Bookish goings-on in Texas for the week of November 5-11, 2018:
Special Events:
Annual Celebration of Reading in Dallas/Ft Worth, Dallas, November 6
International Literature Festival, Houston, November 6-8
Dallas Institute presents 2018 Hiett Prize in the Humanities Award Luncheon, Dallas, Nov 7
WITS Gala | The Illuminated Forest, Houston, Nov 7
Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation presents Jungle Book Gala, Houston, Nov 9
Special Events:
Annual Celebration of Reading in Dallas/Ft Worth, Dallas, November 6
International Literature Festival, Houston, November 6-8
Dallas Institute presents 2018 Hiett Prize in the Humanities Award Luncheon, Dallas, Nov 7
WITS Gala | The Illuminated Forest, Houston, Nov 7
A Forum Celebrating 200 Years of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Fort Worth, Nov 9
Ongoing Exhibits:
Finding Sophie Blackall Exhibition, Abilene, October 11-February 1
Texas Writers (a Humanities Texas exhibition), Livingston, November 1-30
Interabang, Mark Lamster discussing and signing THE MAN IN THE GLASS HOUSE, 7PM
Brazos Bookstore, poet Randall Watson reading from and signing THE GEOMETRY OF WISHES, 7PM
Murder By the Book, James Anderson will sign and discuss the paperback release of Lullaby Road, 6:30PM
Tracy Gee Community Center, SCBWI monthly meeting: "There’s More To The Story" with illustrating and writing duo Megan and Jorge Lacera, 7PM
Readers & 'ritas Weekend Getaway, Allen, Nov 9-11
62nd Annual Poetry Society of Texas Awards Banquet, Dallas, Nov 10
Border Regional Library Association Fall Conference, El Paso, Nov 10
JStokes Writing Ministries: How to Prepare to Write for Christian Publication, DeSoto, Nov 10
South Texas Book Festival, McAllen, November 10
JStokes Writing Ministries: How to Prepare to Write for Christian Publication, DeSoto, Nov 10
South Texas Book Festival, McAllen, November 10
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
"Dawoud Bey: Forty Years in Harlem" photography exhibition (from the book Dawoud Bey: Seeing Deeply), Austin, August 29-December 8
Texas Writers (a Humanities Texas exhibition), Livingston, November 1-30
Monday, November 5:
Austin
Amongst the Liberal Elite: The Road Trip Exploring Societal Inequities Solidified by Trump (RESIST), 7PM
Dallas
B&N - Lincoln Park, Dark Sacred Night book signing with Michael Connelly, 7PM [wristbanded event]
Amongst the Liberal Elite: The Road Trip Exploring Societal Inequities Solidified by Trump (RESIST), 7PM
Dallas
B&N - Lincoln Park, Dark Sacred Night book signing with Michael Connelly, 7PM [wristbanded event]
Interabang, Mark Lamster discussing and signing THE MAN IN THE GLASS HOUSE, 7PM
Houston
Tracy Gee Community Center, SCBWI monthly meeting: "There’s More To The Story" with illustrating and writing duo Megan and Jorge Lacera, 7PM
Irving
South Irving Library, Marissa Meyer reading and signing her new book, Archenemies, 7PM
San Antonio
DallasSMU, The Gaedeke Group Lecture: Pulitzer Prize-winning author Thomas Friedman, 8PM [sold out]
The Wild Detectives, Amy Gentry discusses and signs her new book Tori Amos’ Boys for Pele (33 1/3) with local author Sarah Hepola, 7:30PM
Frisco
B&N - Stonebriar, Story time: Horse Meets Dog with Tim Miller and Elliot Kalan, 9AM
Wednesday, November 7:
Bullock Museum, High Noon Talks: Chuck Bailey discussing Picturing Texas Politics, 12PM
The North Door, One Page Salon, 7:30PM
DallasLatino Cultural Center, TransNatiobal Impressions Series: LCC and Wordspace celebrate the launch of Arsonist with the author, Joaquín Zihuatanejo, winner of the 2018 Robert Dana-Anhinga Prize for Poetry, 7:30PM
Frisco
B&N - Stonebriar, No Slam Dunk book signing with Mike Lupica, 6PM
HoustonBrazos Bookstore, Amy Gentry discussing and signing TORI AMOS’ BOYS FOR PELE (33 1/3), 7PM
LSC - North Harris Campus, The Human Library serves as a platform to start casual and judge-free conversations between Human Books and Readers, 9AM
San Antonio
El Tropicano Hotel, Hugh Fitzsimons discussing A Rock Between Two Rivers, 11AM
The Twig Book Shop, Hugh Fitzsimons discussing and signing A Rock between Two Rivers: Fracturing a Texas Family Ranch, 5:30PM
The Woodlands
B&N - Woodlands Mall, Ted the Friendly Frog and the Tale of the Diamond reading and signing with Scott McCall, 6PM
Thursday, November 8:
Katy Budget Books, Bestselling author Mike Lupica signs his latest middle-grade sports novel, No Slam Dunk, 6:30PM
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, Brazos Bookstore hosts Wil Haygood discussing and signing Tigerland, 7PM [ticketed event]
Lubbock
Texas Tech, TTU Creative Writing Reading Series hosts Professor Kurt Caswell discussing and signing his newest book of nonfiction, Laika's Window: The Legacy of a Soviet Space Dog, 7:30PM
Manchaca Branch Library, In honor of Veteran's Day, Mary Cronk Farrell will present a free, multi-media program on her book Pure Grit: How American WWII Nurses Survived Battle and Prison Camp in the Pacific, 2:30PM
Dallas
Interabang Books, Alex Temblador reading and signing SECRETS OF THE CASA ROSADA, 7PM
Mighty Fine Arts, Poets on X+ featuring Tejana Còsmica, 8PM
The Wild Detectives, Pulitzer Prize finalist and New York Times bestselling author Ben Montgomery discussing and signing The Man Who Walked Backward: An American Dreamer’s Search for Meaning in the Great Depression, 7:30PM
El Paso
Literarity Book Shop, a reading, conversation, and signing with New York poet/novelist Anna Moschovakis, 6PM
Houston
Gemini Ink, Workshop: "Revision Strategies for Poets: Looking at Mode in Poems" with Natasha Sajé, 10AM
The Twig Book Shop, Gregory Fynch reading and signing Does a Frog Remember its Tail?: A Coming of Age Story, 1PM
South Padre Island
Paragraphs on Padre, Meet the Author Series: Rudy Garcia discussing and signing Life Renewed, 1PM
Webster
B&N - Baybrook, Gulf Poets Society meeting featuring Jasper Kerkau, 10:30AM
BookPeople, DAMIEN ECHOLS speaking and signing High Magick: A Guide to the Spiritual Practices That Saved My Life on Death Row (in conversation with Robert Lee), 5PM
BookWoman, Unsung: Book & CD Launch with Jan Seides, 6PM
Malvern Books, an afternoon with poets ire’ne lara silva, Natalia Treviño, and Leslie Contreras Schwartz, 1PM
Maverick Carter House, Voices de la Luna Celebrates poet Aline Carter, 3PM
The Twig Book Shop, Samantha M. Clark & Jennifer Ziegler reading and signing The Boy, the Boat, and the Beast and Revenge of the Teacher's Pet, respectively, 12PM
The Twig Book Shop, Katherine Barner discussing and signing God Help Me, I'm Grieving: Finding Healing After Loss, 5PM
Tuesday, November 6:
Tuesday, November 6:
Austin
Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam: New Shit Slam featuring Peace the Poet, 7:15PMDallas
The Wild Detectives, Amy Gentry discusses and signs her new book Tori Amos’ Boys for Pele (33 1/3) with local author Sarah Hepola, 7:30PM
Frisco
B&N - Stonebriar, Story time: Horse Meets Dog with Tim Miller and Elliot Kalan, 9AM
Houston
LSC - North Harris Campus, The Human Library serves as a platform to start casual and judge-free conversations between Human Books and Readers, 9AM
Spring Forest Middle School, Jordan Matter will discuss and sign his book BORN TO DANCE, 7PM [ticketed event]
San Antonio
Spring Forest Middle School, Jordan Matter will discuss and sign his book BORN TO DANCE, 7PM [ticketed event]
San Antonio
B&N - San Pedro, Upstaged (Zack Delacruz, Book 3) book signing with Jeff Anderson, 5:30PM
Wednesday, November 7:
Austin
Austin Bat Cave, Master Class: Fiction with Karen Russell, 7PM
Austin Bat Cave, Master Class: Fiction with Karen Russell, 7PM
Bullock Museum, High Noon Talks: Chuck Bailey discussing Picturing Texas Politics, 12PM
The North Door, One Page Salon, 7:30PM
Dallas
Frisco
B&N - Stonebriar, No Slam Dunk book signing with Mike Lupica, 6PM
Houston
LSC - North Harris Campus, The Human Library serves as a platform to start casual and judge-free conversations between Human Books and Readers, 9AM
San Antonio
El Tropicano Hotel, Hugh Fitzsimons discussing A Rock Between Two Rivers, 11AM
The Twig Book Shop, Hugh Fitzsimons discussing and signing A Rock between Two Rivers: Fracturing a Texas Family Ranch, 5:30PM
The Woodlands
B&N - Woodlands Mall, Ted the Friendly Frog and the Tale of the Diamond reading and signing with Scott McCall, 6PM
Thursday, November 8:
Alpine
St. Edward's University, Visiting Writers Series: poet Diane Seuss, 6:30PM
Front Street Books, Double author signing - Marcia Daudistel & Bill Wright, 6PM
Austin
Austin Community College, veterans, their family and friends, and other interested civilians are cordially invited to participate in the upcoming Veterans’ Voices reading and discussion series (a project of Humanities Texas), 4PM
BookPeople, JOSEPH FINK speaking & signing Alice Isn't Dead (in conversation with Deb Olin Unferth), 7PM [ticketed event]
BookWoman, Second Thursday Open Mic featuring Annelyse Gelman, 7:15PM
Malvern Books, Novel Night with Manning Wolfe, Billy Kring, and Mark Pryor, 7PMBookPeople, JOSEPH FINK speaking & signing Alice Isn't Dead (in conversation with Deb Olin Unferth), 7PM [ticketed event]
BookWoman, Second Thursday Open Mic featuring Annelyse Gelman, 7:15PM
St. Edward's University, Visiting Writers Series: poet Diane Seuss, 6:30PM
Dallas
Half Price Books Mothership, Meet former Dallas Cowboys beat writer and Dallas Morning News sportswriting staffer Marjorie Herrera Lewis discussing and signing her debut historical novel, When the Men Were Gone, 7PM
Interabang Books, C. Morgan Babst reading and signing THE FLOATING WORLD, 7PM
The Wild Detectives, Mark Lamster will be in conversation with Tom Huang about his biography of Modernist architect Phillip Johnson, The Man in the Glass House, 7:30PM
Denton
UNT, the Visiting Writers Series hosts a reading and book signing with Lucas Mann, author of Captive Audience: On Love and Reality TV, 8PM
Georgetown
Georgetown Public Library, Native Plant Society of Texas: Lynne and Jim Weber discussing and signing Native Host Plants for Texas Butterflies, 7PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, poet Jane Chance reading from and signing THE MIDDLE AGES & TOLKIEN, SELF, AND OTHER, 7PM
Half Price Books Mothership, Meet former Dallas Cowboys beat writer and Dallas Morning News sportswriting staffer Marjorie Herrera Lewis discussing and signing her debut historical novel, When the Men Were Gone, 7PM
Interabang Books, C. Morgan Babst reading and signing THE FLOATING WORLD, 7PM
The Wild Detectives, Mark Lamster will be in conversation with Tom Huang about his biography of Modernist architect Phillip Johnson, The Man in the Glass House, 7:30PM
Denton
UNT, the Visiting Writers Series hosts a reading and book signing with Lucas Mann, author of Captive Audience: On Love and Reality TV, 8PM
Georgetown
Georgetown Public Library, Native Plant Society of Texas: Lynne and Jim Weber discussing and signing Native Host Plants for Texas Butterflies, 7PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, poet Jane Chance reading from and signing THE MIDDLE AGES & TOLKIEN, SELF, AND OTHER, 7PM
Firehouse Saloon, Murder By the Book hosts Lee Child and the band Naked Blue, who have teamed up to write an entire album of songs set in the Reacher-verse. Lee and Naked Blue will perform songs from their album, followed by an interview with Lee, Q&A and a book signing, 6:30PM
Katy Budget Books, Bestselling author Mike Lupica signs his latest middle-grade sports novel, No Slam Dunk, 6:30PM
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, Brazos Bookstore hosts Wil Haygood discussing and signing Tigerland, 7PM [ticketed event]
Lubbock
Texas Tech, TTU Creative Writing Reading Series hosts Professor Kurt Caswell discussing and signing his newest book of nonfiction, Laika's Window: The Legacy of a Soviet Space Dog, 7:30PM
San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, Gemini Ink at The Twig: a reading with Lisha Garcia & Natasha Sajé, 6PM
Sugar Land
B&N - First Colony, Story time with local author Maria Ashworth, 10AM
The Twig Book Shop, Gemini Ink at The Twig: a reading with Lisha Garcia & Natasha Sajé, 6PM
Sugar Land
B&N - First Colony, Story time with local author Maria Ashworth, 10AM
Friday, November 9:
Austin
Malvern Books, an evening with acclaimed poets Diane Seuss and John Fry, 7PMManchaca Branch Library, In honor of Veteran's Day, Mary Cronk Farrell will present a free, multi-media program on her book Pure Grit: How American WWII Nurses Survived Battle and Prison Camp in the Pacific, 2:30PM
Dallas
Interabang Books, Alex Temblador reading and signing SECRETS OF THE CASA ROSADA, 7PM
Mighty Fine Arts, Poets on X+ featuring Tejana Còsmica, 8PM
The Wild Detectives, Pulitzer Prize finalist and New York Times bestselling author Ben Montgomery discussing and signing The Man Who Walked Backward: An American Dreamer’s Search for Meaning in the Great Depression, 7:30PM
El Paso
Literarity Book Shop, a reading, conversation, and signing with New York poet/novelist Anna Moschovakis, 6PM
Houston
B&N - River Oaks, Kat Kronenberg signing Dream Big, 3PM
Houston Center for Photography, Mike Marvins discussing and signing The Texas Hill Country: A Photographic Adventure, 6PM
The Printing Museum, Artist Talk and Reception with Wandering Book Artists Donna & Peter Thomas, 6:30PM
Saturday, November 10:
Half Price Books, local author Erica Duboiswill sell and sign her semi-autobiographical novel, The Glass Mask: Monsters Lurk Beneath, 11AM
Dallas
B&N - Preston/Royal, L.A. Starks will be discussing her third thriller, The Second Law, 2PM
Interabang Books, Kurt Eichenwald discussing and signing A MIND UNRAVELED, 7PM
The Writer's Garret, Flowers for the Living: Remembering Solana “Sunny” d’Lamant, 2PM
El Paso
Literarity Book Shop, Bruce Berman & Lawrence Welsh sign Cutting The Wire, 4PM
Memorial Park Library, Tumblewords Workshop: "How Many Words is a Picture Worth?" with Ken Blystone, 12:45PM
The Printing Museum, Artist Talk and Reception with Wandering Book Artists Donna & Peter Thomas, 6:30PM
Saturday, November 10:
Austin
BookPeople, SCBWI Monthly Meeting: Author & Illustrator Vanessa Roeder: Let the Illustrations Do the Talking (but not too much), 10AM
BookPeople, special guest story time: Dan Marvin, author of But I Don’t Eat Ants, 10:30AM
BookPeople, SCBWI Monthly Meeting: Author & Illustrator Vanessa Roeder: Let the Illustrations Do the Talking (but not too much), 10AM
BookPeople, special guest story time: Dan Marvin, author of But I Don’t Eat Ants, 10:30AM
BookPeople, LUCIA DiSTEFANO speaking & signing Borrowed (in conversation with Cindy House), 6PM
Malvern Books, an evening with writers Kathleen Winter, Mong-Lan, and Jess Smith, 7PM
St. Edward's University, Writers' League of Texas workshop: "Getting Your Synopsis Ready for Competitions, Editors, and Agents" with Richard Santos, 10AM
St. Edward's University, Writers' League of Texas workshop: "Getting Your Synopsis Ready for Competitions, Editors, and Agents" with Richard Santos, 10AM
Wild Magnolias, NeoSoul Poetry Slam featuring Deep, 6PM
College StationHalf Price Books, local author Erica Duboiswill sell and sign her semi-autobiographical novel, The Glass Mask: Monsters Lurk Beneath, 11AM
Dallas
B&N - Preston/Royal, L.A. Starks will be discussing her third thriller, The Second Law, 2PM
Interabang Books, Kurt Eichenwald discussing and signing A MIND UNRAVELED, 7PM
The Writer's Garret, Flowers for the Living: Remembering Solana “Sunny” d’Lamant, 2PM
El Paso
Literarity Book Shop, Bruce Berman & Lawrence Welsh sign Cutting The Wire, 4PM
Memorial Park Library, Tumblewords Workshop: "How Many Words is a Picture Worth?" with Ken Blystone, 12:45PM
Houston
B&N - River Oaks, The Essence Of Joy: An Uncovering of Its True Meaning book signing with Shirley Melnick Kelly, 1PM
B&N - River Oaks, The Essence Of Joy: An Uncovering of Its True Meaning book signing with Shirley Melnick Kelly, 1PM
Blue Willow Bookshop, Jennifer Lynn Barnes and Ally Carter will discuss and sign their most recent novels, 3PM
Brazos Bookstore, A Special Story Time Event with Mike Curato, author of Merry Christmas, Little Elliot, 10:30AM
Brazos Bookstore, poet Sally Connolly reading from and signing Ranches of Isolation, 7PM
Half Price Books - Clear Lake, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
Inprint, Tintero Projects: Escritores en la casa: Sylvia Aguilar Zéleny, 7PM
Kaboom Books, Escritores Cronopios Houston hosts Versos en las esquinas de asfalto, 6PM
Murder By the Book, Meredith Lee will sign and discuss Digging Up The Dead, 4:30PM
Brazos Bookstore, A Special Story Time Event with Mike Curato, author of Merry Christmas, Little Elliot, 10:30AM
Brazos Bookstore, poet Sally Connolly reading from and signing Ranches of Isolation, 7PM
Half Price Books - Clear Lake, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
Inprint, Tintero Projects: Escritores en la casa: Sylvia Aguilar Zéleny, 7PM
Kaboom Books, Escritores Cronopios Houston hosts Versos en las esquinas de asfalto, 6PM
Murder By the Book, Meredith Lee will sign and discuss Digging Up The Dead, 4:30PM
River Oaks Bookstore, Michael H. Marvins discussing and signing The Texas Hill Country: A Photographic Adventure, 3PM
Writespace, Workshop: "How to Write Great Titles" with Dr. Cynthia Childress, 9:30AM
Writespace, Workshop: "How to Write Great Titles" with Dr. Cynthia Childress, 9:30AM
San Antonio
Artspace, Creatures of Near Kingdoms - Malaysian Micro-Fiction and Linocuts, 7PM
Gemini Ink, Workshop: "Revision Strategies for Poets: Looking at Mode in Poems" with Natasha Sajé, 10AM
The Twig Book Shop, Gregory Fynch reading and signing Does a Frog Remember its Tail?: A Coming of Age Story, 1PM
South Padre Island
Paragraphs on Padre, Meet the Author Series: Rudy Garcia discussing and signing Life Renewed, 1PM
Webster
B&N - Baybrook, Gulf Poets Society meeting featuring Jasper Kerkau, 10:30AM
Sunday, November 11:
Austin
BookPeople, RYAN BEAUCHESNE & CRUSOE signing Crusoe the Worldly Wiener Dog: Further Adventures with the Celebrity Dachshund, 1PM [ticketed event]
BookPeople, RYAN BEAUCHESNE & CRUSOE signing Crusoe the Worldly Wiener Dog: Further Adventures with the Celebrity Dachshund, 1PM [ticketed event]
BookWoman, Unsung: Book & CD Launch with Jan Seides, 6PM
Malvern Books, Austin Writers Roulette presents "Attitude of Gratitude," 4PM
Paramount Theatre, Moontower Comedy presents LeVar Burton Reads, 7PM
Paramount Theatre, Moontower Comedy presents LeVar Burton Reads, 7PM
The Writing Barn, Workshop: "Essential Elements: Pitch Perfect Pacing with P.J. Hoover," 3PM
Interabang Books, Mike Curato reading and signing MERRY CHRISTMAS LITTLE ELLIOT, 1PM
HoustonBrazos Bookstore, Dr. Irene Guenther with Robert Cremins discussing and signing POSTCARDS FROM THE TRENCHES, 5PM
Richardson
Dallas
Dallas Museum of Art, Arts & Letters Live presents National Book Award-winner Elaine Pagels discussing Why Religion? A Personal Story (moderated by author and journalist Rena Pederson), 2:30PM [ticketed event]
Half Price Books Mother Ship, Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
Half Price Books Mother Ship, Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
Interabang Books, Mike Curato reading and signing MERRY CHRISTMAS LITTLE ELLIOT, 1PM
Houston
Richardson
The Drawing Board, Writing Workshops Dallas seminar: "Claiming Your Territory: Fiction or Memoir?" with Eden Elieff, 3PM
San Antonio
B&N - San Pedro, Daniel Valdez discussing and signing Hands-On Learning, 1PM
B&N - San Pedro, Daniel Valdez discussing and signing Hands-On Learning, 1PM
The Twig Book Shop, Samantha M. Clark & Jennifer Ziegler reading and signing The Boy, the Boat, and the Beast and Revenge of the Teacher's Pet, respectively, 12PM
