Bookish events in Texas for the week of September 25-October 1, 2017:
Special Events:
Banned Books Week, September 24-30
Inkstravaganza Gala honoring Dr. Tomás Ybarra-Frausto, San Antonio, September 28
6th Annual LibroFEST, San Antonio, September 30
TEDxSugarland 2017, September 30
6th Annual Granbury Paranormal Expo, September 30-October 1
Ongoing Exhibits:
National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature 20th Anniversary Exhibition: Celebrating 20 Years of Art, Abilene, September 14-October 27
Bonfire of Liberties: Censorship of the Humanities (a Humanities Texas exhibition), Keene, September 18-October 13
Fact, Fiction, and the New World: The Role of Books in the Making of America (a Humanities Texas exhibition), Midland, October 1-December 1
Dallas
Interabang Books, Pamela Salzman discusses and signs KITCHEN MATTERS: MORE THAN 100 RECIPES AND TIPS TO TRANSFORM THE WAY YOU COOK AND EAT, 7PM
Fort Worth
TCU - Palko Hall, Leslie Irvine discusses My Dog Always Eats First: Homeless People and Their Animals, 7PM
Frisco
B&N - Stonebriar Mall, Quests for Glory B&N Exclusive Edition book signing with Soman Chainani, 6PM
HoustonBrazos Bookstore, Santiago Gamboa reads and signs RETURN TO THE DARK VALLEY, 7PM
Tuesday, September 26:
The Black Labrador, Houston Writers House meeting: Megan Lafollett will discuss social media and digital marketing tactics for authors, 6:30PM
Blue Willow Bookshop, Soman Chainani will discuss and sign his books for young people, including QUESTS FOR GLORY, the fourth book in his series THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL, 5PM
Bohemeos, Glass Mountain fall reading series with Erika Jo Brown, LeeAnne Carlson, and Quentin Key-Tello (also collecting monetary donations for Mayor Sylvester Turner’s Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund, and canned good donations for the Houston Food Bank), 7PM
Blue Willow Bookshop, Katherine Applegate will discuss and sign WISHTREE, her newest novel for children, 5PM
Brazos Bookstore, Lenora Chu discusses and signs LITTLE SOLDIERS, 7PM
Murder By the Book, Fiona Davis will sign and discuss her debut novel, The Address, 6:30PM
Richardson
Half Price Books, retired NFL wide receiver Donald Driver will sign his new book, The 3D Body Revolution: The Ultimate Workout + Nutrition Blueprint to Get Healthy and Lean, 7PM
San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, Mickey Ibarra discusses and signs Latino Leaders Speak, 6PM
San MarcosTexas State - Alkek Library, Center for the Study of the Southwest hosts Steve Schafers reading from The Border, followed by a book signing and panel discussion, 5:30PM
Malvern Books, 100 Thousand Poets for Change, 3PM
Interabang Books, Translator George Henson discusses THE MAGICIAN OF VIENNA, 7PM
The Wild Detectives, Workshop: "Abstract Comic" conducted by Verónica Gerber in conjunction with Oil and Cotton, 10:30AM
The Writer's Garret, Workshop: "Finding Your Voice" with Melissa T. Schultz, 1PM
Christ Church Cathedral, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon reads and signs MOONGLOW, 7:30PM [ticketed event]
Half Price Books - Clear Lake, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
McGonigel's Mucky Duck, Texas singer-songwriter Radney Foster Special Acoustic CD/Book Release Party for For You To See The Stars, 7PM
Murder By the Book, Harlan Coben will sign and discuss his newest stand alone novel, Don't Let Go, 1PM [numbered pass required]
San AntonioCentro de Artes, 100 Thousand Poets for Change SATX: Sanctuary!, 11AM
San Antonio Public Library - Central, Parman, & Mission locations, Don't Judge A Book By It's Cover: Human Library Day (borrow more than 40 human titles, including a Hundi philospher, a Wiccan priestess, and a cancer survivor), 11AM
The Twig Book Shop, E.R. Bills signs Texas Dissident: Dispatches from a Diminished State 2006-2016, 11AM
Shallowater
Shallowater School County Library, Writers' League of Texas presents "Texas Writes" with authors Charlotte Gullick and Donna Johnson, 10AM
Southlake
B&N - Town Square, local autho Cecil Miller signing The Other Side of the Mic, 1PM
Special Events:
Banned Books Week, September 24-30
Inkstravaganza Gala honoring Dr. Tomás Ybarra-Frausto, San Antonio, September 28
6th Annual LibroFEST, San Antonio, September 30
TEDxSugarland 2017, September 30
6th Annual Granbury Paranormal Expo, September 30-October 1
Ongoing Exhibits:
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
Fact, Fiction, and the New World: The Role of Books in the Making of America (a Humanities Texas exhibition), Midland, October 1-December 1
Monday, September 25:
Austin
BookPeople, DAN JONES speaking & signing The Templars, 7PMDallas
Interabang Books, Pamela Salzman discusses and signs KITCHEN MATTERS: MORE THAN 100 RECIPES AND TIPS TO TRANSFORM THE WAY YOU COOK AND EAT, 7PM
Fort Worth
TCU - Palko Hall, Leslie Irvine discusses My Dog Always Eats First: Homeless People and Their Animals, 7PM
Frisco
B&N - Stonebriar Mall, Quests for Glory B&N Exclusive Edition book signing with Soman Chainani, 6PM
Houston
Murder By the Book, Charlaine Harris will sign and discuss Sleep Like A Baby, her new Aurora Teagarden mystery, 6:30PM
San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, Kelly Grey Carlisle discusses and signs We Are All Shipwrecks: A Memoir, 5PMSan Antonio
Tuesday, September 26:
Austin
Austin Community College - Eastview, World Affairs Council of Austin presents "Truth Stranger Than Fiction? How Thrillers are a Window into how U.S. Foreign Policy Really Works" with Todd Moss, Author of The Shadow List, 4:45PM
BookPeople, CELESTE NG speaking & signing Little Fires Everywhere (in conversation with Clay Smith of Kirkus Reviews), 7PM
BookWoman, A Tribute to Kate Millett with author Pamela Ellen Ferguson, 7PM
Chez Zee American Bistro, Chez Zee Author Series with Donna Marie Miller, author of The Broken Spoke: Austin's Legendary Honky-Tonk (with James White, owner of The Broken Spoke), 6PM
Harry Ransom Center, award-winning poet Roger Reeves, Associate Professor of English at The University of Texas at Austin, gives his inaugural reading, 7PM
Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam hosted by Peter Nevland, 7PM
BookPeople, CELESTE NG speaking & signing Little Fires Everywhere (in conversation with Clay Smith of Kirkus Reviews), 7PM
BookWoman, A Tribute to Kate Millett with author Pamela Ellen Ferguson, 7PM
Chez Zee American Bistro, Chez Zee Author Series with Donna Marie Miller, author of The Broken Spoke: Austin's Legendary Honky-Tonk (with James White, owner of The Broken Spoke), 6PM
Harry Ransom Center, award-winning poet Roger Reeves, Associate Professor of English at The University of Texas at Austin, gives his inaugural reading, 7PM
Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam hosted by Peter Nevland, 7PM
Writers' League of Texas, Workshop: "First Impressions Are Everything: Composing a Standout Query Letter" with Becka Oliver, 6PM
Dallas
Dallas
Checkered Past Winery, Dallas Poetry Slam presents "DFW Unplugged", 8PM
Half Price Books Mothership, New York Times bestselling-author Doug Stanton will discuss and sign his military history, The Odyssey of Echo Company: The 1968 Tet Offensive and the Epic Battle to Survive the Vietnam War, 7PM
SMU - McFarlin Auditorium, Tate Lecture Series: The Linda and Mitch Hart Lecture with Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations and author of A World in Disarray: American Foreign Policy and the Crisis of the Old Order, and Fareed Zakaria, CNN international affairs expert and author of In Defense of a Liberal Education (moderated by David Gergen), 8PM
The Wild Detectives, Join Colombian novelist, short story writer and journalist, Santiago Gamboa for a reading from his latest novel, Return to the Dark Valley, followed by a bilingual Q&A and public conversation moderated by Vicky Sanz and Lauren Smart, 7:30PM [Bilingual event]
Half Price Books Mothership, New York Times bestselling-author Doug Stanton will discuss and sign his military history, The Odyssey of Echo Company: The 1968 Tet Offensive and the Epic Battle to Survive the Vietnam War, 7PM
SMU - McFarlin Auditorium, Tate Lecture Series: The Linda and Mitch Hart Lecture with Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations and author of A World in Disarray: American Foreign Policy and the Crisis of the Old Order, and Fareed Zakaria, CNN international affairs expert and author of In Defense of a Liberal Education (moderated by David Gergen), 8PM
The Wild Detectives, Join Colombian novelist, short story writer and journalist, Santiago Gamboa for a reading from his latest novel, Return to the Dark Valley, followed by a bilingual Q&A and public conversation moderated by Vicky Sanz and Lauren Smart, 7:30PM [Bilingual event]
Fort Worth
The Dock Bookshop, Fort Worth Poetry Slam and Open Mic, 8PM
Houston
Houston
Blue Willow Bookshop, Soman Chainani will discuss and sign his books for young people, including QUESTS FOR GLORY, the fourth book in his series THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL, 5PM
Bohemeos, Glass Mountain fall reading series with Erika Jo Brown, LeeAnne Carlson, and Quentin Key-Tello (also collecting monetary donations for Mayor Sylvester Turner’s Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund, and canned good donations for the Houston Food Bank), 7PM
Murder By the Book, Thomas Mullen will sign and discuss Lightning Men, and T. Jefferson Parker will sign and discuss The Room of White Fire, 6:30PM
Richardson
Richardson High School, Richardson Reads One Book 2017:Daniel Bergner discusses Sing For Your Life: A Story of Race, Music, and Family, 7:30PM
San Antonio
Richardson
Richardson High School, Richardson Reads One Book 2017:Daniel Bergner discusses Sing For Your Life: A Story of Race, Music, and Family, 7:30PM
San Antonio
The Korova, Puroslam with DJ Donnie Dee, 9:30PM
San Marcos
Texas State - Alkek Library, The Wittliff Collections hosts a reading, discussion, and signing with Karen Russell, author of Swamplandia!, 3:30PM
Seguin
Texas Lutheran University, Bárbara Renaud González discusses and signs Las Nalgas de JLo/JLo’s Booty: The Best & Most Notorious Calumnas & Other Writings by the First Chicana Columnist in Texas 1995-2005, 4PM
San Marcos
Texas State - Alkek Library, The Wittliff Collections hosts a reading, discussion, and signing with Karen Russell, author of Swamplandia!, 3:30PM
Seguin
Texas Lutheran University, Bárbara Renaud González discusses and signs Las Nalgas de JLo/JLo’s Booty: The Best & Most Notorious Calumnas & Other Writings by the First Chicana Columnist in Texas 1995-2005, 4PM
Wednesday, September 27:
Austin
Austin
Austin Public Library - Terrazas, Aural Lit presents Chicon Street Poets and Chicon Street Poets presents Aural Lit, 7PM
BookPeople, RADNEY FOSTER speaking & signing For You To See The Stars, 7PM
Malvern Books, third Austin edition of the "Why There Are Words" reading series with Lowell Mick White, Christine Granados, Michael Elwood, and Missy Roback, 7PM
The Writing Barn, Words and Wine Wednesday featuring the characters from "Homemaking at the End of the World", 7:30PM
BookPeople, RADNEY FOSTER speaking & signing For You To See The Stars, 7PM
Malvern Books, third Austin edition of the "Why There Are Words" reading series with Lowell Mick White, Christine Granados, Michael Elwood, and Missy Roback, 7PM
The Writing Barn, Words and Wine Wednesday featuring the characters from "Homemaking at the End of the World", 7:30PM
Brownsville
UTRGV - Salon Esperanza, Griselda Castillo reading from and discussing Blood & Piloncillo, 6PMDallas
The Wild Detectives, Misty Keasler celebrates the publication of Haunt, an art book released in tandem with her exhibition at The Modern in Fort Worth, in conversation with Margee Kerr, the author of Scream: Chilling Adventures in the Science of Fear, 7:30PM
Dripping Springs
Sententia Vera Cultural Hub, Self-Publishing Workshop with Bill Benitez, owner of Positive Imaging, LLC, 6PM
Houston
The Wild Detectives, Misty Keasler celebrates the publication of Haunt, an art book released in tandem with her exhibition at The Modern in Fort Worth, in conversation with Margee Kerr, the author of Scream: Chilling Adventures in the Science of Fear, 7:30PM
Dripping Springs
Sententia Vera Cultural Hub, Self-Publishing Workshop with Bill Benitez, owner of Positive Imaging, LLC, 6PM
Houston
Amegy Bank Tower, World Affairs Council of Greater Houston hosts Todd Moss, author of four nonfiction books on international affairs and the Judd Ryker thriller series, 4:30PM & 7PM
Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Slam, 7:30PM
Richardson
Half Price Books, retired NFL wide receiver Donald Driver will sign his new book, The 3D Body Revolution: The Ultimate Workout + Nutrition Blueprint to Get Healthy and Lean, 7PM
San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, Mickey Ibarra discusses and signs Latino Leaders Speak, 6PM
Thursday, September 28:
Austin
BookPeople, LENORA CHU speaking & signing Little Soldiers, 7PM
Mr. Catfish & More, NeoSoul Poetry ATX, 8PM
Stateside at the Paramount, Texas singer-songwriter Radney Foster will play a special album and book release show in support of his new project, For You to See the Stars, 8PM
Mr. Catfish & More, NeoSoul Poetry ATX, 8PM
Stateside at the Paramount, Texas singer-songwriter Radney Foster will play a special album and book release show in support of his new project, For You to See the Stars, 8PM
College Station
Texas A&M University - Memorial Student Center, Join Nancy T. McCoy and David G. Woodcock for the launch of their new book, Architecture That Speaks: S. P. C. Vosper and Ten Remarkable Buildings at Texas A&M, followed by a brief program at the Reynolds Gallery, 6PMDallas
Half Price Books Mothership, Collectible Conversations: Timothy Binkley, archivist at the Bridwell Library at the Perkins School of Theology at SMU, will share practical insights on archival preservation, 6PM
Richland College, Daniel Bergner presents Sing For Your Life: A Story of Race, Music, and Family, 11AM, followed by "The Art of Writing" workshop, 12:30PM
UT Dallas, Creative Writing Lecture Series: David Wright will read from an in-progress novel that tells the story of the Union army’s "African Brigade", 7PM
The Wild Detectives, Verónica Gerber Bicecci reads and signs Conjunto Vacio, in conversation with Vicky Saenz, 7:30PM [Spanish event]
Fort Worth
The Fort Worth Club, World Affairs Council of DFW hosts Dr. Jeremi Suri discussing and signing The Impossible Presidency: The Rise and Fall of America's Highest Office, 11:30AM
Houston
The Black Labrador, World Affairs Council of Greater Houston hosts Retired Lieutenant Colonel and Professor, author of U.S. Military Operations: Law, Policy, and Practice, 7:15PM
Brazos Bookstore, Banned Books Week 2017: Read. Resist.: hear Texas authors and librarians read excerpts from their favorite challenged or banned children’s and YA books. Readers include authors Caroline Leech, Anna Meriano, Varsha Bajaj, Josh Gottlieb-Miller, and Chris Cander, 7PM
Murder By the Book, Todd Moss will sign and discuss his new Judd Ryker novel, The Shadow List, 6:30PM
Museum of Fine Arts, MFAH Author Talk: A Conversation with Dominic Smith, author of The Last Painting of Sara de Vos, followed by a book signing, 6PM
Poison Girl, Poison Pen Reading Series featuring Niki Herd and Yuki Tanaka, 8:30PM
Rice University - Sewall Hall, “Loving Work”: a feminist take on popular advice literature with Dr. Kathi Weeks, 4PM
CBS Radio Performance Showroom, World Affairs Council of DFW hosts Dr. Jeremi Suri discussing and signing The Impossible Presidency: The Rise and Fall of America's Highest Office, 6:30PM
Deep Vellum Books, Dallas Chapter of the Nonfiction Authors Association meeting: DIY Editing Tips: Polish Your Manuscript w/o Blowing Your Budget with Leslie Lutz, 7PM
Half Price Books Mothership, Collectible Conversations: Timothy Binkley, archivist at the Bridwell Library at the Perkins School of Theology at SMU, will share practical insights on archival preservation, 6PM
Richland College, Daniel Bergner presents Sing For Your Life: A Story of Race, Music, and Family, 11AM, followed by "The Art of Writing" workshop, 12:30PM
UT Dallas, Creative Writing Lecture Series: David Wright will read from an in-progress novel that tells the story of the Union army’s "African Brigade", 7PM
The Wild Detectives, Verónica Gerber Bicecci reads and signs Conjunto Vacio, in conversation with Vicky Saenz, 7:30PM [Spanish event]
Fort Worth
The Fort Worth Club, World Affairs Council of DFW hosts Dr. Jeremi Suri discussing and signing The Impossible Presidency: The Rise and Fall of America's Highest Office, 11:30AM
Houston
The Black Labrador, World Affairs Council of Greater Houston hosts Retired Lieutenant Colonel and Professor, author of U.S. Military Operations: Law, Policy, and Practice, 7:15PM
Brazos Bookstore, Banned Books Week 2017: Read. Resist.: hear Texas authors and librarians read excerpts from their favorite challenged or banned children’s and YA books. Readers include authors Caroline Leech, Anna Meriano, Varsha Bajaj, Josh Gottlieb-Miller, and Chris Cander, 7PM
Murder By the Book, Todd Moss will sign and discuss his new Judd Ryker novel, The Shadow List, 6:30PM
Museum of Fine Arts, MFAH Author Talk: A Conversation with Dominic Smith, author of The Last Painting of Sara de Vos, followed by a book signing, 6PM
Poison Girl, Poison Pen Reading Series featuring Niki Herd and Yuki Tanaka, 8:30PM
River Oaks Bookstore, James Garrison reads and signs QL4, 5PM
San Marcos
Sugar Land
B&N - First Colony, Story time with local author Maria Ashworth, 10AM
Victoria
University of Houston, American Book Review reading series featuring writer of poetry, fiction, nonfiction and plays Kwame Dawes, 12PM
Friday, September 29:
Austin
Victoria
University of Houston, American Book Review reading series featuring writer of poetry, fiction, nonfiction and plays Kwame Dawes, 12PM
Friday, September 29:
Austin
Austin Public Library - Old Quarry, Austin Out Loud: This Party Is (Not) Censored (Banned Books Week edition) featuring readings from favorite banned and challenged books by local authors and library staff, 6:30PM [Recommended for ages 17 and up]
Malvern Books, Taisia Kitaiskaia reads and signs Ask Baba Yaga, 7PM
Dallas
Malvern Books, Taisia Kitaiskaia reads and signs Ask Baba Yaga, 7PM
Dallas
Interabang Books, Harlan Coben reads and signs DON’T LET GO, 7PM
Fort Worth
B&N - Hulen, Little Soldiers: An American Boy, a Chinese School, and the Global Race to Achieve book signing with Lenora Chu, 7PM
Frisco
Stonebriar Country Club, World Affairs Council of DFW hosts Dr. Jeremi Suri discussing and signing The Impossible Presidency: The Rise and Fall of America's Highest Office, 7:30AM
Houston
Fort Worth
B&N - Hulen, Little Soldiers: An American Boy, a Chinese School, and the Global Race to Achieve book signing with Lenora Chu, 7PM
Frisco
Stonebriar Country Club, World Affairs Council of DFW hosts Dr. Jeremi Suri discussing and signing The Impossible Presidency: The Rise and Fall of America's Highest Office, 7:30AM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Literal Magazine, 7PM
McGonigel's Mucky Duck, Texas singer-songwriter Radney Foster Special Acoustic CD/Book Release Party for For You To See The Stars, 7PM
San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, Matthew Pitt reading and signing These are Our Demands, and Alex Lemon reading and signing Feverland, 5PM
Saturday, September 30:
Austin
McGonigel's Mucky Duck, Texas singer-songwriter Radney Foster Special Acoustic CD/Book Release Party for For You To See The Stars, 7PM
San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, Matthew Pitt reading and signing These are Our Demands, and Alex Lemon reading and signing Feverland, 5PM
Saturday, September 30:
Austin
B&N - Lakeline, Local author Glyn Haynie discusses and signs When I Turned Nineteen: A Vietnam War Memoir, 2PM
BookWoman, Rios de la Luz reads and signs Itzá, 6PM
BookWoman, Rios de la Luz reads and signs Itzá, 6PM
Malvern Books, 100 Thousand Poets for Change, 3PM
Malvern Books, International Translation Day celebration with a reading featuring renowned translators Tony Beckwith, Marian Schwartz, Eduardo, Antonella Del Fattore-Olson, and Michele Aynesworth, 6PM
Dallas Public Library - Bookmarks, The Bookmarks Children's Author Series presents Farahana Surya Namaskar, author of Doing and Being, 10:30AMSt. Edward's University, Writers' League of Texas workshop: "The Secret to Making Picture Books" with Liz Garton Scanlon, 9AM
The Writing Barn, Workshop: "Essential Elements: Writing Powerful Dialogue" with Katherine Catmull, 9:30AM
Dallas
The Writing Barn, Workshop: "Essential Elements: Writing Powerful Dialogue" with Katherine Catmull, 9:30AM
Dallas
Interabang Books, Translator George Henson discusses THE MAGICIAN OF VIENNA, 7PM
The Wild Detectives, Workshop: "Abstract Comic" conducted by Verónica Gerber in conjunction with Oil and Cotton, 10:30AM
The Writer's Garret, Workshop: "Finding Your Voice" with Melissa T. Schultz, 1PM
El Paso
El Paso Public Library - Memorial Park, Tumblewords Project Workshop: "100 Thousand Poets For Change" with Donna Snyder, 12:45PM
Galveston
1838 Michel B. Menard House, Dr. Thomas Boghardt lectures from The Zimmermann Telegram: Intelligence, Diplomacy, and America’s Entry into World War I (part of the Galveston Historical Foundation's "Deep Water Jubilee: Menardi Gras!", recognizing the 150th anniversary of World War I), 3PM
Galveston Bookshop, Elliott Turner signs The Night of the Virgin, 2PM
Garland
B&N - Firewheel Mall, Cyndy Feasel discusses and signs After the Cheering Stops: An NFL Wife's Story of Devastation, Loss, and the Faith that Saw Her Through, 2PM
Houston
Blue Willow Bookshop, celebrate with Jennifer Mathieu as she launches MOXIE, her new novel for teens, 11AMGalveston
1838 Michel B. Menard House, Dr. Thomas Boghardt lectures from The Zimmermann Telegram: Intelligence, Diplomacy, and America’s Entry into World War I (part of the Galveston Historical Foundation's "Deep Water Jubilee: Menardi Gras!", recognizing the 150th anniversary of World War I), 3PM
Galveston Bookshop, Elliott Turner signs The Night of the Virgin, 2PM
Garland
B&N - Firewheel Mall, Cyndy Feasel discusses and signs After the Cheering Stops: An NFL Wife's Story of Devastation, Loss, and the Faith that Saw Her Through, 2PM
Houston
Christ Church Cathedral, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon reads and signs MOONGLOW, 7:30PM [ticketed event]
McGonigel's Mucky Duck, Texas singer-songwriter Radney Foster Special Acoustic CD/Book Release Party for For You To See The Stars, 7PM
Murder By the Book, Harlan Coben will sign and discuss his newest stand alone novel, Don't Let Go, 1PM [numbered pass required]
River Oaks Bookstore, Dr. Quinta discusses and signs From Antarctica to Zimbabwe: How I Hit the Reset Button On My Life, 3PM
Hurst
B&N - NE Mall, By Blood Sworn and In Her Blood book signing with Janice Jones, 1PM
New Braunfels
The Purple Chair, Anna Arms signs I Got Girl Powers!, 10:30AM
Odessa
Dee's Bistro, The Permian Basin Poetry Society presents 100 Thousand Poets & Others for Change Globally & Locally: Open Mic and Art Show, 7PM
Hurst
B&N - NE Mall, By Blood Sworn and In Her Blood book signing with Janice Jones, 1PM
New Braunfels
The Purple Chair, Anna Arms signs I Got Girl Powers!, 10:30AM
Odessa
Dee's Bistro, The Permian Basin Poetry Society presents 100 Thousand Poets & Others for Change Globally & Locally: Open Mic and Art Show, 7PM
San Antonio
San Antonio Public Library - Central, Parman, & Mission locations, Don't Judge A Book By It's Cover: Human Library Day (borrow more than 40 human titles, including a Hundi philospher, a Wiccan priestess, and a cancer survivor), 11AM
The Twig Book Shop, E.R. Bills signs Texas Dissident: Dispatches from a Diminished State 2006-2016, 11AM
Shallowater
Shallowater School County Library, Writers' League of Texas presents "Texas Writes" with authors Charlotte Gullick and Donna Johnson, 10AM
Southlake
B&N - Town Square, local autho Cecil Miller signing The Other Side of the Mic, 1PM
Sunday, October 1:
Austin
BookPeople, JULIE FOGLIANO and CHRISTIAN ROBINSON speaking & signing When's My Birthday?, 11:30AM
BookPeople, ANN LECKIE speaking & signing Provenance, 5PM [ticketed event]
BookWoman, Alice Hoffman speaking & signing An Intimate Conversation with My Younger Self, 3:30PM
Dallas
BookPeople, ANN LECKIE speaking & signing Provenance, 5PM [ticketed event]
BookWoman, Alice Hoffman speaking & signing An Intimate Conversation with My Younger Self, 3:30PM
Dallas
Half Price Books Mothership, local author Lawrence Hodges will sell and sign copies of his inspirational book, Raised from the Dead, and local author Sheila King will sell and sign copies of her Christian living book, Drought Interrupters: Breaking Out of a Dry Season, 1PM
Houston
Inprint, Tintero Projects writing workshop hosted by Daniel Peña, 2PM
Mansfield
Half Price Books, Local Author Sundays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, Patricia Williams signs Rabbit, The Autobiography of Ms. Pat, 11AM
Houston
Inprint, Tintero Projects writing workshop hosted by Daniel Peña, 2PM
Mansfield
Half Price Books, Local Author Sundays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, Patricia Williams signs Rabbit, The Autobiography of Ms. Pat, 11AM