• Las Lunas Locas Writing Circle Southwest Tour, Austin, September 11-12
• Houston Artists Strong Hurricane Harvey Relief Fundraiser, Houston, September 14
• Indiepalooza, Houston, September 15-17
  NOTE NEW DATE: October 13–15, Houston
• Permian Basin Writers Workshop, Midland, September 15-17
• “A Killer Weekend” Writing Workshop, Houston, September 15-16

Ongoing Exhibits

• In His Own Words: The Life and Work of César Chávez (a Humanities Texas exhibit), Plano, August 7-September 15
• Voces Americanas: Latino Literature in the United States (a Humanities Texas exhibit), Plano, September 1-29
• Of Texas Rivers and Texas Art, San Antonio, September 2-November 27
• FOTOSEPTIEMBRE USA!, San Antonio, September 6–26
• National Center for Children’s Illustrated Literature 20th Anniversary Exhibition: Celebrating 20 Years of Art, Abilene, September 14–October 27

Sunday, September 10

Austin

• BookPeople, CORY PUTMAN OAKES speaking and signing Witchtown, 3PM
• Malvern Books, Austin Writers Roulette presents “Ol’ School Soul Food”, 4PM
• The Writing Barn, Workshop: “Humor and Surprise: A How-To Guide for Turning up the Fun Faucet in Picture Books” with Cate Berry, 3PM

Bellaire

• Southwestern Presbyterian Church, Houston Writers House workshop: “How to Successfully Pitch to an Agent/Editor in 15 Minutes” with Shelley K. Wall, 1PM

Corpus Christi

• B&N, Stephanie Elizondo Griest signs All the Agents and Saints, 1PM

Dallas

• Half Price Books Mothership, local author Wyatt McDowell will sell and sign his sci-fi novel, Locker 439, and local author Gale Jackson will sell and sign her self-help book, The Boss from Hell, 1PM

El Paso

• B&N – Fountains at Farah, Mama’s Leche book signing with author Michelle Hackney and illustrator Mia Ortiz, 2PM

Monday, September 11

Austin

• BookPeople, WNYC’s “Note to Self” host MANOUSH ZOMORODI speaking & signing Bored and Brilliant, 7PM [ticket required]
• Cap City Comedy Club, Gaby Dunn and Allison Raskin of the hit comedy YouTube channel “Just Between Us” performance in support of the book tour for their debut YA novel, I Hate Everyone But You, 8PM

Dallas

• Interabang Books, GRAND OPENING PARTY with guest of honor Ann Patchett, author (most recently of Commonwealth) and co-owner of Parnassus Books in Nashville, Tennessee, 6PM
• Scardello Artisan Cheese, Megan Giller will celebrate the release of her new book, Bean-to-Bar Chocolate: America’s Craft Chocolate Revolution, with chocolate, cheese, and wine, 6PM

Frisco

• B&N – Stonebriar, Jason Reynolds signs Patina, 6PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Barbara Radnofsky discusses and signs A CITIZEN’S GUIDE TO IMPEACHMENT, 7PM
• Murder By the Book, Craig Johnson will sign and discuss The Western Star, the latest in the Longmire series, 6:30PM
• Stages Repertory Theatre, Tintero Readings featuring Reyes Ramirez (hosted by Lupe Mendez), 7PM

San Antonio

• The Twig Book Shop, Writers’ League of Texas Panel Discussion: “How to Turn a Mess of Pages Into A Book” with Kate Winkler Dawson, Joe Jiménez, Chaitali Sen, and Nancy G. West, 6:30PM

Tuesday, September 12

Austin

• BookPeople, CRAIG JOHNSON speaking & signing the latest in the Longmire series, The Western Star, 7PM
• BookWoman, journalist Cate Malek discussing and signing Palestine Speaks: Narratives of Life Under Occupation, 7PM
• Home Slice Pizza, Austin Bat Cave’s Story Department: “Reply All” and Hurricane Harvey Benefit, 7PM
• Redbird Pilates and Fitness, Megan Giller will celebrate the release of her new book, Bean-to-Bar Chocolate: America’s Craft Chocolate Revolution, including a chocolate tasting, 7:30PM
• Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam featuring Shake Madness (hosted by Tova Charles), 7PM

Cedar Hill

• Zula Bryant Wylie Library, Dallas Area Writers Group meeting featuring novelist Melissa Lenhardt, 7PM

Dallas

• Half Price Books Mothership, Gaby Dunn and Allison Raskin, founders of the hit comedy YouTube channel “Just Between Us,” will discuss and sign their debut YA novel I Hate Everyone But You, 7PM [numbered pass required]
• Interabang Books, Attica Locke will read and sign Bluebird, Bluebird, 7PM

Fort Worth

• The Dock Bookshop, Fort Worth Poetry Slam and Open Mic, 8PM
• TCU Bookstore, Live Oak Reading Series celebrates the release of new literature from authors and English Department faculty members Alex Lemon and Matthew Pitt, 6:30PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Rodrigo Hasbún will discuss and sign Affections (joined in conversation by translator Sophie Hughes, moderated by Hosam Aboul-Ela), 7PM
• Katy Budget Books, NYT bestselling-author Kerrelyn Sparks presents So I Married a Sorcerer, the sequel to How to Tame a Beast in Seven Days, 6PM
• Murder By the Book, William Kent Krueger will sign and discuss Sulfur Springs, 6:30PM

Lubbock

• Lubbock Public Library – Groves Branch, Building a Story Collection: Teddy Jones will read, discuss, and sign her new book of short stories, Nowhere Near, 6:30PM

Midland

• Petroleum Museum, Arlen Edgar Distinguished Lecture Series: author Steve Wolf presents “Science in the Movies,” 6:30PM

San Antonio

• San Antonio Museum of Art, Trinity University Lennox Seminar Lecture: “Rome: Sexuality and Empire” with Caroline Vout, author of Sex on Show: Seeing the Erotic in Greece and Rome, 6:30PM
• The Korova, Puroslam featuring DJ Donnie Dee, 9:30PM
• The Twig Book Shop, Kelly Grey Carlisle will discuss and sign We Are All Shipwrecks: A Memoir, 5PM

Wednesday, September 13

Austin

• Austin Books & Comics, Ladies Night Special Event: Tillie Walden signs Spinning, 6PM
• B&N – Arboretum, Randi Rubenstein signs The Parent Trap, 7PM
• BookPeople, WILLIAM KENT KRUEGER speaking & signing Sulfur Springs, 7PM
• Malvern Books, acclaimed poet Zachary Schomburg releases his debut novel, Mammother (with readings from Molly Schulman and Josh Denslow, 7PM

Bee Caves

• B&N – Hill Country Galleria, Local Writer’s Night: Central Texas authors Holly Castillo, Glyn Haynie, and Jim Tallmon will sign their books, 4PM

Dallas

• Hotel Crescent Court, World Affairs Council of DFW hosts author Christopher Sabatini discussing “Doomed: Why Regional Efforts Fail to Solve Venezuela’s Crisis,” 6:30PM
• Interabang Books, War is a Crime: Matthew Hefti will read and sign A HARD AND HEAVY THING, and David Eric Tomlinson will read and sign THE MIDNIGHT MAN, 7PM
• The Wild Detectives, a literary bilingual evening in which Bolivian author Rodrigo Hasbún, and Sophie Hughes, the translator of Affections, his lastest book, will discuss the novel and its translation process, 7:30PM

Houston

• Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Slam, 7:30PM
• Brazos Bookstore, Attica Locke reads and signs BLUEBIRD, BLUEBIRD, 7PM

San Antonio

• B&N – Ingram Festival, New Author Night: meet local San Antonio-area authors, 6PM

Thursday, September 14

Abilene

• National Center for Children’s Illustrated Literature, 20th Anniversary exhibit opening with illustrator David Diaz, 6PM

Austin

• BookPeople, ROBIN SLOAN speaking & signing Sourdough (treats provided thanks to Edible Austin), 7PM [ticket required]
• BookWoman, Second Thursday Open Mic featuring poet Sarah Cortez (hosted by Cindy Huyser), 7PM
• Chocolaterie Tessa, Underground Chocolate Salon: Megan Giller celebrates the release of her new book, Bean-to-Bar Chocolate: America’s Craft Chocolate Revolution (plus chocolate tasting bar), 6:30PM
• JW Marriott Austin, Caritas of Austin annual Words of Hope Fundraiser: an evening with Ron Hall, author of the NYT best-selling book, Same Kind of Different As Me, 6:30PM
• Malvern Books, Novel Night with Amber Elby & K.P. Gresham, 7PM
• Mr. Catfish & More, NeoSoul Poetry ATX, 8PM

Dallas

• B&N – Lincoln Park, Jesmyn Ward reads and signs Sing, Unburied, Sing (in support of SMU’s Kimbilio Dallas 2017), 7PM
• First United Methodist Church of Dallas, Arts & Letters Live hosts Ken Follett discussing and signing A Column of Fire, 7:30PM
• Half Price Books Mothership, TV host Dr. Partha Nandi will discuss and sign Ask Dr. Nandi: 5 Steps to Becoming Your Own #HealthHero for Longevity, Well-Being, and a Joyful Life, 7PM
• Highland Park United Methodist Church, Friends of the SMU Libraries hosts Gretchen Rubin discussing and signing THE FOUR TENDENCIES, 7PM [RSVP reception at 6PM]
• I Love U A-Latte, Reunion: The Dallas Review presents Lit Roast & open mic, 8PM
• Interabang Books, Reed Farrel Coleman will read and sign ROBERT B. PARKER’S THE HANGMAN’S SONNET, 7PM

Fort Worth

• TCU, Comparative Race and Ethnic Studies Presents 2017 Fall Speaker Series with Joe Feagin, author of Myth of the Model Minority: Asian Americans Facing Racism, 7PM

Houston

• Blue Willow Bookshop, Jodi Meadows will discuss and sign Before She Ignites, and Erin Summerill will discuss and sign Ever the Hunted: A Clash of Kingdoms Novel, 7PM
• Brazos Bookstore, Tomás Morín reads and signs PATIENT ZERO, 7PM
• Murder By the Book, Sherry Thomas will sign and discuss A Conspiracy in Belgravia, 6:30PM
• Rice University – Fondren Library, Society of Rice University Women Author Series: Alison Macor will discuss her new book Rewrite Man: The Life and Career of Screenwriter Warren Skaaren, 7PM
• Rice University – Glasscock School, Friends of Fondren Library’s Meet the Author series featuring John B. Boles discussing and signing Jefferson: Architect of American Liberty, 6PM

Lubbock

• Texas Tech, TTU Creative Writing Program Reading Series presents acclaimed poet Zachary Schomburg and his first novel, Mammother, 7:30PM

San Antonio

• Trinity University, LatinX Heritage Month Series featuring independent filmmaker, programmer, and writer Jim Mendiola, 3PM
• The Twig Book Shop, D.G. Hernandez will read and sign The Milagro Affair, 5PM
  

Sugar Land

• B&N – First Colony, Story time with local author Maria Ashworth, 10AM

Friday, September 15

Austin

• BookPeople, RODRIGO HASBÚN speaking & signing Affections (in conversation with translator SOPHIE HUGHES, moderated by SEAN MANNING), 7PM
• Malvern Books, Nancy Huang launches her debut poetry collection, Favorite Daughter (with readings from special guests Philip Olalo, Noor Wadi, and Jasmine Bell), 7PM
• Resistencia Bookstore, César Chavez and the Moral Right to Stay: A Plática & Discussion with José-Antonio Orosco, author of Toppling the Melting Pot, 7PM

Dallas

• Deep Vellum Books, Pandora’s Box Reading Series: Banned Poetry Month with more than a dozen DFW-area poets, 7PM
• Heroes Lounge, Dallas Poetry Slam featuring Jennine DOC Wright, 8PM
• Interabang Books, Ken Follett signs A COLUMN OF FIRE, 11AM

El Paso

• El Paso Museum of History, Focus on Perspectives: Noted author and UTEP professor Daniel Chacón will discuss the creative processes that produce fiction and poetry, 6PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, ER Bills discusses and signs TEXAS DISSIDENT, 7PM
• Murder By the Book, Reed Farrel Coleman will sign and discuss Robert B. Parker’s the Hangman’s Sonnet, 6:30PM
• St. John the Divine Episcopal Church, Frank Billingsley, Houston’s KPRC Channel 2 weatherman and author of the forthcoming memoir, Swabbed and Found, will share his story about finding his birth roots, 6:30PM

North Richland Hills

• North Richland Hills Public Library, Behind the Book: NYT bestselling-author Gretchen Rubin will discuss and sign The Four Tendencies, 1PM [ticketed reception at 12PM]

San Antonio

• The Twig Book Shop, poet Susan Campbell will read from and sign Anything You Ever Wanted to Know, 5PM
  

Southlake

• B&N – Town Square, Caleb and Kit book signing with Beth Vrabel, 6PM

Tyler

• UT-Tyler, “Garbology” lecture with Edward Humes, author of Freshman Book, 6PM [signing and reception at 4:30PM]

Saturday, September 16

Austin

• AFS Cinema, Alison Macor, author of Rewrite Man, The Life and Career of Screenwriter Warren Skaaren, presents a screening of one of the most well-known efforts of the late Austin-based script doctor, Tim Burton’s BATMAN, 7PM
• Antonelli’s Cheese House, Megan Giller celebrates the release of her new book, Bean-to-Bar Chocolate: America’s Craft Chocolate Revolution, with cheese and chocolate pairings, 4PM
• Austin Public Library – University Hills, Austin Poetry Society meeting featuring Nathan Brown, 1:30PM
• BookPeople, Tara Dairman reading and signing The Great Hibernation, 2PM
• BookPeople, ALEX LEMON speaking & signing Feverland, 5PM
• Half Price Books – North Lamar, the Lake Travis Novel Writers will sell and sign their latest works, 2PM
• Malvern Books, The Lion & The Pirate Unplugged with special guest Susan R. Nelson, author of The Only Light I Saw Was in Galveston, 7PM
• St. Edward’s University, Writers’ League of Texas workshop: “Worldbuilding for Speculative Fiction” with Amanda Downum and Marshall Ryan Maresca, 10AM
• The Writing Barn, Workshop: Secret Origins: How to Write Comics and Graphic Novels with NYT Bestselling-Author Paul Benjamin, 3:30PM

Belton

• McWha Bookstore, book signing with R. L. Stelzer, 10AM

Boerne

• Patrick Heath Public Library, Spanish Collection Re-Opening Celebration with author and illustrator Xavier Garza, publisher and author Bryce Milligan, and poet Carmen Tafolla, 2PM

Dallas

• Dallas Public Library – Highland Hills, Author talk and book signing with Kendra Rainey, 2PM
• Half Price Books Mothership, NYT bestselling-author Marie Lu will discuss and sign Warcross, 3PM [numbered pass required]
• Plai Place, Paint & Hang with the Dallas Poetry Slam team, 7PM & 9PM

Denton

• B&N – Golden Triangle Mall, Story time: Local author Krystal Granzow reads and signs Maddy Lou and Mack at the State Fair of Texas, 1PM

El Paso

• B&N – Fountains at Farah, Pancakes for Dinner! story time and signing with local author Phillip D Cortez, 11AM
• El Paso Public Library – Memorial Park, Tumblewords Project Workshop: “Dear Younger Me” with writer and visual artist Yvonne Collins, 12:45PM

Fort Worth

• Half Price Books – Ridgmar, local author Suzan Schnitzius will sell and sign her memoir, Rolling Toward Home, 1PM

Houston

• B&N – Westheimer Crossing, Samuel Axelrad M.D. signs Peaceful Bones, 2PM
• Blue Willow Bookshop, Local contributors Heather K. Olson Beal, Kira Duerichen Olson, and Erin Hill will share their submissions in BARING WITNESS, 1PM
• Brazos Bookstore, Story time: Jason Gallaher reads and signs WHOBERT WHOVER: OWL DETECTIVE, 10:30AM
• Brazos Bookstore, Yuri Herrera reads and signs KINGDOM CONS, 7PM
• Half Price Books – Clear Lake, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
• River Oaks Bookstore, Anita Kruse reads and signs Purple Song, 3PM

Irving

• South Irving Library, Author visit with Elizabeth Eulberg author of the YA novel The Great Shelby Holmes: Girl Detective and the forthcoming sequel, 3PM

Nacogdoches

• The Bosslight/Main Street Pecan, Storytellers’ Night #2 at The Main Pecan, 7PM

San Antonio

• Mantle Art Space, Warship Issue Three Zine Release, 7PM
• The Twig Book Shop, E. Dan Klepper will discuss and sign Why the Raven Calls the Canyon, 10AM
  

Southlake

• B&N – Town Square, Edith Odiwo signing Porsche Porscha the Pink Pig: Book 2, 11AM
• B&N – Town Square, Charlotte Benke signing Alive: Hijacked by the Holy Spirit, 2PM

Sugar Land

• Half Price Books, local author Pamela Gray will sell and sign her book Dancing Over Dogs: Counting with Grandma, 1PM

Sunday, September 17

Abilene

• Abilene Public Library – South Branch, West Texas Book Festival Preview Session: Abilene Author Showcase, 3PM

Austin

• Austin Public Library – Manchaca Road, Bernadette Nason will read, discuss, and sign Tea in Tripoli: A Memoir, 2PM
• BookPeople, MADELINE SMOOT speaking and signing The Monsters Hiding in Your Closet, and JESSICA LEE ANDERSON speaking & signing Uncertain Summer, 2PM
• BookPeople, NATHAN ENGLANDER speaking & signing Dinner at the Center of the Earth, 5PM
• BookWoman, M.L. Wonder reading and signing Tenth Year in the Sun, 4PM
• Hops and Grain Brewing, celebrate Megan Giller and her new book, Bean-to-Bar Chocolate: America’s Craft Chocolate Revolution, with chocolate, beer, and bands, 1PM
• Malvern Books, Todd Hawkins launches his chapbook Ten Counties Away (with readings from Ken Fontenot and Judy Jensen), 1PM
• Malvern Books, Dave Oliphant will read from and sign his new poetry collection, The Hero’s Fall I Fell For: Jazz Poems, 4PM

Dallas

• Half Price Books Mothership, local authors Kay & Rudy Seamayer will sell and sign copies of Rudy’s memoir, The Last Train Out, 1PM

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