
Special Events:
Langdon Review Weekend, Granbury, September 5-8
30th Annual National Cowboy Symposium & Celebration, Lubbock, September 7-9
Hay Festival - Bogotá 39, Dallas, September 8
STAPLE! Independent Media Expo, Austin, September 8-9
San Antonio
SMU - McCord Auditorium, God Save Texas: A Journey Into the Soul of the Lone Star State with Pulitzer-Prize Winning author Lawrence Wright, 6PM
Frisco
B&N - Stonebriar, YA author event with Kendare Blake, Katharine McGee, and Sara Raasch, 7PM
Houston
Avant Garden, Write about Now hosts HPF Performance Poet of the Year Finals featuring Gawd Slam, 7:30PM
Blue Willow Bookshop, Roger D. Hodge will discuss and sign his book TEXAS BLOOD, 7PM
MATCH Houston, LIREC Movement Creative & Invisible Lines Present A Houston Fringe Festival Event: Maraposa with "Mariposa: The Poetry and Chrysalis of Sharon Olson," 7:30PM
River Oaks Bookstore, Joseph G. Munisteri discussing and signing Born in Rome: From Italy to the Energy Empire, 5PM
San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, Celia Aily Carranza discussing and signing The Golden Butterfly: My Journey to Heaven on Earth, 5PM
Interabang Books, James Forman discussing and signing LOCKING UP OUR OWN, 7PM
Saturday, September 8:
Austin Public Library, SARAH BIRD speaking & signing Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen, 7PM [ticketed event]
BookPeople, Austin SCBWI Monthly Meeting: All About Agents Panel, 10AM
First Baptist Church, BookPeople presents SONIA SOTOMAYOR in conversation with Mariana Montejano, 2PM [ticketed event]
Dallas
Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: "The Eighth of September" with Donna Snyder, 12:45PM
Webster
B&N, Gulf Coast Poets meeting featuring Johnathan Moody, 10:30AM
Sunday, September 9:
Half Price Books - Mother Ship, local author Leah Frazier will sell and sign her motivational book The Success Factor: Stories from Successful Entrepreneurs who Thrived After Facing Failure!, and local author Sharon Hudgins will sell and sign her cookbook T-Bone Whacks and Caviar Snacks: Cooking with Two Texans in Siberia and the Russian Far East, 1PM
Interabang Books, Alex Beard presents THE LYING KING, 1PM
Omni Dallas at Park West, Jane Austin Society Fall meeting: lecture and discussion celebrating the 200th anniversary of the publication of Persuasion, 2PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Meg Cabot reading and signing ROYAL CROWN, 5PM
Murder By the Book, Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, and Karen White will sign and discuss The Glass Ocean, and Kristina McMorris will sign and discuss Sold On A Monday, 2PM
Richmond
George Memorial Library, Fort Bend County Libraries presents "The Arts of Russell Autrey: Artist, Photographer, Raconteur" opening day, 2PM
STAPLE! Independent Media Expo, Austin, September 8-9
Ongoing Exhibits:
The Texas Liberator: Witness to the Holocaust exhibition (from the book The Texas Liberators: Veteran Narratives from World War II), Houston, September 7-October 28
Tuesday, September 4:
Hill's Cafe, Hearsay Poetry Night, 8PM
The North Door, 5th anniversary party for Owen Egerton's One Page Salon, 7:30PM
Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam: New Shit Slam featuring Horn Colt Comedy, 7:15PM
Oliver Jeffers: 15 Years of Picturing Books, Abilene, June 7-September 30
"Dawoud Bey: Forty Years in Harlem" photography exhibition (from the book Dawoud Bey: Seeing Deeply), Austin, August 29-December 8
"Dawoud Bey: Forty Years in Harlem" photography exhibition (from the book Dawoud Bey: Seeing Deeply), Austin, August 29-December 8
Monday, September 3, Labor Day:
San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, Valerie Felder discussing and signing Life in Sturdy Stitches: The Making of a Close-Knit Family, 4PM
Tyler
Half Price Books, 1st anniversary celebration: live music, birthday cake and a donation to The Literacy Council of Tyler, all day
Tuesday, September 4:
Austin
BookPeople, KYLE LONGLEY speaking & signing LBJ's 1968: Power, Politics, and the Presidency in America's Year of Upheaval, 7PMHill's Cafe, Hearsay Poetry Night, 8PM
The North Door, 5th anniversary party for Owen Egerton's One Page Salon, 7:30PM
Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam: New Shit Slam featuring Horn Colt Comedy, 7:15PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Luisa Muradyan reading from and signing her new poetry collection, AMERICAN RADIANCE, 7PM
Tracy Gee Community Center, Houston SCBWI meeting: National SCBWI Conference Review – Panel Discussion by Attendees, 7PM
Dallas
Klyde Warren Park, The Wild Detectives hosts the Locals Only book club featuring Will Clarke and The Neon Palm of Madame Melançon, 6PMSan Antonio
Austin
BookPeople, ALEX BEARD speaking & signing The Lying King, 6:30PM
Bullock Museum, High Noon Talks: Ricardo Palacios discussing Tío Cowboy, 12PM
The Christian-Green Gallery, exhibition launch party: Dawoud Bey will be signing copies of his book, DAWOUD BEY: Seeing Deeply, 5PM
BookPeople, ALEX BEARD speaking & signing The Lying King, 6:30PM
Bullock Museum, High Noon Talks: Ricardo Palacios discussing Tío Cowboy, 12PM
The Christian-Green Gallery, exhibition launch party: Dawoud Bey will be signing copies of his book, DAWOUD BEY: Seeing Deeply, 5PM
Malvern Books, an evening with Elliott Turner, who will be reading from The Night of the Virgin, his award-winning debut novel, 7PM
Dallas
Checkered Past Winery, Dallas Poetry Slam presents El Jefe: Workshop, 6:30PM
Dallas
Checkered Past Winery, Dallas Poetry Slam presents El Jefe: Workshop, 6:30PM
SMU - McCord Auditorium, God Save Texas: A Journey Into the Soul of the Lone Star State with Pulitzer-Prize Winning author Lawrence Wright, 6PM
Frisco
B&N - Stonebriar, YA author event with Kendare Blake, Katharine McGee, and Sara Raasch, 7PM
Houston
Blue Willow Bookshop, Roger D. Hodge will discuss and sign his book TEXAS BLOOD, 7PM
MATCH Houston, LIREC Movement Creative & Invisible Lines Present A Houston Fringe Festival Event: Maraposa with "Mariposa: The Poetry and Chrysalis of Sharon Olson," 7:30PM
River Oaks Bookstore, Joseph G. Munisteri discussing and signing Born in Rome: From Italy to the Energy Empire, 5PM
San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, Celia Aily Carranza discussing and signing The Golden Butterfly: My Journey to Heaven on Earth, 5PM
Thursday, September 6:
Abilene
Main Library, Al Pickett discussing and signing Brother’s Keeper: The Story of the 2009 Abilene High State Championship and Mighty, Mighty Matadors, 6:30PM
Main Library, Al Pickett discussing and signing Brother’s Keeper: The Story of the 2009 Abilene High State Championship and Mighty, Mighty Matadors, 6:30PM
Addison
Metrocare, Writer's Garret workshop: Truth or Fiction: An Introduction to Prose for Veterans and Military Families, 6PM
SMU - Underwood Law Library, Irving L. Goldberg Endowed Lecture Series presents Professor James Forman Jr., 2018 Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America, 12:15PM
Denton
Spiderweb HQ, Zine Workshop: Reasons to F@*&ing Vote: Vol. 1!, 6PM
Edinburg
Dustin Michael Sekula Memorial Library, Write Stuff Club’s Fourth Annual Reading Presentation, 6PM
Houston
Edinburg
Dustin Michael Sekula Memorial Library, Write Stuff Club’s Fourth Annual Reading Presentation, 6PM
Houston
B&N - River Oaks, Welcome Wilson signing Always Welcome: Nine Decades of Great Friends, Great Times & (Mostly) Great Deals, 5PM
Brazos Bookstore, Leonardo Gonzalez reading and signing NANAS, 7PM
MATCH Houston, LIREC Movement Creative & Invisible Lines Present A Houston Fringe Festival Event: Maraposa with "Mariposa: The Poetry and Chrysalis of Sharon Olson," 7:30PM
Brazos Bookstore, Leonardo Gonzalez reading and signing NANAS, 7PM
MATCH Houston, LIREC Movement Creative & Invisible Lines Present A Houston Fringe Festival Event: Maraposa with "Mariposa: The Poetry and Chrysalis of Sharon Olson," 7:30PM
Murder By the Book, Peter Blauner will sign and discuss Sunrise Highway, 6:30PM
Lubbock
Texas Tech, TTU Creative Writing Reading Series presents William Wenthe, Jessica Smith, and Robby Taylor, 7:30PM
San Antonio
B&N - San Pedro, Author and illustrator Don Tate Book reading and signing Strong as Sandow, 7PM
The Barshop JCC, The Author & Speaker Series presents Katherine Reynolds Lewis, author of The Good News about Bad Behavior, 7PM
Sugar Land
Lubbock
Texas Tech, TTU Creative Writing Reading Series presents William Wenthe, Jessica Smith, and Robby Taylor, 7:30PM
San Antonio
B&N - San Pedro, Author and illustrator Don Tate Book reading and signing Strong as Sandow, 7PM
The Barshop JCC, The Author & Speaker Series presents Katherine Reynolds Lewis, author of The Good News about Bad Behavior, 7PM
Sugar Land
Friday, September 7:
Austin
BookPeople, KENDRA FORTMEYER speaking & signing Hole in the Middle (co-sponsored by the New Writers Project), 7PM
Malvern Books, celebrate the recent release of Hazem Fahmy’s debut chapbook, Red//Jild//Prayer, winner of the 2017 Diode Editions Contest. Hazem will be joined by Jasmine C. Bell, Jordan Cooley, and Mark Cugini, 7PM
Dallas
Wyly Theatre, Interabang Books presents an evening with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor to celebrate the release of her two new children’s books, Turning Pages: My Life Story (available in English and Spanish) and The Beloved World of Sonia Sotomayor, 6:30PM
Dallas
Wyly Theatre, Interabang Books presents an evening with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor to celebrate the release of her two new children’s books, Turning Pages: My Life Story (available in English and Spanish) and The Beloved World of Sonia Sotomayor, 6:30PM
Harker Heights
Inprint House, First Friday Reading Series featuring poet Michael J. Galko, 8:30PMSaturday, September 8:
Austin
ACC Highland, Writers' League of Texas workshop: "Book Publicity and Marketing 101" with Colleen Devine Ellis, 10AMAustin Public Library, SARAH BIRD speaking & signing Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen, 7PM [ticketed event]
BookPeople, Austin SCBWI Monthly Meeting: All About Agents Panel, 10AM
First Baptist Church, BookPeople presents SONIA SOTOMAYOR in conversation with Mariana Montejano, 2PM [ticketed event]
Dallas
B&N - Preston/Royal, Dellandra Adams signing Twenty-three Years of Lessons, 2PM
Downtown - Texas Stage, Award-winning author Ben Fountain discusses his forthcoming book, Beautiful Country Burn Again: Democracy, Rebellion, and Revolution (part of Texas Monthly's The Edge of Texas Fest), 12PM
Interabang Books, Sean Easley presents THE HOTEL BETWEEN, 1PM
Downtown - Texas Stage, Award-winning author Ben Fountain discusses his forthcoming book, Beautiful Country Burn Again: Democracy, Rebellion, and Revolution (part of Texas Monthly's The Edge of Texas Fest), 12PM
Interabang Books, Sean Easley presents THE HOTEL BETWEEN, 1PM
Houston
Blue Willow Bookshop, The poet Atticus will discuss and sign his new book of poetry, THE DARK BETWEEN STARS, 3PM
Brazos Bookstore, Samantha Clark reading and singing THE BOY, THE BOAT, THE BEAST, and Jennifer Ziegler reading and signing REVENGE OF THE TEACHER’S PETS, 3PM
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Cell Lust | a body: Emilý Æyer and Traci Lavois Thiebaud partner with music, poetry, light installation and animated collage, 2PM
Half Price Books - Clear Lake, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
Brazos Bookstore, Samantha Clark reading and singing THE BOY, THE BOAT, THE BEAST, and Jennifer Ziegler reading and signing REVENGE OF THE TEACHER’S PETS, 3PM
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Cell Lust | a body: Emilý Æyer and Traci Lavois Thiebaud partner with music, poetry, light installation and animated collage, 2PM
Half Price Books - Clear Lake, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
Murder By the Book, Ashley Weaver will sign and discuss An Act of Villainy (joined by her editor Catherine Richards for a Q&A), 4:30PM
Writespace, Workshop: "Processing Harvey through Writing" with Leslie Contreras Schwartz, 10AM
Pflugerville
Wild Magnolias, NeoSoul Poetry Slam TGS Qualifier featuring Houston VIP Slam, 8PM
San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, Alex Beard signing The Lying King, 11AMWritespace, Workshop: "Processing Harvey through Writing" with Leslie Contreras Schwartz, 10AM
Pflugerville
Wild Magnolias, NeoSoul Poetry Slam TGS Qualifier featuring Houston VIP Slam, 8PM
San Antonio
Webster
B&N, Gulf Coast Poets meeting featuring Johnathan Moody, 10:30AM
Sunday, September 9:
Austin
BookWoman, Naomi Shihab Nye will read from her recent collection of poems, Voices in the Air, followed by a book signing, 3PM
Malvern Books, Austin Writers Roulette presents "Out of Tune," 4PM
Dallas
BookWoman, Naomi Shihab Nye will read from her recent collection of poems, Voices in the Air, followed by a book signing, 3PM
Malvern Books, Austin Writers Roulette presents "Out of Tune," 4PM
Dallas
Dallas Museum of Art, Arts & Letters Live presents artist and activist Kimothy Joy discussing and signing That's What She Said, 4PM (preceded by a portraiture workshop at 1:30 PM)
Half Price Books - Mother Ship, local author Leah Frazier will sell and sign her motivational book The Success Factor: Stories from Successful Entrepreneurs who Thrived After Facing Failure!, and local author Sharon Hudgins will sell and sign her cookbook T-Bone Whacks and Caviar Snacks: Cooking with Two Texans in Siberia and the Russian Far East, 1PM
Interabang Books, Alex Beard presents THE LYING KING, 1PM
Omni Dallas at Park West, Jane Austin Society Fall meeting: lecture and discussion celebrating the 200th anniversary of the publication of Persuasion, 2PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Meg Cabot reading and signing ROYAL CROWN, 5PM
Richmond
George Memorial Library, Fort Bend County Libraries presents "The Arts of Russell Autrey: Artist, Photographer, Raconteur" opening day, 2PM
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