• Banned Books Week, September 24-30
• Inkstravaganza Gala honoring Dr. Tomás Ybarra-Frausto, San Antonio, September 28
• 6th Annual LibroFEST, San Antonio, September 30
• TEDx Sugarland 2017, September 30
• 6th Annual Granbury Paranormal Expo, September 30-October 1

Ongoing Exhibits

• 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
• Bonfire of Liberties: Censorship of the Humanities (a Humanities Texas exhibition), Keene, September 18-October 13
• Fact, Fiction, and the New World: The Role of Books in the Making of America (a Humanities Texas exhibition), Midland, October 1-December 1

Sunday, September 24

Austin

• BookPeople, CAROLYN OSBORN speaking & signing Durations, 2PM
• Malvern Books, an afternoon with writer and artist Eduardo Lalo (hosted by César A. Salgado), 4PM

Bellaire

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

Dallas

• Deep Vellum Books, Other People’s Poetry: Philip Levine with Richard Bailey, Austin Caraway, Dan Collins, Jolee Davis, Reverie Evolving, Rhett Forman, Lisa Huffaker, Joe Milazzo, Rachel Renea, Gayle Reaves-King, Will Richey, James Barrett Rodehaver, Carlos Salas, Lauren Smart, Kristine Spinner, and Robin Turner, 4PM
• Half Price Books Mothership, local author English Minter will sell and sign her children’s book, Filly’s Day on the Farm, 1PM
• The Wild Detectives, Backyard Story Night, 7PM

Frisco

• Frisco Public Library, Sisters in Crime North Dallas meeting: “Book Tours & Marketing Yourself” presented by Reavis Z. Wortham, 2PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Paula Lavigne and Mark Schlabach discuss and sign VIOLATED, 5PM
• Murder By the Book, Juliana Gray will sign and discuss her new Emmeline Truelove novel, A Strange Scottish Shore, 2PM

San Antonio

• San Antonio Public Library – Central, Bárbara Renaud González reads from Las Nalgas de J. Lo, 2PM

Monday, September 25

Austin

• BookPeople, DAN JONES speaking & signing The Templars, 7PM

Dallas

• Interabang Books, Pamela Salzman discusses and signs KITCHEN MATTERS: MORE THAN 100 RECIPES AND TIPS TO TRANSFORM THE WAY YOU COOK AND EAT, 7PM

Fort Worth

• TCU – Palko Hall, Leslie Irvine discusses My Dog Always Eats First: Homeless People and Their Animals, 7PM

Frisco

• B&N – Stonebriar Mall, Quests for Glory B&N Exclusive Edition book signing with Soman Chainani, 6PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Santiago Gamboa reads and signs RETURN TO THE DARK VALLEY, 7PM
• Murder By the Book, Charlaine Harris will sign and discuss Sleep Like A Baby, her new Aurora Teagarden mystery, 6:30PM

San Antonio

• The Twig Book Shop, Kelly Grey Carlisle discusses and signs We Are All Shipwrecks: A Memoir, 5PM
  

Tuesday, September 26

Austin

• Austin Community College – Eastview, World Affairs Council of Austin presents “Truth Stranger Than Fiction? How Thrillers are a Window into how U.S. Foreign Policy Really Works” with Todd Moss, author of The Shadow List, 4:45PM
• BookPeople, CELESTE NG speaking & signing Little Fires Everywhere (in conversation with Clay Smith of Kirkus Reviews), 7PM
• BookWoman, A Tribute to Kate Millett with author Pamela Ellen Ferguson, 7PM
• Chez Zee American Bistro, Chez Zee Author Series with Donna Marie Miller, author of The Broken Spoke: Austin’s Legendary Honky-Tonk (with James White, owner of The Broken Spoke), 6PM
• Harry Ransom Center, award-winning poet Roger Reeves, Associate Professor of English at The University of Texas at Austin, gives his inaugural reading, 7PM
• Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam hosted by Peter Nevland, 7PM
• Writers’ League of Texas, Workshop: “First Impressions Are Everything: Composing a Standout Query Letter” with Becka Oliver, 6PM

Dallas

• Checkered Past Winery, Dallas Poetry Slam presents “DFW Unplugged”, 8PM
• Half Price Books Mothership, New York Times bestselling-author Doug Stanton will discuss and sign his military history, The Odyssey of Echo Company: The 1968 Tet Offensive and the Epic Battle to Survive the Vietnam War, 7PM
• SMU – McFarlin Auditorium, Tate Lecture Series: The Linda and Mitch Hart Lecture with Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations and author of A World in Disarray: American Foreign Policy and the Crisis of the Old Order, and Fareed Zakaria, CNN international affairs expert and author of In Defense of a Liberal Education (moderated by David Gergen), 8PM
• The Wild Detectives, Join Colombian novelist, short story writer and journalist, Santiago Gamboa for a reading from his latest novel, Return to the Dark Valley, followed by a bilingual Q&A and public conversation moderated by Vicky Sanz and Lauren Smart, 7:30PM [Bilingual event]

Fort Worth

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

Houston

• The Black Labrador, Houston Writers House meeting: Megan Lafollett will discuss social media and digital marketing tactics for authors, 6:30PM
• Blue Willow Bookshop, Soman Chainani will discuss and sign his books for young people, including QUESTS FOR GLORY, the fourth book in his series THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL, 5PM
• Bohemeos, Glass Mountain fall reading series with Erika Jo Brown, LeeAnne Carlson, and Quentin Key-Tello (also collecting monetary donations for Mayor Sylvester Turner’s Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund, and canned good donations for the Houston Food Bank), 7PM
• Murder By the Book, Thomas Mullen will sign and discuss Lightning Men, and T. Jefferson Parker will sign and discuss The Room of White Fire, 6:30PM

Richardson

• Richardson High School, Richardson Reads One Book 2017: Daniel Bergner discusses Sing For Your Life: A Story of Race, Music, and Family, 7:30PM

San Antonio

• The Korova, Puroslam with DJ Donnie Dee, 9:30PM

San Marcos

• Texas State – Alkek Library, The Wittliff Collections hosts a reading, discussion, and signing with Karen Russell, author of Swamplandia!, 3:30PM

Seguin

• Texas Lutheran University, Bárbara Renaud González discusses and signs Las Nalgas de JLo/JLo’s Booty: The Best & Most Notorious Calumnas & Other Writings by the First Chicana Columnist in Texas 1995-2005, 4PM

Wednesday, September 27

Austin

• Austin Public Library – Terrazas, Aural Lit presents Chicon Street Poets and Chicon Street Poets presents Aural Lit, 7PM
• BookPeople, RADNEY FOSTER speaking & signing For You To See The Stars, 7PM
• Malvern Books, third Austin edition of the “Why There Are Words” reading series with Lowell Mick White, Christine Granados, Michael Elwood, and Missy Roback, 7PM
• The Writing Barn, Words and Wine Wednesday featuring the characters from “Homemaking at the End of the World”, 7:30PM

Brownsville

• UTRGV – Salon Esperanza, Griselda Castillo reading from and discussing Blood & Piloncillo, 6PM

Dallas

• The Wild Detectives, Misty Keasler celebrates the publication of Haunt, an art book released in tandem with her exhibition at The Modern in Fort Worth, in conversation with Margee Kerr, the author of Scream: Chilling Adventures in the Science of Fear, 7:30PM

Dripping Springs

• Sententia Vera Cultural Hub, Self-Publishing Workshop with Bill Benitez, owner of Positive Imaging, LLC, 6PM

Houston

• Amegy Bank Tower, World Affairs Council of Greater Houston hosts Todd Moss, author of four nonfiction books on international affairs and the Judd Ryker thriller series, 4:30PM & 7PM
• Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Slam, 7:30PM
• Blue Willow Bookshop, Katherine Applegate will discuss and sign WISHTREE, her newest novel for children, 5PM
• Brazos Bookstore, Lenora Chu discusses and signs LITTLE SOLDIERS, 7PM
• Murder By the Book, Fiona Davis will sign and discuss her debut novel, The Address, 6:30PM

Richardson

• Half Price Books, retired NFL wide receiver Donald Driver will sign his new book, The 3D Body Revolution: The Ultimate Workout + Nutrition Blueprint to Get Healthy and Lean, 7PM

San Antonio

• The Twig Book Shop, Mickey Ibarra discusses and signs Latino Leaders Speak, 6PM
  

Thursday, September 28

Austin

• BookPeople, LENORA CHU speaking & signing Little Soldiers, 7PM
• Mr. Catfish & More, NeoSoul Poetry ATX, 8PM
• Stateside at the Paramount, Texas singer-songwriter Radney Foster will play a special album and book release show in support of his new project, For You to See the Stars, 8PM

College Station

• Texas A&M University – Memorial Student Center, Join Nancy T. McCoy and David G. Woodcock for the launch of their new book, Architecture That Speaks: S. P. C. Vosper and Ten Remarkable Buildings at Texas A&M, followed by a brief program at the Reynolds Gallery, 6PM

Dallas

• CBS Radio Performance Showroom, World Affairs Council of DFW hosts Dr. Jeremi Suri discussing and signing The Impossible Presidency: The Rise and Fall of America’s Highest Office, 6:30PM
• Deep Vellum Books, Dallas Chapter of the Nonfiction Authors Association meeting: DIY Editing Tips: Polish Your Manuscript w/o Blowing Your Budget with Leslie Lutz, 7PM
• Half Price Books Mothership, Collectible Conversations: Timothy Binkley, archivist at the Bridwell Library at the Perkins School of Theology at SMU, will share practical insights on archival preservation, 6PM
• Richland College, Daniel Bergner presents Sing For Your Life: A Story of Race, Music, and Family, 11AM, followed by “The Art of Writing” workshop, 12:30PM
• UT Dallas, Creative Writing Lecture Series: David Wright will read from an in-progress novel that tells the story of the Union army’s “African Brigade”, 7PM
• The Wild Detectives, Verónica Gerber Bicecci reads and signs Conjunto Vacio, in conversation with Vicky Saenz, 7:30PM [Spanish event]

Fort Worth

• The Fort Worth Club, World Affairs Council of DFW hosts Dr. Jeremi Suri discussing and signing The Impossible Presidency: The Rise and Fall of America’s Highest Office, 11:30AM

Houston

• The Black Labrador, World Affairs Council of Greater Houston hosts Retired Lieutenant Colonel and Professor, author of U.S. Military Operations: Law, Policy, and Practice, 7:15PM
• Brazos Bookstore, Banned Books Week 2017: Read. Resist.: hear Texas authors and librarians read excerpts from their favorite challenged or banned children’s and YA books. Readers include authors Caroline Leech, Anna Meriano, Varsha Bajaj, Josh Gottlieb-Miller, and Chris Cander, 7PM
• Murder By the Book, Todd Moss will sign and discuss his new Judd Ryker novel, The Shadow List, 6:30PM
• Museum of Fine Arts, MFAH Author Talk: A Conversation with Dominic Smith, author of The Last Painting of Sara de Vos, followed by a book signing, 6PM
• Poison Girl, Poison Pen Reading Series featuring Niki Herd and Yuki Tanaka, 8:30PM
• Rice University – Sewall Hall, “Loving Work”: a feminist take on popular advice literature with Dr. Kathi Weeks, 4PM
• River Oaks Bookstore, James Garrison reads and signs QL4, 5PM

San Marcos

• Texas State – Alkek Library, Center for the Study of the Southwest hosts Steve Schafers reading from The Border, followed by a book signing and panel discussion, 5:30PM

Sugar Land

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

Victoria

• University of Houston, American Book Review reading series featuring writer of poetry, fiction, nonfiction and plays Kwame Dawes, 12PM

Friday, September 29

Austin

• Austin Public Library – Old Quarry, Austin Out Loud: This Party Is (Not) Censored (Banned Books Week edition) featuring readings from favorite banned and challenged books by local authors and library staff, 6:30PM [Recommended for ages 17 and up]
• Malvern Books, Taisia Kitaiskaia reads and signs Ask Baba Yaga, 7PM

Dallas

• Interabang Books, Harlan Coben reads and signs DON’T LET GO, 7PM

Fort Worth

• B&N – Hulen, Little Soldiers: An American Boy, a Chinese School, and the Global Race to Achieve book signing with Lenora Chu, 7PM

Frisco

• Stonebriar Country Club, World Affairs Council of DFW hosts Dr. Jeremi Suri discussing and signing The Impossible Presidency: The Rise and Fall of America’s Highest Office, 7:30AM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Literal Magazine, 7PM
• McGonigel’s Mucky Duck, Texas singer-songwriter Radney Foster Special Acoustic CD/Book Release Party for For You To See The Stars, 7PM

San Antonio

• The Twig Book Shop, Matthew Pitt reading and signing These are Our Demands, and Alex Lemon reading and signing Feverland, 5PM

Saturday, September 30

Austin

• B&N – Lakeline, Local author Glyn Haynie discusses and signs When I Turned Nineteen: A Vietnam War Memoir, 2PM
• BookWoman, Rios de la Luz reads and signs Itzá, 6PM
• Malvern Books, 100 Thousand Poets for Change, 3PM
• Malvern Books, International Translation Day celebration with a reading featuring renowned translators Tony Beckwith, Marian Schwartz, Eduardo, Antonella Del Fattore-Olson, and Michele Aynesworth, 6PM
• St. Edward’s University, Writers’ League of Texas workshop: “The Secret to Making Picture Books” with Liz Garton Scanlon, 9AM
• The Writing Barn, Workshop: “Essential Elements: Writing Powerful Dialogue” with Katherine Catmull, 9:30AM

Dallas

• Dallas Public Library – Bookmarks, The Bookmarks Children’s Author Series presents Farahana Surya Namaskar, author of Doing and Being, 10:30AM
• Interabang Books, Translator George Henson discusses THE MAGICIAN OF VIENNA, 7PM
• The Wild Detectives, Workshop: “Abstract Comic” conducted by Verónica Gerber in conjunction with Oil and Cotton, 10:30AM
• The Writer’s Garret, Workshop: “Finding Your Voice” with Melissa T. Schultz, 1PM

El Paso

• El Paso Public Library – Memorial Park, Tumblewords Project Workshop: “100 Thousand Poets For Change” with Donna Snyder, 12:45PM

Galveston

• 1838 Michel B. Menard House, Dr. Thomas Boghardt lectures from The Zimmermann Telegram: Intelligence, Diplomacy, and America’s Entry into World War I (part of the Galveston Historical Foundation’s “Deep Water Jubilee: Menardi Gras!”, recognizing the 150th anniversary of World War I), 3PM
• Galveston Bookshop, Elliott Turner signs The Night of the Virgin, 2PM

Garland

• B&N – Firewheel Mall, Cyndy Feasel discusses and signs After the Cheering Stops: An NFL Wife’s Story of Devastation, Loss, and the Faith that Saw Her Through, 2PM

Houston

• Blue Willow Bookshop, celebrate with Jennifer Mathieu as she launches MOXIE, her new novel for teens, 11AM
• Christ Church Cathedral, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon reads and signs MOONGLOW, 7:30PM [ticketed event]
• Half Price Books – Clear Lake, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
• McGonigel’s Mucky Duck, Texas singer-songwriter Radney Foster Special Acoustic CD/Book Release Party for For You To See The Stars, 7PM
• Murder By the Book, Harlan Coben will sign and discuss his newest stand-alone novel, Don’t Let Go, 1PM [numbered pass required]
• River Oaks Bookstore, Dr. Quinta discusses and signs From Antarctica to Zimbabwe: How I Hit the Reset Button On My Life, 3PM

Hurst

• B&N – NE Mall, By Blood Sworn and In Her Blood book signing with Janice Jones, 1PM
• New Braunfels
• The Purple Chair, Anna Arms signs I Got Girl Powers!, 10:30AM

Odessa

• Dee’s Bistro, The Permian Basin Poetry Society presents 100 Thousand Poets & Others for Change Globally & Locally: Open Mic and Art Show, 7PM

San Antonio

• Centro de Artes, 100 Thousand Poets for Change SATX: Sanctuary!, 11AM
• San Antonio Public Library – Central, Parman, & Mission locations, Don’t Judge A Book By Its Cover: Human Library Day (borrow more than 40 human titles, including selections by a Hindu philosopher, a Wiccan priestess, and a cancer survivor), 11AM
• The Twig Book Shop, E.R. Bills signs Texas Dissident: Dispatches from a Diminished State 2006-2016, 11AM
  

Shallowater

• Shallowater School County Library, Writers’ League of Texas presents “Texas Writes” with authors Charlotte Gullick and Donna Johnson, 10AM

Southlake

• B&N – Town Square, local author Cecil Miller signing The Other Side of the Mic, 1PM

Sunday, October 1

Austin

• BookPeople, JULIE FOGLIANO and CHRISTIAN ROBINSON speaking & signing When’s My Birthday?, 11:30AM
• BookPeople, ANN LECKIE speaking & signing Provenance, 5PM [ticketed event]
• BookWoman, Alice Hoffman speaking & signing An Intimate Conversation with My Younger Self, 3:30PM

Dallas

• Half Price Books Mothership, local author Lawrence Hodges will sell and sign copies of his inspirational book, Raised from the Dead, and local author Sheila King will sell and sign copies of her Christian living book, Drought Interrupters: Breaking Out of a Dry Season, 1PM

Houston

• Inprint, Tintero Projects writing workshop hosted by Daniel Peña, 2PM

Mansfield

• Half Price Books, Local Author Sundays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last

San Antonio

• The Twig Book Shop, Patricia Williams signs Rabbit, The Autobiography of Ms. Pat, 11AM

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