "Just Between Us," will discuss and sign their debut YA novel I Hate Everyone But You, 7PM [numbered pass required]Interabang Books, Attica Locke will read and sign Bluebird, Bluebird, 7PM
Fort Worth
The Dock Bookshop, Fort Worth Poetry Slam and Open Mic, 8PM
TCU Bookstore, Live Oak Reading Series celebrates the release of new literature from authors and English Department faculty members Alex Lemon and Matthew Pitt, 6:30PM
TCU Bookstore, Live Oak Reading Series celebrates the release of new literature from authors and English Department faculty members Alex Lemon and Matthew Pitt, 6:30PM
Houston
Katy Budget Books, NYT bestselling-author Kerrelyn Sparks presents So I Married a Sorcerer, the sequel to How to Tame a Beast in Seven Days, 6PM
Murder By the Book, William Kent Krueger will sign and discuss Sulfur Springs, 6:30PM
Lubbock
Lubbock Public Library – Groves Branch, Building a Story Collection: Teddy Jones will read, discuss, and sign her new book of short stories, Nowhere Near, 6:30PM
Midland
Petroleum Museum, Arlen Edgar Distinguished Lecture Series: author Steve Wolf presents "Science in the Movies," 6:30PM
San Antonio
San Antonio Museum of Art, Trinity University Lennox Seminar Lecture: "Rome: Sexuality and Empire" with Caroline Vout, author of Sex on Show: Seeing the Erotic in Greece and Rome, 6:30PM
The Korova, Puroslam featuring DJ Donnie Dee, 9:30PM
The Twig Book Shop, Kelly Grey Carlisle will discuss and sign We Are All Shipwrecks: A Memoir, 5PM
Lubbock
Lubbock Public Library – Groves Branch, Building a Story Collection: Teddy Jones will read, discuss, and sign her new book of short stories, Nowhere Near, 6:30PM
Midland
Petroleum Museum, Arlen Edgar Distinguished Lecture Series: author Steve Wolf presents "Science in the Movies," 6:30PM
San Antonio
San Antonio Museum of Art, Trinity University Lennox Seminar Lecture: "Rome: Sexuality and Empire" with Caroline Vout, author of Sex on Show: Seeing the Erotic in Greece and Rome, 6:30PM
The Korova, Puroslam featuring DJ Donnie Dee, 9:30PM
The Twig Book Shop, Kelly Grey Carlisle will discuss and sign We Are All Shipwrecks: A Memoir, 5PM
Wednesday, September 13:
Austin
Austin
Austin Books & Comics, Ladies Night Special Event: Tillie Walden signs Spinning, 6PM
B&N - Arboretum, Randi Rubenstein signs The Parent Trap, 7PM
BookPeople, WILLIAM KENT KRUEGER speaking & signing Sulfur Springs, 7PM
Malvern Books, acclaimed poet Zachary Schomburg releases his debut novel, Mammother (with readings from Molly Schulman and Josh Denslow, 7PM
Bee Caves
B&N - Hill Country Galleria, Local Writer's Night: Central Texas authors Holly Castillo, Glyn Haynie, and Jim Tallmon will sign their books, 4PM
Dallas
Hotel Crescent Court, World Affairs Council of DFW hosts author Christopher Sabatini discussing "Doomed: Why Regional Efforts Fail to Solve Venezuela’s Crisis," 6:30PM
Interabang Books, War is a Crime: Matthew Hefti will read and sign A HARD AND HEAVY THING, and David Eric Tomlinson will read and sign THE MIDNIGHT MAN, 7PM
The Wild Detectives, a literary bilingual evening in which Bolivian author Rodrigo Hasbún, and Sophie Hughes, the translator of Affections, his lastest book, will discuss the novel and its translation process, 7:30PM
Houston
B&N - Arboretum, Randi Rubenstein signs The Parent Trap, 7PM
BookPeople, WILLIAM KENT KRUEGER speaking & signing Sulfur Springs, 7PM
Malvern Books, acclaimed poet Zachary Schomburg releases his debut novel, Mammother (with readings from Molly Schulman and Josh Denslow, 7PM
Bee Caves
B&N - Hill Country Galleria, Local Writer's Night: Central Texas authors Holly Castillo, Glyn Haynie, and Jim Tallmon will sign their books, 4PM
Dallas
Hotel Crescent Court, World Affairs Council of DFW hosts author Christopher Sabatini discussing "Doomed: Why Regional Efforts Fail to Solve Venezuela’s Crisis," 6:30PM
Interabang Books, War is a Crime: Matthew Hefti will read and sign A HARD AND HEAVY THING, and David Eric Tomlinson will read and sign THE MIDNIGHT MAN, 7PM
The Wild Detectives, a literary bilingual evening in which Bolivian author Rodrigo Hasbún, and Sophie Hughes, the translator of Affections, his lastest book, will discuss the novel and its translation process, 7:30PM
Houston
Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Slam, 7:30PM
San Antonio
B&N - Ingram Festival, New Author Night: meet local San Antonio-area authors, 6PM
Thursday, September 14:
Abilene
National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature, 20th Anniversary exhibit opening with illustrator David Diaz, 6PM
Austin
National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature, 20th Anniversary exhibit opening with illustrator David Diaz, 6PM
Austin
BookPeople, ROBIN SLOAN speaking & signing Sourdough (treats provided thanks to Edible Austin), 7PM [ticket required]
BookWoman, Second Thursday Open Mic featuring poet Sarah Cortez (hosted by Cindy Huyser), 7PM
Chocolaterie Tessa, Underground Chocolate Salon: Megan Giller celebrates the release of her new book, Bean-to-Bar Chocolate: America's Craft Chocolate Revolution (plus chocolate tasting bar), 6:30PM
JW Marriott Austin, Caritas of Austin annual Words of Hope Fundraiser: an evening with Ron Hall, author of the NYT best-selling book, Same Kind of Different As Me, 6:30PM
Malvern Books, Novel Night with Amber Elby & K.P. Gresham, 7PM
Mr. Catfish & More, NeoSoul Poetry ATX, 8PM
BookWoman, Second Thursday Open Mic featuring poet Sarah Cortez (hosted by Cindy Huyser), 7PM
Chocolaterie Tessa, Underground Chocolate Salon: Megan Giller celebrates the release of her new book, Bean-to-Bar Chocolate: America's Craft Chocolate Revolution (plus chocolate tasting bar), 6:30PM
JW Marriott Austin, Caritas of Austin annual Words of Hope Fundraiser: an evening with Ron Hall, author of the NYT best-selling book, Same Kind of Different As Me, 6:30PM
Malvern Books, Novel Night with Amber Elby & K.P. Gresham, 7PM
Mr. Catfish & More, NeoSoul Poetry ATX, 8PM
Dallas
Interabang Books, Reed Farrel Coleman will read and sign ROBERT B. PARKER’S THE HANGMAN’S SONNET, 7PM
Fort Worth
TCU, Comparative Race and Ethnic Studies Presents 2017 Fall Speaker Series with Joe Feagin, author of Myth of the Model Minority: Asian Americans Facing Racism, 7PM
Houston
B&N - Lincoln Park, Jesmyn Ward reads and signs Sing, Unburied, Sing (in support of SMU's Kimbilio Dallas 2017), 7PM
First United Methodist Church of Dallas, Arts & Letters Live hosts Ken Follett discussing and signing A Column of Fire, 7:30PM
Half Price Books Mothership, TV host Dr. Partha Nandi will discuss and sign Ask Dr. Nandi: 5 Steps to Becoming Your Own #HealthHero for Longevity, Well-Being, and a Joyful Life, 7PM
Highland Park United Methodist Church, Friends of the SMU Libraries hosts Gretchen Rubin discussing and signing THE FOUR TENDENCIES, 7PM [RSVP reception at 6PM]
I Love U A-Latte, Reunion: The Dallas Review presents Lit Roast & open mic, 8PM First United Methodist Church of Dallas, Arts & Letters Live hosts Ken Follett discussing and signing A Column of Fire, 7:30PM
Half Price Books Mothership, TV host Dr. Partha Nandi will discuss and sign Ask Dr. Nandi: 5 Steps to Becoming Your Own #HealthHero for Longevity, Well-Being, and a Joyful Life, 7PM
Highland Park United Methodist Church, Friends of the SMU Libraries hosts Gretchen Rubin discussing and signing THE FOUR TENDENCIES, 7PM [RSVP reception at 6PM]
Interabang Books, Reed Farrel Coleman will read and sign ROBERT B. PARKER’S THE HANGMAN’S SONNET, 7PM
Fort Worth
TCU, Comparative Race and Ethnic Studies Presents 2017 Fall Speaker Series with Joe Feagin, author of Myth of the Model Minority: Asian Americans Facing Racism, 7PM
Houston
Murder By the Book, Sherry Thomas will sign and discuss A Conspiracy in Bulgravia, 6:30PM
Rice University - Fondren Library, Society of Rice University Women Author Series: Alison Macor will discuss her new book Rewrite Man: The Life and Career of Screenwriter Warren Skaaren, 7PM
Rice University - Glasscock School, Friends of Fondren Library's Meet the Author series featuring John B. Boles discussing and signing Jefferson: Architect of American Liberty, 6PM
Lubbock
Texas Tech, TTU Creative Writing Program Reading Series presents acclaimed poet Zachary Schomburg and his first novel, Mammother, 7:30PM
San Antonio
Trinity University, Latinx Heritage Month Series featuring independent filmmaker, programmer, and writer Jim Mendiola, 3PMThe Twig Book Shop, D.G. Hernandez will read and sign The Milagro Affair, 5PM
Sugar Land
BookPeople, RODRIGO HASBÚN speaking & signing Affections (in conversation with translator SOPHIE HUGHES, moderated by SEAN MANNING), 7PM
Malvern Books, Nancy Huang launches her debut poetry collection, Favorite Daughter (with readings from special guests Philip Olalo, Noor Wadi, and Jasmine Bell), 7PM
Resistencia Bookstore, Cesar Chavez and the Moral Right to Stay: A Plática & Discussion with José-Antonio Orosco, author of Toppling the Melting Pot, 7PM
Malvern Books, Nancy Huang launches her debut poetry collection, Favorite Daughter (with readings from special guests Philip Olalo, Noor Wadi, and Jasmine Bell), 7PM
Resistencia Bookstore, Cesar Chavez and the Moral Right to Stay: A Plática & Discussion with José-Antonio Orosco, author of Toppling the Melting Pot, 7PM
Dallas
Deep Vellum Books, Pandora's Box Reading Series: Banned Poetry Month with more than a dozen DFW-area poets, 7PM
Heroes Lounge, Dallas Poetry Slam featuring Jennine DOC Wright, 8PM
Interabang Books, Ken Follett signs A COLUMN OF FIRE, 11AM
El Paso
El Paso Museum of History, Focus on Perspectives: Noted author and UTEP professor Daniel Chacón will discuss the creative processes that produce fiction and poetry, 6PM
Houston
Deep Vellum Books, Pandora's Box Reading Series: Banned Poetry Month with more than a dozen DFW-area poets, 7PM
Heroes Lounge, Dallas Poetry Slam featuring Jennine DOC Wright, 8PM
Interabang Books, Ken Follett signs A COLUMN OF FIRE, 11AM
El Paso
El Paso Museum of History, Focus on Perspectives: Noted author and UTEP professor Daniel Chacón will discuss the creative processes that produce fiction and poetry, 6PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, ER Bills discusses and signs TEXAS DISSIDENT, 7PM
Murder By the Book, Reed Farrel Coleman will sign and discuss Robert B. Parker's the Hangman's Sonnet, 6:30PM
St. John the Divine Episcopal Church, Frank Billingsley, Houston's KPRC Channel 2 weatherman and author of the forthcoming memoir, Swabbed and Found, will share his story about finding his birth roots, 6:30PM
North Richland Hills
North Richland Hills Public Library, Behind the Book: NYT bestselling-author Gretchen Rubin will discuss and sign The Four Tendencies, 1PM [ticketed reception at 12PM]
San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, poet Susan Campbell will read from and sign Anything You Ever Wanted to Know, 5PM
Southlake
B&N - Town Square, Caleb and Kit book signing with Beth Vrabel, 6PM
Tyler
UT-Tyler, "Garbology" lecture with Edward Humes, author of Freshman Book, 6PM [signing and reception at 4:30PM]
Saturday, September 16:
Austin
Murder By the Book, Reed Farrel Coleman will sign and discuss Robert B. Parker's the Hangman's Sonnet, 6:30PM
St. John the Divine Episcopal Church, Frank Billingsley, Houston's KPRC Channel 2 weatherman and author of the forthcoming memoir, Swabbed and Found, will share his story about finding his birth roots, 6:30PM
North Richland Hills
North Richland Hills Public Library, Behind the Book: NYT bestselling-author Gretchen Rubin will discuss and sign The Four Tendencies, 1PM [ticketed reception at 12PM]
San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, poet Susan Campbell will read from and sign Anything You Ever Wanted to Know, 5PM
Southlake
B&N - Town Square, Caleb and Kit book signing with Beth Vrabel, 6PM
Tyler
UT-Tyler, "Garbology" lecture with Edward Humes, author of Freshman Book, 6PM [signing and reception at 4:30PM]
Saturday, September 16:
Austin
AFS Cinema, Alison Macor, author of Rewrite Man, The Life and Career of Screenwriter Warren Skaaren, presents a screening of one of the most well-known efforts of the late Austin-based script doctor, Tim Burton’s BATMAN, 7PM
Austin Public Library - University Hills, Austin Poetry Society meeting featuring Nathan Brown, 1:30PM
BookPeople, Tara Dairman reading and signing The Great Hibernation, 2PM
BookPeople, ALEX LEMON speaking & signing Feverland, 5PM
Half Price Books - North Lamar, the Lake Travis Novel Writers will sell and sign their latest works, 2PM
Dallas Public Library - Highland Hills, Author talk and book signing with Kendra Rainey, 2PMBookPeople, ALEX LEMON speaking & signing Feverland, 5PM
Half Price Books - North Lamar, the Lake Travis Novel Writers will sell and sign their latest works, 2PM
Malvern Books, The Lion & The Pirate Unplugged with special guest Susan R. Nelson, author of The Only Light I Saw Was in Galveston, 7PM
St. Edward's University, Writers' League of Texas workshop: "Worldbuilding for Speculative Fiction" with Amanda Downum and Marshall Ryan Maresca, 10AM
The Writing Barn, Workshop: Secret Origins: How to Write Comics and Graphic Novels with NYT Bestselling-Author Paul Benjamin, 3:30PM
Belton
McWha Bookstore, book signing with R. L. Stelzer, 10AM
Boerne
Patrick Heath Public Library, Spanish Collection Re-Opening Celebration with author and illustrator Xavier Garza, publisher and author Bryce Milligan, and poet Carmen Tafolla, 2PM
St. Edward's University, Writers' League of Texas workshop: "Worldbuilding for Speculative Fiction" with Amanda Downum and Marshall Ryan Maresca, 10AM
The Writing Barn, Workshop: Secret Origins: How to Write Comics and Graphic Novels with NYT Bestselling-Author Paul Benjamin, 3:30PM
Belton
McWha Bookstore, book signing with R. L. Stelzer, 10AM
Boerne
Patrick Heath Public Library, Spanish Collection Re-Opening Celebration with author and illustrator Xavier Garza, publisher and author Bryce Milligan, and poet Carmen Tafolla, 2PM
Dallas
Half Price Books Mothership, NYT bestselling-author Marie Lu will discuss and sign Warcross, 3PM [numbered pass required]
Plai Place, Paint & Hang with the Dallas Poetry Slam team, 7PM & 9PM
Denton
B&N - Golden Triangle Mall, Story time: Local author Krystal Granzow reads and signs Maddy Lou and Mack at the State Fair of Texas, 1PMEl Paso
B&N - Fountains at Farah, Pancakes for Dinner! story time and signing with local author Phillip D Cortez, 11AM
El Paso Public Library - Memorial Park, Tumblewords Project Workshop: "Dear Younger Me" with writer and visual artist Yvonne Collins, 12:45PM
Fort Worth
Half Price Books - Ridgmar, local author Suzan Schnitzius will sell and sign her memoir, Rolling Toward Home, 1PM
El Paso Public Library - Memorial Park, Tumblewords Project Workshop: "Dear Younger Me" with writer and visual artist Yvonne Collins, 12:45PM
Fort Worth
Half Price Books - Ridgmar, local author Suzan Schnitzius will sell and sign her memoir, Rolling Toward Home, 1PM
Houston
B&N - Westheimer Crossing, Samuel Axelrad M.D. signs Peaceful Bones, 2PMBlue Willow Bookshop, Local contributors Heather K. Olson Beal, Kira Duerichen Olson, and Erin Hill will share their submissions in BARING WITNESS, 1PM
Half Price Books - Clear Lake, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
River Oaks Bookstore, Anita Kruse reads and signs Purple Song, 3PM
Irving
South Irving Library, Author visit with Elizabeth Eulberg author of the YA novel The Great Shelby Holmes: Girl Detective and the forthcoming sequel, 3PM
Nacogdoches
River Oaks Bookstore, Anita Kruse reads and signs Purple Song, 3PM
Irving
South Irving Library, Author visit with Elizabeth Eulberg author of the YA novel The Great Shelby Holmes: Girl Detective and the forthcoming sequel, 3PM
Nacogdoches
Mantle Art Space, Warship Issue Three Zine Release, 7PM
The Twig Book Shop, E. Dan Klepper will discuss and sign Why the Raven Calls the Canyon, 10AM
Southlake
B&N - Town Square, Edith Odiwo signing Porsche Porscha the Pink Pig: Book 2, 11AM
B&N - Town Square, Charlotte Benke signing Alive: Hijacked by the Holy Spirit, 2PM
Sugar Land
Half Price Books, local author Pamela Gray will sell and sign her book Dancing Over Dogs: Counting with Grandma, 1PM
The Twig Book Shop, E. Dan Klepper will discuss and sign Why the Raven Calls the Canyon, 10AM
Southlake
B&N - Town Square, Edith Odiwo signing Porsche Porscha the Pink Pig: Book 2, 11AM
B&N - Town Square, Charlotte Benke signing Alive: Hijacked by the Holy Spirit, 2PM
Sugar Land
Half Price Books, local author Pamela Gray will sell and sign her book Dancing Over Dogs: Counting with Grandma, 1PM
Sunday, September 17:
Abilene
Abilene Public Library - South Branch, West Texas Book Festival Preview Session: Abilene Author Showcase, 3PM
Austin
Abilene
Abilene Public Library - South Branch, West Texas Book Festival Preview Session: Abilene Author Showcase, 3PM
Austin
Austin Public Library - Manchaca Road, Bernadette Nason will read, discuss, and sign Tea in Tripoli: A Memoir, 2PM
BookPeople, MADELINE SMOOT speaking and signing The Monsters Hiding in Your Closet, and JESSICA LEE ANDERSON speaking & signing Uncertain Summer, 2PM
BookPeople, NATHAN ENGLANDER speaking & signing Dinner at the Center of the Earth, 5PM
BookWoman, M.L. Wonder reading and signing Tenth Year in the Sun, 4PM
Hops and Grain Brewing, celebrate Megan Giller and her new book, Bean-to-Bar Chocolate: America's Craft Chocolate Revolution, with chocolate, beer, and bands, 1PM
Malvern Books, Todd Hawkins launches his chapbook Ten Counties Away (with readings from Ken Fontenot and Judy Jensen), 1PM
BookPeople, MADELINE SMOOT speaking and signing The Monsters Hiding in Your Closet, and JESSICA LEE ANDERSON speaking & signing Uncertain Summer, 2PM
BookPeople, NATHAN ENGLANDER speaking & signing Dinner at the Center of the Earth, 5PM
BookWoman, M.L. Wonder reading and signing Tenth Year in the Sun, 4PM
Hops and Grain Brewing, celebrate Megan Giller and her new book, Bean-to-Bar Chocolate: America's Craft Chocolate Revolution, with chocolate, beer, and bands, 1PM
Malvern Books, Todd Hawkins launches his chapbook Ten Counties Away (with readings from Ken Fontenot and Judy Jensen), 1PM
Malvern Books, Dave Oliphant will read from and sign his new poetry collection, The Hero’s Fall I Fell For: Jazz Poems, 4PM
Dallas
Dallas
Half Price Books Mothership, local authors Kay & Rudy Seamayer will sell and sign copies of Rudy's memoir, The Last Train Out, 1PM
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