Monday Roundup: TEXAS LITERARY CALENDAR 10/24-30

Bookish events in Texas for the week of October 24-30, 2016: 

Special Events:
15th Annual Celebration of Reading with the Barbara Bush Foundation, Dallas, October 24

National Black Book Festival, Houston, October 27-29

Alamo City Comic Con, San Antonio, October 28-30

Halloween ComicFest 2016, Houston, October 29

Jewish Book & Arts Fair, Houston, October 29-November 13

Ongoing Exhibits:

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

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 24:

Austin
BookPeople, LAURIE HALSE ANDERSON speaking & signing Ashes: Seeds of America, 6PM

BookWoman, co-editior China Martens and contributor Ariel Gore discuss and sign Revolutionary Mothering: Love on the Front Lines, 7PM

Dallas
Hotel Crescent Court, DFW World Affairs Council: Parag Khanna discusses and signs Connectography: Mapping the Future of Global Civilization, 7PM

Houston
Blue Willow Bookshop, Young adult authors Kathleen Glasgow, Jennifer Niven, Teresa Toten and Brenna Yovanoff will appear to discuss their books and anything else, 7PM

Brazos Bookstore, Jonathan Rabb reads and signs AMONG THE LIVING, 7PM

Murder By the Book, Reavis Wortham will sign and discuss Unraveled, 6:30PM

Lewisville
B&N - Vista Ridge, annual Wilson Elementary Spooky Poetry Slam!, 6PM

Tuesday, October 25:

Austin

Austin History Center, A UT Tower shooting survivor, historians, and producers from "Texas Standard" will discuss the impact of the Out of the Blue oral history project commemorating the 50th anniversary of the UT Tower shooting, 6:30PM

BookPeople, Award Winning Novelist JOHN PIPKIN speaking & signing The Blind Astronomer's Daughter, 7PM

BookWoman, Heather Ash Amara discusses and signs The Warrior Goddess Way: Clarity, Creativity, and Inner Power for Women, 7PM

The Gallery at Chez Zee American Bistro, Chez Zee Author Series featuring Sarah Bird, 6:15

Malvern Books, Malvern’s Multi-Verse reading series with ire’ne lara silva & Alan Altimont, hosted by poet Francois Pointeau, 7PM

Resistencia Bookstore, China Martens reads and signs Revolutionary Mothering: Love on the Front Lines, 7PM

Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM

Dallas

B&N - Lincoln Park, Cara's Kindness book signing with Kristi Yamaguchi, 7PM

Lucky Dog Books - Oak Cliff, SOUP'S ON: STONE SOUP SHOWCASE with the Writer's Garret and Jolee Davis, 7PM

Fort Worth

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

Houston
Blue Willow Bookshop, Laurie Halse Anderson will discuss and sign her new novel ASHES, the conclusion to the Seeds of America trilogy, 5PM

Bohemeo’s, Glass Mountain reading with fiction writer Rachel Lee, and poets April Lim and Luisa Muradyan Tannahill, 7PM

Houston Museum of Natural Science, HMNS Distinguished Lecture Series: Scott Solomon discusses Future Humans: Inside the Science of Our Continuing Evolution, 6:30PM

Murder By the Book, Rob Hart will sign and discuss South Village, 6:30PM

Pasadena
San Jacinto College, Jan Jarboe Russell discusses and signs The Train to Crystal City, 10AM

Richardson
Richardson Public Library, Brown Bag Book Series: Rusty Williams discusses and signs Red River Bridge War: Texas-Oklahoma Boarder Battle, 11:30AM

San Antonio

The Korova, PuroSlam with DJ Donnie Dee, 10PM

Wednesday, October 26:

Austin
Austin Public Library - Old Quarry, Something Wicked: Tales of Horror Told by Local Authors featuring Owen Egerton, Felix Morgan and AJ Reyes, 7PM

BookPeople, JACQUELINE KELLY speaking & signing Skunked!: Calpurnia Tate, Girl Vet, 6PM

UT Austin, US Tour of Lina Meruane, author of Seeing Red, ?

Dallas
Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture, An Evening with Author Willard Spiegelman, author of Senior Moments, 6PM

Horchow Auditorium, Dallas Museum of Art's Arts & Letters Live presents Margo Jefferson, author of Negroland, and Yaa Gyasi, author of Homegoing, 7:30PM

The Wild Detectives, Drema Hall Berkheimer discusses and signs Running on Red Dog Road and Other Perils of an Appalachian Childhood, 7:30PM

Frisco
B&N - Stonebriar, Ashes book signing with Laurie Halse Anderson, 6PM

Stonebriar Country Club, DFW World Affairs Council breakfast: Ronald White discusses and signs American Ulysses: A Life of U.S. Grant, 7:30AM

Houston

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

Brazos Bookstore, Brian Stolarz discusses and signs GRACE AND JUSTICE ON DEATH ROW, 7PM

Murder By the Book, Kyle Mills will sign and discuss Order to Kill, 6:30PM

Kingsville
Texas A&M, Noemi Martinez reads and signs Revolutionary Mothering: Love on the Front Lines, ?

San Antonio
Trinity University - William Knox Holt Center, environmental historian Char Miller discusses and signs Not So Golden State: Sustainability vs. the California Dream, with Bob Rivard of The Rivard Report, 6PM

Witte Museum, Wagner Series: author Mary O. Parker and photographer Jeff Parker discuss and sign Explore Texas: A Nature Travel Guide, 6:30PM

Thursday, October 27:

Austin
BookPeople, JOLIE & AMIE SIKES speaking & signing Junk Gypsy: Designing a Life at the Crossroads of Wonder & Wander, 7PM

Malvern Books, Bryce Milligan reads from and signs his new poetry collection, Take to the Highway: Arabesques for Travelers, with W. Joe Hoppe, 7PM

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

Spiderhouse Ballroom, Testify storytellers present "Villains," 7:30PM

UT Austin, US Tour of Lina Meruane, author of Seeing Red, ?

Dallas

The Wild Detectives, John Pipkin reads and signs The Blind Astronomer's Daughter, 7:30PM

Edinburg
UT Rio Grande Valley, Noemi Martinez reads and signs Revolutionary Mothering: Love on the Front Lines, ?

El Paso
B&N - Fountains at Farah, local author Marta Elva signs American Tumbleweeds, 5PM

Fort Worth
The Last Word Bookstore, launch of Road Kill, the first anthology of Texas horror stories by a variety of Texas storytellers, 6PM

Fulton
Paws & Taws Convention Center, Tamara Saviano discusses and signs Without Getting Killed or Caught: The Life and Music of Guy Clark, 6:30PM

Houston

Blue Willow Bookshop, Jay Asher will discuss and sign his new novel for teens, WHAT LIGHT, 7PM

Box 13 ArtSpace, Multimedia artist Pablo Gimenez-Zapiola presents Eastext: Transforming The East End Into A Moving Canvas For Poetry Projections, 6:30PM

Brazos Bookstore, Beverly Lowry discusses and signs WHO KILLED THESE GIRLS, 7PM

Murder By the Book, Ed Lin will sign and discuss Incensed, 6:30PM

Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Glassell School Core Program Lecture: Wendy Vogel, author of index A to Z: art, design, fashion, film and music in the indie era, 7PM

Poison Girl, Poison Pen Reading Series featuring Alexandra Naumann, Lupe Mendez & Carrie Fountain, 8:30PM

River Oaks Bookstore, Kimberley Morris reads and signs Take Me to Your Weeder (How to Be an Earthling #3), 5PM

San Antonio

McNay Art Museum, Craig Bunch discusses and signs The Art of Found Objects: Interviews with Texas Artists- #18 Joe and Betty Moore Texas Art Series, 6PM

San Marcos

Texas State University’s Alkek Library, Wittliff Collections reading and signing with Mary Ruefle, 3:30PM

Friday, October 28:

Austin
BookPeople, YA Author JAY ASHER speaking & signing What Light, 7PM

Malvern Books, I Scream Social reading series featuring Darri Farr and Sam Miller, 7PM

UT Austin, US Tour of Lina Meruane, author of Seeing Red, ?

Brownsville
UT Rio Grande Valley, Noemi Martinez reads and signs Revolutionary Mothering: Love on the Front Lines, 2PM

Dallas
B&N - Lincoln Park, Joe Giron and Rex Brown to sign A Vulgar Display of Pantera, 7PM

Garland

B&N - Firewheel, George Arnold signs Pharaohs' Follies: Kits of the CIA Adventures in Egypt, 4PM

Houston

Blue Willow Bookshop, P.C. Cast will discuss and sign her new book, MOON CHOSEN, 7PM

Brazos Bookstore, Jessica W. Luther discusses and signs UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT, 7PM

Kyle
Katherine Anne Porter Literary Center, KAP Literary Center reading and signing with Mary Ruefle, 7:30PM

San Antonio

B&N - San Pedro, Fed & Fit: A 28 Day Food & Fitness Plan to Jumpstart Your Life with Over 175 Squeaky-Clean Paleo Recipes book signing with Cassy Joy Garcia, 7PM

The Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, Poet Laureate of Texas and San Antonio native Laurie Ann Guerrero hosts Bards & Brew, 7:30PM

Trinity University - Holt Center, Gemini Ink Reading: Brian Turner, Iraqi war veteran and award-winning poet & memoirist, 7PM

Saturday, October 29:

Athens
Henderson County Clint W. Murchison Memorial Library, F.C. Pearce will discuss and sign Listen for the Mourning Dove, 10AM

Austin

BookPeople, BARBARA MORGAN & MAYA PEREZ of the Austin Film Festival speaking & signing On Story—Screenwriters and Filmmakers on Their Iconic Films, 3PM

Malvern Books, Joseph Somoza reads from and signs his new poetry collection, As Far As I Know, 7PM

St. Edward's University, Writers' League of Texas workshop "Place in Fiction: The Secret Trapdoor to Storytelling" with Brittani Sonnenberg, 9AM

Dallas

B&N - Lincoln Park, The Eternal Party: Understanding My Dad, Larry Hagman, the TV Star America Loved to Hate book signing with Kristina Hagman, 3PM

B&N - Preston/Royal, Kristen Ohlenforst signs Moose the Worry Mutt Goes to Doggie Daycare, 1PM

Deep Vellum Books, The SMU Russian Studies Department Presents A Panel Discussion: Chekhov, Tolstoy, and Russia: Translation, History, and Literature featuring distinguished guest Rosamund Bartlett, a prominent English writer, scholar and translator, 7PM

The Wild Detectives, Bonehouse Poetry Reading, 6PM

The Writer's Garret, Partner Zines workshop with Lisa Huffaker, 10AM

El Paso

Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop with Raquel Mejía: Naked Catrina-Humor Me!, 12:45PM

Fort Worth
The Last Word Bookstore, Authors Sanderia Faye (Mourner's Bench) and Joe Milazzo (Crepuscule W/ Nellie) will read from their respective novels, followed by a conversation and audience Q & A, 4PM

Friendswood
Friendswood Public Library, David E. Cowen reads and signs his poetry collection, The Seven Yards of Sorrow, 7PM

Garland

B&N - Firewheel Mall, George Arnold signs Pharaohs' Follies: Kits of the CIA Adventures in Egypt, 10AM

Houston
B&N - River Oaks, Ginger Hurta signs GOOD MORNING, GOD!, 2PM

Brazos Bookstore, Bearing the Mask: Southwestern Persona Poems reading, 7PM

Murder By the Book, Kathleen Shanahan Maca will sign and discuss Ghosts of Galveston, 1PM

Solidarity House, Noemi Martinez reads and signs Revolutionary Mothering: Love on the Front Lines, 2PM

Writespace, workshop: Technical Writing as a Career Path for the Creative Writer with Andreana Binder, 9:30AM

Writespace, workshop: Jumpstart Your Writing: Halloween Style with Layla Al-Bedawi, 2PM

Writespace, Frightspace Terrifying Tales Contest and open mic - costumes encouraged!, 7:30PM 

Hunstville
Texas Prison Museum, Dr. Mitchel Roth discusses and signs Convict Cowboys: The Untold Story of the Texas Prison Rodeo, 11AM

Marble Falls
Falls on the Colorado Museum, Historian Melvin C. Johnson discusses and signs Polygamy on the Pedernales: Lyman Wight's Mormon Villages in Antebellum Texas, 1845-1858, 10AM

McAllen
B&N - Northcross, David Bowles signs Ghosts of the Rio Grande Valley, 1PM

Plano
B&N - Preston/Park, Dallas Cowboys: Legends of America's Team book signing with Jim Reeves, 2PM

San Antonio

B&N - Bandera Pointe, I Am Alpha and Omega book signing with Jesse Brown Jr., 1PM

B&N - Northwoods, Marta Elva signs American Tumbleweeds, 1PM

Gemini Ink, Seminar: The Soldier’s Rucksack: A Workshop with Acclaimed Author and War Veteran, Brian Turner, 10AM

South Padre Island
Paragraphs on Padre, Meet the Horror Authors: Road Kill: Texas Horror by Texas Authors book signing with the authors David Robledo, Carmen Gray, and Bret McCormick, 1PM

Waco

B&N, local author Elisabeth Stanley signs Mark of the Cabits, 3PM

Sunday, October 30:

Austin
BookPeople, YA Authors discussion and book signing: AMIE KAUFMAN & JAY KRISTOFF - Gemina, KIERSTEN WHITE - And I Darken, JESSICA CLUESS - A Shadow Bright and Burning, 2PM

Malvern Books, Sisters in Crime Heart of Texas Reading & Book Signing, 1PM

Malvern Books, The Lion & The Pirate Unplugged inclusive open mic: Halloween Edition, 4PM

Dallas

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

Garland
B&N - Firewheel, George Arnold signs Pharaohs' Follies: Kits of the CIA Adventures in Egypt, 10AM

Houston
Cactus Music, Tamara Saviano discusses and signs Without Getting Killed or Caught: The Life and Music of Guy Clark, with Richard Dobson, John Egan, and Sergio Trevino, 4PM

McAllen
B&N - Palms Crossing, David Bowles signs Ghosts of the Rio Grande Valley, 3PM