Monday Roundup: TEXAS LITERARY CALENDAR 10/23-29

Austin Public Library - Terrazas, Aural Literature: Local writers read their own work aloud for the public, 7PM

BookPeople, Chris Guillebeau speaking & signing Side Hustle: From Idea to Income in 27 Days, 7PM

Boerne
Terraces at Cibolo Clubhouse, Walter Danley will read selections from his Wainwright Mystery series novels The Tipping Point and Inside Moves, 4PM

Dallas

Alamo Drafthouse - Cedars, screening of Anna Faris’s film The House Bunny, followed by a Q&A via Skype with Faris, + all guests will receive a copy of Faris's debut book, Unqualified, with a signed bookplate, 8PM

Deep Vellum Books, poet Andrew Wessels reads and signs A Turkish Dictionary, 7PM

Highland Park United Methodist Church, Friends of the SMU Libraries present Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Chernow discussing and signing GRANT, 7PM

Interabang Books, Mark Bowden discussing and signing HUE 1968, 7PM

The Wild Detectives, the first night of a new storytelling series, "Rejected: Stories Unsold," 7:30PM

Denton
University of North Texas, 18th- and 19th-Century Studies Colloquium: "Blood Sugar Boycotts, Gender, and British Abolitionist Literature" presented by Dr. Patricia Matthew, 3:30PM

Fort Worth

The Fort Worth Club, World Affairs Council DFW hosts Mark Bowden discussing and signing Hue 1968 – A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam, 11:30AM

Houston

Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Slam, 7:30PM

Blue Willow Bookshop, Wiley Cash will discuss and sign his new novel, THE LAST BALLAD, 7PM

Brazos Bookstore, Tom Philpott discussing and signing GLORY DENIED, 7PM

The Tasting Room, World Affairs Council of Greater Houston hosts Jeremi Suri discussing and signing The Impossible Presidency, 7:15PM

Junction
Kimble County Library, Dana Glossbrenner will discuss and sign The Lark and Women Behind Stained Glass, 12PM

Pasadena
B&N - Fairway Market, April Henry signing her Girl, Stolen series, 7PM

Thursday, October 26:

Austin

BookPeople, WILEY CASH speaking & signing The Last Ballad, 7PM [ticketed event]

LBJ Presidential Library, Secretary Madeleine Albright signs Madam Secretary and Read My Pins: Stories from a Diplomat's Jewel Box, and Bob Schieffer signs Overload: Finding the Truth in Today's Deluge of News, 4:30PM

Ballinger
Ballinger Memorial Library, Stew Magnuson giving a multimedia presentation of The Last American Highway in Texas, 12PM

Dallas

Aaron Family Jewish Community Center, Nicole Krauss reads and signs Forest Dark, 7PM

B&N - Lincoln Park, Jon Acuff signs Finish: Give Yourself the Gift of Done, 7PM

Deep Vellum Books, Nonfiction Authors Association meeting: "Book Design Matters: What You Need to Know about Book Design" with Melinda Martin, 7PM

First United Methodist Church of Dallas, Arts & Letters Live hosts Walter Isaacson discussing and signing Leonardo da Vinci, 7:30PM

Half Price Books Mothership, Collectible Conversations: Understanding Cemetery Symbols with Tui Snider, 6PM

SMU - Cox School of Business, Have dinner with feminist author and founder of "Feministing" Jessica Valenti, 6PM (followed by a lecture and book signing at 8PM)

SMU Central Libraries, Discussion: From Paying to Read to Paying to Publish: Is the Shift Inevitable?, 4PM

SMU - James M. Collins Executive Education Center, "Cities, Suburbs, and the New America: Minorities, Immigrants, and Millennials in America’s Favorite Geography" featuring presentations and expert panels with former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Henry Cisneros, author Joel Kotkin, and MIT Professor Alan Berger, 7:15AM

The Wild Detectives, poet Derrick C. Brown reads and signs How the Body Works the Dark, 7:30PM

Houston

Body Mind & Soul, Awaken Your Inner Fire workshop and book signing with HeatherAsh Amara, 7PM

Murder By the Book, Jaye Wells will sign and discuss Volatile Bonds, 7PM

Poison Girl, Poison Pen Reading Series featuring Roger Reeves, Zachary Caballero, and Onyinye Ihezukwu, 8PM