Monday Roundup: August 31 - September 6

Bookish events in Texas for the week of August 31 - September 6, 2015: 

Special Events:
Voces Americanas: Latino Literature in the United States (a Humanities Texas exhibit), San Antonio, September 1 - October 8

Amazing Houston Comic Con, September 4 - 6

Big Bend Comic Con, Alpine, September 5

Monday, August 31:
Austin
BookPeople, MysteryPeople Presents Bestselling AuthorSUE GRAFTON speaking & signing X, 7PM

Houston
Blue Willow Bookshop, Mac Barnett and Christian Robinson will discuss and sign their new picture book, LEO: A GHOST STORY, 5PM

The Woodlands
The John Cooper School, World Affairs Council of Houston's The Woodlands Series presents: General Stanley McChrystal discussing and signing his new book, Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World, 7PM

Tuesday, September 1:

Austin
BookPeople, COREY TAYLOR of Slipknot & RANDY BLYTHE of Lamb of God signing You're Making Me Hate You: A Cantankerous Look at the Common Misconception That Humans Have Any Common Sense Left AND Dark Days: A Memoir, 7PM

Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM

Westminster Manor, Austin Poetry Caravan Reading, 7PM

Whip In, Owen Egerton's One Page Salon with Neal Pollack, Marc Savlov, Bernadette Nason, Joleen Jernigan, Jason Myers and Tracey Zee, 7PM

Fort Worth

The Dock Bookshop, Fort Worth Poetry Slam and Open Mic, 8PM

Houston
Architecture Center Houston, Authors in Architecture: Donna Kacmar discusses and signs BIG Little House: Small Houses Designed by Architects, 5:30PM

Brazos Bookstore, Ferrante Fever: celebrate the release of Elena Ferrante’s THE STORY OF THE LOST CHILD with Italian food, drinks, music, and readings, 6PM

Hyatt Regency Houston, World Affairs Council of Houston presents: General Stanley McChrystal discussing and signing his new book, Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World, 12PM

San Antonio

The Korova, PuroSlam!, 10PM

Wednesday, September 2:

Austin
BookPeoople, Meet & Greet With JENN MCALLISTER (aka JennXPenn) Youtube Star, Actress and Author of Really Professional Internet Person, 6PM

BookPeople, Professor & Dylan fan DAVID GAINES speaking & signing In Dylan Town: A Fan's Life, 8PM

BookWoman, O Wow: Discovering Your Ultimate Orgasm with author Jenny Block, 7PM

Bullock Museum, High Noon Talk: Dr. Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez discusses of her new book, Texas Mexican Americans and Postwar Civil Rights, 12PM

Houston

Brazos Bookstore, Leah Lax discusses and signs Uncovered: How I Left Hasidic Life and Finally Came Home, 7PM

San Antonio
San Antonio Public Library Foundation, Great Books Series presents Shakespeare Plays with an opening lecture by author Dr. Douglas Bruster, 7:30PM

Thursday, September 3:

Austin

BookPeople, Bestselling Author & Newbery Honoree INGRID LAW speaking & signing Switch, 7PM

Soma Vida Health and Wellness Center, Author and world travel expert Russell Eric Dobda will share his travels to 24 countries on a shoestring budget, 7PM

Houston

Brazos Bookstore, Kristin Anderson discusses and signs Modern Misogyny: Anti-Feminism in a Post-Feminist Era, 7PM

San Antonio

The Twig Book Shop, Cynthia S. Levesque reads and signs Backcut, 6PM

Friday, September 4:

Austin

BookPeople, University of Texas Professor JAVIER AUYERO and panelists speak about & sign Invisible Austin: Life and Labor in an American City, 7PM

Brave New Books, Unspoken: Voluntaryist open mic for speakers, thinkers and artists!, 7PM

Fort Worth

The Dock Bookshop, Tawana Williams signs UNArmed but Dangerous, 7PM

Houston

Inprint House, First Friday Poetry Reading with Vanessa Zimmer-Powell, 8:30PM

Murder By the Book, Deanna Raybourn will sign and discuss her newest release, A Curious Beginning and Anna Lee Huber will sign and discuss A Study in Death, 6:30PM

River Oaks Bookstore, R Gaines Baty discusses and signs Champion of the Barrio: The Legacy of Coach Buryl Baty, 5PM

Saturday, September 5:

Austin
ESB-Mexican American Cultural Center, Flor de Nopal Literary Festival workshops with Wade Martin and Vincent Cooper, 2PM

St. Edward's University, Writers' League of Texas workshop with author Katherine Catmull, "He Said She Said: Dialogue is All About Conflict", 9AM

Dallas
Dallas Public Library, Dallas Zine Party Panel And Workshop with Randy Guthmiller of SHAPE Zines, Anastasia (Stacy) Kirages of the art zine Modernizm and organizer of Houston Zine Fest, David LaBounty, editor and publisher of Workers Write! and The First Line, Sarah Welch of Mystic Multiples and current resident at UT Dallas’ Centraltrak, and Sandra Dalavadros of Cemetery Sisters, 3PM

El Paso

Memorial Park Public Library, a Tumblewords Project workshop: "Muze of the Moment" with Richie Marrufo (director of the Barbed Wire Open Mic Series), 12:45PM

Houston

Katy Budge Books, Book Recommendations Luncheon - UnRequired Reading Edition, 12PM

McGonigel's Mucky Duck, JKS Communications offers "Burn Through Your Story", a writing workshop with Jonesborough National Storytelling Festival teller-in-residence, Minton Sparks, 11:30AM 

Writespace, "Dialogue: Let Your Characters' Words Bring Your Story to Life", a workshop with author and anthology editor, KJ Russell, 9:30AM

Hurst

B&N - NE Mall, Book Signing With Mystery Author Laurie Moore: Dawn of the Deb: A Debutante Detective Mystery, 1PM

Pearland

B&N, Author signing with Tekesha Hubbard: The Summer Hook Up, 1PM

Plano

B&N - Creekwalk Village, Women's Advocate Sahar Paz, reads and signs Find Your Voice, 5PM

San Antonio

The Twig Book Shop, Marcus Valdespino reads and signs White Boy Confessions, 11AM

Southlake
B&N - Town Square, Trent Brown III Signing 3T Chronicles: Talbert the Chef, 11:30AM

Sunday, September 6:

Dallas
The Wild Detectives, the inaugural DALLAS ZINE PARTY!, 1PM