• Going Out of Business Sale: books, pamphlets & paper ephemera, Llano, December 13-14

Ongoing Exhibits

• Literary Frontiers: Historical Fiction & the Creative Imagination, San Marcos, August 1-December 14
• Finding Sophie Blackall Exhibition, Abilene, October 11-February 1
• 30 Poems for the Tricentennial: A Poetic Legacy, San Antonio, December 3-April 25, 2019
• Artful Books, Alpine, December 7-17

Sunday, December 9

Austin

• Malvern Books, Austin Writers Roulette presents “The End is the Beginning,” 4PM
• LBJ Library, Russ Whitlock, former superintendent of the Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park, signing The Texas White House, 11:30AM

Dallas

• Half Price Books Mother Ship, Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
• Half Price Books Mother Ship, Melanie Sumrow will sign copies of her newest YA novel, The Prophet Calls, 5PM

El Paso

• B&N – Fountains, Thomas Dominguez III signing A Fighter’s Will!, 2PM

Mansfield

• Half Price Books, Tank Gunner will sell and sign copies of his books, Prompts, Prompts Too, Cookie Johnson, and Palomino, 1PM

Richardson

• The Drawing Board, Writing Workshops Dallas seminar: “How to Write Flash Fiction” with Eden Elieff, 3PM

San Antonio

• B&N – La Cantera, Luc Vors signing Where Sleeping Dogs Lie, 12PM
• Dead Tree Books, Dead Tree Books, John C. Payne signing Three and Out, 12PM
• The Twig Book Shop, Clara Harmonson discussing and signing Hair Chronicles, 12PM

South Padre Island

• Paragraphs on Padre, Meet the Author Series: Lamar Jones discussing and signing The Adventures of Sir Jankster, 1PM

Monday, December 10

Austin

• Esther’s Follies, Austin History Center hosts a fundraiser to for printing costs of Bill Leissner’s forthcoming book, Austin Icons of the Eighties: Music, Theatre, Politics, 7PM

Dallas

• Aaron Family JCC, Tal Keinan discussing and signing GOD IS IN THE CROWD: TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY JUDAISM (in conversation with Rabbi Stefan Weinberg), 7PM

Pearland

• Pearland Library, Meet Stephanie Wittels Wachs, author of Everything is Horrible and Wonderful, 6:30PM

Tuesday, December 11

Austin

• BookPeople, RYAN BEAUCHESNE & CRUSOE signing Crusoe the Worldly Wiener Dog: Further Adventures with the Celebrity Dachshund, 6PM [voucher required]
• Flat Track Coffee, Chicon Street Poets host Living Room Lit | Spoken Word Open Mic + Mingle, 7:30PM
• Home Slice Pizza, Austin Bat Cave presents Story Department: “Stranger Things,” 7:30PM
• LBJ Library, Author and historian Michael Beschloss will be speaking about his latest book, Presidents of War: The Epic Story, from 1807 to Modern Times, as well as reflecting on the life and legacy of President George H.W. Bush (moderated by LBJ Foundation President and CEO Mark K. Updegrove), 6PM
• Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam featuring Wayne Henry, 7:15PM

Dallas

• Hall of State at Fair Park, Dallas Historical Society Brown Bag Lecture: E.R. Bills discussing Texas Far & Wide, 12PM
• The Wild Detectives, Reading Performance: Short Shorts and Tall Tales: Down the Chimney, Up in Smoke! with Isaac Banegas, Elizabeth Hamilton, Lindsey Lett, Taylor Lett, and Amber Noel, 7:30PM

Houston

• The Junior League, World Affairs Council of Greater Houston hosts Max Boot discussing and signing The Corrosion of Conservatism: Why I Left the Right, 6:30PM

San Antonio

• The Mix, PuroSlam, 9:30PM

Wednesday, December 12

Boerne

• Patrick Heath Public Library, Book Club Brunch with Sarah Bird, author of Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen, 11AM

Dallas

• Sandaga 813, LitNight with Sanderia Faye, 7PM
• The Wild Detectives, Inner Moonlight poetry featuring Trista Edwards and Bess Whitby, 7:30PM

Houston

• Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Open Mic featuring Christopher Diaz , 7:30PM
• Kaboom Books, Reading with Jane Chance and Stacy Nigliazzo, 7PM
• The Menil, Jay Wehnert discussing and signing Outsider Art in Texas: Lone Stars, 7PM
• River Oaks Bookstore, Ann Marie Sabath discussing and signing What Self-Made Millionaires Do That Most People Don’t: 52 Ways to Create Your Own Success, 5PM

San Antonio

• The Twig Book Shop, poet Linda Simone will read from and sign The River Will Save Us, 5:30PM

Sugar Land

• B&N, Author Event: Greatest Adventure-Tony Piedra; H is for Harvey- Julie Beasley; Red Stocking Society-John “Ace” Passmore, 4:30PM

Thursday, December 13

Austin

• BookWoman, Second Thursday Open Mic featuring Amanda Johnston, 7:15PM
• Malvern Books, Novel Night with Rachael Sparks & Tamar Ben-Ur, 7PM
• Palmer Events Center, Donna Marie Miller signing The Broken Spoke: Austin’s Legendary Honky-Tonk, 6PM
• Paramount Theatre, Storytelling: The Moth Mainstage, 8PM

Dallas

• Deep Vellum Books, Feuding Fan Dancers with Leslie Zemeckis, 7PM
• The Wild Detectives, Melania-Luisa Marte discussing her debut book of poetry, MELA, 7:30PM

Houston

• River Oaks Bookstore, Sharon K. Connell discussing and signing Paths of Righteousness, 5PM

San Antonio

• The Twig Book Shop, David Norman reading and signing South of Hannah, 5PM

Sugar Land

• B&N, Story time with local author Maria Ashworth, 10AM
• B&N, Author Signing and Discussion: Bliss Finance by WenFang Bruchett, 4:30PM

Webster

• B&N, Meet the Author: Misty Boyd, 5PM

Friday, December 14

Alpine

• West Texas National Bank, Texas Mountain Trail Writers: Becka Oliver and Michael Noll of the Writers’ League of Texas present “The Craft & Business of Writing,” 5:30PM

Austin

• Malvern Books, I Scream Social Ugly Sweater Party, 7PM

Beaumont

• Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Robert Craig Bunch signing The Art of Found Objects: Interviews with Texas Artists, 6PM

Dallas

• Heroes Lounge, Dallas Poetry Slam: Girls Night Out Masquerade Ball, 7:30PM
• Mighty Fine Arts, Poets on X+ Feature and Open Mic with Griselda J Castillo, 8PM

Houston

• River Oaks Bookstore, Donna Kacmar discussing and signing Victor Lundy: Artist Architect, 5PM

Saturday, December 15

Austin

• B&N – Arboretum, Meet author September Scott with special guest Margo Coates Huddleston, 10:30AM
• BookPeople, Special Guest Story Time: Sonia Panigrahy will share her inspiring book, Nina the Neighborhood Ninja, 10:30AM
• Malvern Books, Vanessa Couto Johnson presents her first full-length poetry collection, Pungent dins concentric, 7PM
• Resistencia Bookstore, Lenguas Loc@s First Annual Reading!, 7PM
• Twin Oaks Library, Austin Poetry Society Holiday Party and Open Mic, 1:30PM

Dallas

• Deep Vellum Books, Cinestate Presents: HEADCHEESE: a special launch party and Q+A with Fangoria author Jess Hagemann, 7PM

El Paso

• Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: Becka Oliver and Michael Noll of the Writers’ League of Texas present “The Craft & Business of Writing,” 12:45PM

Galveston

• Galveston Bookshop, Susan P. Baker signing Murder and Madness, 2PM

Houston

• Half Price Books – Clear Lake, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
• Katy Budget Book, Co-author and editor J.E. Martin signs God’s hand on My Shoulder, a biography of Joe Carl Martin, Jr., 2PM
• Murder By the Book, Erica Wright will sign and discuss The Blue Kingfisher and give a presentation called “Where to Hide the Body: Starting a Mystery,” 4:30PM
• River Oaks Bookstore, Ronel Golden reading and signing Nicole, 3PM
• Writespace, Workshop: “Scrivener 102” with Cassandra Rose Clarke, 9:30AM

Hurst

• B&N – NE Mall, Bobbie Wygant signing Talking to the Stars: Bobbie Wygant’s Seventy Years in Television, 1PM

McAllen

• B&N – Palms Crossing, Meet The Author: Daniel E. Valdez, 12PM & 5PM

San Antonio

• Dead Tree Books, Rachel Sparks signing Resistant, 2PM
• The Twig Book Shop, Ken Roberts signing The Cedar Choppers: Life on the Edge of Nothing, 11AM

Sunday, December 16

Austin

• Malvern Books, an afternoon with Dorothy Ellis Barnett, who will read from her poetry and short stories, 1PM
• Malvern, celebrate the launch of Love & Wages, Jim Trainer’s fifth full-length collection of poetry and prose, 4PM

Dallas

• Half Price Books Mother Ship, Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last

Mansfield

• Half Price Books, local spiritual author Diane Johnson will sell and sign copies of her 52-week devotional, Walking with God, 1PM

Richardson

• The Drawing Board, Writing Workshops Dallas seminar: “Legal Issues for Writers with Mike Farris, 3PM

San Antonio

• Dead Tree Books, Dead Tree Books, John C. Payne signing Three and Out, 12PM
• The Twig Book Shop, Philip Mathis signing Goodbye Sky Harbor, 12PM

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