Monday Roundup: TEXAS LITERARY CALENDAR 10/10-16

Bookish events in Texas for the week of October 10-16, 2016: 

Special Events:
Kimbilio Litfest, Dallas, October 13

Texas Writers' Workshop, Archer City, October 13-16

Dallas Comic Con Fan Expo, Irving, October 14-16

4th Annual International Literature Festival, Houston, October 15-16

Ongoing Exhibits:

The Alchemy of Mind and Spirit: Intersections of Science and Poetry, Austin, September 26-January 13

Voces Americanas: Latino Literature in the United States, a Humanities Texas exhibit, Fort Worth, September 15-October 15

Xu Bing: Book from the Sky, a meditation on the nature of language, by celebrated Chinese artist Xu Bing, Austin, June 19-January 22

Monday, October 10:

Austin
BookPeople, Photographer, Screenwriter, & Author BILL WITTLIFF speaking & signing The Devil's Sinkhole, 7PM

Half Price Books - North Lamar, local author James Harriss will sell and sign his war novel Another Such Victory: An American Fable, 1PM

Zach Theatre, Oral Fixation presents "Out From Under The Rug: True Life Tales Of Abortion," 8PM

Frisco
B&N - Stonebriar Mall, The School for Good and Evil: Ever Never Handbook book signing with Soman Chainani, 6PM

Houston
Brazos Bookstore, David Cay Johnston discusses and signs THE MAKING OF DONALD TRUMP, 7PM

Irving
National Scouting Museum, Big Read 2016 Event: a discussion of culturally relevant literature with Dr. Rene Saldana Jr., author of The Jumping Tree, 7PM

San Antonio

The Twig Book Shop, Scott Brown discusses and signs Active Peace: A Mindful Path to a Nonviolent World, 6PM

Tuesday, October 11:

Austin

BookPeople, Historian & Bestselling Author HW BRANDS speaking & signing The General vs. The President: MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War, 7PM

Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM

Cedar Hill
Zula Bryant Wylie Library, Dallas Area Writers' Group meeting featuring author Victor McGlothin, 7PM

Dallas

B&N - Lincoln Park, Love Your Life, Not Theirs: 7 Money Habits for Living the Life You Want book signing with Rachel Cruze, 7PM

The Wild Detectives, Kay Honeyman reads and signs Interference, 7PM

Fort Worth

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

Houston
Asia Society Texas Center, Philippe Le Corre discusses and signs China's Offensive in Europe, 7PM

Blue Willow Bookshop, Astronaut Mike Massimino will discuss and sign his new book, SPACEMAN, 7PM

Brazos Bookstore, John Pipkin reads and signs THE BLIND ASTRONOMER’S DAUGHTER, 7PM

Houston Maritime Museum, HMM History Lecture by Louis F. Aulbach, author of Buffalo Bayou, An Echo of Houston’s Wilderness Beginnings, 7PM

La Playa, Houston Poetry Fest Satellite Event: Bucky Rea's Poetry, Music & Dance Invisible Lines, 7PM

Murder By the Book, Charlaine Harris will sign and discuss All the Little Liars, her first Aurora Teagarden mystery in 13 years, 6:30PM

Missouri City
Off the Vine Bistro, Off 6 Reading Series featuring award-winning multi-genre author Debbie Frontiera, 7PM

San Antonio

The Korova, PuroSlam with DJ Donnie Dee, 10PM

The Twig Book Shop, Paulette Jiles reads and signs News of the World, 6PM

San Marcos
TSU - Alkek Library, Center for the Study of the Southwest presents a lecture, Q&A, and book signing with Dr. John Francis Burke, author of Building Bridges, Not Walls, 5:30PM

Wednesday, October 12:

Austin
Austin Community College - Riverside, Carlos Nicolas Flores reads and discusses Sex as a Political Condition, 7PM

BookPeople, LAUREN OLIVER & KENDARE BLAKE speaking & signing Replica & Three Dark Crowns, 7PM

Dallas
Hotel Crescent Court, Philippe Le Corre discusses and signs China's Offensive in Europe, 6:30PM

SMU - Hughes Trigg Theater, Hispanic Heritage Month at SMU presents Sonia Nazario, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Enrique's Journey, 6PM

The Wild Detectives, First Hearings: Wordspace Dallas hosts Carol J. Adams, author of The Carol J. Adams Reader: Writing Conversations 1995-2015, in conversation with Dallas artist Pamela Nelson, 7:30PM

Fort Worth
TCU - Moudy North, Live Oak Reading Series featuring former Louisiana poet laureate DARRELL BOURQUE, 6:30PM

Houston

Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Slam, 7:15PM

Brazos Bookstore, Lily Hoang discusses and signs A BESTIARY, 7PM

Houston Museum of Natural Science, HMNS Distinguished Lecture Series: Tullis Onstot discusses and signs Deep Life: The Hunt for Hidden Biology of Earth, Mars, and Beyond, 6:30PM

Murder By the Book, Fiona Davis will sign and discuss her debut novel, The Dollhouse, 6:30PM

Huntsville
Sam Houston State University, Chris Lynch discusses and signs Irreversible, 2PM

Nacogdoches
Stephen F. Austin State University, Kashmir Maryam - Muslim Spoken Word Poet, 7PM

Thursday, October 13:

Austin
BookPeople, BRIT BENNETT speaking & signing The Mothers, 7PM

BookWoman, Second Thursday Open Mic Poetry featuring Loueva Smith, 7:15PM

Malvern Books, Novel Night with Emily McKay & Carl Vick, 7PM

Mr. Catfish & More, NeoSoul Poetry ATX, 8PM

Dallas

Aaron Family Jewish Community Center, Gavriel Savit discusses and signs Anna and the Swallow Man, 7PM

B&N - Lincoln Park, Winter Storms book signing with Elin Hilderbrand, 7PM

Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture, , 7PM

Highland Park United Methodist Church, Authors Live! Series presents H.W. Brands discussing and signing The General vs The President, 7PM

SMU-McFarlin Auditorium, Common Reading Public Lecture: Bryan Stevenson discusses Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, 4:30PM

SMU-McFarlin Auditorium, Jones Day Lecture, part of the Tate Lecture Series: Bryan Stevenson, author of Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, 8PM

El Paso
Eloise, James R. Dennis will read from and sign his new collection of poetry, Correspondence in D Minor, 6:30PM

Frisco
B&N - Stonebriar Mall, Lauren Oliver and Kendare Blake sign Replica and Three Dark Crowns, 7PM

Garland
B&N - Firewheel Mall, Reavis Wortham signs Unraveled, 6:30PM

Houston

Architecture Center Houston (ArCH), "Houston: A Historical Narrative" with Jim Parsons, author of Fair Park Deco, 6PM

Brazos Bookstore, Bae Suah and Deborah Smith read and sign A GREATER MUSIC, 7PM

El Rincón Social, Multimedia artist Pablo Gimenez-Zapiola presents Eastext: Transforming The East End Into A Moving Canvas For Poetry Projections, 6:40PM

Houston Country Club, The Gutenberg Dinner benefiting The Printing Museum, 6:30PM

River Oaks Bookstore, William Guest discusses and signs Places You Want to Go, 5PM

McAllen
McAllen Public Library, David Bowles will read from and sign copies of his latest collection of dark legends, GHOSTS OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY, 7PM

Midland
B&N, Love Your Life, Not Theirs: 7 Money Habits for Living the Life You Want book signing with Rachel Cruze, 12PM

San Marcos

TSU - Alkek Library, Wittliff Collections presents a visiting writers series reading with Julia Pierpont, 3:30PM

Friday, October 14:

Arlington
UTA - Central Library, Anshel Brusilow discusses and signs Shoot the Conductor, 7:30PM

Austin
BookPeople, Photographer CARLI DAVIDSON speaking & signing Lick Dogs & Lick Cats, 7PM

BookWoman, reading and signing for Catherine Musemeche's new book, Hurt: The Inspiring, Untold Story of Trauma Care, 7PM

Genuine Joe Coffeehouse, Lacey Schmidt discusses Catch to Release at a Sapphic Reading Group meeting, 7PM

Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, David Todd and Jonathan Ogren discuss and sign The Texas Landscape Project: Nature and People, 12 & 2PM

Dallas
Crow Collection of Asian Art, Bae Suah reads, discusses, and signs Recitation, 7PM

Deep Vellum Books, Bae Suah reads and signs Recitation & A Greater Music, 12PM

Deep Vellum Books, Dark Moon Poetry Reading and Performance, 6:30PM

Lucky Dog Books - Oak Cliff, Poets on X+ Hosted by Opalina Salas and Carlos Salas, 8PM

El Paso
B&N - Fountains at Farah, Come Meet and Greet Susie Salom, local author of Kyle Finds Her Way, 6PM

Houston

B&N-River Oaks, Winter Storms book signing with Elin Hilderbrand, 7PM

Brazos Bookstore, Brit Bennett reads and signs THE MOTHERS, 7PM

Rudyard's Pub, Gulf Coast reading series featuring Lisa Olstein, Henk Rossouw, Corey Campbell & Jennifer Staff Johnson, 7PM

Humble
B&N - Deerbrook Mall, Author George Arnold signs Pharaoh's Follies: Kits of the CIA, 4PM

Kyle
Katherine Anne Porter Literary Center, visiting writers series presents a reading with Julia Pierpont, 7:30PM

San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, Barbara Dean Hendricks discusses and signs The Building Arts of South Texas: Stories of Endangered Building Arts & the Craftsmen Who Keep Them Alive, 6PM

Saturday, October 15:

Austin

Austin Community College-Highland, Writers' League of Texas workshop: "The Architecture of a Scene: How to Craft a Vivid Scene from Beginning to End" with Chaitali Sen, 9AM

Austin Public Library - Yarborough, Austin Poetry Society meeting featuring former Texas Poet Laureate Karla K. Morton, 1:30PM

B&N - Lakeline Crossing, Catherine Musemeche, M.D. discusses and signs Hurt: The Inspiring, Untold Story of Trauma Care, 2PM

BookPeople, author DEBORAH KADAIR THOMAS Storytime Reading: Cemetery Jamboree, 11:30AM

BookPeople, New York Times Bestselling Author BOX BROWN In Conversation w/Austin Kleon speaking & signing Tetris: The Games People Play, 3PM

Half Price Books - North Lamar, local author Bridgette Billingsley will sell and sign her Christian living book Girl Frenz: Women’s Devotional in the Midst of a Storm, 1PM

Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, Stephan L. Hatch, Kelly C. Umphres, and A. Jenét Ardoin sign Field Guide to Texas Grasses, and Jeff and Mary O. Parker sign Explore Texas: A Nature Travel Guide, 1PM

Malvern Books, Short Stories by Texas Authors Vol. 2 Book Launch, 1PM

Malvern Books, L.E. Kinzie Book Launch of Ignite: Poems, 7PM

Dallas

B&N - Preston/Royal, Dr. Brian King signs The Laughing Cure: Emotional and Physical Healing, 1PM

B&N - Prestonwood, Local Children's Author Marci Peschke signs Kylie Jean: Gymnastics Queen, 12PM

Half Price Books Mother Ship, Kay Honeyman will discuss and sign her new YA novel Interference, 2PM

Denton
B&N - Golden Triangle Mall, Images of America: North Texas State Fair and Rodeo book signing with Nanci Monroe Kimmey and Georgia Kemp Caraway, 2PM

El Paso

B&N - Sunland Park, Paranormal Specialist Ken Hudnall signs Haunted Hotels, 11AM

Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop with Azucena Domínguez: "A Toast to Life," 12:45PM

Galveston
Galveston Bookshop, Mark Lardas signs The Battleship Texas, 2PM

Houston
B&N - River Oaks, Minerva Perez signs I Gotta Story, My 30 Years in TV News, 2PM

Blue Willow Bookshop, Jim Cole will discuss and sign his novel, NEVER CRY AGAIN, 3PM

Murder By the Book, Ashley Weaver will sign and discuss A Most Novel Revenge, 4:30PM

River Oaks Bookstore, Jayme Lynn Blaschke discusses and signs Inside the Texas Chicken Ranch: The Definitive Account of the Best Little Whorehouse, 3PM

Tacos My Way, Book release party: The Seven Yards of Sorrow by David E. Cowen and A Warm Place to Self-Destruct by Weasel Patterson, 5PM

The Printing Museum, Introduction to Modern Book Collecting, 9AM

The Printing Museum, Advanced Topics in Book Collecting, 1PM

Writespace, Workshop: Personal Essay with Leslie Contreras Schwartz, 9:30AM

Humble
B&N - Deerbrook Mall, Author George Arnold signs Pharaoh's Follies: Kits of the CIA, 11AM

Killeen
Black World Books, GRAND OPENING!, 12PM

Marble Falls
Falls on the Colorado Museum, meet and greet with visiting historian Melvin C. Johnson, author of Polygamy on the Pedernales: Lyman Wight's Mormon Villages in Antebellum Texas, 1845-1858, 10AM

Plano

B&N - Preston/Park, The Hostesses discussion and signing with John Gardner, 2PM

San Antonio

Gemini Ink, workshop: Redefining Reality: The Art of Short Fiction with Jen Knox, 10AM

The Twig Book Shop, Special celebrity book signing with Kimberly J. Brown from Halloweentown: Poppin's Pumpkin Patch Parade, 10AM

South Padre Island
Paragraphs on Padre, Rickey E. Pittman, storyteller, author, and folksinger, reads and signs Rio Grande Valley ABC, 1PM

Southlake

B&N, George Dalton signs copies of his books, 1PM

Spring
Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts, Poets Northwest Fall Poetry Workshop with Laurie Kolp and Terry Jude Miller, 9:30AM

Sunday, October 16:

Austin
BookPeople, NICK SELUK speaking & signing Heart and Brain: Gut Instincts, 3PM

BookWoman, Elizabeth Cunningham book signing for Murder at the Rummage Sale, 3PM

Dallas

Half Price Books Mothership Local Author Sundays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release!

Houston
Asia Society Texas Center, Gulf Coast Reads present Authors & Asia: The Train to Crystal City with Jan Jarboe Russell, 3PM

Humble
B&N - Deerbrook Mall, Author George Arnold signs Pharaoh's Follies: Kits of the CIA, 11AM

San Antonio

The Twig Book Shop, Richard Arnold reads and signs Separated by the War, 11AM

The Twig Book Shop, Lisa Avery reads from and signs poetry collection Beautifully Naked. At Last., 3PM