
Special Events:
Marathon Reading of Frankenstein, worldwide, Oct 31
8th Annual Dobie Dichos, Oakville, Nov 2
Historical Fiction Fall Event, Houston, Nov 2-3
Fort Bend County Libraries Book Festival & Holiday Market, Richmond, Nov 3
Ann and Stephen Kaufman Jewish Book & Arts Festival, Houston, Nov 3-13
Ongoing Exhibits:
Literary Frontiers: Historical Fiction & the Creative Imagination, San Marcos, August 1-December 14
"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
Finding Sophie Blackall Exhibition, Abilene, October 11-February 1
Texas Writers (a Humanities Texas exhibition), Livingston, November 1-30
Monday, October 29:
Arlington
UTA, CAPPA Lecture: Josh Nason and Jeff Nesbit discussing Chasing the City, 4PM
Austin
Central Library, KATE MCDERMOTT speaking & signing Home Cooking with Kate McDermott, 7PM [ticketed signing line]
Dallas
Dallas Museum of Art, Arts & Letters Live hosts Fatima Farheen Mirza (A Place For Us) and Tommy Orange (There There), 7:30PM
Deep Vellum Books, BELLY UP! with Rita Bullwinkel and Emily Gogolak, 7PM
Highland Park United Methodist Church, Authors LIVE! presents Hampton Sides and On Desperate Ground: the Marines at the Reservoir, the Korean War's Greatest Battle, 6PM
Interabang, B. A. Shapiro reading and signing THE COLLECTOR’S APPRENTICE, 7PM
UTA, CAPPA Lecture: Josh Nason and Jeff Nesbit discussing Chasing the City, 4PM
Austin
Central Library, KATE MCDERMOTT speaking & signing Home Cooking with Kate McDermott, 7PM [ticketed signing line]
Dallas
Dallas Museum of Art, Arts & Letters Live hosts Fatima Farheen Mirza (A Place For Us) and Tommy Orange (There There), 7:30PM
Deep Vellum Books, BELLY UP! with Rita Bullwinkel and Emily Gogolak, 7PM
Highland Park United Methodist Church, Authors LIVE! presents Hampton Sides and On Desperate Ground: the Marines at the Reservoir, the Korean War's Greatest Battle, 6PM
Interabang, B. A. Shapiro reading and signing THE COLLECTOR’S APPRENTICE, 7PM
Brazos Bookstore, Edward Carey reading and signing LITTLE, 7PM
Plano
B&N - Legacy West, What Self-Made Millionaires Do That Most People Don't: 52 Ways to Create Your Own Success book signing with Ann Marie Sabath, 6:30PM
Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam Costume Slam hosted by Glori B., 7:15PM
UT - Glickman, New Writers Project presents a Sally Ball & Jan Vičar Reading & Artist’s Talk, 7PM
Dallas
Interabang Books, Edward Carey reading and signing LITTLE, 7PM
SMU, "Sexual Harassment in a post-Weinstein World": A Conversation with Joanna Grossman, author of Nine to Five: How Gender, Sex, and Sexuality Continue to Define the American Workplace, 12PM
Murder By the Book, Clue-Themed Halloween Party, 6:30PM
Thursday, November 1:
UTSA, Dr. Jennifer Carlson will discuss her book Citizen Protectors: The Everday Politics of Guns in an Age of Decline, 6PM
Sugar Land
Malvern Books, launch of Kristy Peloquin’s Adrift: A Collection of Poems, 7PM
Canyon
Evocation Coffee Roasting House, Haiku Death Match presented by High Plains Poetry Project, 6PM
Dallas
Half Price Books Mothership, Dallas Meets Kallisto Gaia Press, 7PM
Interabang Books, Eryk Pruitt Townies: and Other Stories of Southern Mischief, 7PM
SMU, World Affairs Council of DFW hosts Joanne Freeman discussing and signing Field of Blood: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War, 6PM
Houston
B&N, Bert Lindsey signing Quick Tender, 2PM
BookPeople, MATTHEW ODAM speaking & signing 2018 Austin360 Dining Guide: The Best Places to Eat in Austin, 5PM
BookWoman, In the Beginning: A poetry reading with Susan J. Rogers, 3:30PM
St. Regis Hotel, The Armadillo’s Tea will raise funds for Houston Grand Opera’s HGOco, the company’s community outreach and collaboration arm, as it celebrates the launch of The Armadillo’s Dream, a children’s book authored by HGOco Touring Programs Manager Dennis Arrowsmith, 3PM
Plano
B&N - Legacy West, What Self-Made Millionaires Do That Most People Don't: 52 Ways to Create Your Own Success book signing with Ann Marie Sabath, 6:30PM
San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, Reyna Grande celebrating her new book, A Dream Called Home In Conversation with Norma Cantu, 6PM
Spring
Houston Advanced Research Center, World Affairs Council of Greater Houston hosts John Judis discussing and signing The Nationalist Revival: Trade, Immigration, and the Revolt Against Globalization, 6:30PM
Tuesday, October 30:
The Twig Book Shop, Reyna Grande celebrating her new book, A Dream Called Home In Conversation with Norma Cantu, 6PM
Spring
Houston Advanced Research Center, World Affairs Council of Greater Houston hosts John Judis discussing and signing The Nationalist Revival: Trade, Immigration, and the Revolt Against Globalization, 6:30PM
Tuesday, October 30:
Austin
BookPeople, MARK FALKIN speaking & signing The Late Bloomer (in conversation with Martha Louise Hunter, host of KOOP's "Writing on the Air"), 7PMSpiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam Costume Slam hosted by Glori B., 7:15PM
UT - Glickman, New Writers Project presents a Sally Ball & Jan Vičar Reading & Artist’s Talk, 7PM
SMU, "Sexual Harassment in a post-Weinstein World": A Conversation with Joanna Grossman, author of Nine to Five: How Gender, Sex, and Sexuality Continue to Define the American Workplace, 12PM
The Wild Detectives, Meet author Preston Fassel as he presents his first novel, Our Lady of the Inferno, 7:30PM
Houston
Houston
Bohemeo's, Glass Mountain Reading, 7PM
Fix Coffeebar, Poetry FIX featuring David E. Cowen, 6:30PM
Katy Budget Books, Scary Story Open Mic Night, 6:30PM
Moores Opera House, 2018 Mitchell Artist Lecture: playwright and MacArthur “Genius” Award winner Suzan-Lori Parks, 5PM
United Way of Greater Houston, World Affairs Council of Greater Houston hosts John Judis discussing and signing The Nationalist Revival: Trade, Immigration, and the Revolt Against Globalization, 6:30PM
Huntsville
Sam Houston State, SHSU MFA in Creative Writing presents Pride Month Craft Talk, Dragfest + Queer Poetry Slam, 5PM
Fix Coffeebar, Poetry FIX featuring David E. Cowen, 6:30PM
Katy Budget Books, Scary Story Open Mic Night, 6:30PM
Moores Opera House, 2018 Mitchell Artist Lecture: playwright and MacArthur “Genius” Award winner Suzan-Lori Parks, 5PM
United Way of Greater Houston, World Affairs Council of Greater Houston hosts John Judis discussing and signing The Nationalist Revival: Trade, Immigration, and the Revolt Against Globalization, 6:30PM
Huntsville
Sam Houston State, SHSU MFA in Creative Writing presents Pride Month Craft Talk, Dragfest + Queer Poetry Slam, 5PM
San Antonio
The Mix, PuroSlam: Anything Goes Slam!, 9:30PM
Pearl Stable, the San Antonio Book Festival presents GET LIT with Julián Castro discussing his memoir, An Unlikely Journey, with Congressman Joaquin Castro, 5:30PM
Denton
UNT - Willis Library, Dr. Bruce Bond will read and discuss poems from his new book, Frankenstein's Children, followed by a book signing, 5:30PM
Fort Worth
TCU, A Forum Celebrating 200 Years of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, 7PM
Houston
Avant Garden Bar, Write About Now Halloween-Themed Open Mic & Costume Party, 7:30PM
Wednesday, October 31:
Austin
Austin Books & Comics, meet the creative team behind the Halloween Man: Bat City Special, including “Best of Austin” nominated writer Drew Edwards; joining him are local artists Lou Pons, Dan Price, John Gholson, Shane Campos, JTA, and Paulo Hernandez, 5PM
BookPeople, Trick-or-Treat for books, 10:30AM
Chez Zee American Bistro, Halloween with Edgar Allan Poe, 8PM
Terrazas Branch Library, Chicon Street Poets presents Aural Literature Halloween Reading, 7:30PM
Austin Books & Comics, meet the creative team behind the Halloween Man: Bat City Special, including “Best of Austin” nominated writer Drew Edwards; joining him are local artists Lou Pons, Dan Price, John Gholson, Shane Campos, JTA, and Paulo Hernandez, 5PM
BookPeople, Trick-or-Treat for books, 10:30AM
Chez Zee American Bistro, Halloween with Edgar Allan Poe, 8PM
Terrazas Branch Library, Chicon Street Poets presents Aural Literature Halloween Reading, 7:30PM
Canyon
Aaron Family JCC, Dallas Jewish Bookfest presents Michael W. Waters, author of Stakes Is High: Race, Faith, and Hope for America, 7PMDenton
UNT - Willis Library, Dr. Bruce Bond will read and discuss poems from his new book, Frankenstein's Children, followed by a book signing, 5:30PM
Fort Worth
TCU, A Forum Celebrating 200 Years of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, 7PM
Houston
Murder By the Book, Clue-Themed Halloween Party, 6:30PM
Thursday, November 1:
Austin
BookPeople, AMY GENTRY speaking & signing Tori Amos's Boys for Pele (33 1/3 #135), 7PM
BookPeople, Writers' League of Texas Special Craft Presentation: National Novel Writing Month, 7PM
Dallas
B&N - Lincoln Park, The Three Beths book signing with Jeff Abbott, 7PM
First United Methodist Church of Dallas, Arts & Letters Live featuring MacArthur Genius and two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward with Sing, Unburied, Sing, 7:30PM
Interabang Books, Lorie Karnath discussing and signing THE LONG PATH TO WISDOM, 7PM
Edinburg
Dustin Michael Sekula Memorial Library, Meet authors Christopher Carmona (El Rinche: The Ghost Ranger of the Rio Grande) and Monica Munoz Martinez (The Injustice Never Leaves You: Anti-Mexican Violence in Texas), 6PM
Lubbock
Texas Tech, TTU Creative Writing Reading Series: "The Discipline of Creativity" lecture from Charmayne Hafen, author of Indebted: The Berkshire Dragon, 3:30PM
Pflugerville
Pflugerville Public Library, Native American Heritage Month Celebration with Storyteller Amy Bluemel, 6PM
Plains
Yoakum County Library, Writers' League of Texas presents Texas Writes with Tex Thompson and Karen Witemeyer, 10AM
San Antonio
Barhop Jewish Community Center, medical journalist Randi Hutter Epstein discussing Aroused: The History of Hormones and How They Control Just About Everything, 7PM
The Twig Book Shop, Nancy G. West reading and signing The Plunge: An Aggie Mundeen Lake Mystery, 4PM
BookPeople, Writers' League of Texas Special Craft Presentation: National Novel Writing Month, 7PM
Dallas
B&N - Lincoln Park, The Three Beths book signing with Jeff Abbott, 7PM
First United Methodist Church of Dallas, Arts & Letters Live featuring MacArthur Genius and two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward with Sing, Unburied, Sing, 7:30PM
Interabang Books, Lorie Karnath discussing and signing THE LONG PATH TO WISDOM, 7PM
Edinburg
Dustin Michael Sekula Memorial Library, Meet authors Christopher Carmona (El Rinche: The Ghost Ranger of the Rio Grande) and Monica Munoz Martinez (The Injustice Never Leaves You: Anti-Mexican Violence in Texas), 6PM
Lubbock
Texas Tech, TTU Creative Writing Reading Series: "The Discipline of Creativity" lecture from Charmayne Hafen, author of Indebted: The Berkshire Dragon, 3:30PM
Pflugerville
Pflugerville Public Library, Native American Heritage Month Celebration with Storyteller Amy Bluemel, 6PM
Plains
Yoakum County Library, Writers' League of Texas presents Texas Writes with Tex Thompson and Karen Witemeyer, 10AM
San Antonio
Barhop Jewish Community Center, medical journalist Randi Hutter Epstein discussing Aroused: The History of Hormones and How They Control Just About Everything, 7PM
The Twig Book Shop, Nancy G. West reading and signing The Plunge: An Aggie Mundeen Lake Mystery, 4PM
Sugar Land
B&N - First Colony, Story time with local author Maria Ashworth, 10AM
Victoria
University of Houston, American Book Review Reading Series featuring Carina Chocano, 11AM
Friday, November 2:
Victoria
University of Houston, American Book Review Reading Series featuring Carina Chocano, 11AM
Friday, November 2:
Austin
BookPeople, MARTIN LIMÓN speaking and signing The Line and A.R. ASHWORTH speaking & signing Two Faced, 7PMMalvern Books, launch of Kristy Peloquin’s Adrift: A Collection of Poems, 7PM
Canyon
Evocation Coffee Roasting House, Haiku Death Match presented by High Plains Poetry Project, 6PM
Dallas
Half Price Books Mothership, Dallas Meets Kallisto Gaia Press, 7PM
Interabang Books, Eryk Pruitt Townies: and Other Stories of Southern Mischief, 7PM
SMU, World Affairs Council of DFW hosts Joanne Freeman discussing and signing Field of Blood: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War, 6PM
Houston
Body, Mind & Soul, "Living Fire, Day Of the Dead: Upheaval, Regeneration and November 2018" with Dan Furst, who will also sign his newest book, The Rain on the Nile, 7PM
Brazos Bookstore, Bernardo Esquinca reading and signing THE OWLS ARE NOT WHAT THEY SEEM, 7PM
Discovery Green, WITS hosts Youth Performance Poetry Sessions, 6:30PM
Inprint House, First Friday Poetry Reading Series presents ANDRĖ DE KORVIN, 8:30PM
Marble Falls
Marble Falls Library, Donna Marie Miller discussing and signing The Broken Spoke: Austin’s Legendary Honky-Tonk, 12PM
San AntonioUTSA, Creative Writing Program Reading Series featuring Barbara Neely, 6PM
Malvern Books, The Lion & the Pirate Unplugged: inclusive open mic plus announcement of the winners of the annual Pen2Paper Creative Writing Contest, 7PM
St. Edward's University, Writers' League of Texas workshop: "Developing Your Perspective in Memoir" with Charlotte Gullick, 10AM
Dallas
Interabang Books, Helen Thorpe discussing and signing THE NEWCOMERS, 7PM
Klyde Warren Park, Klyde Warren Park presents Poetry in the Park, 5PM
Denton
Dan's Silver Leaf, Spiderweb Salon presents Spiderdead, 7PM
Central Library, Exploring Lost Restaurants of Fort Worth with Celestina Blok, 10:30AM
Brazos Bookstore, Bernardo Esquinca reading and signing THE OWLS ARE NOT WHAT THEY SEEM, 7PM
Discovery Green, WITS hosts Youth Performance Poetry Sessions, 6:30PM
Inprint House, First Friday Poetry Reading Series presents ANDRĖ DE KORVIN, 8:30PM
Marble Falls
Marble Falls Library, Donna Marie Miller discussing and signing The Broken Spoke: Austin’s Legendary Honky-Tonk, 12PM
San AntonioUTSA, Creative Writing Program Reading Series featuring Barbara Neely, 6PM
Saturday, November 3:
Austin
B&N - Arboretum, Meet Rebecca Donovan signing Scorned, Torn and Reborn, 2PM
Austin
B&N - Arboretum, Meet Rebecca Donovan signing Scorned, Torn and Reborn, 2PM
BookPeople, Author guest story time with Cynthia Leonor Garza reading Lucia the Luchadora and the Million Masks, 10:30AM
BookPeople, GAZ OAKLEY speaking & signing Vegan Christmas: Over 70 Essential Vegan Recipes for the Festive Season, 2PM
BookPeople, THOMAS JOSEF speaking & signing Incoming!: Secrets of a Contract Warrior in Afghanistan, 5PMBookPeople, GAZ OAKLEY speaking & signing Vegan Christmas: Over 70 Essential Vegan Recipes for the Festive Season, 2PM
Malvern Books, The Lion & the Pirate Unplugged: inclusive open mic plus announcement of the winners of the annual Pen2Paper Creative Writing Contest, 7PM
St. Edward's University, Writers' League of Texas workshop: "Developing Your Perspective in Memoir" with Charlotte Gullick, 10AM
Dallas
Interabang Books, Helen Thorpe discussing and signing THE NEWCOMERS, 7PM
Klyde Warren Park, Klyde Warren Park presents Poetry in the Park, 5PM
Denton
Dan's Silver Leaf, Spiderweb Salon presents Spiderdead, 7PM
El Paso
Memorial Park Library, Tumblewords Workshop: Día de los Muertos: A Story, 12:45PM
Fairview
Paula Deen's Family Kitchen, Paula Deen will make an appearance at her eponymous restaurant to sign copies of her new cookbook, At the Southern Table with Paula Deen, 11AM
Fort WorthMemorial Park Library, Tumblewords Workshop: Día de los Muertos: A Story, 12:45PM
Fairview
Paula Deen's Family Kitchen, Paula Deen will make an appearance at her eponymous restaurant to sign copies of her new cookbook, At the Southern Table with Paula Deen, 11AM
Central Library, Exploring Lost Restaurants of Fort Worth with Celestina Blok, 10:30AM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Story time: Carolyn Flores reading her new picture book, THE AMAZING WATERCOLOR FISH, 10:30AM
Brazos Bookstore, Story time: Carolyn Flores reading her new picture book, THE AMAZING WATERCOLOR FISH, 10:30AM
Brazos Bookstore, Sergio de la Pava reading and signing LOST EMPRESS, 7PM
Half Price Books - North Oaks, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
Hermann Park, "Writing Towards Reflection: A Creative Exploration of McGovern Lake" with Allegra Hyde, 1PM
Murder By the Book, Martin Limon will sign and discuss The Line, 1PM
Hermann Park, "Writing Towards Reflection: A Creative Exploration of McGovern Lake" with Allegra Hyde, 1PM
Murder By the Book, Martin Limon will sign and discuss The Line, 1PM
Murder By the Book, Dean "Miranda" James will sign and discuss Six Cats a Slayin', 4:30PM
Rice U, a lecture by Nell Scovell, author of Just the Funny Parts: … And a Few Hard Truths About Sneaking Into the Hollywood Boys’ Club (part of the Understanding #MeToo series, in collaboration with the Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center’s Ann and Stephen Kaufman Jewish Book and Arts Festival), 8PM
Kilgore
The Bookstore in Kilgore, Jessi Lanier presents her novel, Our Brave Star, 1PM
Midland
Midland College, Writers' League of Texas presents "The Craft & Business of Writing" with Michael Noll and Becka Oliver, 2PM
Rice U, a lecture by Nell Scovell, author of Just the Funny Parts: … And a Few Hard Truths About Sneaking Into the Hollywood Boys’ Club (part of the Understanding #MeToo series, in collaboration with the Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center’s Ann and Stephen Kaufman Jewish Book and Arts Festival), 8PM
Kilgore
The Bookstore in Kilgore, Jessi Lanier presents her novel, Our Brave Star, 1PM
Midland
Midland College, Writers' League of Texas presents "The Craft & Business of Writing" with Michael Noll and Becka Oliver, 2PM
San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, Michael H. Marvins discussing and signing The Texas Hill Country: A Photographic Adventure, 11AM
Tyler
Sunday, November 4:
BookWoman, In the Beginning: A poetry reading with Susan J. Rogers, 3:30PM
Cleburne
The Published Page Bookshop, Cleburne Holiday Open House Book Signing, 1PM
Dallas
Half Price Books Mother Ship, Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
Interabang Books, Melanie Sumrow THE PROPHET CALLS Book Launch Party, 2PM
The Wild Detectives, Backyard Story Night - Dallas Edition, 7PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Joshua Rivkin discussing and signing CHALK: THE ART AND ERASURE OF CY TWOMBLY, 5PM
Meyerland Performing and Visual Arts Middle School, Inprint Cool Brains! Series presents JASON REYNOLDS, 3PM
Aaron Family JCC, Nancy Churnin, theater critic for the Dallas Morning News, discussing and signing her new book, Irving Berlin: the Immigrant Boy Who Made America Sing, 2PM
Interabang Books, Melanie Sumrow THE PROPHET CALLS Book Launch Party, 2PM
The Wild Detectives, Backyard Story Night - Dallas Edition, 7PM
Houston
Meyerland Performing and Visual Arts Middle School, Inprint Cool Brains! Series presents JASON REYNOLDS, 3PM
Mansfield
Half Price Books, Half Price Books Mother Ship, Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
Richardson
The Drawing Board, Writing Workshops Dallas seminar: "How to Write Science Fiction That Sells" with Nebula Award-winner William Ledbetter, 3PM
Half Price Books, Half Price Books Mother Ship, Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
Richardson
The Drawing Board, Writing Workshops Dallas seminar: "How to Write Science Fiction That Sells" with Nebula Award-winner William Ledbetter, 3PM
San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, Cynthia Leonor Garza signing Lucia the Luchadora and the Million Masks,
10:00AM
The Twig Book Shop, Cynthia Leonor Garza signing Lucia the Luchadora and the Million Masks,
10:00AM