Monday Roundup: Texas Literary Calendar Dec 17-23, 2018

Bookish goings-on in Texas for the week of December 17-23, 2018: 

Ongoing Exhibits:

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 17:

Austin
Malvern Books, a poetry reading and birthday cake to celebrate the late, great poet laureate of Hyde Park, Albert Huffstickler, 7PM

Dallas
American Airlines Center, Michelle Obama presents her autobiography, Becoming, 8PM

The Wild Detectives, Dr. Brent McDougal, local civic leader, discussing and signing Faith, Hope & Politics, 7:30PM

Houston
Art League, Creative Capital Award info session, 7PM

Richardson
Richardson Public Library, Writers Guild of Texas Holiday Party, 7PM

San Antonio

The Twig Book Shop, Phil Bohlender discussing and signing Wings of Wisdom: Lessons Learned at 35,000 Feet, 5PM

Tuesday, December 18:

Austin

Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam Quarterfinal 3 featuring Christopher Diaz, 7:15PM

Dallas
Moody Performance Hall, Storytelling: Oral Fixation in performance, 8PM

The Wild Detectives, Reading Performance: Short Shorts and Tall Tales: Down the Chimney, Up in Smoke! with Isaac Banegas, Elizabeth Hamilton, Lindsey Lett, Taylor Lett, and Amber Noel, 7:30PM

Frisco
B&N - Stonebriar, Liars' Paradox book signing with Taylor Stevens, 7PM

Houston

Murder By the Book, MBTB Recommends: 2018 Top 10 Edition, 6:30PM

Laredo
Jett Bowl North, SlamFam goes bowling, 7PM

San Antonio

The Mix, PuroSlam, 9:30PM

South Padre Island
Paragraphs on Padre, Zane Grey Day, 12PM

Wednesday, December 19:

Austin
Malvern Books, Austin edition of Why There Are Words reading series: “Walk on the Wild Side” featuring Tomás Q. Morín, Carrie Fountain, Sarah Bird, and Eliza Gilkyson, 7PM

Dallas

Checkered Past Winery, Dallas Poetry Slam: DFW Unplugged: Holiday Edition, 8PM

Houston

Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Slam featuring Erica Nicole, 7:15PM

Blue Willow Bookshop, Julie Murphy will appear in conversation with actress Maddie Baillio to talk about DUMPLIN', 7PM

San Antonio
The Love Shack, Faith Harper discussing and signing Unf#ck Your Holiday Stress, 7PM

The Twig Book Shop, Mark Hainds discussing and signing Border Walk, 5PM

Thursday, December 20:

Alpine
Front Street Books, Border Walk author and wayfarer Mark J Hainds, 6PM

Bryan
The Village Cafe & Art979 Gallery, William E. Moore signing The Texas Calaboose and Other Forgotten Jails, 4PM

Dallas

Dallas Central Library, Kenyatta D. Berry, co-host of the PBS series "Genealogy Roadshow," will be in Dallas to discuss genealogy, family history, and her new book, The Family Tree Toolkit: A Comprehensive Guide to Uncovering Your Ancestry and Researching Genealogy, 6PM

Houston

River Oaks Bookstore, Zane Carson Carruth presents The World’s First Tooth Fairy… Ever: The Adventures of Abella and Her Magic Wand, 5PM

Midland
George W. Bush Childhood Home, Laura Bush Literacy Program Reading Event, 4:30PM

San Antonio

The Twig Book Shop, Carrie Fountain reading and signing I'm Not Missing, 5:30PM

Sugar Land
B&N, Story time with local author Maria Ashworth, 10AM

Friday, December 21:

Austin
Malvern Books, celebrate the launch of John Campion’s new poetry collection, Consilience, 7PM

El Paso

Fahrenheit 180, Barbed Wire Open Mic Series, 8PM

San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, Miss Anastasia's Wild And Wacky Storytime hosts Lucy and the String  author/ilustrator, Vanessa Roeder, 10:30AM

Saturday, December 22:

Austin

Austin Books & Comics, ABC's annual Christmas Party, 10AM

El Paso

Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: "Writing for Dark Times" with Donna Snyder, 12:45PM

Galveston

Galveston Bookshop, Kimber Fountain signing Galveston’s Red Light District A History of the Line, 1PM

Houston

Brasil, Houston VIP National Poetry Slam Team writing workshop followed by a poetry slam (Poets can to earn points toward competing for the national team.), Workshop at 7PM, Slam at 8PM

Half Price Books - Clear Lake, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last

River Oaks Bookstore, Bill Case, PT presents Stand Tall, Don’t Fall: Improve Your Strength, Balance, and Posture, 3PM

Nacogdoches
The Bosslight, John Perry signing The Story Of Mitch, 1PM

San Antonio
Dead Tree Books, Nikki Marie signing Cursed to Be a Fixer, 2PM

The Twig Book Shop, E.R. Bills signing 100 Things to Do in Texas Before You Die, 11AM

Sunday, December 23:
Dallas
Half Price Books Mother Ship, Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last

Review: HURRICANE HEROES IN TEXAS by Mary Pope Osborne

I reviewed Hurricane Heroes in Texas (Magic Tree House #30) (Random House Books for Young Readers) by Mary Pope Osborne for Lone Star Literary Life. "Jack and Annie are industrious, compassionate little MacGyvers who will also awe and inspire."

CHILDREN’S FICTION
Mary Pope Osborne (author), AG Ford (illustrator)
Hurricane Heroes in Texas (Magic Tree House #30)
Random House Books for Young Readers
Hardcover, 978-1-5247-1312-6 (also available as an e-book and an audio-book), 112 pgs., $13.99
August 7, 2018

The place you must go
On this late summer day
Is an island in Texas
Between Gulf and bay.

“We’re here to help!”
Is what you must say.
“Seek high ground now!
Do not delay!”

For those in the dark,
Adrift and astray,
A single bright star
Can show them the way.

Learn from a hero
Who is humble and brave,
Who welcomes the hundreds
Arriving on waves.

Mary Pope Osborne’s beloved Jack and Annie return to Texas, landing in a backyard oak tree in Galveston on September 8, 1900, just in time for the Great Galveston Hurricane, the deadliest natural disaster in the history of the country.

Hurricane Heroes in Texas is the thirtieth installment in the mega-bestselling Magic Tree House series by Mary Pope Osborne. In a “Dear Reader” note at the beginning of Hurricane Heroes in Texas, Osborne notes that she began writing a book about the worst hurricane to strike the United States in the summer of 2017, just as Harvey, another devastating hurricane, bore down on the Texas coast.

The first Magic Tree House book, Dinosaurs Before Dark, was published in 1992, introducing Jack and Annie, a brother and sister who discover a magical tree house filled with books. (What else would a magical tree house be filled with?) The tree house spins Jack and Annie away on their first journey, an adventure in prehistoric times. For those unfamiliar with the series, each Magic Tree House tale begins with a prologue which succinctly summarizes the premise in two pages so that any child can begin with any volume.

Cues in the text, such as clothing and machinery, provide clues for kids to link historical time periods and places. Magic Tree House Fact Tracker Texas is the companion to Hurricane Heroes in Texas, which includes heroes of Hurricane Harvey. The first two Magic Tree House Fact Trackers appeared in 2000, co-written by Osborne and her husband, Will Osborne. These nonfiction compilations provide children a way to find out more about their favorite places, time periods, and subjects. The historical consultant for this adventure is Andrew J. Torget, a professor of history at the University of North Texas in Denton.

The series is recommended for ages six through nine. Though a few passages in Hurricane Heroes in Texas are genuinely scary, as they should be, and may alarm little ones, Jack and Annie are industrious, compassionate little MacGyvers who will also awe and inspire.

The Magic Tree House franchise includes a website where kids can continue the educational fun by going on more adventures with Jack and Annie. www.MagicTreeHouse.com

“To the tree house!”

Originally published in Lone Star Literary Life. 

Monday Roundup: Texas Literary Calendar Dec 10-16, 2018

Bookish goings-on in Texas for the week of December 10-16, 2018: 

Special Events:
Going Out of Business Sale:books, pamphlets & paper ephemera, Llano, December 13-14

Ongoing Exhibits:

Literary Frontiers: Historical Fiction & the Creative Imagination, San Marcos, August 1-December 14

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 10:

Austin
Esther's Follies, Austin History Center hosts a fundraiser to for printing costs of Bill Leissner's forthcoming book, Austin Icons of the Eighties: Music, Theatre, Politics, 7PM

Dallas
Aaron Family JCC, Tal Keinan discussing and signing GOD IS IN THE CROWD: TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY JUDAISM (in conversation with Rabbi Stefan Weinberg), 7PM

Pearland

Pearland Library, Meet Stephanie Wittels Wachs, author of Everything is Horrible and Wonderful, 6:30PM

Tuesday, December 11:

Austin

BookPeople, RYAN BEAUCHESNE & CRUSOE signing Crusoe the Worldly Wiener Dog: Further Adventures with the Celebrity Dachshund, 6PM [voucher required]

Flat Track Coffee, Chicon Street Poets host Living Room Lit | Spoken Word Open Mic + Mingle, 7:30PM

Home Slice Pizza, Austin Bat Cave presents Story Department: "Stranger Things," 7:30PM

LBJ Library, Author and historian Michael Beschloss will be speaking about his latest book, Presidents of War: The Epic Story, from 1807 to Modern Times, as well as reflecting on the life and legacy of President George H.W. Bush (moderated by LBJ Foundation President and CEO Mark K. Updegrove), 6PM

Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam featuring Wayne Henry, 7:15PM

Dallas
Hall of State at Fair Park, Dallas Historical Society Brown Bag Lecture: E.R. Bills discussing Texas Far & Wide, 12PM

The Wild Detectives, Reading Performance: Short Shorts and Tall Tales: Down the Chimney, Up in Smoke! with Isaac Banegas, Elizabeth Hamilton, Lindsey Lett, Taylor Lett, and Amber Noel, 7:30PM

Houston

The Junior League, World Affairs Council of Greater Houston hosts Max Boot discussing and signing The Corrosion of Conservatism: Why I Left the Right, 6:30PM

San Antonio

The Mix, PuroSlam, 9:30PM

Wednesday, December 12:

Boerne
Patrick Heath Public Library, Book Club Brunch with Sarah Bird, author of Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen, 11AM

Dallas
Sandaga 813, LitNight with Sanderia Faye, 7PM

The Wild Detectives, Inner Moonlight poetry featuring Trista Edwards and Bess Whitby, 7:30PM

Houston

Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Open Mic featuring Christopher Diaz , 7:30PM

Kaboom Books, Reading with Jane Chance and Stacy Nigliazzo, 7PM

The Menil, Jay Wehnert discussing and signing Outsider Art in Texas: Lone Stars, 7PM

River Oaks Bookstore, Ann Marie Sabath discussing and signing What Self-Made Millionaires Do That Most People Don’t: 52 Ways to Create Your Own Success, 5PM

San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, poet Linda Simone will read from and sign The River Will Save Us, 5:30PM

Sugar Land
B&N, Author Event: Greatest Adventure-Tony Piedra; H is for Harvey- Julie Beasley; Red Stocking Society-John "Ace" Passmore, 4:30PM

Thursday, December 13:

Austin
BookWoman, Second Thursday Open Mic featuring Amanda Johnston, 7:15PM

Malvern Books, Novel Night with Rachael Sparks & Tamar Ben-Ur, 7PM

Palmer Events Center, Donna Marie Miller signing The Broken Spoke: Austin’s Legendary Honky-Tonk, 6PM

Paramount Theatre, Storytelling: The Moth Mainstage, 8PM

Dallas

Deep Vellum Books, Feuding Fan Dancers with Leslie Zemeckis, 7PM

The Wild Detectives, Melania-Luisa Marte discussing her debut book of poetry, MELA, 7:30PM

Houston
River Oaks Bookstore, Sharon K. Connell discussing and signing Paths of Righteousness, 5PM

San Antonio

The Twig Book Shop, David Norman reading and signing South of Hannah, 5PM

Sugar Land
B&N, Story time with local author Maria Ashworth, 10AM

B&N, Author Signing and Discussion: Bliss Finance by WenFang Bruchett, 4:30PM

Webster
B&N, Meet the Author: Misty Boyd, 5PM

Friday, December 14:

Alpine
West Texas National Bank, Texas Mountain Trail Writers: Becka Oliver and Michael Noll of the Writers' League of Texas present "The Craft & Business of Writing," 5:30PM

Austin
Malvern Books, I Scream Social Ugly Sweater Party, 7PM

Beaumont
Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Robert Craig Bunch signing The Art of Found Objects: Interviews with Texas Artists, 6PM

Dallas

Heroes Lounge, Dallas Poetry Slam: Girls Night Out Masquerade Ball, 7:30PM
Mighty Fine Arts, Poets on X+ Feature and Open Mic with Griselda J Castillo, 8PM

Houston
River Oaks Bookstore, Donna Kacmar discussing and signing Victor Lundy: Artist Architect, 5PM

Saturday, December 15:

Austin

B&N - Arboretum, Meet author September Scott with special guest Margo Coates Huddleston, 10:30AM

BookPeople, Special Guest Story Time: Sonia Panigrahy will share her inspiring book, Nina the Neighborhood Ninja, 10:30AM

Malvern Books, Vanessa Couto Johnson presents her first full-length poetry collection, Pungent dins concentric, 7PM

Resistencia Bookstore, Lenguas Loc@s First Annual Reading!, 7PM

Twin Oaks Library, Austin Poetry Society Holiday Party and Open Mic, 1:30PM

Dallas

Deep Vellum Books, Cinestate Presents: HEADCHEESE: a special launch party and Q+A with Fangoria author Jess Hagemann, 7PM

El Paso

Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: Becka Oliver and Michael Noll of the Writers' League of Texas present "The Craft & Business of Writing," 12:45PM

Galveston

Galveston Bookshop, Susan P. Baker signing Murder and Madness, 2PM

Houston

Half Price Books - Clear Lake, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last

Katy Budget Book, Co-author and editor J.E. Martin signs God's hand on My Shoulder, a biography of Joe Carl Martin, Jr., 2PM

Murder By the Book, Erica Wright will sign and discuss The Blue Kingfisher and give a presentation called "Where to Hide the Body: Starting a Mystery," 4:30PM

River Oaks Bookstore, Ronel Golden reading and signing Nicole, 3PM

Writespace, Workshop: "Scrivener 102" with Cassandra Rose Clarke, 9:30AM

Hurst
B&N - NE Mall, Bobbie Wygant signing Talking to the Stars: Bobbie Wygant's Seventy Years in Television, 1PM

McAllen
B&N - Palms Crossing, Meet The Author: Daniel E. Valdez, 12PM & 5PM

San Antonio
Dead Tree Books, Rachel Sparks signing Resistant, 2PM

The Twig Book Shop, Ken Roberts signing The Cedar Choppers: Life on the Edge of Nothing, 11AM

Sunday, December 16:
Austin
Malvern Books, an afternoon with Dorothy Ellis Barnett, who will read from her poetry and short stories, 1PM

Malvern, celebrate the launch of Love & Wages, Jim Trainer’s fifth full-length collection of poetry and prose, 4PM

Dallas
Half Price Books Mother Ship, Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last

Mansfield
Half Price Books, local spiritual author Diane Johnson will sell and sign copies of her 52-week devotional, Walking with God, 1PM

Richardson
The Drawing Board, Writing Workshops Dallas seminar: "Legal Issues for Writers with Mike Farris, 3PM

San Antonio

Dead Tree Books, Dead Tree Books, John C. Payne signing Three and Out, 12PM

The Twig Book Shop, Philip Mathis signing Goodbye Sky Harbor, 12PM

Excerpt: THE JANUS WITCH by Michael Scott Clifton

THE JANUS WITCH

by

MICHAEL SCOTT CLIFTON

Genre: Paranormal Urban Fantasy / Romance
Publisher: Book Liftoff
Publication Date: September 1, 2018

Number of Pages: 372 pages

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A beautiful witch, a member of a murderous coven, is torn from her medieval world and transported to East Texas. The passage leaves her with no memory of her previous life. She falls in love with a young pediatrician, but her dark past threatens to reassert itself…and make her a threat.

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This book is filled with magic, intrigue, excitement, and fantasy. Michael Scott Clifton is a truly gifted author. -- Teresa Syms, Readers’ Favorite

This novel was an absolute page turner with action and great character development. I enjoyed every minute of it. I'm excited for the next work by Mike Clifton. -- Bronwyn Pegues, Librarian, Longview Public Library

Michael Scott Clifton weaves and casts a magical spell in his fantasy romance The Janus Witch. A must read for any Fantasy Romance, Urban Romance, or Paranormal Romance enthusiast! -- Ranay James, Author of The McKinnon Legends: A Time Travel Series

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CHAPTER ONE, PART TWO

THE JANUS WITCH

BY MICHAEL SCOTT CLIFTON

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          Morganna picked up both bodies as if light as straw, and carried them to a dark, filth encrusted alley beside the tavern. Rats scurried from the witch to disappear in moldering piles of spoiled food and garbage. With an effortless heave, she sent the bodies flying down the narrow lane to land with a graceless thud. Wiping her hands on her dress, the witch turned back to Tressalayne and Argatha. 

          “Another advantage of these seedy inns is dead bodies rarely draw attention. A couple of men with slit throats in a back alley is more likely to elicit a yawn than any kind of investigation. I’ll wager they’ll lay there until they become so ripe the smell forces the innkeeper to remove them.“

          Quickly changing tack, Morganna asked, “Tressalayne, do you have the changeling powder?”

          Tressalayne nodded and handed Morganna a blue bottle whose contents glimmered in the weak light. 

          With practiced ease, the dark-haired witch pulled the cork from the bottle while muttering words in a harsh, guttural, language few if any in the village, county, or even kingdom would recognize or understand. Arranged at arm’s length from one another, Argatha and Tressalayne stood while she tapped a minute amount of powder in her hand. Blowing a portion of it, first on Argatha, then the next on Tressalayne, Morganna re-corked the bottle and waited. 

          At first nothing happened. Only the mournful creaking of the tavern sign relieved the quiet of the night. Then, like embers from a fire, sparks fell from both women. Sluggish at first then building in intensity until with a crescendo, the raging fire completely enveloped both women. With a pop the sparks disappeared, and in their place stood two shorter, scantily-clad women. Argatha wore a stained, blue gown opened to her navel and barely covered her straining breasts. Of a light, transparent material, it left little to the imagination. Tressalayne wore a torn and patched green gown. The garment contained a slit which ended at mid-thigh to expose milky skin and shapely legs, while her breasts threatened to fall out of the loose bodice. Cheap jewelry in the form of rings and bangles flashed from both witches’ hands and wrists. 

          Scrutinizing them, Morganna, nodded, satisfied. She handed the bottle of powder to Tressalayne. “My turn.” 

          Tressalayne stared at the bottle before comprehension began to sink in. “You—you mean—”

          “Yes. You are ready. It’s time for you to start using the spells I have taught you as my apprentice,” the dark-haired witch said with a tight smile.

          But you haven’t let me try transmogrification and I am older and more experienced!” Argatha protested. 

          “True,” Morganna conceded, “but then Tressalayne is already a more skillful apprentice than you and I have no doubt, more powerful. Now shut up and let’s get on with it.” 

          Argatha opened her mouth to further protest, but a steely glance from the coven leader caused her to quickly swallow the comment. 

          Tressalayne fumbled with the cork and almost dropped the bottle. Fighting to keep her hand steady, she spilled some of the powder into it while repeating the spell spoken moments earlier. Finally, she blew the powder onto Morganna. 

          Time passed and nothing happened. Argatha chortled and Tressalayne feared she incanted the spell incorrectly. Just as she was about to ask for a second chance, sparks dripped from Morganna’s figure. A twisting tornado of sparks and flames roared to life until with a bang, it winked out. 

          Morganna stood before them, shorter and plumper in a worn, wine-red gown. Tight, it clung to her voluptuous figure, the gown cut low to expose the deep valley of Morganna’s enormous bosom. 

          The coven leader examined herself with a critical eye and nodded in satisfaction. “A little overboard with the tits, but otherwise well done.” Turning to Argatha, she said, “Get our ‘guests’.” 

          Cackling, the young witch returned to the cart and stuck her head in the back of the wagon and commanded, “Come!” 

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Michael Scott Clifton, public educator for over 38 years as a teacher, coach, and administrator, currently lives in Mount Pleasant, Texas with his wife, Melanie, and family cat, Sadie. An avid gardener, he enjoys all kinds of book and movie genres. His books contain aspects of all the genres he enjoys...adventure, magic, fantasy, romance, and relationships. He has been a finalist in a number of short story contests. Clifton’s fantasy novel, The Conquest of the Veil, won a First Chapter Finalist award. Professional credits include articles published in the Texas Study of Secondary Education Magazine. Clifton’s latest book, The Janus Witch, the July Book Cover of the Month, is a featured book on the We Love Indie Books website. Currently, Clifton is completing Book I of The Conquest of the Veil, which will be released in March 2019. He can be reached at mike@michaelscottclifton.com.

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Monday Roundup: Texas Literary Calendar Dec 3-9, 2018

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

Holiday Book Fest, Fort Worth, December 8

Laredo Book Festival, December 8

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

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:

Austin
BookPeople, STEPHEN & STERLING CARTER speaking & signing 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

The Twig Book Shop, Rachael Sparks reading and signing Resistant, 5PM

Tuesday, December 4:

Austin

BookPeople, Guest story time: Jennifer Coleman & Wade Dillon reading and signing Texas Nutcracker, 10:30AM

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

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

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

Blue Willow Bookshop, Michael Pullara will discuss and sign THE SPY WHO WAS LEFT BEHIND, 7PM

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

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:

Austin
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

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

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

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, 7:30PM

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

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

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

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, 6:30PM

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

Friday, December 7:

Austin
BookPeople, FELICIA GRAHAM speaking & signing Rollergirls: The Story of Flat Track Derby, 7PM

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

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

MATCH: Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston, Inprint and UH host a memorial celebration of poet, teacher, and storyteller Tony Hoagland, 6PM

San Antonio

Dead Tree Books, John C. Payne signing Three and Out, 4PM

The Twig Book Shop, Joy Jones reading and signing The Last Madam: A Legend of the Texas Chicken Ranch, 5PM

Saturday, December 8:

Austin

BookPeople, DIVYA SRINIVASAN speaking & signing Little Owl's Snow, 2PM

Half 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

Resistencia Bookstore, Cuentos y Resilience: An Afternoon with Christopher Carmona, 4PM

Dallas

Charter Medical Center, book launch of GODS AND HEROES by Oladele Olusanya, 10AM

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

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

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

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

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

Irving
East Library, Posadas Holiday Celebration featuring author Xavier Garza, 2:30PM

West Library, 4th annual Harry Potter Yule Ball for Teens, 5PM

Nacogdoches

The Bosslight, Jessi Lanier signing Our Brave Star, 12PM

Pflugerville
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

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, 11AM

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

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

The Drawing Board, Writing Workshops Dallas seminar: "How to Write Flash Fiction" with Eden Elieff, 3PM

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

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