Bookish goings-on in Texas for the week of October 1-7, 2018:
Special Events:
Waco WordFest, October 5-7
Boerne Book & Arts Fest, October 6
Evening with the Authors, Lockhart, October 6
Texas Teen Book Festival, Austin, October 6
BookPeople, SHERRY THOMAS speaking & signing The Hollow of Fear, 7PM
Malvern Books, An Evening with Sabrina Orah Mark & Elizabeth McCracken, 7PM
The North Door, One Page Salon, 7:30PM
Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam: New Shit Slam featuring SC Says, 7:15PM
Interabang Books, Melissa Lenhardt reading and signing HERESY, 7PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Ben Fountain discussing and signing BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY BURN AGAIN, 7PM
Holocaust Museum Houston, The Book Smugglers with David E. Fishman, 7PM
Houston Museum of African American Culture, Houston VIP Slam and VIP Arts Houston present EnlighTEN: Celebrating 10 Years of Poetry Slam, 6:30PM
Brazos Bookstore, Alan Lightman discussing and signing SEARCHING FOR STARS ON AN ISLAND IN MAINE, 7PM
San Antonio
UTSA, UTSA Creative Writing Reading Series presents poet Cyrus Cassells, 6PM
Viva Tacoland, Gemini Ink presents Prose on the River with Marisela Barrera, Jasminne Mendez, and Larissa Hernandez, 6:30PM
Malvern Books, the launch of Fernando A. Flores’ Death to the Bullshit Artists of South Texas, 7PM
St. Edward's University, Writers' League of Texas workshop: "Plot and Conflict in Fiction" with Bill Cotter, 10AM
Dallas
Half Price Books Mothership, New York Times bestselling science fiction author David Weber will discuss and sign copies of his new Honor Harrington novel, 6PM
El Paso
Armijo Branch Library, Meet author Jose Ines Ureña Hernandez as he talks about his book El Crimen de Linda MacArthur, 4PM
Houston
Special Events:
Waco WordFest, October 5-7
Boerne Book & Arts Fest, October 6
Evening with the Authors, Lockhart, October 6
Texas Teen Book Festival, Austin, October 6
Ongoing Exhibits:
"Dawoud Bey: Forty Years in Harlem" photography exhibition (from the book Dawoud Bey: Seeing Deeply), Austin, August 29-December 8
The Texas Liberator: Witness to the Holocaust exhibition (from the book The Texas Liberators: Veteran Narratives from World War II), Houston, September 7-October 28
Texas Writers exhibition, Fort Stockton, October 1-22
Traversing Dimensions: An Exploration of Diversity in Science Fiction, Austin, October 1-31
Fort Worth
TCU - Student Union, Professor Luci Tapahonso, the Navajo (Diné) Nation’s inaugural poet laureate, will have a poetry reading and book signing (part of TCU’s third annual Native American and Indigenous Peoples Day symposium), 5PM
NOKturne, Back Alley Poems, 7:30PM
Tracy Gee Community Center, Houston SCBWI Conference Recap – Panel Discussion by Attendees, 7PM
"Dawoud Bey: Forty Years in Harlem" photography exhibition (from the book Dawoud Bey: Seeing Deeply), Austin, August 29-December 8
Texas Writers exhibition, Fort Stockton, October 1-22
Traversing Dimensions: An Exploration of Diversity in Science Fiction, Austin, October 1-31
Monday, October 1:
Austin
Path to the Stars: My Journey from Girl Scout to Rocket Scientist, 6:30PM [ticketed event]
Path to the Stars: My Journey from Girl Scout to Rocket Scientist, 6:30PM [ticketed event]
Central Presbyterian Church, LEIF BABIN speaking and signing The Dichotomy of Leadership, 7PM [ticketed event]
Dallas
Interabang Books, Ben Fountain discussing and signing BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY BURN AGAIN, 7PMDallas
Fort Worth
TCU - Student Union, Professor Luci Tapahonso, the Navajo (Diné) Nation’s inaugural poet laureate, will have a poetry reading and book signing (part of TCU’s third annual Native American and Indigenous Peoples Day symposium), 5PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, An Evening with Dorothy Project: Cristina Rivera Garza & Sabrina Orah Mark, 7PMNOKturne, Back Alley Poems, 7:30PM
Tracy Gee Community Center, Houston SCBWI Conference Recap – Panel Discussion by Attendees, 7PM
San Antonio
San Antonio College, “Inspiring Radical Creativity: An Evening with Gabby Rivera," 7PMTuesday, October 2:
Austin
B&N - Sunset Valley, The Way of the Shield book signing with Marshall Ryan Maresca, 7PMBookPeople, SHERRY THOMAS speaking & signing The Hollow of Fear, 7PM
Malvern Books, An Evening with Sabrina Orah Mark & Elizabeth McCracken, 7PM
The North Door, One Page Salon, 7:30PM
Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam: New Shit Slam featuring SC Says, 7:15PM
Dallas
B&N - Lincoln Park, Nancy Churnin to siscuss and sign The Queen and the First Christmas Tree, 7PMEl Paso
The Black Orchid Lounge, Barbed Wire Open Mic Series, 8PMFort Worth
The Fort Worth Club, World Affairs Council of DFW hosts Ken Starr discussing and signing Contempt, 5:30PM
Houston
Blue Willow Bookstore, Lisa McMann will discuss and sign CLASH OF BEASTS, the final book in the GOING WILD series, 5PM
Brazos Bookstore, Ches Smith reading and signing THE AUTHOR IS DEAD, 7PM
Houston
Blue Willow Bookstore, Lisa McMann will discuss and sign CLASH OF BEASTS, the final book in the GOING WILD series, 5PM
Brazos Bookstore, Ches Smith reading and signing THE AUTHOR IS DEAD, 7PM
Murder By the Book, Mary Robinette Kowal will sign and discuss The Calculating Stars and The Fated Sky, and Martha Wells will sign and discuss Exit Strategy, 6:30PM
San Antonio
San Antonio
The Mix, PuroSlam featuring DJ Donnie Dee, 9:30PM
Southlake
B&N - Town Square, When the Men Were Gone book signing with Marjorie Herrera Lewis, 7PM
Southlake
B&N - Town Square, When the Men Were Gone book signing with Marjorie Herrera Lewis, 7PM
Wednesday, October 3:
Austin
BookPeople, ERIN HUNTER speaking & signing Bravelands #3: Blood and Bone, 6PM
Bullock Museum, High Noon Talk: THE CEDAR CHOPPERS, 12PM
BookPeople, ERIN HUNTER speaking & signing Bravelands #3: Blood and Bone, 6PM
Bullock Museum, High Noon Talk: THE CEDAR CHOPPERS, 12PM
Central Library, Ben Fountain will read from and discuss his new book, Beautiful Country Burn Again: Democracy, Rebellion, and Revolution, 7PM
St. Edward's University, The Marcia Kinsey Visiting Writers Series featuring Natalia Sylvester, 6PM
Dallas
Crescent Club, World Affairs Council of DFW hosts Ken Starr discussing and signing Contempt, 12PMDallas
Houston
Avant Garden, Write about Now Poetry Slam featuring Shake the Poet, 7:30PM
Blue Willow Bookshop, Patrick Ness will meet and greet fans as he signs his newest book, AND THE OCEAN WAS OUR SKY, 6PM
Blue Willow Bookshop, Patrick Ness will meet and greet fans as he signs his newest book, AND THE OCEAN WAS OUR SKY, 6PM
Brazos Bookstore, Tillie Walden reading and signing ON A SUNBEAM, 7PM
San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, Jennifer Weil reading and signing Coral Tree: A Costa Rican Canon, 5PM
Thursday, October 4:
Deep Vellum Books, Protest Kitchen book signing with Carol J. Adams, 7PM
San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, Jennifer Weil reading and signing Coral Tree: A Costa Rican Canon, 5PM
Thursday, October 4:
Austin
BookPeople, ERIN & BEN NAPIER signing Make Something Good Today, 4PM [ticketed event]
BookPeople, TILLIE WALDEN speaking & signing On a Sunbeam (REGISTER HERE for a zine-making workshop with Tillie before the signing), 7PM
Canyon
WTAMU, Center for the Study of the American West's Garry L. Nall Lecture Series: author David Wallace Adams presents "Coming of Age on a Southwest Cultural Borderland: A New Mexico Story," 7 PM (author Q&A at 3PM, reception at 6PM)
Dallas
BookPeople, TILLIE WALDEN speaking & signing On a Sunbeam (REGISTER HERE for a zine-making workshop with Tillie before the signing), 7PM
Canyon
WTAMU, Center for the Study of the American West's Garry L. Nall Lecture Series: author David Wallace Adams presents "Coming of Age on a Southwest Cultural Borderland: A New Mexico Story," 7 PM (author Q&A at 3PM, reception at 6PM)
Dallas
Hotel Crescent Court, Suzy Hansen discussing and signing Notes on a Foreign Country: An American Abroad in a Post-American World, 6:30PM
Interabang Books, Patrick Ness reading and signing AND THE OCEAN WAS OUR SKY, 7PM
Houston
Blue Willow Bookshop, Meet your favorite authors and discover new ones at the Epic Reads Meet Up with Elana K. Arnold, Kendare Blake, Anna Godbersen, Mackenzi Lee, and Claire Legrand, 7PMInterabang Books, Patrick Ness reading and signing AND THE OCEAN WAS OUR SKY, 7PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Ben Fountain discussing and signing BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY BURN AGAIN, 7PM
Holocaust Museum Houston, The Book Smugglers with David E. Fishman, 7PM
Murder By the Book, Melissa Lenhardt will sign and discuss Heresy, and Sherry Thomas will sign and discuss The Hollow of Fear, 6:30PM
Reserve 101, Aaron Goldfarb for a one-night-only tasting of select Reserve 101 private barrel whiskies and signing of Goldfarb’s new book, Hacking Whiskey, 6:30PM
Rice University,The Latin American Writer-in-Residency Series: Ensayar la Experiencia, Lecture by Gabriel Wiener, 5PM
Reserve 101, Aaron Goldfarb for a one-night-only tasting of select Reserve 101 private barrel whiskies and signing of Goldfarb’s new book, Hacking Whiskey, 6:30PM
Rice University,The Latin American Writer-in-Residency Series: Ensayar la Experiencia, Lecture by Gabriel Wiener, 5PM
Plano
B&N - Legacy West, Handcrafted: A Woodworker's Story book signing with Clint Harp, 7PM
San Antonio
Central Library, "Three Centuries of Latino Writing and Resistance in San Antonio" a public conversation to discuss the history of Tejana writing and the role of news papers in the 19th century San Antonio, moderated by Tomás Ybarra-Frausto & Carmen Tafolla, with guest panelists Jerry Poyo, and Raúl Coronado, 6:30PMSan Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, David Margrave reading and signing When Fur and Feather Get Together, 5:30PM
San Marcos
Texas State - Alkek Library, Wittliff Collections reading series hosts a reading and signing with Valeria Luiselli, 3:30PM
Sugar Land
B&N - First Colony, Story time with local author Maria Ashworth, 10AM
Friday, October 5:
Austin
Austin Bat Cave, Writing Workshop with S. Kirk Walsh (part 1), 6PM
BookPeople, DAVID PINTO speaking & signing Nemesis, 7PM
BookWoman, I Don't Belong Here: A Reading & Signing with Melissa Grunow and Chelsey Clammer, 7PM
BookPeople, DAVID PINTO speaking & signing Nemesis, 7PM
BookWoman, I Don't Belong Here: A Reading & Signing with Melissa Grunow and Chelsey Clammer, 7PM
Malvern Books, Five Friends on Sunday Afternoons Book Launch, 7PM
UT - Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, Donna Marie Miller signing The Broken Spoke: Austin's Legendary Honky-Tonk (with Broken Spoke owner James White and music by Ben Stafford Rodgers), TBA
UT - Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, Donna Marie Miller signing The Broken Spoke: Austin's Legendary Honky-Tonk (with Broken Spoke owner James White and music by Ben Stafford Rodgers), TBA
Dallas
Heroes Lounge, Dallas Poetry Slam presents Wayne Henry Features, 8PM
Interabang Books, Fierce Reads YA Tour, 7PM
Houston
Blue Willow Bookshop, Former Ambassador for Children's Literature Gene Luen Yang will discuss and sign his new book SECRET CODERS: MONSTERS & MANUALS, 5PMBrazos Bookstore, Alan Lightman discussing and signing SEARCHING FOR STARS ON AN ISLAND IN MAINE, 7PM
Kyle
Katherine Anne Porter Literary Center, the KAP reading series hosts a reading and signing with Valeria Luiselli, 7:30PM
San Antonio
UTSA, UTSA Creative Writing Reading Series presents poet Cyrus Cassells, 6PM
Viva Tacoland, Gemini Ink presents Prose on the River with Marisela Barrera, Jasminne Mendez, and Larissa Hernandez, 6:30PM
Saturday, October 6:
Austin
Austin Bat Cave, Writing Workshop with S. Kirk Walsh (part 2), 1PMMalvern Books, the launch of Fernando A. Flores’ Death to the Bullshit Artists of South Texas, 7PM
St. Edward's University, Writers' League of Texas workshop: "Plot and Conflict in Fiction" with Bill Cotter, 10AM
Dallas
Half Price Books Mothership, New York Times bestselling science fiction author David Weber will discuss and sign copies of his new Honor Harrington novel, 6PM
El Paso
Armijo Branch Library, Meet author Jose Ines Ureña Hernandez as he talks about his book El Crimen de Linda MacArthur, 4PM
Frisco
B&N - Stonebriar, Builder Brothers: Big Plans event with Jonathan Scott and Drew Scott, 5PMHouston
Blue Willow Bookshop, Megan Shepherd will discuss and sign her novel GRIM LOVELIES, 11AM
Blue Willow Bookshop, Houston journalist Joy Sewing and her rescue dog Ava will visit to celebrate the release of AVA AND THE PRINCE, 3PM
Brazos Bookstore, Erin Gibson discussing and signing FEMINASTY, 7PM
Brazos Bookstore, Erin Gibson discussing and signing FEMINASTY, 7PM
Half Price Books - North Oaks, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church, Jodi Picoult reading and discussing A SPARK OF LIGHT, 7:30PM [ticketed event]
Laredo
Cafe Dolce del Mar, Laredo Border Slam October Writing Workshop: Rehearsing and Preparing, 12PM
Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church, Jodi Picoult reading and discussing A SPARK OF LIGHT, 7:30PM [ticketed event]
Laredo
Cafe Dolce del Mar, Laredo Border Slam October Writing Workshop: Rehearsing and Preparing, 12PM
Joe A. Guerra Library, One City One Book 2018: Loung Ung discussing First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers, 10:30AM (reception at 9:30AM)
North Richland Hills
Green Valley Park - NRH Road Runner 5K, pop-up Behind the Book event with 100 year-old Orville Rogers, author of The Running Man, world-record holding track runner, and WWII veteran, 7AM
San Antonio
North Richland Hills
Green Valley Park - NRH Road Runner 5K, pop-up Behind the Book event with 100 year-old Orville Rogers, author of The Running Man, world-record holding track runner, and WWII veteran, 7AM
San Antonio
B&N - San Pedro, Jennifer Coleman and Wade Dillon: The Texas Nutcracker discussion and signing, 2PM
Central Library, Professor Gabriela Gonzalez for a unique presentation regarding her recent publication Redeeming La Raza: Transborder Modernity, Race, Respectability and Rights, 2PM
Dead Tree Books, book signing: The Inevitables, 2PM
Gemini Ink, Voices of Recovery Storytelling Workshop, 1PM
The Twig Book Shop, Jeremy Banas discussing and signing Pearl: A History of San Antonio's Iconic Beer and San Antonio Beer: Alamo City History by the Pint, 12PM
SouthlakeDead Tree Books, book signing: The Inevitables, 2PM
Gemini Ink, Voices of Recovery Storytelling Workshop, 1PM
The Twig Book Shop, Jeremy Banas discussing and signing Pearl: A History of San Antonio's Iconic Beer and San Antonio Beer: Alamo City History by the Pint, 12PM
B&N - Town Square, Lisa Lynn signing Unraveled, Time to Tell and Story Octopus: Writing Helper Extraordinaire, 1PM
Webster
B&N - Baybrook, Gulf Coast Poets meeting featuring Edward Vidaurre, 1PM
The Woodlands
B&N, Builder Brothers: Big Plans event with Jonathan Scott and Drew Scott, 10AM
Sunday, October 7:
Webster
B&N - Baybrook, Gulf Coast Poets meeting featuring Edward Vidaurre, 1PM
The Woodlands
B&N, Builder Brothers: Big Plans event with Jonathan Scott and Drew Scott, 10AM
Sunday, October 7:
Austin
BookPeople, DREW and JONATHAN SCOTT signing Builder Brothers: Big Plans, 4PM [ticketed event]
The Writing Barn, Teen Writing Residency, 1PM
DallasBookPeople, DREW and JONATHAN SCOTT signing Builder Brothers: Big Plans, 4PM [ticketed event]
The Writing Barn, Teen Writing Residency, 1PM
Adolphus Hotel, Jodi Picoult presents A SPARK OF LIGHT, 2PM
Dallas Museum of Art, Arts & Letters Live hosts Lou Berney, author of November Road and Andre Dubus III, author of Gone So Long, 4PM
Half Price Books Mother Ship, local author David Cary will sell and sign his memoir, Normandy: A Father's Ship and a Son's Curiosity, and local author Maureen Eno will sell and sign her children's book, Koton & The Courageous King of Kindness, 1PM
Half Price Books Mother Ship, local author David Cary will sell and sign his memoir, Normandy: A Father's Ship and a Son's Curiosity, and local author Maureen Eno will sell and sign her children's book, Koton & The Courageous King of Kindness, 1PM
Frisco
B&N - Stonebriar, Muse of Nightmares book signing with Laini Taylor, 2PM
Houston
Blue Willow Bookshop, Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman will discuss and sign DRY, their new novel for teens, 3PM
Brazos Bookstore, Ace Passmore reading and signing RED STOCKING SOCIETY, 5PM
Houston
Blue Willow Bookshop, Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman will discuss and sign DRY, their new novel for teens, 3PM
Brazos Bookstore, Ace Passmore reading and signing RED STOCKING SOCIETY, 5PM
Mansfield
Half Price Books, Local Author Sundays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies lastSan Antonio
B&N - Northwoods, Builder Brothers: Big Plans event with Jonathan Scott and Drew Scott, 11AMThe Twig Book Shop, Patrick J. McKallick discussing and signing The Face of the Iguana: Freedom from Toxic Beliefs: A Journey in Healing and Transformation, 12PM
