• Voces Americanas: Latino Literature in the United States (a Humanities Texas exhibit), San Antonio, September 1 – October 8
• Alamo City Comic Con, San Antonio, September 11 – 13
• DFW Literary Soulfest, Fort Worth, September 11 – 13
• Friends of Irving Public Library Read-a-Thon, 24 locations in Irving, September 17
• American Christian Fiction Writers Conference, Dallas, September 17 – 20
• Permian Basin Writers’ Workshop, Midland, September 18 – 19
• Mansfield Book Festival, September 19
• David (Shannon) Goes to the Museum exhibit, Abilene, National Children’s Center for Illustrated Literature, through September 25

Sunday, Sept. 13

Arlington

• Half Price Books – Lincoln Square, Isaac Rowewill sell and sign I Love Anger, 1PM

Austin

• BookPeople, DREW DAYWALT speaking & signing The Day the Crayons Came Home, 2PM
• BookWoman, book launch for Paige Schilt’s QUEER ROCK LOVE: A Family Memoir, 5:30PM
• Homer Rainey Hall, Conspirare presents The Poet Sings: Emily Dickinson, 4PM
• Malvern Books, An Afternoon with poets Fani Papageorgiou, Taisia Kitaiskaia and Kurt Heinzelman, 1PM
• Malvern Books, Austin Writers Roulette presents “Spark of Madness”, 3PM

Dallas

• Dallas Museum of Art, Arts & Letters Live series: R.L. Stine and Marc Brown present The Little Shop of Monsters, 4PM

Houston

• Blue Willow Bookshop, Robin Preiss Glasser will share her new FANCY NANCY book, NANCY CLANCY: SOCCER MANIA, 2PM
• Murder By the Book, Harry Huniscker will sign and discuss The Grid and Mark Pryor will sign and discuss Hollow Man, 2PM

Irving

• Hackberry Creek Country Club, Jane Austen Society of North Texas presents author and Professor Patricia Michaelson discussing “Speaking Volumes: Women and Words in the Novels of Jane Austen,” 2PM

Monday, Sept. 14

Austin

• BookPeople, BOWER YOUSSE & THOMAS J. CRYAN speaking & signing Freddie Steinmark: Faith, Family, Football, 7PM
• BookWoman, Kate Harding discusses and signs Asking For It, 7PM

Fort Worth

• Stage West, Community Open Mic Night with Decee Cornish, Marshelle Phillips, Lynda Rodriguez, and Brian Call, 7PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Gregory Smithers discusses and signs THE CHEROKEE DIASPORA, 7PM
• Murder By the Book, Hester Young will sign and discuss her debut novel, The Gates of Evangeline, 6:30PM
• Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Rice Design Alliance Fall 2015 Lecture Series: Seriously Cute – by Farshid Moussavi, author of The Function of Style, 7PM

Irving

• Irving Public Library – South Branch, Julie Murphy’s launch party for the release of Dumplin’, 7PM

Midland

• Midland County Public Library – Centennial Branch, Project Literacy: Marc Brown signs his series of Arthur books, 5PM

Odessa

• Hastings, Buzz Bissinger signs Friday Night Lights 25th Anniversary Edition, 7PM

San Antonio

• Landa Library, Great Books Series – Shakespeare Plays: Henry V, 5:30PM
• Tacoland, Gemini Ink presents a poetry reading: Sexcellent 5.0 with Amber Tamblyn and Derrick Brown, 8PM
• The Twig Book Shop, Dr. Raymond Barfield reads and signs The Book of Colors, 6PM

Tuesday, Sept. 15

Austin

• BookPeople, Bestselling Author of Watergate, THOMAS MALLON, speaking & signing Finale: A Novel of the Reagan Years, 7PM
• Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM

Dallas

• B&N – Lincoln Park, Justin Wren signs Fight for the Forgotten: How a Mixed Martial Artist Stopped Fighting for Himself and Started Fighting for Others, 7PM
• Parish Episcopal School – Midway Campus, Nicholas Kristof presents A Path Appears: Transforming Lives, Creating Opportunity, 6:30PM
• The Wild Detectives, LOUISA HALL reads and signs SPEAK, 7:30PM

Fort Worth

• The Dock Bookshop, Fort Worth Poetry Slam and Open Mic, 8PM
• Fort Worth Club, Nicholas Kristof presents A Path Appears: Transforming Lives, Creating Opportunity, 11:30AM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Andres Neuman reads and signs THE THINGS WE DON’T DO, 7PM
• Houston Museum of Natural Science, HMNS / AIA Distinguished Lecture Series: The Write Stuff – How Writing Began by Denise Schmandt-Besserat, 6:30PM

Midland

• Midland County Public Library – Centennial Branch, Buzz Bissinger signs Friday Night Lights 25th Anniversary Edition, 5:30PM
• Yucca Theater, Buzz Bissinger Friday Night Lights 25th Anniversary Edition panel event, 7:30PM

Plano

• St. Andrew United Methodist Church, Book Signing: Ask Faith Questions in a Skeptical Age by Rev. Author Jones and Bishop Scott J. Jones, 7PM

San Antonio

• The Korova, PuroSlam! with DJ Donnie Dee, 10PM

Wednesday, Sept. 16

Austin

• BookPeoople, Bestselling YA Author MARI MANCUSI speaking & signing Smoked, 7PM
• Spider House Ballroom, The Austin Review presents Amber Tamblyn and Derrick Brown: Lazers of Sexcellence 5.0 – Motorcycle and Poetry Tour, 7PM

Dallas

• Dallas City Performance Hall, Oral Fixation presents “Push the Envelope”, 8PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Buzz Bissinger discusses and signs FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS 25th Anniversary Edition, 7PM
• Murder By the Book, Todd Moss will sign and discuss his debut novel Minute Zero, 6:30PM

Midland

• Midland County Public Library – Centennial Branch, Project Literacy: John Erickson signs his Hank the Cowdog series and Sophie Blackall signs her ‎Ivy and Bean series‬, 5PM

Thursday, Sept. 17

Austin

• BookPeople, Writers’ League of Texas THIRD THURSDAY PANEL: “The Look of the Book: How Design and Layout Influences the Reading Experience” with Tamara Dever, Sheila Parr, Kathy Sargent and DJ Stout, 7PM
• Brave New Books, book signing and reading with Tom Youngholm, 7PM

Dallas

• Half Price Books Mother Ship, Melissa DeCarlo will discuss and sign The Art of Crash Landing, 7PM
• The Wild Detectives, Wordspace Dallas Season Kickoff Party with poets Amber Tamblyn & Derrick Brown, 6PM

Houston

• Christ Church Cathedral, Inprint Reading Series with Mary Karr, 7:30PM [sold out]
• Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Art + Cuisine: Adan Medrano presents Truly Texas Mexican: A Native Culinary Heritage in Recipes, 6:30PM
• Museum of Fine Arts Houston, MFAH Lecture: How Elihu Yale Made His Fortune in India and Founded Yale University with Benjamin Zucker, co-author of Elihu Yale: Merchant, Collector & Patron, 6:30PM
• Unity of Houston (Unity Church of Christianity), Gary Chapman discusses and signs The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts, 7:30PM
• University of Houston – Dudley Recital Hall, The Contemporary Project – Till Now: Contemporary Art in Context Lecture Series: author Claire Bishop, 6:30PM

San Antonio

• B&N – La Cantera, Sagebrush Review Volume 10 Publication Launch, 7PM
• HEB, Buzz Bissinger signs Friday Night Lights 25th Anniversary Edition, 6PM
• The Twig Book Shop, John Igo reads and signs A Stone for Plot Four: Or Mendez, a Quest, 5PM

• Tea2Go, Nuestra Voces open mic featuring Angelo Gomez, 7PM

Friday, Sept. 18

Abilene

• Abilene Public Library, Buzz Bissinger lunch where he will discuss and sign Friday Night Lights 25th Anniversary Edition, 12PM

Austin

• BookPeople, Bestselling Author of Lit, MARY KARR, speaking & signing The Art of Memoir, 7PM
• Malvern Books, poet and musician Harold Whit Williams launches his book, Lost in the Telling, with fellow poet Josh Boyd, 7PM

Dallas

• Heroes Lounge, Dallas Poetry Slam featuring Rudi Francisco, 8PM
• Kettle Arts Gallery, Pegasus Reading Series featuring Richard Bailey and R. Flowers Rivera, 8PM

Frisco

• Half Price Books, IndieVengeance Day Book Signing including Debbie Reece, Ben Ditmars, Stacey Roberts, Julie Frayn, James William Peercy, Jacqueline E. Smith, Amber Jerome-Norrgard, Paula Walker Baker and Susie Clevenger, 5PM

Houston

• B&N – River Oaks, Marie LeNotre signs Appetites: A Memoir, 4PM
• Blue Willow Bookshop, Eoin Colfer and Jonathan Stroud will discuss and sign THE FOREVER MAN and THE HOLLOW BOY, 5PM
• Brazos Bookstore, Sally Keith reads from and signs RIVER HOUSE, 7PM
• MECA, Floricanto Houston with Conjunto Aztlan, an evening of song, poetry, inspiration, and movement, 7:30PM
• Murder By the Book, Charles Belfoure will sign and discuss House of Thieves, 6:30PM
• Writespace, Anything Goes All-Genre Open Mic, 7:30PM

San Antonio

• Carver Community Cultural Center – Jo Long Theatre, WAITING FOR THE MOON: mingling of poetry, imagery, modern dance and performance art, 8PM
• The Twig Book Shop, Justin Wren discusses and signs Fight for the Forgotten: How a Mixed Martial Artist Stopped Fighting for Himself and Started Fighting for Others, 6PM

Saturday, Sept. 19

Austin

• B&N – Sunset Valley, Book Signing – STROTHIO by Betty Starr Kirkpatrick, 1PM
• BookPeople, Critically Acclaimed Author & National Book Award Winner JONATHAN FRANZEN Speaking & Signing Purity, 7PM
• Malvern Books, An Evening with poets Joanna Klink & Joseph Campana, 7PM
• St. Edward’s University, “Be Your Own Best Editor” workshop with Jodi Egerton, 9AM
• Twin Oaks Library, Austin Poetry Society meeting featuring Kurt Heinzelman, sam sax, and Taya Kitysky, 1:30PM

College Station

• B&N, Teri Metcalf Book Signing and Q&A: Rambler Rose, 4PM

Dallas

• B&N – Lincoln Park, Geoffrey Leigh signs Siv & the Blood Moon, 3PM
• Dallas Public Library – Lakewood, LibraryFest and Book Sale, 10AM
• Half Price Books Mother Ship, H. G. “Buzz” Bissinger will discuss and sign the 25th Anniversary Edition of Friday Night Lights, 2PM

El Paso

• Books are GEMS, Paul Garcia reading his children’s picture book, The Adventures of Rocky Bear, 10:30AM
• Memorial Park Public Library, Sarah Walker workshop: Swallowing the Pits: Finding Beauty andSensuality in Unlikely Ways (a Tumblewords Project), 12:45PM

Fort Worth

• The Library Cafe, Love Jonz Fort Worth Presents Spoken Jazz With B’nor, 8:30PM

Frisco

• B&N – Stonebriar, Acclaimed Mystery Author: Reavis Wortham signs Dark Places, 2PM
• Half Price Books, IndieVengeance Day Book Signing including Debbie Reece, Ben Ditmars, Stacey Roberts, Julie Frayn, James William Peercy, Jacqueline E. Smith, Amber Jerome-Norrgard, Paula Walker Baker and Susie Clevenger, 12PM

Galveston

• Galveston Bookshop, Frank Urbanic signs We Were Prepared: Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts Stories of Tragedy, Heroism, and Preparedness in the Texas City Disaster of 1947, 2PM

Houston

• Blue Willow Bookshop, Audrey and Don Wood will discuss and sign their new picture book, FULL MOON AT THE NAPPING HOUSE, 11AM
• Blue Willow Bookshop, Local author Katherine O’Sullivan will share her memoir and a collection of poems, 2PM
• Brazos Bookstore, Paul Goldberger discusses and signs BUILDING ART, 2PM
• Murder By the Book, Lindsay Emory will sign and discuss Sisterhood is Deadly and Ophelia London will sign and discuss Chalk Lines & Lipstick, 1PM
• Murder By the Book, Jesse Sublett will sign and discuss 1960s Austin Gangsters, 4:30PM
• River Oaks Bookstore, Elina Petrova reads from and signs Aching Miracle: poems, 3PM
• Writespace, Workshop: Tension with Cassandra Rose Clarke, 1PM

Hurst

• B&N – NE Mall, Book Signing With Author Waylon Ward: Who’s Your Daddy?, 1PM

Irving

• Irving Public Library – East Branch, celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with stories by award winning children’s author Antonio Sacre, 2PM

McAllen

• B&N – Northcross, Author Signing With Ricky Pittman: Rio Grand Valley ABC, 2PM
• B&N – Palms Crossing, Rio Grande Valley ABC by Rickey Pittman presentation and signing, 4PM

Mount Vernon

• Franklin County Library, Writers’ League of Texas: Texas Writes with Natalia Sylvester and Christine Wicker, 10AM

Port O’Connor

• The Sanctuary at Costa Grande, Friends of the Port O’Connor authors fundraising dinner and auction, 6PM

Round Rock

• B&N – La Frontera, Ernie Wood signs One Red Thread, 2PM

San Antonio

• B&N – La Cantera, Mari Mancuso signs Smoked, 2PM
• B&N – Northwoods, Author R. Jay Berry Signs “Sunday Rose” Series, 1PM
• The Twig Book Shop, Dr. Anthony Corbet discusses and signs Edward IV, England’s Forgotten Warrior King, 11AM
• The Twig Book Shop, Chrissy Q discusses and signs Call Us College Ready, 6PM

Southlake

• B&N – Town Square, Samantha Gollakner Book Signing: Man of the House, 5PM

Sugar Land

• Half Price Books, local author Lisa M. Smith will sell and sign her children’s book Hudson Travels the World, 1PM

The Woodlands

• B&N, Dorothy Eno signs Memoirs of an Empty Nester, 2PM

Sunday, Sept. 20

Austin

• Austin History Center, Jesse Sublett will perform a few songs followed by a presentation about his most recent book, 1960s Austin Gangsters: Organized Crime that Rocked the Capital, 2PM
• B&N – Sunset Valley, Booksigning: The Angst of Adolescence: How To Parent Your Teen and Learn to Laugh About It, by Sara Villanueva, 2PM
• BookPeople, Bestselling Author BUZZ BISSINGER speaking & signing Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, A Dream 25th Anniversary Edition, 2PM
• BookWoman, Paths to Publishing (A Story CircleNetwork event) with authors Susan Wittig Albert, Debra Winegarten, and Susan Spittler, 3PM
• Malvern Books, inclusive open mic – The Lion & The Pirate Unplugged: International Peace Day Edition, 1PM
• Malvern Books, An Afternoon with poets Kathleen Winter & Jenny Browne, 3PM

Dallas

• Half Price Books Mother Ship, Tracy Lawson will sell and sign her new YA novel, Resist, 1PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, for Houston Design Week – Printspiration Jam: presentation and discussion of print design, 12:30PM
• Museum of Fine Arts Houston, author Annie Cohen-Solal discusses and signs Mark Rothko: Toward the Light in the Chapel, 2PM

The Woodlands

• B&N, Audrey Wood signs The Full Moon at the Napping House, 2PM

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