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Monday Roundup: Texas Literary Calendar Nov 12-18, 2018

Bookish goings-on in Texas for the week of November 12-18, 2018: 

Special Events:


A Passion for Gardens: A Writer's Garden Literary Symposium and Luncheon, Dallas, Nov 14

Zine Fest Houston, Nov 17

Storytelling with Mark Yaconelli, Dallas, Nov 17

2018 Dallas Comic Show, Richardson, Nov 17-18

Ongoing Exhibits:
Literary Frontiers: Historical Fiction & the Creative Imagination, San Marcos, August 1-December 14

"Dawoud Bey: Forty Years in Harlem" photography exhibition (from the book Dawoud Bey: Seeing Deeply), Austin, August 29-December 8

Finding Sophie Blackall Exhibition, Abilene, October 11-February 1

Texas Writers (a Humanities Texas exhibition), Livingston, November 1-30

Monday, November 12:
Austin
Half Price Books - N. Lamar, former Dallas Cowboys beat writer and Dallas Morning News sportswriting staffer Marjorie Herrera Lewis will discuss and sign her debut historical novel, When the Men Were Gone, 7PM

Malvern Books, Austin Community College Literary Coffeehouse: Reading & Open Mic, 7PM

Dallas
Interabang, Anné Kouri Hughes MY LIFE WITH TOM HUGHES, 7PM

Majestic Theatre, Levar Burton Reads, 8PM

Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Barkley Thompson discussing and Signing IN THE MIDST OF THE CITY, 7PM

Cullen Performance Hall, Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series presents Jonathan Lethem (The Feral Detective) and Gary Shteyngart (Lake Success), 7:30PM

Levelland
South Plains College Library, Jodi Thomas speaking and signing Mistletoe Miracles, 2PM and 6PM

Tomball
Lone Star College, New Yorker and Esquire fiction writer Antonya Nelson: Author Reading plus Q&A and Book Signing, 12:30PM

Webster
B&N - Baybrook, Meet the Author: Marvin Tyson, 4PM

Tuesday, November 13:
Austin
Blanton Museum, Town Hall: The Future of Libraries, 3PM

BookPeople, CHRISTOPHER KIMBALL speaking & signing Milk Street: Tuesday Nights: More than 200 Simple Weeknight Suppers that Deliver Bold Flavor, Fast, 7PM

Chez Zee American Bistro, Chez Zee Author Series featuring Gay Gaddis, 6:30PM

Flat Track Coffee, Living Room Lit | Spoken Word Open Mic + Mingle with Chicon Street Poets, 7:30PM

Home Slice Pizza, Austin Bat Cave's Story Department :: This Land is Your Land, 7:30PM

Malvern Books, launch of the English translation of local Iranian poet Roja Chamankar’s poetry collection, Dying in a Mother Tongue, translated by Blake Atwood, 7PM

Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam featuring Candy and Melania Luisa, 7:15PM

Yarborough Branch Library, Great Promise for American Indians Reading & Performance, 4PM

Cedar Hill
Zula Bryant Wylie Library, Dallas Area Writers Group meeting featuring New York Times bestselling author Victor McGlothin, 7PM

Cedar Park
Half Price Books, Sean Shapiro book signing 100 Things Stars Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die, 7PM

Dallas
Interabang Books, Juliana McCarthy THE STARS WITHIN YOU, 7PM

SMU - Fondren Library, Andrew Dowdy presents Wanderer on the American Frontier: The Travels of John Maley, 1803-1813, 5:30PM

El Paso
The Black Orchid Lounge, Barbed Wire Open Mic Night, 8PM

Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Anna Moschovakis reading and signing ELEANOR, OR THE REJECTION OF THE PROGRESS OF LOVE, 7PM

Half Price Books - North Oaks, former Dallas Cowboys beat writer and Dallas Morning News   sportswriting staffer Marjorie Herrera Lewis will discuss and sign her debut historical novel, When the Men Were Gone, 7PM

Katy Budget Books, Author Signing: Shelley Shepard Gray, 6:30PM

Lone Star College, Read UP! - Tara Westover, Author Visit and Book Signing, 2PM

Murder By the Book, Mark E. Green will sign and discuss Warrior's Code 001, 6:30PM

River Oaks Bookstore, J.A. Zarifian reading and signing Once Upon a Mouse, 5PM

Warehouse Live, The Moth StorySLAM presents "Beginnings," 7:30PM

Richardson
Alamo Drafthouse, singer-songwriter Brianna Ruelas will share her story about what inspired her to write her book, Performing Artist Pathway: Navigate the Highs and Lows On Your Music Journey, 7PM

San Antonio
The Mix, PuroSlam featuring DJ Donnie Dee, 9:30PM

Trinity, Stieren Arts Enrichment Series: Kathleen Higgins, author of The Music between Us: Is Music a Universal Language? and The Music of our Lives, 7:30PM

UTSA, Veterans' Voices in San Antonio, 5PM

Wednesday, November 14:
Austin
Austin Central Public Library, LIANE MORIARTY speaking & signing Nine Perfect Strangers, 7PM [ticketed event]

BookPeople, EMIKO JEAN, REBECCA SCHAEFFER, ROBIN LAFEVERS & MEGAN SHEPHERD speaking & signing Empress of All Seasons, Not Even Bones, Grave Mercy, and Grim Lovelies, respectively, 7PM

Bullock Museum, Sarah Bird will have a conversation with Michael Hurd on her new book, Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen, 7PM

Malvern Books, Free Minds Presents an evening with the Fall 2018 Writing Workshop, 7PM

College Station
Half Price Books, former Dallas Cowboys beat writer and Dallas Morning News sportswriting staffer Marjorie Herrera Lewis will discuss and sign her debut historical novel, When the Men Were Gone, 7PM

Dallas
Belo Mansion, Aberg Center for Literacy presents Legacy of Literacy Breakfast, 7:30AM

Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture, Censorship Session 3: Banned Books, 7PM

Interabang Books, Lisa Joy Mitchell SACRED AND DELICIOUS, 7PM

Sandaga 813, LitNight with Sanderia Faye, 7:30PM

SMU, Arts & Letters Live presents Ina Garten, host of "Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics," discussing her newest cookbook, Cook Like a Pro, 7:30PM [ticketed event - SOLD OUT]

The Wild Detectives, Inner Moonlight Poetry: Paige Quiñones and Megan Peak, 7:30PM

El Paso
Literarity Book Shop, Eileen Myles Reads evolution with special guest Rosa Alcalá, 6PM

Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Christopher Kimball discussing and signing MILK STREET: TUESDAY NIGHTS, 7PM

Junior League, World Affairs Council of Greater Houston hosts Michael Beschloss discussing and signing Presidents of War, 7PM

Katy Budget Books, Author Signing and Donation Drive with Ann Braden, 6:30PM

Rice Cinema, Brazos Bookstore hosts Karina Longworth discussing and signing SEDUCTION: SEX, LIES, AND STARDOM IN HOWARD HUGHES’ HOLLYWOOD, and introducing the film Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, 7PM

Rice U, Christof Spieler will discuss and sign his new book, Trains, Buses, People: An Opinionated Atlas of U.S. Transit, 7PM

UH - MD Anderson Library, Poetry & Prose featuring Robin Davidson and Tony Diaz, 5:30PM

Write About Now, Poetry Slam featuring Masterpiece, 7:30PM

North Richland Hills
North Richland Hills Library, Behind the Book with author Susan Orlean, 1PM [ticketed reception 12PM]

Plano
Haggard Library, Susan Orlean discussing and signing The Library Book, 7PM [ticketed reception 6PM]

San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, Gretchen Rose reading and signing Dancing With the Devil, 5PM

Thursday, November 15:
Austin
BookPeople, WRITERS' LEAGUE OF TEXAS presents "Writing about Faith," 7PM

BookPeople, EDWARD BURGER speaking & signing Making Up Your Own Mind: Thinking Effective Through Creative Puzzle-Solving, 7PM

Harry Ransom Center, A Literary Vision with Bloomsbury founder, Nigel Newton, 4PM

UT, Michener Center for Writers presents a reading with former Poet Laureate of the U.S., Robert Hass, 7PM

Corpus Christi
Half Price Books, former Dallas Cowboys beat writer and Dallas Morning News sportswriting staffer Marjorie Herrera Lewis will discuss and sign her debut historical novel, When the Men Were Gone, 7PM

Dallas
B&N - Lincoln Park, Nine Perfect Strangers book signing with Liane Moriarty, 7PM [wristbanded event]

Interabang Books, poet Rachel Cobb reading from and signing MISTRAL, 7PM
The Wild Detectives, Pete Geherson discussing and signing Collision: The Contemporary Art Scene in Houston 1972-1985, 7:30PM

Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Lisa Papademetriou reading and signing THE DREAMWAY, 7PM

Murder By the Book, Erin Lindsey will sign and discuss Murder on Millionaires' Row, and Sara Rosett will sign and discuss Murder at Archly Manor, 6:30PM 
River Oaks Bookstore, E.R. Bills discussing and signing 100 Things to Do in Texas Before You Die, 5PM

Smith Library, Talk with Camille Acker, author of Training School for Negro Girls, 5:30PM

Lubbock
Icehouse Building at the Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts, LHUCA Literary Series featuring visiting writer Vievee Francis, 7PM

San Antonio
Culture Commons Gallery, Thirty Poems for the Tricentennial, A Poetic Legacy Exhibit, 6PM

Twig Book Shop, poet Roja Chamankar reading from and signing Dying in a Mother Tongue, 5PM
San Marcos
St. Philip's College, Distinguished Speaker Series: David Wood, 5:30PM

Texas State, Wittliff Collections Reading Series featuring Marie Howe, 3:30PM
Sugar Land
B&N - First Colony, Story time with local author Maria Ashworth, 10AM

Victoria
UH, American Book Review reading series featuring Don Lee, 11AM
Friday, November 16:
Alpine
Front Street Books, Dr. A. Michael Powell discussing and signing Flowering Plants, 5PM

Austin
BookPeople, RADHA AGRAWAL speaking & signing Belong: Find Your People, Create Community, and Live a More Connected Life (with Bossbabes ATX), 7PM

Harry Ransom Center, Poetry on the Plaza: World War I Poetry, 12PM

Malvern Books, Borderless: Conversations on Art, Action, and Justice with Chaitali Sen and Jack Kaulfus, 7PM

Bridge City
Bridge City Public Library, Writers' League of Texas workshop: Texas Writes with Christie Craig and Michael Hall, 11AM

Dallas
Heroes Lounge, Gladiator Slam 2018, 8PM

UT Dallas, Reunion Volume 8 Launch Party, 6PM

The Wild Detectives, Maya Rao discussing and signing Great American Outpost, 7PM

Frisco
B&N - Stonebriar, Flashback (B&N Exclusive Edition) book signing with Shannon Messenger, 7PM [wristbanded event]

Houston
Brazos Bookstore, poet Rachel Cobb reading from and signing MISTRAL, 6:30PM

Lawndale Art Center, Gulf Coast Reading Series featuring Hanif Abdurraqib, Cait Weiss Orcutt, Devereux Fortuna, and Matthew Krajniak, 7PM

Murder By the Book, Kristina Perez will sign and discuss Sweet Black Waves, 6:30PM

River Oaks Bookstore, Alicia Gaspar de Alba reading and signing The Curse of the Gypsy: Ten Stories and a Novella, 6PM

Kyle
Katherine Ann Porter Literary Center, KAP Reading Series featuring Marie Howe, 7:30PM

San Antonio
Viva Tacoland, A Night of Poetry from Finishing Line Press featuring Natalia Treviño, with Alexandra van de Kamp & Tyler Julian, 6:30PM

Saturday, November 17:
Alpine
Front Street Books, Mystery author Reavis Wortham, 5PM
Austin
BookPeople, A very special story time with LIBBY BABOTT-KLEIN reading & signing Baby Feminists, 10:30AM

BookPeople, BELLA LaVEY speaking & signing Fetish Girl: A Memoir of Sex, Domination, and Motherhood, 2PM

BookPeople, KAYLA OLSON speaking & signing This Splintered Silence, 6PM

Long Center, The Long Center presents A Conversation with Kevin Kwan, author of Crazy Rich Asians, 8PM

Malvern Books, the launch of Sara Bawany’s (W)holehearted: A collection of poetry and prose, 7PM
St. Edward's University, Writers' League of Texas workshop: "Curiosity Killed the Cat: Developing Characters through Their Core Values" with Jess Hagemann, 10AM

Twin Oaks Library, Austin Poetry Society meeting featuring Allyson Whipple, 1:30PM

uncommon OBJECTS, Jay Wehnert discussing and signing Outsider Art in Texas: Lone Stars, 7PM
Beaumont
RC Miller Memorial Library, The Business of Writing with Writers' League of Texas, 10AM
Denton
The Bearded Monk, American Literary Review reading, 3PM

El Paso
Memorial Park Library, Tumblewords Workshop: "Outside the Box Part 2" with Eternity Wauls, 12:45PM

Fort Worth
Monkey & Dog Books, Allison F. Speer book signing, 1PM

Frisco
Box Garden at Legacy Hall, B&N - Stonebriar hosts performance and book signing with Why Don't We: In the Limelight, 11:30AM

Galveston 
Galveston Bookshop, Jo Adams McAuley signing Winds of Change, 12PM
Houston
B&N - Champions, Shook One: Anxiety Playing Tricks on Me book signing with Charlamagne Tha God, 1PM
B&N - River Oaks, Adriane Doherty reading and signing ABC Texas, 11AM

Brazos Bookstore, A Special Story Time with Dennis Arrowsmith, author of The Armadillo's Dream, 10:30AM
Brazos Bookstore, Jessica Wilbanks discussing and signing WHEN I SPOKE IN TONGUES, 7PM

Collier Regional Library, Talk with Duncan Tonatiuh, author of Undocumented: A Worker's Story, 2PM

Half Price Books - Clear Lake, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last

Kaboom Books, Finishing Line Press Writers' Showcase, 7PM
Katy Budget Books, YA Signing: Lucia DiStefano and Mike Mullin, 2PM
Murder By the Book, Jeffrey Eaton will sign and discuss Murder Becomes Mayfair, 4:30PM
River Oaks Bookstore, Sneed B. Collard III discussing and signing Warblers & Woodpeckers: A Father-Son Big Year of Birding, 3PM

Writespace, Workshop: "What Writers Need to Know about Contacting Agents and Editors" with Katharine Shilcutt, 1PM

San Antonio
Dead Tree Books, Meet the Author - Bob Holt, 2PM

Mercury Project, When Love Ends, Be The Water - Book Release & Art Exhibition, 8PM

The Twig Book Shop, Jennifer Coleman and Wade Dillon signing The Texas Nutcracker, 11AM

The Woodlands
B&N - Woodlands Mall, author signing: Alligator Jazz, 11:30AM

Sunday, November 18:
Austin
BookPeople, JACK W. LONDON speaking & signing French Letters: Children of a Good War, 6PM

BookWoman, Reading & Signing: A History of Travis Heights with Lori Duran, 4PM

Malvern Books, Meet & Greet with LesFic authors Jaycie Morrison and Barbara Ann Wright, 1PM

Malvern Books, the launch of Steve Wilson’s new poetry collection (with readings and book signings from Steve and fellow Finishing Line Press and Prudence Arceneaux), 4PM

Dallas
Half Price Books Mother Ship, Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last

Half Price Books Mother Ship, Jaclyn Amend will read from and sign her books, Goodnight Lakewood and Goodnight Park Cities, as part of a special Sunday story time and assist children in a special craft related to the book, 3PM

Interabang Books, Scott Ryan discussing and signing THE LAST DAYS OF LETTERMAN, 1PM

Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Kayla Olson reading and signing THIS SPLINTERED SILENCE, 3PM

Houston Public Library, Join the National Book Foundation at the Houston Public Library as they launch a new campaign and celebration focused on the literary legacy and seminal works of James Baldwin, 2PM

XFINITY Fireplace at Memorial City Mall, The band Why Don’t We will play an acoustic set, then sign copies of their new book WHY DON’T WE: IN THE LIMELIGHT, 12:30PM [ticketed event]

San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, Rebecca Caprara signing The Magic of Melwick Orchard, 12PM

The Woodlands
B&N - Woodlands Mall, author signing: Winds of Change, 1PM



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