Bookish events in Texas for the week of November 30 - December 6, 2015:
Special Events:
Voces Americanas: Latino Literature in the United States, Wichita Falls, November 1 - December 1
11th Annual Signatures Author Series, The Woodlands, December 4
Austin Writergrrls Book Fest, December 5
Local Author Book Fair, Houston, December 5
Take Your Child to a Bookstore Day, December 5
Monday, November 30:
Murder By the Book, Kate Morton will sign and discuss her latest novel, The Lake House, 6:30PM
Museum of Fine Arts, Alejandro Chaoul, author of Chöd Practice in the Bön Religion, presents “Stillness, Silence & Movement,” 6:30PM
Round Rock
B&N, Mysteries of Cove: Fires of Invention book signing with J. Scott Savage, 5PM
SMU - McCord Auditorium, Laura Wilson lectures from and signs That Day: Pictures in the American West, 5:30PM
Poison Girl Cocktail Lounge, Gulf Coast Reading Series, 7PM
The Twig Book Shop, Florence Weinberg reads and signs Dolet and Linda Shuler reads and signs Hidden Shadows, 6PM
San Marcos
Albert B. Alkek Library, DJ STOUT discusses and signs his new book, Variations on a Rectangle, 7PM
Friday, December 4:
ESB-Mexican American Cultural Center, Flor de Nopal Literary Festival featured reading with Dan Vera, Sarah A. Chavez, Jose Antonio Rodriguez, Ben Olguin, ire’ne lara silva, Nicole Moore, Sarah Shaney, Vincent Cooper, and Wade Martin, 7PM
Malvern Books, I Scream Social Holiday Edition: Ugly Sweater Party with Blake Lee Pate, Taisia Kitaiskaia, and Ji Yoon Lee, 7PM
Corpus Christi
B&N, J. Scott Savage book signing, 5:30PM
Inprint House, First Friday Poetry Reading featuring Michael Sofranko, 8:30PM
University of Houston - Hoffman Hall, UH Ethics in Science Lecture Series: "The Origin of Social Impulse" with Professor Abraham H. Gibson, author of the forthcoming Feral Animals in the American South, 11AM
Lubbock
B&N, 'Wilder Good' Series by S.L. Dahlstrom book signing, 7PM
BookWoman, My Unsentimental Education Cocktail Reception and Conversation with Debra Monroe, 6:30PM
Bullock Museum, Interpreting the Civil War Panel with James Magnuson, Director of the James A. Michener Center for Writers, 2PM
ESB-Mexican American Cultural Center, Flor de Nopal Literary Festival workshop “When all your antenna quiver, your body becomes a lightning rod”: Sensory Details & Writing From the Body” led by Sarah A. Chavez, 2PM
Bellaire
Bellaire City Library, Mystery Authors Library Panel with Kay Kendall, Kay Finch and Laura Elvebak, 3PM
B&N - Preston/Royal, Erin Seidemann signs Postcards From the Sky: Adventures of an Aviatrix, 2PM
Katy Budget Books, Robert Jacobus discusses and signs Houston Cougars in the 1960s: Death Threats, the Veer Offense, and the Game of the Century, 2PM
Murder By the Book, Rebecca Adler will sign and discuss Here Today, Gone Tamale, 1PM
Murder By the Book, Lark Brennan reads and signs Dangerously Yours: The Durand Chronicles - Book One and Laura Griffin reads and signs Shadow Fall, 4:30PM
Plano
B&N - Creekwalk Village, Civil War author Allen Mesch signs his biography of Charles Ferguson Smith, 2PM
San Angelo
Tom Green County Library, John Osterhout will discuss and sign The Schnoz of the Rings and David Osterhout will discuss and sign OinK! Only in Korea!, 1PM
Paragraphs on Padre Bookstore, Meet the Author Series: Karen Klassen discusses and signs The Rhythm of Time, 1PM
Sunday, December 6:
Special Events:
Voces Americanas: Latino Literature in the United States, Wichita Falls, November 1 - December 1
11th Annual Signatures Author Series, The Woodlands, December 4
Austin Writergrrls Book Fest, December 5
Local Author Book Fair, Houston, December 5
Take Your Child to a Bookstore Day, December 5
Monday, November 30:
Dallas
Aaron Family JCC, Mitch Albom presents The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto, 7PM
The Wild Detectives, Matt Zoller Seitz discusses and signs Mad Men Carousel, 7:30PM
Houston
B&N - River Oaks, J. Scott Savage signing Mysteries of Cove: Fires of Invention, 6PM
Irving
Irving Public Library - South, NaNoWriMo Wrap-up Party!, 6PM
Tuesday, December 1:
The Wild Detectives, Matt Zoller Seitz discusses and signs Mad Men Carousel, 7:30PM
Houston
B&N - River Oaks, J. Scott Savage signing Mysteries of Cove: Fires of Invention, 6PM
Irving
Irving Public Library - South, NaNoWriMo Wrap-up Party!, 6PM
Tuesday, December 1:
Austin
The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto, 7PM
Central Market - North Lamar, Cappy Lawton and Chris Waters Dunn will teach a cooking and history class from their new book, Enchiladas: Aztec to Tex-Mex, 6:30PM
Central Market - North Lamar, Cappy Lawton and Chris Waters Dunn will teach a cooking and history class from their new book, Enchiladas: Aztec to Tex-Mex, 6:30PM
LBJ Presidential Library, the Texas Book Festival welcomes Karl Rove to discuss his forthcoming book, The Triumph of William McKinley: Why the Election of 1896 Still Matters (book signing at 5PM), 6PM
The North Door, Owen Egerton's One Page Salon presents: Charlie Hodge, Rebekah Gainsley, Bernadette Noll, Nettie Reynolds & Helen Merino, 7PM
Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM
The North Door, Owen Egerton's One Page Salon presents: Charlie Hodge, Rebekah Gainsley, Bernadette Noll, Nettie Reynolds & Helen Merino, 7PM
Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM
Dallas
The Wild Detectives, Katie Cortese reads and signs Girl Power and other Short Short Stories and Kathleen Winter reads and signs Nostalgia for the Criminal Past, 7:30PM
Fort Worth
The Dock Bookshop, Fort Worth Poetry Slam and Open Mic, 8PM
Houston
Katy Budget Books, join Robin Wells at the launch party for her new novel, The Wedding Tree, 6PMHouston
Murder By the Book, Kate Morton will sign and discuss her latest novel, The Lake House, 6:30PM
Museum of Fine Arts, Alejandro Chaoul, author of Chöd Practice in the Bön Religion, presents “Stillness, Silence & Movement,” 6:30PM
Round Rock
B&N, Mysteries of Cove: Fires of Invention book signing with J. Scott Savage, 5PM
San Antonio
B&N - La Cantera, This is Our Land discussion and signing with Cody Ferguson, 7PM
The Korova, PuroSlam! with DJ Donnie Dee, 10PM
The Twig Book Shop, Meditation workshop with Monk and author Dada Nabhaniilananda: Close Your Eyes and Open Your Mind, 6PM
San Marcos
Wittliff Collections, Texas State MFA poetry and fiction readings, 5PM
Wednesday, December 2:
The Korova, PuroSlam! with DJ Donnie Dee, 10PM
The Twig Book Shop, Meditation workshop with Monk and author Dada Nabhaniilananda: Close Your Eyes and Open Your Mind, 6PM
San Marcos
Wittliff Collections, Texas State MFA poetry and fiction readings, 5PM
Wednesday, December 2:
Austin
Bullock Museum, High Noon Talk: Texas BBQ with Daniel Vaughn, Texas Monthly BBQ editor and author of The Prophets of Smoked Meat, 12PM
Dallas
Half Price Books Mothership, Greg Renoff will discuss and sign Van Halen Rising: How a Southern California Backyard Party Band Saved Heavy Metal, 7PMBullock Museum, High Noon Talk: Texas BBQ with Daniel Vaughn, Texas Monthly BBQ editor and author of The Prophets of Smoked Meat, 12PM
Dallas
SMU - McCord Auditorium, Laura Wilson lectures from and signs That Day: Pictures in the American West, 5:30PM
SMU - Tower Center, Thomas Cavanna presents Hubris, Self-Interest and America’s Failed War in Afghanistan: the Self-Sustaining Overreach, 1PM
Houston
Houston
B&N - River Oaks, Michael Strahan signs Wake Up Happy: The Dream Big, Win Big Guide to Accomplishing Your Goals, 5PM
Blaffer Art Museum, Gallery Talk + Lunch: Kairn A. Klieman, author of “The Pygmies Were Our Compass”: Bantu and Batwa in the History of West Central Africa, Early Times to c. 1900 C.E., discusses the Zina Saro-Wiwa exhibit, 12PM
Blue Willow Bookshop, Kate Morton will meet and greet fans as she signs her newest book, THE LAKE HOUSE, 11AM
Hofheinz Pavilion, Robert Jacobus signs Houston Cougars in the 1960s: Death Threats, the Veer Offense, and the Game of the Century, 6PM
Blaffer Art Museum, Gallery Talk + Lunch: Kairn A. Klieman, author of “The Pygmies Were Our Compass”: Bantu and Batwa in the History of West Central Africa, Early Times to c. 1900 C.E., discusses the Zina Saro-Wiwa exhibit, 12PM
Blue Willow Bookshop, Kate Morton will meet and greet fans as she signs her newest book, THE LAKE HOUSE, 11AM
Hofheinz Pavilion, Robert Jacobus signs Houston Cougars in the 1960s: Death Threats, the Veer Offense, and the Game of the Century, 6PM
Katy Budget Books, Kathy Duval reads her book, A Bear's Year, for story time, 10AM
Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston (MATCH), The Mayor’s Race and More: Murray at the MATCH with Richard Murray, author of Progrowth Politics: Change and Governance in Houston, 6:30PM
River Oaks Bookstore, Lucinda Hawksley discusses and signs Queen Victoria’s Mysterious Daughter: A Biography of Princess Louise, 5PM
Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston (MATCH), The Mayor’s Race and More: Murray at the MATCH with Richard Murray, author of Progrowth Politics: Change and Governance in Houston, 6:30PM
River Oaks Bookstore, Lucinda Hawksley discusses and signs Queen Victoria’s Mysterious Daughter: A Biography of Princess Louise, 5PM
San Antonio
B&N - La Cantera, UTSA Poetry Readings, 7PMB&N - San Pedro, Paula Deen Cuts the Fat: 250 Recipes Lightened Up book signing, 7PM
The Twig Book Shop, Coleen Grissom discusses and signs The World According To Coleen, 5:30PM
Thursday, December 3:
The Twig Book Shop, Coleen Grissom discusses and signs The World According To Coleen, 5:30PM
Thursday, December 3:
Austin
Avaya Audtiorium, The Michener Center for Writers at The University of Texas at Austin hosts readings by writers and visiting professors Jim Crace and Anthony Giardina, 7:30PM
BookPeople, Austin Authors MICHAEL FRY & BRADLEY JACKSON speaking & signing The Naughty List, 7PM
BookPeople, Austin Authors MICHAEL FRY & BRADLEY JACKSON speaking & signing The Naughty List, 7PM
The Contemporary Austin Jones Center, Alva Noë and Lawrence Weschler will be signing copies of the STRANGE PILGRIMS exhibition catalogue, Noë’s STRANGE TOOLS: ART AND HUMAN NATURE, and Weschler’s SEEING IS FORGETTING THE NAME OF THE THING ONE SEES, 7PM
UT Fine Arts Library, David Hunter will discuss his new book, The Lives of George Frideric Handel, 4PM
Dallas
Dallas
B&N Preston/Royal, The Satellite Sisters sign You're the Best: A Celebration of Friendship, 12PM
Opening Bell Coffee, Truth and Daring Story Slam, 7PM
El Paso
UTEP, Gary Shteyngart reads from and discusses Little Failure, 7PM
Opening Bell Coffee, Truth and Daring Story Slam, 7PM
El Paso
UTEP, Gary Shteyngart reads from and discusses Little Failure, 7PM
Grand Prairie
Betty Warmack Public Library, Jeffrey Eaton presents Murder Becomes Miami, 6:30PM
Houston
Houston
B&N - River Oaks, Paula Deen Cuts the Fat: 250 Recipes Lightened Up book signing, 11AM
Katy Budget Books, Leon Hale signs One Man's Christmas, 1PM
Katy Budget Books, Leon Hale signs One Man's Christmas, 1PM
River Oaks Bookstore, John C. Meyer reads and signs Time of Destruction, 5:30PM
Lubbock
Lubbock
B&N, Inherit the Holy Mountain Religion and the Rise of American Environmentalism by Mark. R. Stoll book signing, 6PM
Plano
Plano Public Library - Parr, NaNoWriMo Wrap-up Party!, 7PM
San Antonio
San Antonio Public Library - Central, Join Cappy Lawton and Chris Waters Dunn, authors of Enchiladas: Aztec to Tex-Mex, for the Enchilada Red Fest with the First Edition Society: cooking demo, cocktails and book signing, 6PM
Plano
Plano Public Library - Parr, NaNoWriMo Wrap-up Party!, 7PM
San Antonio
San Antonio Public Library - Central, Join Cappy Lawton and Chris Waters Dunn, authors of Enchiladas: Aztec to Tex-Mex, for the Enchilada Red Fest with the First Edition Society: cooking demo, cocktails and book signing, 6PM
The Twig Book Shop, Florence Weinberg reads and signs Dolet and Linda Shuler reads and signs Hidden Shadows, 6PM
San Marcos
Albert B. Alkek Library, DJ STOUT discusses and signs his new book, Variations on a Rectangle, 7PM
Friday, December 4:
Arlington
Friends of the University of Texas Libraries, Paul Chaplo discusses and signs Marfa Flights: Aerial Views of Big Bend Country, 7:30PM
Austin
BookPeople, Baking Enthusiast SALLY MCKENNEY speaking & signing Sally's Candy Addiction: Tasty Truffles, Fudges & Treats for Your Sweet-Tooth Fix, 7PMFriends of the University of Texas Libraries, Paul Chaplo discusses and signs Marfa Flights: Aerial Views of Big Bend Country, 7:30PM
Austin
ESB-Mexican American Cultural Center, Flor de Nopal Literary Festival featured reading with Dan Vera, Sarah A. Chavez, Jose Antonio Rodriguez, Ben Olguin, ire’ne lara silva, Nicole Moore, Sarah Shaney, Vincent Cooper, and Wade Martin, 7PM
Malvern Books, I Scream Social Holiday Edition: Ugly Sweater Party with Blake Lee Pate, Taisia Kitaiskaia, and Ji Yoon Lee, 7PM
Corpus Christi
B&N, J. Scott Savage book signing, 5:30PM
Houston
B&N - River Oaks, Victoria Martin reads and signs Itty Bitty Wouldn't Budge, 4PMInprint House, First Friday Poetry Reading featuring Michael Sofranko, 8:30PM
University of Houston - Hoffman Hall, UH Ethics in Science Lecture Series: "The Origin of Social Impulse" with Professor Abraham H. Gibson, author of the forthcoming Feral Animals in the American South, 11AM
Lubbock
B&N, 'Wilder Good' Series by S.L. Dahlstrom book signing, 7PM
B&N, Jay Fox signing There's a Dragon on My Bed, 7PM
San Antonio
The Winston School, an evening array of poetry and short story readings, live performances (singing, music, one act plays, juggling and more) and artwork (paintings, sculptures, photography) from students and local artists, 6:30PM
Saturday, December 5:
Saturday, December 5:
Austin
BookPeople, Austin Authors CHRIS BARTON & JENNIFER ZIEGLER speaking & signing The Nutcracker Comes to America & Revenge of the Angels, 4PM
BookWoman, My Unsentimental Education Cocktail Reception and Conversation with Debra Monroe, 6:30PM
Bullock Museum, Interpreting the Civil War Panel with James Magnuson, Director of the James A. Michener Center for Writers, 2PM
ESB-Mexican American Cultural Center, Flor de Nopal Literary Festival workshop “When all your antenna quiver, your body becomes a lightning rod”: Sensory Details & Writing From the Body” led by Sarah A. Chavez, 2PM
ESB-Mexican American Cultural Center, Flor de Nopal Literary Festival workshop “APPROACHING DISSONANCE: UNSETTLING OUR POEMS” led by José Antonio Rodríguez, 3:30PM
Malvern Books, Texas Poetry Calendar Reading, 3PM
Malvern Books, Texas Poetry Calendar Reading, 3PM
Bellaire
Bellaire City Library, Mystery Authors Library Panel with Kay Kendall, Kay Finch and Laura Elvebak, 3PM
Dallas
B&N - Lincoln Park, Paula Deen Cuts the Fat: 250 Recipes Lightened Up book signing, 7PM
B&N - Preston/Royal, Wanda Vassallo signs her books, including Miriam Prophetess, 11:30AM
Dallas Public Library - Central, Launch Partyfor Adult Coloring Book Featuring Dallas Artists, 3PM
Warwick Melrose Hotel, Professor Jeremi Suri discusses his new book, Foreign Policy Breakthroughs: Cases in Successful Diplomacy, 9:30AM
Warwick Melrose Hotel, Professor Jeremi Suri discusses his new book, Foreign Policy Breakthroughs: Cases in Successful Diplomacy, 9:30AM
El Paso
Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: "Tell Me What You See" with Yvonne Collins, 12:45PM
Fort Worth
Ashton Hotel, 240th Jane Austen Birthday Luncheon, 10:15AM
The Dock Bookshop, From the Page to the Stage: Denise Montgomery & Denise Bryson Book Signing Event, 3PM
Garland
B&N - Firewheel Mall, Marci Peschke signs her books in the 'Kylie Jean' Series, 2:30PM
Fort Worth
Ashton Hotel, 240th Jane Austen Birthday Luncheon, 10:15AM
The Dock Bookshop, From the Page to the Stage: Denise Montgomery & Denise Bryson Book Signing Event, 3PM
Garland
B&N - Firewheel Mall, Marci Peschke signs her books in the 'Kylie Jean' Series, 2:30PM
Houston
B&N - River Oaks, Chris Bridge signs Read to Me! and The Same Heart, 11AMKaty Budget Books, Robert Jacobus discusses and signs Houston Cougars in the 1960s: Death Threats, the Veer Offense, and the Game of the Century, 2PM
Murder By the Book, Rebecca Adler will sign and discuss Here Today, Gone Tamale, 1PM
River Oaks Bookstore, William Guest discusses and signs Who Are We: Man and Cosmology, 3PM
Hurst
B&N - NE Mall, Book Signing With Religious Fiction Author Heather Stapp, 2PM
Katy
Star Furniture, Paula Deen signs Paula Deen Cuts the Fat, 11AM
Kingwood
The Rainmaker’s Antiquarian, Bill Boyce presents Miss Fortune’s Last Mission, 10AM
Lubbock
B&N, 'The Weaver Series' by Vaun Murphrey book signing, 2PM
Hurst
B&N - NE Mall, Book Signing With Religious Fiction Author Heather Stapp, 2PM
Katy
Star Furniture, Paula Deen signs Paula Deen Cuts the Fat, 11AM
Kingwood
The Rainmaker’s Antiquarian, Bill Boyce presents Miss Fortune’s Last Mission, 10AM
Lubbock
B&N, 'The Weaver Series' by Vaun Murphrey book signing, 2PM
Midland
B&N, Children's Author Monica Barios Storytime and Signing: Why Count Sheep When We Can Count Race Cars?, 11AM
Pasadena
B&N, Dr. Kirk Lewis signing Put Away Childish Things and The Chase: Our Passionate Pursuit of Life Worth Living, 1PMPlano
B&N - Creekwalk Village, Civil War author Allen Mesch signs his biography of Charles Ferguson Smith, 2PM
B&N - Creekwalk Village, Derek Haas will sign A Different Lie, 5PM
San Angelo
Tom Green County Library, John Osterhout will discuss and sign The Schnoz of the Rings and David Osterhout will discuss and sign OinK! Only in Korea!, 1PM
San Antonio
B&N - La Cantera, Middle Grade & YA Author Panel with Sherry Thomas, Tracy Deebs, Mari Mancusi, Cory Oakes, 2PM
B&N - La Cantera, Middle Grade & YA Author Panel with Sherry Thomas, Tracy Deebs, Mari Mancusi, Cory Oakes, 2PM
South Padre Island
Sunday, December 6:
Austin
BookPeople, A Very Special Storytime With Bestselling Author GEORGE SAUNDERS speaking & signing The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip, 2PM
Malvern Books, Vision + Voice Anthology Release Party, 2PM
Dallas
B&N - Preston/Royal, Danielle Shroyer signs Where Jesus Prayed: Illustrating the Lord's Prayer in the Holy Land, 1PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Holiday Open House, 5:30PM
Lubbock
B&N, Stay on Your Feet - A Life Journey by John Castleman book signing, 3PM
San Antonio
BookPeople, A Very Special Storytime With Bestselling Author GEORGE SAUNDERS speaking & signing The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip, 2PM
Malvern Books, Vision + Voice Anthology Release Party, 2PM
Dallas
B&N - Preston/Royal, Danielle Shroyer signs Where Jesus Prayed: Illustrating the Lord's Prayer in the Holy Land, 1PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Holiday Open House, 5:30PM
Lubbock
B&N, Stay on Your Feet - A Life Journey by John Castleman book signing, 3PM
San Antonio
B&N - La Cantera, San Antonio Romance Authors Signing, 2PM
Sugar Land
B&N, Robert Jacobus signs Houston Cougars in the 1960s: Death Threats, the Veer Offense, and the Game of the Century, 2PM
Waxahachie
Webb Gallery, co-authors Lynne Adele and Bruce Lee Webb launch their book AS ABOVE, SO BELOW: Art of the American Fraternal Society, 1850-1930, 4PM
Sugar Land
B&N, Robert Jacobus signs Houston Cougars in the 1960s: Death Threats, the Veer Offense, and the Game of the Century, 2PM
Waxahachie
Webb Gallery, co-authors Lynne Adele and Bruce Lee Webb launch their book AS ABOVE, SO BELOW: Art of the American Fraternal Society, 1850-1930, 4PM
The Woodlands
B&N, Marilyn Harkrider signs Santa, Is It Really You?, 2PM 
