Bookish events in Texas for the week of October 2-8, 2017:
Special Events:
Waco WordFest, October 6-8
Lone Star Book Festival, Dallas, October 6-8
Texas Teen Book Festival, Austin, October 7
Evening With the Authors, Lockhart, October 7
24th Annual North Texas Book & Paper Show, Fort Worth, October 7-8
Ongoing Exhibits:
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
White Horse Saloon, 2nd birthday party for the Austin Book Arts Center!, 6:30PM
Dallas
Horchow Auditorium, Arts & Letters Live hosts Pulitzer Prize-winner Michael Chabon reading and signing Moonglow (In conversation with Dallas Theater Center's Kevin Moriarty), 7:30PM
Interabang Books, Andrea Pitzer discusses and signs ONE LONG NIGHT: A GLOBAL HISTORY OF CONCENTRATION CAMPS, 7PM
HoustonBrazos Bookstore, James Reston discusses and signs A RIFT IN THE EARTH, 7PM
Rice University - Ley Student Center Chapel, Cherry Reading Series: Sarah Sentilles reads and signs Draw Your Weapons, 6PM
Brazos Bookstore, Sarah Sentilles discusses and signs DRAW YOUR WEAPONS, 7PM
Fix Coffeebar, Poetry Fix features Bucky Rea and Joshua Hayes, 6:30PM
Murder By the Book, Nelson DeMille will sign and discuss The Cuban Affair, 6:30PM
United Way of Greater Houston, World Affairs Council of Greater Houston hosts Robert F. Worth discussing and signing A Rage for Order: The Middle East in Turmoil, from Tahrir Square to ISIS, 7PM
Wortham Theatre, Margot Lee Shetterly discusses Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Who Helped Win the Space Race with Ellen Ochoa, director of Johnson Space Center, 7PM
Blue Willow Bookshop, Loren Long will discuss and sign GOOD DAY, GOOD NIGHT, his newest picture book, 5PM
Brazos Bookstore, 100 Black Men: Diaspora Stories featuring Ira Dworkin and Toni Pressley-Sanon, 7PM
Center for the Healing of Racism, Mark Tschaepe and Ronald Goodwin will discuss and sign their new book, The Mask of Microaggressions: Studies of Racism in the US, 7PM
Christ Church Cathedral, National Book Award-winner James McBride reading and signing FIVE-CARAT SOUL, 7:30PM
MATCH Houston, RDA/RSA Fall 2017 Lecture Series: "Pliable" with architect Jenny Sabin, author of LabStudio: Design Research between Architecture and Biology, 7PM
SMU - McCord Auditorium, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Walter A. McDougall discusses and signs The Tragedy of U.S. Foreign Policy: How America’s Civil Religion Betrayed the National Interest, 6PM
The Wild Detectives, Rodrigo Fuentes will discuss and sign Trucha panza arriba, 7:30PM [Spanish event]
Wyly Theatre, Business Council for the Arts will present the reading of winning literary entries from this year’s "On My Own Time" arts competition, 6PM
Denton
UNT, Distinguished Lecture Series: "Shakespeare, Race, and Performance" with Ayanna Thompson, author of Teaching Shakespeare with Purpose: A Student-Centred Approach, 3:30PM
El Paso
B&N - Sunland Park, Dr. Edith Eva Eger discussing and signing The Choice: Embrace the Possible, 5PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, HW Brands discusses and signs THE GENERAL VS. THE PRESIDENT, 7PM
River Oaks Bookstore, Jim Bernhard discusses and signs You’re On! The Theatre Quiz Book, 5PM
Unity of Houston, "Messages From Spirit" with James Van Praagh, author of The Power of Love: Connecting to the Oneness, 7:30PM
San Antonio Public Library - Central, Discussion with Lionel Sosa, author of The Americano Dream: How Latinos Can Achieve Success in Business and in Life, 6PM
Sugar Land
El Paso
The Book Scene, Vietnam War veteran, Houston doctor, and author Samuel Axelrad, M.D. signs his memoir Peaceful Bones, 1PM
Brazos Bookstore, Coert Voorhees reads and signs ON THE FREE, 4PM
Writespace, Workshop: "Grammar for Writers" with Andreana Binder, 9:30AM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Melissa del Bosque discusses and signs BLOODLINES, 5PM
Museum of Fine Art, MFAH Exhibition Opening Day Lecture: "A Conversation about Oscar de la Renta: Life, Influences, and Style" with André Leon Talley, former editor-at-large at Vogue and author of Oscar de la Renta: His Legendary World of Style, 3PM
Special Events:
Waco WordFest, October 6-8
Lone Star Book Festival, Dallas, October 6-8
Texas Teen Book Festival, Austin, October 7
Evening With the Authors, Lockhart, October 7
24th Annual North Texas Book & Paper Show, Fort Worth, October 7-8
Ongoing Exhibits:
National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature 20th Anniversary Exhibition: Celebrating 20 Years of Art, Abilene, September 14-October 28
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, October 2:
Austin
BookPeople, BARBARA A. RADNOFSKY speaking & signing A Citizen's Guide to Impeachment, 7PMWhite Horse Saloon, 2nd birthday party for the Austin Book Arts Center!, 6:30PM
Dallas
Horchow Auditorium, Arts & Letters Live hosts Pulitzer Prize-winner Michael Chabon reading and signing Moonglow (In conversation with Dallas Theater Center's Kevin Moriarty), 7:30PM
Interabang Books, Andrea Pitzer discusses and signs ONE LONG NIGHT: A GLOBAL HISTORY OF CONCENTRATION CAMPS, 7PM
Houston
Murder By the Book, C. Robert Cargill will sign Sea of Rust, 6:30PM
Rice University - Farish Gallery, Rice Architecture Fall 2017 Lecture Series: "Works" with architect John Ronan, author of Centerline 9: The Poetry Foundation, 5:30PM
Rice University - Farish Gallery, Rice Architecture Fall 2017 Lecture Series: "Works" with architect John Ronan, author of Centerline 9: The Poetry Foundation, 5:30PM
Tracy Gee Community Center, SCBWI Houston meeting: "Creating Elements of Humor in Kid-Friendly Manuscripts" with Crystal Allen, 7PM
Tuesday, October 3:
Arlington
Tuesday, October 3:
Arlington
UTA - Texas Hall, Maverick Speakers Series presents Anousheh Ansari speaking and signing My Dream of Stars: From Daughter of Iran to Space Pioneer, 7:30PM
Austin
Austin
BookPeople, MICHELLE BREYER speaking & signing The Curl Revolution: Inspiring Stories and Practical Advice from the NaturallyCurly Community, 7PM
BookWoman, celebrate the release of BookWoman's own Chelsey Clammer’s second collection of essays, Circadian, winner of the 2015 Red Hen Press Nonfiction Manuscript Award, 7PM
Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam Quarterfinals 2 featuring Jomar Valentin, 7PM
BookWoman, celebrate the release of BookWoman's own Chelsey Clammer’s second collection of essays, Circadian, winner of the 2015 Red Hen Press Nonfiction Manuscript Award, 7PM
Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam Quarterfinals 2 featuring Jomar Valentin, 7PM
LBJ Library, The Tom Johnson Lectureship presents 47th Vice President of the United States Joe Biden, author of the forthcoming Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose, 6PM
Dallas
Dallas
B&N - Preston/Royal, Gregory Forney discusses and signs Number One Overall: In the Third Person, 5PM
Half Price Books Mothership, retired detective and star of Homicide Hunter Detective Lt. Joe Kenda awill discuss and sign his true crime book, I Will Find You: Solving Killer Cases from My Life Fighting Crime, 7PM
Fort Worth
TCU - Brown-Lupton, Daryl D. Schmidt Lectureship on Religion in Public Life with Eboo Patel, Rhodes Scholar, founder of the Interfaith Youth Core, and author of Acts of Faith and Sacred Ground: Pluralism, Prejudice, and the Promise of America, 7PM
Half Price Books Mothership, retired detective and star of Homicide Hunter Detective Lt. Joe Kenda awill discuss and sign his true crime book, I Will Find You: Solving Killer Cases from My Life Fighting Crime, 7PM
Fort Worth
TCU - Brown-Lupton, Daryl D. Schmidt Lectureship on Religion in Public Life with Eboo Patel, Rhodes Scholar, founder of the Interfaith Youth Core, and author of Acts of Faith and Sacred Ground: Pluralism, Prejudice, and the Promise of America, 7PM
Houston
Fix Coffeebar, Poetry Fix features Bucky Rea and Joshua Hayes, 6:30PM
Murder By the Book, Nelson DeMille will sign and discuss The Cuban Affair, 6:30PM
United Way of Greater Houston, World Affairs Council of Greater Houston hosts Robert F. Worth discussing and signing A Rage for Order: The Middle East in Turmoil, from Tahrir Square to ISIS, 7PM
Wortham Theatre, Margot Lee Shetterly discusses Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Who Helped Win the Space Race with Ellen Ochoa, director of Johnson Space Center, 7PM
Irving
West Irving Library, Irving Reads: Visit with author Erica Silverman, 7PMSan Antonio
The Korova, PuroSlam with DJ Donnie Dee, 9:30PM
San Antonio College, 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, 11AM
Wednesday, October 4:
Austin
San Antonio College, 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, 11AM
Wednesday, October 4:
Austin
BookPeople, Newbery-Medalist KATHERINE APPLEGATE speaking & signing Wishtree, 6PM
Bullock History Museum, High Noon Talk: Emilio Zamora, Professor of History at the University of Texas, discusses The World War I Diary of José de la Luz Sáenz, 12PM
Dallas
Bullock History Museum, High Noon Talk: Emilio Zamora, Professor of History at the University of Texas, discusses The World War I Diary of José de la Luz Sáenz, 12PM
Dallas
B&N - Lincoln Park, The Cuban Affair book signing with Nelson DeMille, 7PM
Deep Vellum Books, Legendary singer/songwriter Radney Foster reads and signs For You to See the Stars, 7:30PM
Highland Park United Methodist Church, Authors Live!: Art Garfunkel presents WHAT IS IT ALL BUT LUMINOUS, 7PM
Houston
Deep Vellum Books, Legendary singer/songwriter Radney Foster reads and signs For You to See the Stars, 7:30PM
Highland Park United Methodist Church, Authors Live!: Art Garfunkel presents WHAT IS IT ALL BUT LUMINOUS, 7PM
Houston
Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Slam, 7:30PM
Center for the Healing of Racism, Mark Tschaepe and Ronald Goodwin will discuss and sign their new book, The Mask of Microaggressions: Studies of Racism in the US, 7PM
MATCH Houston, RDA/RSA Fall 2017 Lecture Series: "Pliable" with architect Jenny Sabin, author of LabStudio: Design Research between Architecture and Biology, 7PM
San Antonio
San Antonio Public Library - Igo, Nancy G. West, author of the Aggie Mundeen mystery series, will visit the Igo Mystery Club, 6:30PM
The Woodlands
Sam Houston State University - The Woodlands Center, World Affairs Council of Greater Houston hosts Robert F. Worth discussing and signing A Rage for Order: The Middle East in Turmoil, from Tahrir Square to ISIS, 6:30PM
San Antonio Public Library - Igo, Nancy G. West, author of the Aggie Mundeen mystery series, will visit the Igo Mystery Club, 6:30PM
Trinity University - Laurie Auditorium, David Eagleman, PhD will discuss and signs The Runaway Species, 7:30PM
The Woodlands
Sam Houston State University - The Woodlands Center, World Affairs Council of Greater Houston hosts Robert F. Worth discussing and signing A Rage for Order: The Middle East in Turmoil, from Tahrir Square to ISIS, 6:30PM
Thursday, October 5:
Austin
BookPeople, National Book Award-winner JAMES MCBRIDE speaking & signing FIVE-CARAT SOUL, 7PM [ticketed event]
BookWoman, Lou Anne Smoot reads and signs OUT, A Courageous Woman’s Journey, 7PM
Mr. Catfish & More, NeoSoul Poetry ATX, 8PM
Bryan
SEAD Gallery & Bookshop, France/TAMU Institute guest lecturer Pascal Bruckner discusses his book The Invention of Islamophobia, 6:30PM
Dallas
BookWoman, Lou Anne Smoot reads and signs OUT, A Courageous Woman’s Journey, 7PM
Mr. Catfish & More, NeoSoul Poetry ATX, 8PM
Bryan
SEAD Gallery & Bookshop, France/TAMU Institute guest lecturer Pascal Bruckner discusses his book The Invention of Islamophobia, 6:30PM
Dallas
Interabang Books, Kaira Rouda reads and signs BEST DAY EVER, 7PM
SMU - McCord Auditorium, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Walter A. McDougall discusses and signs The Tragedy of U.S. Foreign Policy: How America’s Civil Religion Betrayed the National Interest, 6PM
The Wild Detectives, Rodrigo Fuentes will discuss and sign Trucha panza arriba, 7:30PM [Spanish event]
Wyly Theatre, Business Council for the Arts will present the reading of winning literary entries from this year’s "On My Own Time" arts competition, 6PM
Denton
UNT, Distinguished Lecture Series: "Shakespeare, Race, and Performance" with Ayanna Thompson, author of Teaching Shakespeare with Purpose: A Student-Centred Approach, 3:30PM
El Paso
B&N - Sunland Park, Dr. Edith Eva Eger discussing and signing The Choice: Embrace the Possible, 5PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, HW Brands discusses and signs THE GENERAL VS. THE PRESIDENT, 7PM
River Oaks Bookstore, Jim Bernhard discusses and signs You’re On! The Theatre Quiz Book, 5PM
Unity of Houston, "Messages From Spirit" with James Van Praagh, author of The Power of Love: Connecting to the Oneness, 7:30PM
University of St. Thomas - Cullen Hall, "The Centenary 2016 and its Depiction of the Role of Women" by Sinéad McCoole, author of No Ordinary Women: Irish Female Activists in the Revolutionary Years 1900-1923, 7PM
Odessa
UTPB - Dunagan Library, Guest Author Presentation Series hosts Judith Arcana, author of Announcements From the Planetarium, 6PM
San Antonio
B&N - San Pedro, Church of the Small Things: The Million Little Pieces That Make Up a Life book signing with Melanie Shankle, 7PM
The First Tee, Margie Crisp and William Montgomery discuss and sign The Nueces River, 7PM
San Antonio
B&N - San Pedro, Church of the Small Things: The Million Little Pieces That Make Up a Life book signing with Melanie Shankle, 7PM
The First Tee, Margie Crisp and William Montgomery discuss and sign The Nueces River, 7PM
Trinity University - Chapman Center, 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, 3PM
B&N - First Colony, Story time with local author Maria Ashworth, 10AM
Friday, October 6:
Austin
Friday, October 6:
Austin
BookPeople, Melinda Freeland speaking & signing Love, Texas-Population 2, and Kathy Gresham speaking & signing Murder in the Second Pew, 7PM
Malvern Books, Psychic Privates: Poetry & Soundscapes featuring Kim Vodicka & Josh Stevens, 7PM
Dallas
Malvern Books, Psychic Privates: Poetry & Soundscapes featuring Kim Vodicka & Josh Stevens, 7PM
Dallas
Main Street Garden park, Texas Authors Institute of History author reception and fundraiser with award-winning author and musician Mike Blakley, 7PM
SMU - McFarlin Auditorium, Arts & Letters Live hosts Dan Brown discussing Origin, 7:30PM
Houston
SMU - McFarlin Auditorium, Arts & Letters Live hosts Dan Brown discussing Origin, 7:30PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Writers’ League of Texas: How to Turn A Mess of Pages Into A Book with Chris Cander, Allegra Hyde, Michael Hurd, and Alex Parsons, 7PM
Webster
B&N - Baybrook, Micah Duckett signing Come As You're Not, 6PM
Saturday, October 7:
Austin
Webster
B&N - Baybrook, Micah Duckett signing Come As You're Not, 6PM
Saturday, October 7:
Austin
Austin Community College - Highland, Writers' League of Texas workshop: "Setting as Character: Make Place More Than Just a Set Piece in Your Writing" with Stephanie Noll, 9AM
Cedar Park
Cedar Park
Half Price Books, local author Michelle Prewett will sell and sign her Christian Living book, GGG: The Grief, The Grace, & The Glory, Vol 1, 1PM
Dallas
Deep Vellum Books, Pandora's Box Poetry Collective: Special Edition, 8PMEl Paso
El Paso Public Library - Memorial Park, Tumblewords Project Workshop: "Paranoiac-Critical Method" with writer and photographer Sandra Torrez , 12:45PM
Literarity Book Shop, Barbara Gonzalez Cigarroa reads and signs A Mexican Dream, 2:30PM
Fort Worth
Half Price Books, local author Amanda Thrasher will sell and sign her books, The Greenlee Project and Bitter Betrayal, and and local author Emma Gingerich will sell and sign her memoir, Runaway Amish Girl: The Great Escape, 1PM
Houston
B&N - River Oaks, Frank Billingsley signs Swabbed & Found, 5PMLiterarity Book Shop, Barbara Gonzalez Cigarroa reads and signs A Mexican Dream, 2:30PM
Fort Worth
Half Price Books, local author Amanda Thrasher will sell and sign her books, The Greenlee Project and Bitter Betrayal, and and local author Emma Gingerich will sell and sign her memoir, Runaway Amish Girl: The Great Escape, 1PM
Houston
The Book Scene, Vietnam War veteran, Houston doctor, and author Samuel Axelrad, M.D. signs his memoir Peaceful Bones, 1PM
Brazos Bookstore, Coert Voorhees reads and signs ON THE FREE, 4PM
Brazos Bookstore, WITS-Houston Story Slam, 7PM
Central Market, Women In the Visual and Literary Arts workshop: "Rewrite Your Life: Finding Meaning in Story" with Donna Johnson, author of the memoir Holy Ghost Girl, 10AM
Central Market, Women In the Visual and Literary Arts workshop: "Rewrite Your Life: Finding Meaning in Story" with Donna Johnson, author of the memoir Holy Ghost Girl, 10AM
Half Price Books - North Oaks, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release!, while supplies last
Houston Public Library - Young, Public Poetry with John Milkereit, Bryce Milligan, Jonathan Moody, and Georgia Pearle, 2PM
River Oaks Bookstore, Bruce Henderson reads and signs White Pages, 3PM
Houston Public Library - Young, Public Poetry with John Milkereit, Bryce Milligan, Jonathan Moody, and Georgia Pearle, 2PM
River Oaks Bookstore, Bruce Henderson reads and signs White Pages, 3PM
Writespace, Workshop: "Grammar for Writers" with Andreana Binder, 9:30AM
Writespace, Fall Open House!, 4:30PM
Humble
Half Price Books, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release!, while supplies last
Irving
South Irving Library, Irving Reads: Not Your Father's Western Author Panel with Melissa Lenhardt, Henry McLaughlin, and Arianne "Tex" Thompson, 3PM
Humble
Half Price Books, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release!, while supplies last
Irving
South Irving Library, Irving Reads: Not Your Father's Western Author Panel with Melissa Lenhardt, Henry McLaughlin, and Arianne "Tex" Thompson, 3PM
Port Neches
Fleur Fine Books, Marlin Williams Meet & Greet and Book Signing, 3PM
Richardson
Richardson Civic Center, Writers Guild of Texas Fall Workshop: "How to Hone Your Book and Optimize Your Marketing," with New York Times bestselling author Cindy Dees, 9AM
San Antonio
Richardson
Richardson Civic Center, Writers Guild of Texas Fall Workshop: "How to Hone Your Book and Optimize Your Marketing," with New York Times bestselling author Cindy Dees, 9AM
San Antonio
B&N - San Pedro, local author Holly Castillo signs Texas Desire and Texas Conquest, 2PM
The Twig Book Shop, Amber Manning signs Mighty Big and Super Great: Texas Is The "Lone Star State"!, 11AM
Southlake
B&N - Town Square, Story time: Adam Gellert reading and signing The Legend of the Cypress River, 11AM
Sugar Land
Fort Bend County Libraries - University Branch, "Paper on the Press: The History of Printing" with Dr. Jerry Waite, 2PM
The Twig Book Shop, Amber Manning signs Mighty Big and Super Great: Texas Is The "Lone Star State"!, 11AM
Southlake
B&N - Town Square, Story time: Adam Gellert reading and signing The Legend of the Cypress River, 11AM
Sugar Land
Fort Bend County Libraries - University Branch, "Paper on the Press: The History of Printing" with Dr. Jerry Waite, 2PM
Webster
B&N - Baybrook, Gulf Coast Poets meeting featuring Poetry Out of Bounds, 10:30AM
Sunday, October 8:
Austin
BookPeople, TARA DAIRMAN speaking & signing The Great Hibernation, JEANNIE MOBLEY speaking & signing Bobby Lee Claremont and the Criminal Element, and CHRISTINA SOONTORNVAT speaking & signing In a Dark Land, 2PM
Malvern Books, Austin Writers Roulette presents "A Dark & Stormy Night," 4PM
Dallas
Malvern Books, Austin Writers Roulette presents "A Dark & Stormy Night," 4PM
Dallas
Half Price Books Mothership, local author Angel Jonson will sell and sign her books, Who Kidnapped Holly Gold? and Lovers, Killers and Diamonds, and local author Roger Geiger will sell and sign his memoir, Face the Bear: Tales of Laugh'n, Cry'n & Learn'n, 1PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Melissa del Bosque discusses and signs BLOODLINES, 5PM
Museum of Fine Art, MFAH Exhibition Opening Day Lecture: "A Conversation about Oscar de la Renta: Life, Influences, and Style" with André Leon Talley, former editor-at-large at Vogue and author of Oscar de la Renta: His Legendary World of Style, 3PM
Writespace, Workshop: "Unleash the Writer in You with Unleash the Writer in You" with Leslie Contreras Schwartz, 3PM
San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, Pat Hammond signs Name Them-They Fly Better: Pat Hammond's Theory of Aerodynamics, 12PM
Southlake
B&N - Town Square, Laila Sanguras signing Grit In the Classroom: Building Perseverance for Excellence in Today's Students, 2PM
San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, Pat Hammond signs Name Them-They Fly Better: Pat Hammond's Theory of Aerodynamics, 12PM
Southlake
B&N - Town Square, Laila Sanguras signing Grit In the Classroom: Building Perseverance for Excellence in Today's Students, 2PM
