Bookish goings-on in Texas for the week of December 3-9, 2018:
Special Events:
2018 Emily Dickinson Birthday Gathering of Poets Dinner Reading, Conroe, December 6
Special Events:
2018 Emily Dickinson Birthday Gathering of Poets Dinner Reading, Conroe, December 6
Holiday Book Fest, Fort Worth, December 8
Laredo Book Festival, December 8
Humanities Texas Holiday Book Fair, Austin, December 8
Finding Sophie Blackall Exhibition, Abilene, October 11-February 1
30 Poems for the Tricentennial: A Poetic Legacy, San Antonio, December 3-April 25, 2019
Artful Books, Alpine, December 7-17
Monday, December 3:
Dallas
Hotel Crescent Court, World Affairs Council of DFW presents General Stanley McChrystal discussing and signing Leaders: Myths and Reality, 6PM
San AntonioThe Twig Book Shop, Rachael Sparks reading and signing Resistant, 5PM
BookPeople, BONNIE MONTE speaking and signing The Sleeping Lady, CATHY ZANE speaking and signing Better Than This, & E.C. FREY speaking & signing Entangled Moon, 7PM
BookWoman, Reading & Signing: Resistant by Rachael Sparks, 7PM
The North Door, One Page Salon with Owen Egerton and Writers' League of Texas, 7:30PM
Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam: Women of the Austin Slam Championship, 7:15PM
Kerrville
Riverside Nature Center Association, Lynne Weber and Jim Weber discussing and signing Native Host Plants for Texas Butterflies, 1PM
BookPeople, HAROLD EGGERS JR. speaking & signing My Years with Townes Van Zandt: Music, Genius, and Rage (in conversation with Kathleen Hudson with special guest Hector Ward performing Townes Van Zandt songs), 7PM
Bullock Museum, High Noon Talks: Dr. Paul Carlson and Tom Crum for a talk on their book Myth, Memory and Massacre: The Pease River Capture of Cynthia Ann Parker, 12PM
LBJ Library, an evening with historian and author Michael Beschloss discussing his new book, Presidents of War: The Epic Story, from 1807 to Modern Times, 6PM [Friends event]
Malvern Books, celebrate the release of the Fall 2018 edition of Austin Community College’s journal, The Rio Review, 7PM
River Oaks Bookstore, Warner Roberts discussing and signing Life Is an Adventure: What I Learned Walking (Modeling), Talking (Talk Show Host), and Managing (Marriage, Motherhood & Miracles), 5PM
San Antonio
UTSA, Veterans, their family and friends, and other interested civilians are cordially invited to participate in the upcoming "Veterans’ Voices" reading and discussion session, 5PM
Malvern Books, the launch of Gabino Iglesias’ new novel, Coyote Songs, 7PM
UT, Joynes Reading Room Literary Speaker Series: writer Paul Lisicky, author of The Narrow Door, 7PM
Highland Park United Methodist Church, Authors LIVE! presents H.W. Brands and Heirs of the Founders, 6PM
Interabang Books, Holiday Open House, 5PM
Houston
Murder By the Book, AR Baumann will sign and discuss Thicker Than Blood, 6:30PM
River Oaks Bookstore, Bryant Boutwell discussing and signing I’m Dr. Red Duke, 5:30PM
The Twig Book Shop, Bronson Dorsey discussing and signing Lost Texas: Photographs of Forgotten Buildings, 5PM
Sugar Land
B&N, Story time with local author Maria Ashworth, 10AM
Victoria
UHV, American Book Review Reading Series presents author and artist Shelley Jackson, 11AM
Malvern Books, the launch of the poetry collection Spokes of an Uneven Wheel by Colin Dodds, 7PM
Bryan
The Village Cafe & Art979 Gallery, William E. Moore signing The Texas Calaboose and Other Forgotten Jails, 4PM
MATCH: Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston, Inprint and UH host a memorial celebration of poet, teacher, and storyteller Tony Hoagland, 6PM
Galveston
Galveston Bookshop, Jim LaBove signing Cotton’s Seafood: A Cajun Autobiographical Cookbook, 12PM
Galveston Bookshop, Col. Kelley Crooks USAF (Ret.) signing Warships at Seawolf Park (Images of America Series), 3PM
Murder By the Book, Christie Craig will sign and discuss Don't Close Your Eyes and Gerry Bartlett will sign and discuss Texas Lightning, 1PM
Irving
East Library, Posadas Holiday Celebration featuring author Xavier Garza, 2:30PM
Humanities Texas Holiday Book Fair, Austin, December 8
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
30 Poems for the Tricentennial: A Poetic Legacy, San Antonio, December 3-April 25, 2019
Artful Books, Alpine, December 7-17
Monday, December 3:
Austin
Double Your Success: Principles to Build a Multimillion-Dollar Business, 7PM
Double Your Success: Principles to Build a Multimillion-Dollar Business, 7PM
Dallas
Hotel Crescent Court, World Affairs Council of DFW presents General Stanley McChrystal discussing and signing Leaders: Myths and Reality, 6PM
San Antonio
Tuesday, December 4:
Austin
BookPeople, Guest story time: Jennifer Coleman & Wade Dillon reading and signing Texas Nutcracker, 10:30AMThe North Door, One Page Salon with Owen Egerton and Writers' League of Texas, 7:30PM
Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam: Women of the Austin Slam Championship, 7:15PM
Dallas
Half Price Books Mother Ship, New York Times bestselling author Anna Todd will discuss and sign her latest romance book, The Brightest Stars, 7PM
SMU, Tate Lecture Series: cancer physician and researcher Siddhartha Mukherjee, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book, The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, 8PM
Half Price Books Mother Ship, New York Times bestselling author Anna Todd will discuss and sign her latest romance book, The Brightest Stars, 7PM
SMU, Tate Lecture Series: cancer physician and researcher Siddhartha Mukherjee, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book, The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, 8PM
Fort Worth
The Fort Worth Club, World Affairs Council of DFW presents General Stanley McChrystal discussing and signing Leaders: Myths and Reality, 11:30AM
Frisco
B&N - Stonebriar, celebrate the release of Queen of Air and Darkness with Cassandra Clare, 7PM
Houston
The Ballroom at Bayou Place, World Affairs Council of Greater Houston presents General Stanley McChrystal discussing and signing Leaders: Myths and Reality, 6:30PM
Café Brasil, Glass Mountain volume 21 Launch Party, 7PM
Murder By the Book, Laura Bradford will sign and discuss Just Plain Murder and Lynn Cahoon will sign and discuss Slay in Character, 6:30PM
Frisco
B&N - Stonebriar, celebrate the release of Queen of Air and Darkness with Cassandra Clare, 7PM
Houston
The Ballroom at Bayou Place, World Affairs Council of Greater Houston presents General Stanley McChrystal discussing and signing Leaders: Myths and Reality, 6:30PM
Blue Willow Bookshop, Michael Pullara will discuss and sign THE SPY WHO WAS LEFT BEHIND, 7PM
Murder By the Book, Laura Bradford will sign and discuss Just Plain Murder and Lynn Cahoon will sign and discuss Slay in Character, 6:30PM
Stages Repertory Theatre, Tintero Projects Open Mic and Featured Reading featuring Amanda Ortiz, 7PM
Kerrville
Riverside Nature Center Association, Lynne Weber and Jim Weber discussing and signing Native Host Plants for Texas Butterflies, 1PM
San Antonio
Lion’s Field Adult Center, Andrew Sansom, Rusty Yates, and David K. Langford discussing and signing Seasons at Selah: The Legacy of Bamberger Ranch Preserve, 7PM
The Mix, PuroSlam, 9:30PM
The Twig Book Shop, Liz Weiman discussing and signing 100+ iPhone/iPad Tricks You Can Do Right Now: (iOS 12), 5PM
Wednesday, December 5:
The Mix, PuroSlam, 9:30PM
The Twig Book Shop, Liz Weiman discussing and signing 100+ iPhone/iPad Tricks You Can Do Right Now: (iOS 12), 5PM
Wednesday, December 5:
Austin
B&N - Lakeline, Ann Marie Sabath discussing and signing Create Your Own Success, 6PM
B&N - Lakeline, Ann Marie Sabath discussing and signing Create Your Own Success, 6PM
BookPeople, HAROLD EGGERS JR. speaking & signing My Years with Townes Van Zandt: Music, Genius, and Rage (in conversation with Kathleen Hudson with special guest Hector Ward performing Townes Van Zandt songs), 7PM
Bullock Museum, High Noon Talks: Dr. Paul Carlson and Tom Crum for a talk on their book Myth, Memory and Massacre: The Pease River Capture of Cynthia Ann Parker, 12PM
Malvern Books, celebrate the release of the Fall 2018 edition of Austin Community College’s journal, The Rio Review, 7PM
Dallas
Royal Oaks Country Club, Friends of the SMU LIbraries Annual Holiday Luncheon: Anne Hughes presents My Life with Tom Hughes: A Personal Story of the "Musicals Man" of Dallas, 11:30AM
Royal Oaks Country Club, Friends of the SMU LIbraries Annual Holiday Luncheon: Anne Hughes presents My Life with Tom Hughes: A Personal Story of the "Musicals Man" of Dallas, 11:30AM
SMU, Jeffrey A. Engel, Jon Meacham, Timothy Naftali, and Peter Baker discussing and signing Impeachment: An American Story, 6PM
Houston
Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Slam featuring Vocab, 7:30PMRiver Oaks Bookstore, Warner Roberts discussing and signing Life Is an Adventure: What I Learned Walking (Modeling), Talking (Talk Show Host), and Managing (Marriage, Motherhood & Miracles), 5PM
San Antonio
UTSA, Veterans, their family and friends, and other interested civilians are cordially invited to participate in the upcoming "Veterans’ Voices" reading and discussion session, 5PM
Thursday, December 6:
Austin
BookPeople, BRUCE CLAVEY speaking and signing The Inquisition of Stephen F. Austin & ROY CASAGRANDA speaking & signing The Blood Throne of Caria, 7PM
BookPeople, BRUCE CLAVEY speaking and signing The Inquisition of Stephen F. Austin & ROY CASAGRANDA speaking & signing The Blood Throne of Caria, 7PM
UT, Joynes Reading Room Literary Speaker Series: writer Paul Lisicky, author of The Narrow Door, 7PM
Bryan
SEAD Gallery & Bookshop, Author Talk with Arnold LeUnes, 6PM
Dallas
Aaron Family JCC, Tycher Library Community Read: Martin Fletcher discussing and signing Promised Land, 7PM
Highland Park United Methodist Church, Authors LIVE! presents H.W. Brands and Heirs of the Founders, 6PM
Interabang Books, Holiday Open House, 5PM
Houston
Murder By the Book, AR Baumann will sign and discuss Thicker Than Blood, 6:30PM
River Oaks Bookstore, Bryant Boutwell discussing and signing I’m Dr. Red Duke, 5:30PM
San Antonio
Central Library, Meet the Author: David Martin Davies, 6:30PMThe Twig Book Shop, Bronson Dorsey discussing and signing Lost Texas: Photographs of Forgotten Buildings, 5PM
Sugar Land
B&N, Story time with local author Maria Ashworth, 10AM
Victoria
UHV, American Book Review Reading Series presents author and artist Shelley Jackson, 11AM
Friday, December 7:
Austin
BookPeople, FELICIA GRAHAM speaking & signing Rollergirls: The Story of Flat Track Derby, 7PM
BookPeople, FELICIA GRAHAM speaking & signing Rollergirls: The Story of Flat Track Derby, 7PM
Bryan
The Village Cafe & Art979 Gallery, William E. Moore signing The Texas Calaboose and Other Forgotten Jails, 4PM
Dallas
Heroes Lounge, Dallas Poetry Slam, 8PM
El Paso
Literarity Book Shop, Jeff Sirkin & Mike Duncan: Poetry, Music, and Conversation, 6PM
Houston
Body, Mind & Spirit, An Evening of Spirit Communication with Mark Anthony (followed by a book signing), 7PM
Discovery Green, WITS Youth Performance Poetry Sessions, 6:30PM
El Paso
Literarity Book Shop, Jeff Sirkin & Mike Duncan: Poetry, Music, and Conversation, 6PM
Houston
Body, Mind & Spirit, An Evening of Spirit Communication with Mark Anthony (followed by a book signing), 7PM
Discovery Green, WITS Youth Performance Poetry Sessions, 6:30PM
San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, Joy Jones reading and signing The Last Madam: A Legend of the Texas Chicken Ranch, 5PM
Saturday, December 8:
Dead Tree Books, John C. Payne signing Three and Out, 4PM
Saturday, December 8:
Austin
BookPeople, DIVYA SRINIVASAN speaking & signing Little Owl's Snow, 2PMHalf Price Books - Southpark Meadows, Jamie Alexander will sell and sign Goodbye Old, Hello New: The Journey of Pain to Promise, 12PM
Malvern Books, 25 nationally recognized Texas poets read their work from the 2019 Texas Poetry Calendar, 4PM
Malvern Books, 25 nationally recognized Texas poets read their work from the 2019 Texas Poetry Calendar, 4PM
Resistencia Bookstore, Cuentos y Resilience: An Afternoon with Christopher Carmona, 4PM
Dallas
Dallas
Charter Medical Center, book launch of GODS AND HEROES by Oladele Olusanya, 10AM
El Paso
El Paso
Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: "Outside the Box Part 3" with Eternity Wauls, 12:45PM
Fort Worth
Monkey & Dog Books, Local Author Signing: Marjorie Herrera Lewis presents When the Men Were Gone, 1PM
Fort Worth
Monkey & Dog Books, Local Author Signing: Marjorie Herrera Lewis presents When the Men Were Gone, 1PM
Galveston
Galveston Bookshop, Jim LaBove signing Cotton’s Seafood: A Cajun Autobiographical Cookbook, 12PM
Houston
Blue Willow Bookshop, Margaret Rotan will discuss and sign THE IMPERFECT SAND DOLLAR, 11AM
Blue Willow Bookshop, Saralyn Richard will discuss and sign MURDER IN THE ONE PERCENT, 1PM
Body, Mind & Spirit, An Evening of Spirit Communication with Mark Anthony (followed by a book signing), 7PM
Half Price Books - Clear Lake, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
Inprint House, Escritores en la Casa: Octabio Quintanilla, 7PM
Blue Willow Bookshop, Margaret Rotan will discuss and sign THE IMPERFECT SAND DOLLAR, 11AM
Blue Willow Bookshop, Saralyn Richard will discuss and sign MURDER IN THE ONE PERCENT, 1PM
Body, Mind & Spirit, An Evening of Spirit Communication with Mark Anthony (followed by a book signing), 7PM
Half Price Books - Clear Lake, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
Inprint House, Escritores en la Casa: Octabio Quintanilla, 7PM
Murder By the Book, Charles L. Harris will sign and discuss Saint Nick's First Christmas, 4:30PM
Hurst
B&N - NE Mall, Meet children's authors Alan Elliott, Lashandra Hall, and Katrina Dodd, 1PM
Hurst
B&N - NE Mall, Meet children's authors Alan Elliott, Lashandra Hall, and Katrina Dodd, 1PM
East Library, Posadas Holiday Celebration featuring author Xavier Garza, 2:30PM
West Library, 4th annual Harry Potter Yule Ball for Teens, 5PM
Pflugerville
Wild Magnolias, NeoSoul Poetry $200 Slam, 6PM
Nacogdoches
The Bosslight, Jessi Lanier signing Our Brave Star, 12PMPflugerville
Wild Magnolias, NeoSoul Poetry $200 Slam, 6PM
Port Neches
Fleur Fine Books, Meet & Greet with Raymond McHenry, author of The Innkeeper's Journal, 3PM
San Antonio
1906 Artspace, Creatures of Near Kingdoms - Malaysian Micro-Fiction and Linocuts, 7PM
B&N - La Cantera, Patricia McMillan signing Christmas by Design: Private Homes Decorated by Leading Designers, 2PM
Dead Tree Books, Meet the Author - Rohn Bayes, 2PM
Gemini Ink, Winter Market Open House, 12PM
The Twig Book Shop, Terence White, Sr. discussing and signing Why Marriage is Important to God, 11AM
The Twig Book Shop, Amelia Banis signing The Last Year, 2PM
Webster
Sunday, December 9:
Austin
Malvern Books, Austin Writers Roulette presents "The End is the Beginning," 4PM
LBJ Library, Russ Whitlock, former superintendent of the Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park, signing The Texas White House, 11:30AM
Dallas
Half Price Books Mother Ship, Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
Gemini Ink, Winter Market Open House, 12PM
The Twig Book Shop, Terence White, Sr. discussing and signing Why Marriage is Important to God, 11AM
The Twig Book Shop, Amelia Banis signing The Last Year, 2PM
Webster
Avenida Brazil Steakhouse, Gulf Coat Poets annual luncheon featuring Nathan Brown, poet, author,singer/songwriter, and Poet Laureate of Oklahoma, 11:30AM [members & guests only]
B&N - Baybrook, Meet children's author Joy Sewing, 11AMSunday, December 9:
Austin
Malvern Books, Austin Writers Roulette presents "The End is the Beginning," 4PM
LBJ Library, Russ Whitlock, former superintendent of the Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park, signing The Texas White House, 11:30AM
Dallas
Half Price Books Mother Ship, Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
Half Price Books Mother Ship, Melanie Sumrow will sign copies of her newest YA novel, The Prophet Calls, 5PM
El Paso
B&N - Fountains, Thomas Dominguez III signing A Fighter's Will!, 2PM
Mansfield
Half Price Books, Tank Gunner will sell and sign copies of his books, Prompts, Prompts Too, Cookie Johnson, and Palomino, 1PM
Richardson
El Paso
B&N - Fountains, Thomas Dominguez III signing A Fighter's Will!, 2PM
Mansfield
Half Price Books, Tank Gunner will sell and sign copies of his books, Prompts, Prompts Too, Cookie Johnson, and Palomino, 1PM
Richardson
The Drawing Board, Writing Workshops Dallas seminar: "How to Write Flash Fiction" with Eden Elieff, 3PM
San Antonio
Dead Tree Books, Dead Tree Books, John C. Payne signing Three and Out, 12PM
The Twig Book Shop, Clara Harmonson discussing and signing Hair Chronicles, 12PM
South Padre Island
Paragraphs on Padre, Meet the Author Series: Lamar Jones discussing and signing The Adventures of Sir Jankster, 1PM
San Antonio
B&N - La Cantera, Luc Vors signing Where Sleeping Dogs Lie, 12PM
Dead Tree Books, Dead Tree Books, John C. Payne signing Three and Out, 12PM
South Padre Island
Paragraphs on Padre, Meet the Author Series: Lamar Jones discussing and signing The Adventures of Sir Jankster, 1PM
