Monday Roundup! October 13 - 19

Bookish events in Texas for the week of October 13 - 19, 2014:

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

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

Dallas Comic Con Fan Days, October 17 - 19

Oprah Winfrey’s The Life You Want Weekend, Houston, October 17 - 18

TEXAS TEEN BOOK FESTIVAL, Austin, October 18

Monday, October 13:

Austin
BookPeople, RICK RIORDAN presents his new book Blood of Olympus at Westlake Performing Arts Center, 6:30PM [SOLD OUT]

Dallas
Wyly Theatre, Oral Fixation (An Obsession with True Life Tales) presents: Go With The Flow, 8PM

Houston
Wortham Theater Center - Cullen Theater, 2014/2015 Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series: Deborah Eisenberg & Antonya Nelson, 7:30PM

Tuesday, October 14:

Austin
BookPeople, JASPER FFORDE speaking & signing his new Middle Grade novel The Eye of Zoltar, 7PM

Malvern Books, Raw Paw Reading Series: Tiny Nothing, 7PM

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

Dallas
B&N - Lincoln Park, Robin Ganzert: Animal Stars Behind the Scenes with Your Favorite Animal Actors, 7PM

Frisco
B&N - Stonebriar Mall, Scott Westerfeld: Afterworlds, 7PM

Houston

Katy Budget Books, Author and international teacher Christy Esmahan signs the three books in her Cantabria American School series, Bueno, Sinco, and Brujas, 6PM 

River Oaks Bookstore, Ann Weisgarber read and signs The Promise, 6PM

Warehouse Live, Houston Moth StorySLAM: Hunger, 7:30PM

Plano

B&N - Creekwalk Village, Meet Author Kimberly Cross Teter - Isabella's Libretto, 7PM

San Antonio

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

Gemini Ink, Earth Talks, 6:30PM

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

The Woodlands
B&N - The Woodlands Mall, Carol Aebersold: The Elf on the Shelf A Birthday Tradition, 7PM

Wednesday, October 15:

Austin
BookPeople, Novelist RENE STEINKE speaking & signing her new novel, Friendswood, 7PM

Dallas

Texas Theatre, Oral Fixation (An Obsession with True Life Tales) presents: Go With The Flow, 8PM

Houston

Blue Willow Book Shop, Michael Morton will discuss and sign his memoir GETTING LIFE: AN INNOCENT MAN’S 25-YEAR JOURNEY FROM PRISON TO PEACE, 7PM

Brazos Bookstore, Jasper Fforde - THE EYE OF ZOLTAR, 7PM

Houston Public Library - Central (Julia Ideson), Written Memoirs and a Chican@ Museum: A Touring Lecture on Seminal Work, 6PM

River Oaks Bookstore, Rob Blain reads and signs Early Beaumont, 5PM

Tootsies, Elements of Style by Erin Gates - Book Signing, 6PM

University of Houston - Honors College, Gwendolyn Zepeda - Houston's Poet Laureate, 2:30PM

Thursday, October 16:

Austin
Avaya Auditorium, LUCIE BROCK-BROIDO, 7:30PM

BookPeople, Debut Authors THUG KITCHEN speaking & signing Thug Kitchen: Eat Like You Give A F*ck, 7PM

BookPeople, Texas Writers' League Third Thursday Panel:"Ghost-Writing: The Secrets of Unseen Authorin," 7PM

The North Door, The October BedPost Confessions, 8PM

South Congress Books, The Face of Texas book signing with Michael & Elizabeth O'Brien, 7PM

Dallas
Communities Foundation of Texas, Political Order and Political Decay: From the Industrial Revolution to the Globalization of Democracy book signing with Francis Fukuyama, 7PM

Highland Park United Methodist Church, Dr. Eben Alexander Presents The Map of Heaven: How Science, Religion, and Ordinary People Are Proving the Afterlife, 7PM

El Paso
UTEP, New Faculty Reading with Tim Z. Hernandez, Andrea Cote & the UTEP Middle Eastern Ensemble, 7PM

Houston

B&N - River Oaks, Roger Stone: Nixon's Secrets The Rise, Fall and Untold Truth about the President, Watergate, and the Pardon, 7PM

Blue Willow Book Shop, Scott Westerfeld will discuss and sign AFTERWORLDS, his newest novel for young adults, 7PM

Brazos Bookstore, Gary Shteyngart - LITTLE FAILURE: A MEMOIR [ticketed event], 7PM

Kaboom Books, Houston Poetry Fest Satellite Reading featuring Rich Levy, Sehba Sarwar, and Gwendolyn Zepeda, 7:30PM

River Oaks Bookstore, David H. Falloure reads and signs Sheer Will: The Story of the Port of Houston and the Houston Ship Channel, 5PM

Lubbock
Texas Tech, Lacy M. Johnson reading The Other Side: A Memoir, 7:30PM

McAllen

B&N - Palms Crossing, Meet the Author: Beatrice de Leon, 4PM

The Woodlands

B&N - Woodlands Mall, Garth Nix: Clariel The Lost Abhorsen, 7PM

Friday, October 17:

Austin
Bookwoman, PFLAG presents OUTober "Women's Coming Out Story-Slam," 6:30PM

Brave New Books, Reaching the Finish Line book signing, 7PM

Brenham

Unity Theatre, 6th Annual The Washington County Read: Come and meet Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, the author of One Amazing Thing and hear an excerpt from her book, 6PM

College Station
B&N - Lone Star Pavilion, Author Event: Shilo Harris - Steel Will My Journey through Hell to Become the Man I Was Meant to Be, 3PM

Dallas
Heroes Sports Bar & Grill, Rave at Dallas Poetry Slam, 8PM

Houston

Brazos Bookstore, Farnoosh Moshiri - THE DRUM TOWER, 7PM

MECA, Orbit Poetry Slam, 6PM

Murder By the Book, Mike Maden will sign his thriller, Blue Warrior & Andrew Grant will sign and discuss Run, 6:30PM

McAllen
B&N - Palms Crossing, Meet the Author: Melodie Cuate, 6PM

Saturday, October 18:

Alpine
Front Street Books, Roland Wauer shares his latest book, My Wild Life: A Memoir of Adventures within America's National Parks, 6PM

Arlington

Half Price Books - Lincoln Square, C.R. Dixon-Houston will sell and sign her books, The Misguided Heart: Murder in the Bayou! and The Comely Effect: Murder in Our Own Backyard, 12PM

Austin

Malvern Books, Borderlands: Issue 41 Launch Party, 2PM

Malvern Books, An Evening with Bayard Godsave and Dina Guidubaldi, 7PM

Bellaire

Bellaire City Library, Gulf Coast Reads: Local Artist Edi Shreeve, 3PM

Cedar Hill

Half Price Books, Sam Tatum will sell and sign his latest Christian book Pense - a book about unifying philosophy, science and theology, 12PM

Dallas

B&N - Lincoln Park, Rachel Caine, Gena Showalter: The Queen of Zombie Hearts, 3PM

Mighty Fine Arts, William Massey III preforms, 9PM

Fort Worth

Half Price Books - Hulen, Sara Kendall will talk, sell and sign her children’s books in The Backdoor Trio series, 12PM

Garland

Half Price Books, Jeff Hampton will sell and sign his latest book Jonah Prophet: An Allegory on the Old Testament Tale, 1PM

Houston

B&N - River Oaks, Horns by the Bull, Rick Baty, 2PM

B&N - River Oaks, Women of Mystery Faithful Unto Death, 2PM

Inprint House, Speak!Poet event at Inprint House featuring Kevin Prufer & Martha Serpas, 2PM

McGonigel's Mucky Duck, Book Signing: Janis Teppo Brooks - Postcards from Houston: Global Adventures in Your Own Backyard, 12PM

Murder By the Book, Felix Francis will sign and discuss Dick Francis's Damage, 1PM

Writespace, NaNoWriMo 101, 3PM

Lubbock

B&N - Rubber Boots: Poetry for Rainy and Not-so-Rainy Days by Jordan Davidson, 1PM

San Antonio

The Twig Book Shop, Michael Hodge reads & signs Bilingual Benny Wets His Pants, 10AM

South Padre Island

Paragraphs on Padre Boulevard, Literary Mercado, 1PM

Waco
B&N - Circuit City Plaza, Mary Evans reads & signs Thunder and Lightning, 2PM

Sunday, October 19:
Arlington
Half Price Books - Four Corners, James Howell will sell and sign his book, Countdown to Atomgeddon: The Race to Build the First Atomic Bomb, 1PM

Austin

BookPeople, a celebration of EUGENE O'NEILL'S BIRTHDAY featuring a free performance of his one-act play Hughie, 5PM

Farewell Books, reading and screening with Ian Svenonious: Supernatural Strategies for Making a Rock n Roll Group, 7PM

Dallas
Lucky Dog Books - Lochwood, THE WRITER'S GARRET: WRITERS' BLOCK, 1PM

Houston

Johnston Middle School, Cool Brains! Inprint Readings for Young People: Meet the Author Roland Smith, 3PM

Katy Budge Books, The Long Island Medium, Theresa Caputo, will be in store to sign her books, You Can't Make This Stuff Up and There's More to Life Than This!, 1PM

San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, Sarah Stark reads and signs Out There, 3PM