• 6th Annual Granbury Paranormal Expo, September 30-October 1
• Waco WordFest, October 6-8
• Lone Star Book Festival, Dallas, October 6-8
• Texas Teen Book Festival, Austin, October 7
• Evening With the Authors, Lockhart, October 7
• 24th Annual North Texas Book & Paper Show, Fort Worth, October 7-8

Ongoing Exhibits

• 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, 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

Monday, October 2

Austin

• BookPeople, BARBARA A. RADNOFSKY speaking & signing A Citizen’s Guide to Impeachment, 7PM
• White Horse Saloon, 2nd birthday party for the Austin Book Arts Center!, 6:30PM

Dallas

• Horchow Auditorium, Arts & Letters Live hosts Pulitzer Prize-winner Michael Chabon reading and signing Moonglow (In conversation with Dallas Theater Center’s Kevin Moriarty), 7:30PM
• Interabang Books, Andrea Pitzer discusses and signs ONE LONG NIGHT: A GLOBAL HISTORY OF CONCENTRATION CAMPS, 7PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, James Reston discusses and signs A RIFT IN THE EARTH, 7PM
• Murder By the Book, C. Robert Cargill will sign Sea of Rust, 6:30PM
• Rice University – Farish Gallery, Rice Architecture Fall 2017 Lecture Series: “Works” with architect John Ronan, author of Centerline 9: The Poetry Foundation, 5:30PM
• Rice University – Ley Student Center Chapel, Cherry Reading Series: Sarah Sentilles reads and signs Draw Your Weapons, 6PM
• Tracy Gee Community Center, SCBWI Houston meeting: “Creating Elements of Humor in Kid-Friendly Manuscripts” with Crystal Allen, 7PM

Tuesday, October 3

Arlington

• UTA – Texas Hall, Maverick Speakers Series presents Anousheh Ansari speaking and signing My Dream of Stars: From Daughter of Iran to Space Pioneer, 7:30PM

Austin

• BookPeople, MICHELLE BREYER speaking & signing The Curl Revolution: Inspiring Stories and Practical Advice from the NaturallyCurly Community, 7PM
• BookWoman, celebrate the release of BookWoman’s own Chelsey Clammer’s second collection of essays, Circadian, winner of the 2015 Red Hen Press Nonfiction Manuscript Award, 7PM
• Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam Quarterfinals 2 featuring Jomar Valentin, 7PM
• LBJ Library, The Tom Johnson Lectureship presents 47th Vice President of the United States Joe Biden, author of the forthcoming Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose, 6PM

Dallas

• B&N – Preston/Royal, Gregory Forney discusses and signs Number One Overall: In the Third Person, 5PM
• Half Price Books Mothership, retired detective and star of Homicide Hunter Detective Lt. Joe Kenda will discuss and sign his true crime book, I Will Find You: Solving Killer Cases from My Life Fighting Crime, 7PM

Fort Worth

• TCU – Brown-Lupton, Daryl D. Schmidt Lectureship on Religion in Public Life with Eboo Patel, Rhodes Scholar, founder of the Interfaith Youth Core, and author of Acts of Faith and Sacred Ground: Pluralism, Prejudice, and the Promise of America, 7PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Sarah Sentilles discusses and signs DRAW YOUR WEAPONS, 7PM
• Fix Coffeebar, Poetry Fix features Bucky Rea and Joshua Hayes, 6:30PM
• Murder By the Book, Nelson DeMille will sign and discuss The Cuban Affair, 6:30PM
• United Way of Greater Houston, World Affairs Council of Greater Houston hosts Robert F. Worth discussing and signing A Rage for Order: The Middle East in Turmoil, from Tahrir Square to ISIS, 7PM

Irving

• West Irving Library, Irving Reads: Visit with author Erica Silverman, 7PM

San Antonio

• The Korova, PuroSlam with DJ Donnie Dee, 9:30PM
• San Antonio College, 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, 11AM

Wednesday, October 4

Austin

• BookPeople, Newbery-Medalist KATHERINE APPLEGATE speaking & signing Wishtree, 6PM
• Bullock History Museum, High Noon Talk: Emilio Zamora, Professor of History at the University of Texas, discusses The World War I Diary of José de la Luz Sáenz, 12PM

Dallas

• B&N – Lincoln Park, The Cuban Affair book signing with Nelson DeMille, 7PM
• Deep Vellum Books, Legendary singer/songwriter Radney Foster reads and signs For You to See the Stars, 7:30PM
• Highland Park United Methodist Church, Authors Live!: Art Garfunkel presents WHAT IS IT ALL BUT LUMINOUS, 7PM

Houston

• Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Slam, 7:30PM
• Blue Willow Bookshop, Loren Long will discuss and sign GOOD DAY, GOOD NIGHT, his newest picture book, 5PM
• Brazos Bookstore, 100 Black Men: Diaspora Stories featuring Ira Dworkin and Toni Pressley-Sanon, 7PM
• Center for the Healing of Racism, Mark Tschaepe and Ronald Goodwin will discuss and sign their new book, The Mask of Microaggressions: Studies of Racism in the US, 7PM
• Christ Church Cathedral, National Book Award-winner James McBride reading and signing FIVE-CARAT SOUL, 7:30PM
• MATCH Houston, RDA/RSA Fall 2017 Lecture Series: “Pliable” with architect Jenny Sabin, author of LabStudio: Design Research between Architecture and Biology, 7PM

San Antonio

• San Antonio Public Library – Igo, Nancy G. West, author of the Aggie Mundeen mystery series, will visit the Igo Mystery Club, 6:30PM

The Woodlands

• Sam Houston State University – The Woodlands Center, World Affairs Council of Greater Houston hosts Robert F. Worth discussing and signing A Rage for Order: The Middle East in Turmoil, from Tahrir Square to ISIS, 6:30PM

Thursday, October 5

Austin

• BookPeople, National Book Award-winner JAMES MCBRIDE speaking & signing FIVE-CARAT SOUL, 7PM [ticketed event]
• BookWoman, Lou Anne Smoot reads and signs OUT, A Courageous Woman’s Journey, 7PM
• Mr. Catfish & More, NeoSoul Poetry ATX, 8PM

Bryan

• SEAD Gallery & Bookshop, France/TAMU Institute guest lecturer Pascal Bruckner discusses his book The Invention of Islamophobia, 6:30PM

Dallas

• Interabang Books, Kaira Rouda reads and signs BEST DAY EVER, 7PM
• SMU – McCord Auditorium, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Walter A. McDougall discusses and signs The Tragedy of U.S. Foreign Policy: How America’s Civil Religion Betrayed the National Interest, 6PM
• The Wild Detectives, Rodrigo Fuentes will discuss and sign Trucha panza arriba, 7:30PM [Spanish event]
• Wyly Theatre, Business Council for the Arts will present the reading of winning literary entries from this year’s “On My Own Time” arts competition, 6PM

Denton

• UNT, Distinguished Lecture Series: “Shakespeare, Race, and Performance” with Ayanna Thompson, author of Teaching Shakespeare with Purpose: A Student-Centred Approach, 3:30PM

El Paso

• B&N – Sunland Park, Dr. Edith Eva Eger discussing and signing The Choice: Embrace the Possible, 5PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, HW Brands discusses and signs THE GENERAL VS. THE PRESIDENT, 7PM
• River Oaks Bookstore, Jim Bernhard discusses and signs You’re On! The Theatre Quiz Book, 5PM
• Unity of Houston, “Messages From Spirit” with James Van Praagh, author of The Power of Love: Connecting to the Oneness, 7:30PM
• University of St. Thomas – Cullen Hall, “The Centenary 2016 and its Depiction of the Role of Women” by Sinéad McCoole, author of No Ordinary Women: Irish Female Activists in the Revolutionary Years 1900-1923, 7PM

Odessa

• UTPB – Dunagan Library, Guest Author Presentation Series hosts Judith Arcana, author of Announcements From the Planetarium, 6PM

San Antonio

• B&N – San Pedro, Church of the Small Things: The Million Little Pieces That Make Up a Life book signing with Melanie Shankle, 7PM
• The First Tee, Margie Crisp and William Montgomery discuss and sign The Nueces River, 7PM
• San Antonio Public Library – Central, Discussion with Lionel Sosa, author of The Americano Dream: How Latinos Can Achieve Success in Business and in Life, 6PM
• Trinity University – Chapman Center, 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, 3PM

Sugar Land

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

Friday, October 6

Austin

• BookPeople, Melinda Freeland speaking & signing Love, Texas-Population 2, and Kathy Gresham speaking & signing Murder in the Second Pew, 7PM
• Malvern Books, Psychic Privates: Poetry & Soundscapes featuring Kim Vodicka & Josh Stevens, 7PM

Dallas

• Main Street Garden park, Texas Authors Institute of History author reception and fundraiser with award-winning author and musician Mike Blakley, 7PM
• SMU – McFarlin Auditorium, Arts & Letters Live hosts Dan Brown discussing Origin, 7:30PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Writers’ League of Texas: How to Turn A Mess of Pages Into A Book with Chris Cander, Allegra Hyde, Michael Hurd, and Alex Parsons, 7PM

Webster

• B&N – Baybrook, Micah Duckett signing Come As You’re Not, 6PM

Saturday, October 7

Austin

• Austin Community College – Highland, Writers’ League of Texas workshop: “Setting as Character: Make Place More Than Just a Set Piece in Your Writing” with Stephanie Noll, 9AM

Cedar Park

• Half Price Books, local author Michelle Prewett will sell and sign her Christian Living book, GGG: The Grief, The Grace, & The Glory, Vol 1, 1PM

Dallas

• Deep Vellum Books, Pandora’s Box Poetry Collective: Special Edition, 8PM

El Paso

• El Paso Public Library – Memorial Park, Tumblewords Project Workshop: “Paranoiac-Critical Method” with writer and photographer Sandra Torrez , 12:45PM
• Literarity Book Shop, Barbara Gonzalez Cigarroa reads and signs A Mexican Dream, 2:30PM

Fort Worth

• Half Price Books, local author Amanda Thrasher will sell and sign her books, The Greenlee Project and Bitter Betrayal, and and local author Emma Gingerich will sell and sign her memoir, Runaway Amish Girl: The Great Escape, 1PM

Houston

• B&N – River Oaks, Frank Billingsley signs Swabbed & Found, 5PM
• The Book Scene, Vietnam War veteran, Houston doctor, and author Samuel Axelrad, M.D. signs his memoir Peaceful Bones, 1PM
• Brazos Bookstore, Coert Voorhees reads and signs ON THE FREE, 4PM
• Brazos Bookstore, WITS-Houston Story Slam, 7PM
• Central Market, Women In the Visual and Literary Arts workshop: “Rewrite Your Life: Finding Meaning in Story” with Donna Johnson, author of the memoir Holy Ghost Girl, 10AM
• Half Price Books – North Oaks, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release!, while supplies last
• Houston Public Library – Young, Public Poetry with John Milkereit, Bryce Milligan, Jonathan Moody, and Georgia Pearle, 2PM
• River Oaks Bookstore, Bruce Henderson reads and signs White Pages, 3PM
• Writespace, Workshop: “Grammar for Writers” with Andreana Binder, 9:30AM
• Writespace, Fall Open House!, 4:30PM

Humble

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

Irving

• South Irving Library, Irving Reads: Not Your Father’s Western Author Panel with Melissa Lenhardt, Henry McLaughlin, and Arianne “Tex” Thompson, 3PM

Port Neches

• Fleur Fine Books, Marlin Williams Meet & Greet and Book Signing, 3PM

Richardson

• Richardson Civic Center, Writers Guild of Texas Fall Workshop: “How to Hone Your Book and Optimize Your Marketing,” with New York Times bestselling author Cindy Dees, 9AM

San Antonio

• B&N – San Pedro, local author Holly Castillo signs Texas Desire and Texas Conquest, 2PM
• The Twig Book Shop, Amber Manning signs Mighty Big and Super Great: Texas Is The “Lone Star State”!, 11AM

Southlake

• B&N – Town Square, Story time: Adam Gellert reading and signing The Legend of the Cypress River, 11AM

Sugar Land

• Fort Bend County Libraries – University Branch, “Paper on the Press: The History of Printing” with Dr. Jerry Waite, 2PM

Webster

• B&N – Baybrook, Gulf Coast Poets meeting featuring Poetry Out of Bounds, 10:30AM

Sunday, October 8

Austin

• BookPeople, TARA DAIRMAN speaking & signing The Great Hibernation, JEANNIE MOBLEY speaking & signing Bobby Lee Claremont and the Criminal Element, and CHRISTINA SOONTORNVAT speaking & signing In a Dark Land, 2PM
• Malvern Books, Austin Writers Roulette presents “A Dark & Stormy Night,” 4PM

Dallas

• Half Price Books Mothership, local author Angel Jonson will sell and sign her books, Who Kidnapped Holly Gold? and Lovers, Killers and Diamonds, and local author Roger Geiger will sell and sign his memoir, Face the Bear: Tales of Laugh’n, Cry’n & Learn’n, 1PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Melissa del Bosque discusses and signs BLOODLINES, 5PM
• Museum of Fine Art, MFAH Exhibition Opening Day Lecture: “A Conversation about Oscar de la Renta: Life, Influences, and Style” with André Leon Talley, former editor-at-large at Vogue and author of Oscar de la Renta: His Legendary World of Style, 3PM
• Writespace, Workshop: “Unleash the Writer in You with Unleash the Writer in You” with Leslie Contreras Schwartz, 3PM

San Antonio

• The Twig Book Shop, Pat Hammond signs Name Them-They Fly Better: Pat Hammond’s Theory of Aerodynamics, 12PM

Southlake

• B&N – Town Square, Laila Sanguras signing Grit In the Classroom: Building Perseverance for Excellence in Today’s Students, 2PM

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