Monday Roundup: September 21 - 27

Bookish events in Texas for the week of September 21 - September 27, 2015: 

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

West Texas Book Festival, Abilene, September 21 - 26

First Annual Indiepalooza, Houston, September 25 - 26

Inside Books Project Book Sale & Work Party, Austin, September 25 - 26

Waco Wordfest, September 26 - 27

Texas Teen Book Festival, Austin, September 26

Banned Books Week, September 27 - October 3

Monday, September 21:
BookPeople, Bestselling Children's Authors DON & AUDREY WOOD speaking & signing The Full Moon at Napping House, Puppet Show & Pajama Party, 5:30PM

Glickman Conference Center, New Writers Project presents Maggie Nelson Reading from The Argonauts and in conversation with Ann Cvetkovich, 3:30PM

Huston-Tillotson University, Hispanic Heritage Month reading with Texas Poet Laureate Carmen Tafolla and Octavio Quintanilla, 12:30PM

Dallas

The Wild Detectives, Pandora's Box presents Banned Poetry Night, 8PM

Houston
Cullen Theater, Inprint's Margarett Root Brown Reading Series presents Jonathan Franzen, 7:30PM

Rice Media Center, Houston Design Week 2015 presents neuroscientist and author David Eagleman, 7PM

Round Rock

B&N - La Frontera, The Round Rock New Neighbors' Book Club Welcomes Taylor Stevens, Author of The Mask, 1PM

Tuesday, September 22:

Austin
BookPeople, Austin Author KELLY BENNETT SEILER speaking & signing Shifting Time, 7PM

Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM

College Station
George Bush Presidential Library & Museum, Allan Andrade discusses and signs Leopoldville - A Tragedy Too Long Secret, 7PM

Dallas
Lucky Dog Books - Oak Cliff, The Writers' Garret Stone Soup Showcase featuring Roy Howell, Paul Koniecki, and Zach Schrotter, 7PM

Fort Worth

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

Frisco
B&N - Stonebriar Mall, The Full Moon at the Napping House book discussion and signing with Audrey and Don Wood, 6PM

Houston

Brazos Bookstore, E.R. Bills discusses and signs BLACK HOLOCAUST, 7PM

The Jung Center, Virtue and Vice in Narnia and Middle-earth with professor and author Louis Markos, 7:30PM

Katy Budget Books, I'll Take Romance Book Club with Guest Author Marissa Clarke, 7PM

The Lift, September Story Slam: "RISK", 7PM

San Antonio

B&N - La Cantera, Zack Delacruz: Me and My Big Mouth discussion and signing with Jeff Anderson, 7PM

The Korova, PuroSlam! with DJ Donnie Dee, 10PM

Wednesday, September 23:

Austin
BookPeoople, Blogger & Bestselling Author JENNY LAWSON speaking & signing her new memoir, Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things, 7PM

BookWoman, Faint Promise of Rain Reading and Signing with Anjali M. Duva, 7PM

Malvern Books, W. Joe’s Poetry Corner with Ricardo Acevedo, 7PM

Dallas
Kettle Arts, Pegasus Reading Series featuring Richard Bailey, R. Flowers Rivera, and Horace Bray, 7PM

Frisco
B&N - Stonebriar Mall, Acclaimed Children's Author PJ Hoover discussing and signing Tut: The Story of My Immortal Life, 7PM

Huntsville
HEARTS Veterans Museum, Allan Andrade discusses and signs Leopoldville - A Tragedy Too Long Secret, 11AM

The Woodlands
B&N, Rae Carson signs Walk on Earth a Stranger and Sophie Jordan signs her second book in the Uninvited Series, Unleashed, 7PM

Thursday, September 24:

Allen
Allen Public Library, Joe Milazzo (Crepuscule W/Nellie) will discuss writing, 7:30PM

Angleton
Brazoria County Historical Museum, Allan Andrade discusses and signs Leopoldville - A Tragedy Too Long Secret, 6:30PM

Austin

Blanton Auditorium, Michener Center Reading Series featuring Jesmyn Ward, 7:30PM

BookPeople, Award-Winning Food & Nutrition Journalist TONI TIPTON-MARTIN speaking & signing The Jemima Code: Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks, 7PM

UT - Fine Arts Library, Charles Ramírez Berg signs THE CLASSICAL MEXICAN CINEMA, 5PM

College Station

Texas A&M University - Rudder Theater, GRADY GAINES AND THE TEXAS UPSETTERS concert followed by a signing of Gaines' autobiography,   I’ve Been Out There, 7:30PM

Dallas
B&N - Lincoln Park, Tucky Jo and Little Heart book signing by Patricia Polacco, 7PM

Half Price Books Mother Ship, Kaui Hart Hemmings will discuss and sign her first young adult novel, Juniors, 7PM

Southern Methodist University, Andrew Delbanco, author of College: What it Was, Is, and Should Be?, discusses the American college, 5:30PM

The Wild Detectives, Wordspace First Hearings: Harry Hunsicker presents The Grid, 7PM

Edinburg
Dustin Michael Sekula Memorial Library, Rossy Evelin Lima presents her book, Aguacamino/Waterpath, 6PM

Fort Worth
Fort Worth Public Library, Wordslingers 2015: Kathy Reichs Author Visit, 6:30PM

Houston

Blue Willow Bookshop, Carolyn Mackler will discuss and sign her new YA novel, THE INFINITE IN BETWEEN, 7PM

Brazos Bookstore, Pierre Lemaitre discusses and signs THE GREAT SWINDLE, 7PM

Houston Maritime Museum, Allan Andrade discusses and signs Leopoldville - A Tragedy Too Long Secret, 12PM

Murder By the Book, Tom Abrahams will sign and discuss his new thriller, Allegiance Burned, 6:30PM

Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Artist’s Talk: Photographer and writer Duane Michals Presents “A Socratic Dialogue", 6:30PM

River Oaks Bookstore, Anjali Duva discusses and signs Faint Promise of Rain, 5PM

United Way/Grtr. Houston Community Resource Center, Writers' League of Texas Panel: Being A Good Literary Citizen, 7PM

Round Rock
The Book Spot, author Bridget Heos will discuss and sign Mustache Baby and Mustache Baby Meets His Match, 6:30PM

San Antonio

B&N - La Cantera, Kathleen Winter poetry reading, 7PM

Trinity University, DeCoursey Lecture Series presents Dr. Jane Goodall + book signing, 7:30PM

Friday, September 25:

Austin

Malvern Books, I Scream Social poetry reading series featuring Allyson Whipple and Tu-Uyen Nguyen, 7PM

Dallas
Half Price Books Mother Ship, Ian Doescher will discuss and sign William Shakespeare’s Tragedy of the Sith’s Revenge: Star Wars Part the Third, 7PM

Frisco

B&N - Stonebriar Mall, The Balance Keepers, Book 2: The Pillars of Ponderay discussion and signing with Lindsay Cummings, 7PM

Houston
B&N - River Oaks, George Arnold signs Beijing Ding-a-Ling: Mao of the CIA, 4PM

Blue Willow Bookshop, Jenny Lawson will discuss and sign her new book, FURIOUSLY HAPPY, 6PM

Murder By the Book, Diane Mott Davidson will sign and discuss Goldy's Kitchen Cookbook, 6:30PM

Rudyard's, Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Fine Arts reading series featuring Kathleen Winter, Jonathan Meyer, Will Burns, and Yerra Sugarman, 7PM

San Antonio
Our Lady of the Lake, Letras en la Frontera featuring Erika Said, Juan Miguel Pérez Gómez, Javier Tinajero, Mariano Morales, and Horacio Mancilla, 11AM

San Marcus

Texas State University, Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children's Book Award Conference, 8:45AM

Saturday, September 26:

Abilene
Abilene Civic Center, Kay Ellington and Barbara Brannon launch the second book in The Paragraph Ranch series, A Wedding at the Paragraph Ranch, 1PM

Arlington

Half Price Books - Lincoln Square, Carla Butler will sell and sign her memoir, This Little Girl’s Journey: My Lifelong Search for my Biological Father and Family, 2PM

Austin
Half Price Books - S Lamar, Gary L. and Glenn K. Cook will sell and sign Peace on Earth and the Millennium of King Jesus: Futuristic World Government, 2PM

Monkeywrench Books, Author and historian Aaron J. Leonard will be giving a talk and slide show presentation on his book, Heavy Radicals: The FBI's Secret War On America's Maoists, 2PM

SafePlace, Poetry Caravan of Austin reading, 10:30AM [women only, please]

St. Edward's University, Writers' League of Texas workshop: "Playing with Time: Planning Your Story from Past to Future" with Greg Garrett, 9AM

College Station
B&N, Tom Icon Book Signing and Discussion, 4PM

Dallas
Half Price Books Mother Ship, Jenny Lawson will discuss and sign Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things, 3PM

El Paso

Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: Sheela Wolford and 100 Thousands Poets for Change, 12:45PM

Fort Worth
B&N - Hulen Center, Local Author D.D. Ayres discusses and signs Primal Force with Fort Worth Police Department K-9 expert Officer Brad Thompson, 1PM

Frisco
B&N - Stonebriar, Max the Brave discussion and signing by Ed Vere, 2PM

Galveston
Galveston Bookshop, Jim Sanderson signs Hill Country Property, 2PM

Houston
B&N - River Oaks, George Arnold signs Beijing Dina-a-Ling: Mao of the CIA, 10AM

Murder By the Book, Katherine Howe will sign and discuss The Appearance of Annie Van Sinderen, 1PM

Murder By the Book, Beth Cato will sign and discuss The Clockwork Crown, Richard Kadrey will sign and discuss Killing Pretty, and Chuck Wendig will sign and discuss Zer0es, 4:30PM

River Oaks Bookstore, Cathy Dionne discusses and signs The Empowerment of Self: Inspiring You Through Hidden Knowledge, 4PM

University of Houston - Clear Lake, Biennial Comics Symposium: comiCulture, 10AM

Hurst

B&N - NE Mall, Samantha Gollakner signing Man of the House, 1PM

Lubbock

Tornado Gallery, The Lubbock Poetry Movement hosts 100 Thousand Poets for Change, 6PM

Round Rock

B&N - La Frontera, The General and the Genius: Groves and Oppenheimer--The Unlikely Partnership that Built the Atom Bomb signing with James Kunetka, 2PM

San Antonio

Esperanza Peace and Justice Center, Josie Mendez-Negrete, Ph.D. reads from and discusses her new book, A Life on Hold: Living with Schizophrenia, 7PM

Gemini Ink, Workshop: Creating Memorable and Unconventional Characters for Film/TV with Marilyn Atlas, 10AM

Gemini Ink (call for location), an evening with Marilyn Atlas, author of How to Date Your Character, 6:30PM

Half Price Books - Huebner, READING IS MAGIC Show and Book Signing, 1PM

Southlake

B&N - Town Square, Rod Van Wyngarden Book Signing, 11AM

Sugar Land
Half Price Books, Cindy M. Wu will sell and sign Our Global Families; Christians Embracing Common Identity in a Changing World, 1PM

The Woodlands
B&N, Children's Book Illustrator Cheryl Pilgrim signs Hound Dawg, 2PM

Sunday, September 27:

Austin
Half Price Books - N Lamar, Andy Skyrzynski will sell and sign his new sci-fi adventure, The New World: A Step Backward, 1PM

Malvern Books, The Freedom to Read Foundation’s Read Out for Banned Books featuring readings by Tish Hinojosa, Sarah Bird, and Mark Smith, 3PM

Fort Worth
Fort Worth Public Library - Diamond Hill/Jarvis, Writing a Book that Rocked the World - Alex Sanchez Author Visit, 2PM

Houston
B&N - River Oaks, George Arnold signs Beijing Ding-a Ling Mao of the CIA, 11AM

The Lift, kickoff Banned Books Week with a Grapes of Wrath (a.k.a. white wine) Happy Hour, 4PM

San Antonio
San Antonio Public Library, Meet Author/Illustrator Yuyi Morales, 2PM