Monday Roundup! September 22 - 28

Bookish events in Texas for the week of September 22 - 28, 2014:

Special Events:
Love Libros, El Paso, September 15 - October 15

West Texas Book Festival, Abilene, September 22 - 27

Greenleaf Book Group Author Summit, Austin, September 25 - 26

Alamo City Comic Con, San Antonio, September 26 - 28

Art & Words Collaborative Show, Fort Worth, September 27 - October 4

Confederate Reunion Grounds - Mexia, In His Own Words: The Life and Work of César Chávez, September 27 - November 30

Houston LibroFest, September 27

Tweens Read, Pasadena, September 27

ARTE DE LAS AMERICAS FEST!, Dallas, September 28

Monday, September 22:
Austin
BookPeople, Bestselling Author CHRIS GUILLEBEAU speaking & signing The Happiness of Pursuit, 7PM

Houston
Houston Museum of Natural Science - Wortham Giant Screen Theatre, HMNS Distinguished Lecture Series: Dr. Harry Greene will lecture and sign his latest book, Tracks and Shadows: Field Biology as Art, 6:30PM

Houston Public Library - Heights Branch, “Penguins!” with author Melissa Guion , 12PM

Tuesday, September 23:

Austin
B&N - Arboretum, Reading and Book-Signing With Brian Hart: The Bully of Order A Novel, 7PM

BookPeople, Acclaimed Austin Author LAWRENCE WRIGHT speaking & signing Thirteen Days in September: Carter, Begin, and Sadat at Camp David, 7PM

BookPeople, Texas Teen Book Festival Fundraiser, 7PM

Cherrywood Coffee House, Bat City Review reading series with Kelly Luce, Layne Ransom & Sam Sax, 7PM

Spider House Cafe & Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM

Dallas

Lucky Dog Books — Lochwood, WRITER'S GARRET: STONE SOUP POETRY WORKSHOP, 7PM

El Paso
The Black Orchid Lounge, Barbed Wire Open Mic Series (A BorderSenses Event) featuring Donna Snyder’s book release “Poemas Ante el Catafalco: Grief and Renewal” and the music of Anthony Jimenez, 8PM

Farmers Branch
Farmers Branch Manske Library, Poetry Reading with Award Winner, R. Flowers Rivera, 7PM

Houston

Blue Willow Bookshop, National Book Award winner Cynthia Kadohata will discuss and sign HALF A WORLD AWAY, her new novel for children, 5PM

St. Paul's United Methodist Church, History in Print Author Series - The Astrodome: Building an American Spectacle, 6PM

Irving

Irving Public Library - Valley Ranch Library, Jordan Sonnenblick, author of Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie, 7PM

Richardson
Richardson High School, Robin Sloan will speak on Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore for Richardson Reads One Book, 7:30PM

San Antonio

B&N - La Cantera, Mark Obama Ndesandjo: An Obama's Journey My Odyssey of Self-Discovery across Three Cultures, 7PM

B&N, San Pedro, Sun Poets' Society Open Mic Poetry, 7PM

B&N, San Pedro, David Liss Signing The Day of Atonement, 7PM

Southtown 101, Puro Poetry Slam!, 9:30PM

Weslaco
The Storybook Garden, author meet and greet with Estela Bernal, 6:30PM

Wednesday, September 24:

Austin

BookPeople, Bestselling Author of Underwater Dogs SETH CASTEEL speaking & signing
Underwater Puppies, 7PM

Huston-Tillotson University, Visiting Writers Series reading featuring Laurie Ann Guerrero and Tim Z. Hernandez, 7PM

Malvern Books, W. Joe’s Poetry Corner with Lyman Grant, 7PM

Perry-Castañeda Library, TEXAS BANNED BOOKS: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, 6PM

Dallas
B&N - Lincoln Park, Deborah Crombie: To Dwell in Darkness (Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James Series #16), 7PM

Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Merritt Tierce - LOVE ME BACK, 7PM

San Antonio
B&N - La Cantera, Voices de la Luna poetry group meets for a writing workshop followed by a reading, 6PM

Thursday, September 25:
Austin
BookPeople, Texas Writers' League: THIRD THURSDAY PANEL, 7PM

BookPeople, New York Time-bestselling Author ERIC SCHLOSSER speaking & signing Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety, 7PM

The Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Culture Center, CHASING THE SUN - A reading by AUTHOR NATALIA SYLVESTER, 7PM

Jones Center, BOOK TALK: LAKE/FLATO HOUSES, 5:30PM

Dallas

B&N - Lincoln Park, Henry Simon to Discuss and Sign Saving Your Assets Asset Protection for Texans (and Maybe Everyone Else), 7PM

Two Bronze Doors, Pegasus Reading Series featuring Chloe Honum, author of The Tulip-Flame and Courtney Marie, curator of The Spiderweb Salon, 7PM

The Wild Detectives, Merritt Tierce will be reading and signing her new novel Love Me Back, 7 PM

Garland

Lakewood Brewing Company, Booktoberfest, 6:30PM

Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Barbara Barnes Sims - THE NEXT ELVIS, 7PM

Poison Girl Cocktail Lounge, Poisoned Pen Reading Series featuring David Tomas Martinez, 8:30PM

Irving
Irving Public Library - Central Library, an evening with author Adi Alsaid who will discuss his highly anticipated YA debut novel Let’s Get Lost, 7PM

San Antonio
B&N - San Pedro, Mari Mancusi: Shattered, 7PM

The Twig Book Shop, Jay Brandon will sign and discuss Shadow Knight's Mate, 5PM

Friday, September 26:
Austin
BookPeople, Acclaimed Author WAYNE THORBURN speaking & signing Red State: An Insider's Story, 7PM

Malvern Books, Join the editors at Revista Pterodáctilo, a journal of Latin American literature, arts, and culture, for the excellent combination of tamales (!) and poetry featuring bilingual poetry readings byIgnacio Carvajal and Christina Marie Lancastar, 6:30PM

Frisco

B&N - Stonebriar Mall, Lindsay Cummings: Balance Keepers #1 The Fires of Calderon, 7PM

Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Margot Backus - SCANDAL WORK, 7PM

Murder by the Book, Deborah Crombie will sign and discuss To Dwell in Darkness, 6:30PM

San Antonio
UTSA, Letras en la Frontera presents 4 author readings with Octavio Quintanilla, Rossy Lima, Erika Said & Ramiro Rodriguez, 10AM

Saturday, September 27:

Arlington
Half Price Books - Lincoln Square, Meet children’s author Lacey Grant and illustrator Julie Grant as they sell and sign their children’s book, The Squirrel Named Shenanigan Boo, 12PM

Austin
Alma de Mujer, anthropologist Dr. Elizabeth de la Portilla shares her book, They All Want Magic: Curanderas and Folk Healing, 2PM

B&N - Arboretum, Meet & Greet Book Signing with Martha Louise Huntera: Painting Juliana, 2PM

BookPeople, Special Storytime with Children's Author ANNETTE SIMON reading her new book, Robot Burphead Smartypants!, 11:30AM

BookPeople, New York Times-bestselling Author PSEUDONYMOUS BOSCH speaking & signing Bad Magic, 2PM

Malvern Books, The Lion & The Pirate Unplugged, 7PM

Monkeywrench Books, MWB fundraising launch party, all day

Brownsville
Brownsville Public Library Main Branch, Brownsville History Harvest, 10AM

Cedar Hill
B&N - Uptown Village, Special Storytime With Author Phelesha Hamilton: The Promised King, 11AM

Dallas

Half Price Books - the Mother Ship, Meet local author Benjamin Scott Allen as he signs his book Out of the Ashes: Healing in the Afterloss, 4PM

SMU Bookstore, Chef Adán Medrano will offer tastings and sign copies of his book, Truly Texas Mexican: A Native Culinary Heritage in Recipes, 12PM

El Paso
Cafe Mayapan, 100 Thousand Poets & Artists for Change, 6PM

The Rock House Cafe and Gallery, The Barbed Wire Open Mic Series, 8PM

Fort Worth

Art on the Boulevard, Opening Reception and Reading: Art & Words Show, 6:30PM

Houston

B&N - Houston Champions, Joy Preble signs The A-Word (Sweet Dead Life Series #2), 2PM

Brazos Bookstore, Read Dangerously: A Day with Banned Books, 2PM

Katy Budget Books, Whit McClendon signing Mage's Burden, 1PM

NOKturne, Transcendent Zero Press presents 100,000 Poets for Change, 6:30PM

Rothko Chapel, Love Your Enemies – an Interactive Workshop: Sharon Salzberg and Tenzin Robert Thurman, Ph.D., lead a community workshop based on their 2013 book Love Your Enemies: How to Break the Anger Habit & Be a Whole Lot Happier with a book signing to follow, 10AM

Writespace, The Secrets of Effective Characterization workshop with INSTRUCTOR: K.J. RUSSELL, 1PM

Writespace, Open Mic, 8PM

Lubbock
B&N, Stay on Your Feet by John L. Castleman, 1PM

Mesquite

Paperbacks Plus, Susan Howell signing Oil Rush: The International Tug of War, 1PM

Plano

B&N - Creekwalk Village, Meet Mystery Author Nicholas Bridwell: The Ties That Bind, 2PM

Round Rock
B&N - La Frontera, R. J. Palacio: 365 Days of Wonder Mr. Browne's Book of Precepts, 4PM

The Book Spot, Brad Stutzman, 12PM

San Antonio
Gemini Ink, Workshop: Make the People in Your Fiction Live Forever with Ito Romo, 1PM

Viva! Bookstore, Understanding the Power of Your Words: Working with Affirmations with Rita Mikel, 10AM

South Padre Island
Paragraphs on Padre Boulevard, “South of Good” Discussion, Book signing and reception with author, Randall Reneau, 1PM

Southlake
B&N - Town Centre, Teen Authors: Elisha and Elyssa sign I Love Me Self-Esteem in Seven Easy Steps, 1PM

Wylie
Smith Library, Banned Book Author Event, 2:30PM

Sunday, September 28:
Alpine
Front Street Books, Juan Manuel Casas debuts Kings and Vaqueros: A Historical Texas Saga, 2PM

Austin

Malvern Books, Banned Books Week Presentation, 2PM

Dallas
AT&T Performing Arts Center, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Readings: Romeo and Juliet, 3PM

Lucky Dog Books - Lochwood, Prose Aloud, 4PM

Houston
Big Blue Whale Toy Store, The Big Blue Whale Grand Opening Party with the River Royals presented by Bright Sky Press, 11AM