Monday Roundup: October 20 - 26!

Bookish events in Texas for the week of October 20 - 26, 2014:

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

TEXAS BOOK FESTIVAL, Austin, October 25 - 26

AUSTIN LIT CRAWL, October 25

Monday, October 20:

Austin
BookPeople, Star of Animal Planet's My Cat From Hell JACKSON GALAXY speaking & signingCatification: Designing a Happy and Stylish Home for Your Cat (and You!), 7PM

Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Kerry Howley - THROWN, 7PM

St. Paul's United Methodist Church, Poet and singer-songwriter Dr. Malcolm Guite will present the 2014 Craven-Wilson Lecture, 11:30AM

St. Paul's United Methodist Church, Poetry Slam (featuring Malcolm Guite of Cambridge, England, and Marlon Lizama of Houston), 7PM

Tuesday, October 21:

Austin
BookPeople, NEIL PATRICK HARRIS signing Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography, 7PM [SOLD OUT]

Malvern Books, Everything is Bigger: October ’14 featuring Ben Kopel, Ana Carrete, and Salisbury Bushnell, 7PM

Monkeywrench Books, Bikes Across Borders, 7PM

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

Dallas
B&N - Lincoln Park, Chris Jericho to sign The Best in the World: At What I Have No Idea, 7PM

Consulate General of Mexico, 31st annual Day of the Spanish Language Celebration with special guest CARMEN BOULLOSA, who will present from her newest novel TEXAS: THE GREAT THEFT, 6:30PM

Dallas Heritage Village at Old City Park, Nancy Farina Lecture Series: Victoria Wilcox will share stories of the Western legend’s Texas career from her second book, Doc Holliday: Gone West to Texas, 6:30PM

The Wild Detectives, Kathleen Kent will sign The Outcasts, 7PM

Fort Worth

American Airlines C.R. Smith Flight Museum, TEXAS Takes Wing - Dr. Barbara Ganson, 5:30PM

Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Malcolm Brooks - PAINTED HORSES, 7PM

Houston Museum of Natural Science, HMNS Distinguished Lecture Series: Ethics without God? The Evolution of Morality and Empathy in the Primates by Frans de Waal (Following the lecture Dr. de Waal will sign copies of his latest book is The Bonobo and the Atheist), 6:30PM

San Antonio

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

Gemini Ink, Earth Talks: Gary Paul Nabhan’s Cross-Pollinations: The Marriage of Science and Poetry, 6:30PM

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

The Twig Book Shop, Forrest Gander reads and signs The Trace, 5PM

Wednesday, October 22:

Austin
BookPeople, Award-winning AuthorWalter Mosley speaking & signing Rose Gold: An Easy Rawlins Mystery, 7PM

College Station
Texas A&M MEMORIAL STUDENT CENTER (MSC), Coffeehouse Slam Poetry Night, 5PM

Dallas
Half Price Books - Mother Ship, Kathleen Kent will sign The Outcasts, 7PM

Jewish Community Center of Dallas, Pam Jenoff presents The Winter Guest, 7PM

SMU, Editors Juliana Barr and Edward Countryman will discuss Contested Space of Early America, 6PM

The Wild Detectives, Carmen Boullosa reading from TEXAS: THE GREAT THEFT, 7PM 

Houston

Blue Willow Book Shop, Neal Shusterman will discuss and sign UNDIVIDED, the last book in the bestselling UNWIND Dystology for young adults, 5PM

Murder By the Book, Kelli Stanley will sign and discuss City of Ghosts, 6:30PM

Thursday, October 23:
Allen
Allen Public Library, Tuskegee Airman Calvin Spann presents his exciting new book Boundless Sky, 7:30PM

Austin
Bass Concert Hall, Jim Gaffigan Food: A Love Story book tour, 7:30PM

HARRY RANSOM CENTER, Jayne Anne Phillips reads from Quiet Dell (book signing follows), 7PM

Resistencia Bookstore, vigil for the 43 disappeared students in Mexico, 6:30PM

Dallas

The Kessler Theater, Laurie Anderson: The Language of the Future (fundraiser for Wordspace), 8PM

Seven for Parties, Captain Hope’s Kids gala, A Chance to be Remarkable, with guest speakers Marlee Matlin and Henry Winkler, a book signing will follow, 5:30PM

Watermark Community Church, Eric Metaxas will discuss Miracles: What They Are, Why They Happen and How They Can Change Your Life, 7:30PM

The Wild Detectives, Forrest Gander reading and signing The Trace, 6PM

Fort Worth
Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT), tasty apple inspired cocktails and delicious hors d’oeuvres as we delve into the life and times of John Chapman (aka Johnny Appleseed) with Dr. William Kerrigan, author of Johnny Appleseed and the American Orchard: A Cultural History, 6:30PM

Houston
The Barn (formerly Barnevelder Movement/Arts Complex), The Shout: What is Freedom?, 7PM

B&N - River Oaks Shopping Center, Sophia A. Nelson:Woman Code, The 20 Powerful Life Strategies You Need to Navigate Today's Challenges, 7PM

Brazos Bookstore, Valeria Luiselli - FACES IN THE CROWD & Tiphanie Yanique - LAND OF LOVE AND DROWNING, 7PM

Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building, Gulf Coast Reads: 'Remember Ben Clayton': A Conversation with Author Stephen Harrigan and Texas Monthly's Mimi Swartz, 7PM

Irving
Irving Public Library - Central Library, The Big Read: A panel discussion of To Kill a Mockingbird, hosted by the Irving Heritage Society, 7PM

Valley Ranch Library, Neal Shusterman will discuss UnDivided, 7PM

San Antonio
Marriott Rivercenter, San Antonio Express-News Book & Author Luncheon, 12PM

The Twig Book Shop, Carmen Boullosa reads and signs Texas: The Great Theft, 7PM

Webster
B&N - Baybrook, Author Rene Steinke signs Friendswood, 6:30PM

Friday, October 24:

Austin
Blackbox Theater, Flor de Nopal Literary Festival celebrates Huizache Magazine release, 8PM

Bookpeople, Actor, Director & Educator LEVAR BURTON speaking & signing his new children's book The Rhino Who Swallowed a Storm, 6:30PM

Brave New Books, Roger Stone will speak and sign Nixon's Secrets: The Rise, Fall, and Untold Truth about the President, Watergate, and the Pardon, 7PM

The Four Seasons Hotel, Texas Book Festival Presents: First Edition Literary Gala, 6:30PM

Dallas
Barnes & Noble - Lincoln Park, Sophia A. Nelson to discuss/sign The Woman Code: 20 Powerful Keys to Unlock Your Life, 7PM

French Room at the Adolphus, Sheila Weller will discuss The News Sorority: Diane Sawyer, Katie Couric, Christiane Amanpour — and the (Ongoing, Imperfect, Complicated) Triumph of Women in TV News, 11:30AM

Denton

UNT on the Square, Bonnie Friedman will read from Surrendering Oz: A Life in Essays, 7:30PM

El Paso

B&N - Sunland Park, Patrick Dearen Signing The Big Drift and Other Recent Works, 5PM

Houston

Brazos Bookstore, Carmen Boullosa - TEXAS: THE GREAT THEFT, 7PM

Murder By the Book, Christopher Buehlman will sign and discuss The Lesser Dead, 6:30PM

Writespace, NaNoWriMo Kick-Off Party, 6PM

San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, J R Helton signs and read The Jugheads, 7PM

Saturday, October 25:

Arlington

Half Price Books - Four Corners, Susan Howell sign her spy thriller, Oil Rush, The International Tug of War, 12PM

Austin

Malvern Books, The Lion & The Pirate: Joyce Ann Tepley Reading & Book Signing, 7PM

Monkeywrench Books, Halloween Party!, 9PM

College Station
Texas A&M RUDDER THEATRE COMPLEX, Texas Grand Slam Poetry Festival Final Competition, 7:30PM

Duncanville

Marshall Arts Meeting Room, Love Jonz Presents Comedy Vs Poetry Slam, 8:30PM

El Paso

B&N - Fountains at Farah, Blake Barrow Signing Stories From the Shelter, 2PM

B&N - Sunland Park, Dee J. Adams Signing Imminent Danger and Other Works, 2PM

Cafe Mayapan, Tu Libro's Annual Holiday of Libros Brunch, 10AM

Garland

B&N - Firewheel Mall, Marjorie R. Firmin Signs I Won't Let You Die!, 2PM

Houston

B&N - Vanderbilt Sq, Authors Kate McCormick and Kris Holt sign Southside Place, Texas, 2PM

B&N - Westheimer, Linda Fagala and Karen Pugh Sign Shattered Fate, 2PM

14 Pews, Frank Dello Stritto, will read from his new book, I Saw What I Saw When I Saw It, together with a screening of the classic comedy Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein, 7PM

Murder By the Book, Jeffrey Siger will sign and discuss Sons of Sparta, 1PM

Murder By the Book, Ashley Weaver will sign and discuss Murder at the Brightwell, 4:30PM

Writespace, Creepy Stories Open Mic Night, 7:30PM

Plano

Barnes & Noble - Preston and Park, Book signing: Plano's Historic Cemeteries, 2PM

Round Top
The Gallery at Round Top, Townsfolk Project Book Signing and Photography Exhibit, 4PM

San Antonio

The Twig Book Shop, Randall Reneau reads and signs SOUTH OF GOOD, 11AM

South Padre Island

Paragraphs on Padre Boulevard, Meet the Author: Rickey Pittman, 12PM

The Woodlands
B&N - The Woodlands Mall, Dewayne Freeman: 4 S's of a Committed Leader, 2PM

Sunday, October 26:
Austin

Resistencia Bookstore, Our Sacred Maíz Is Our Mother: A Reading and Book Signing with Roberto Cintli Rodríguez, 5PM

Dallas
Lucky Dog Books - Lochwood, Prose Aloud, 4PM

San Antonio

The Twig Book Shop, Author Panel: Latina/os and World War II: Mobility, Agency, and Ideology, 3PM