• The Edgar Allan Poe Victorian Festival (OkPoeberfest), Dallas, October 3–31
• Houston Poetry Festival, October 9 – 11
• RT Readers & Writers Roundup, League City, October 10 – 11
• Dallas Comic Con Fan Days, October 16 – 19
• Zine Fest Houston, October 17
• Lit Crawl Austin, October 17
• Texas Book Festival, Austin, October 17 – 18

Sunday, Oct. 11

Austin

• Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, Gretchen Riley signs Famous Trees of Texas, 1PM
• Malvern Books, Austin Writers Roulette: “Things Under the Bed,” 3PM

Houston

• Chapelwood Methodist Church, Robert Westheimer presents When God Calls, How Do You Answer? Becoming a Spiritual Entrepreneur, 8:30AM
• Murder By the Book, Kyle Mills will sign and discuss The Survivor, 2PM

• Morton Ranch High School, Rick Riordan’s MAGNUS CHASE Tour, 3PM

San Antonio

• Esperanza Peace and Justice Center, breakfast with a some of the writers of Queer Brown Voices: Personal Narratives of Latina/o LGBT Activism, 10AM

San Marcos

• Wake the Dead, Persona Literary Magazine launch party, 5PM
• The Wittliff Collection, A celebration of writing by sisters ELIZABETH CROOK and NOEL CROOK, who will read from each other’s works rather than their own + plus reception & book signing, 2PM

Monday, Oct. 12

Austin

• BookPeople, Bestselling Author CRISTIN O’KEEFE APTOWICZ speaking & signing Dr. Mutter’s Marvels: A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation at the Dawn of Modern Medicine, 7PM

Dallas

• Culp Associates, Pierre Frey, Inspiring Interiors Book Signing With Patrick Frey, 5:30PM
• King of Glory Lutheran Church, From ‘No Bows!’ to Genes and Atoms: An Author’s Journey with Shirley Smith Duke, 10AM
• Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy’s 14th Annual Celebration of Reading Dallas/Fort Worth with Harlan Coben, Dana Perino, Jodi Picoult, Scott Simon and Markus Zusak, 7PM
• The Wild Detectives, FINDING YOUR VOICE – WOMEN OF THE SPOKEN WORD WORKSHOP with Candy of Dallas Poetry Slam, 8PM

Houston

• Rice University – Stude Concert Hall, Inprint’s Margarett Root Brown Reading Series presents Sandra Cisneros with her new memoir, A House of My Own, 7:30PM

San Antonio

• Palo Alto College, Opening Ceremony & Indigenous Blessing for American Indian/Heritage Month with San Antonio Poet Laureate Laurie Ann Guerrero, 12PM

Tuesday, Oct. 13

Austin

• BookPeople, Bestselling Children’s Authors JAMES & KIMBERLY DEAN speaking & signing Pete the Cat and the Bedtime Blues, 6PM
• BookPeople, Bestselling Cartoonist GAVIN AUNG THAN speaking & signing Zen Pencils Volume 2: Dream the Impossible Dream, 7:30PM
• Hole in the Wall, Bat City Review presents: Austin Rodenbiker, Alex Cronis, Hannah Anderson & Jennifer Whalen, 6:30PM
• Malvern Books, Raw Paw Presents: Alien Zine Reading with David Jewell, Josh Boyd, and special guests, 7PM
• Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM

Dallas

• Dallas Center for Architecture, John Comazzi lectures from and signs Balthazar Korab: Architect of Photography, 6PM
• The Room on Main, Friends of the Dallas Public Library annual gala featuring Geraldine Brooks and honoring Bob Mong, 6:30PM
• The Wild Detectives, Danish Author Naja Marie Aidt will sign, read and present her new novel Rock, Paper, Scissors, 7:30PM

Fort Worth

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

Frisco

• B&N – Stonebriar, Stuart Gibbs signs Big Game, 6PM

Houston

• Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens, Joey Brackner and Amy Kurlander discuss and sign Texas Clay, 6:30PM
• Brazos Bookstore, Colin Winnette reads and signs HAINTS STAY & Sarah Gerard reads and signs BINARY STAR, 7PM
• River Oaks Bookstore, Mica Mosbacher’s launch party for Racing Forward, 5PM

San Antonio

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

San Marcos

• Wittliff Collections, Ben Fountain book sale and signing, 3:30PM

Wednesday, Oct. 14

Austin

• BookPeoople, New York Times Bestselling Austin Author S.C. GWYNNE speaking & signing Rebel Yell: The Violence, Passion, and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson, 7PM
• grayDUCK Gallery, Fun Party presents a reading by poets Ben Fama and Julie Kantor, 7:30PM

Dallas

• SMU McCord Auditorium, Greg Downs lectures from and signs After Appomattox: Military Occupation and the Ends of War, 6PM
• The Wild Detectives, Wordspace Dallas First Hearings: Sarah Gerard and Colin Winnette, 7PM

Frisco

• B&N – Stonebriar, John Flanagan signs Tournament of Gorlan, 7PM

Houston

• B&N – Westheimer, Nuestra Palabra Presents: Judge Lupe Salinas signing U.S Latinos and Criminal Injustice, 7PM
• Blue Willow Bookshop, Lincoln Peirce will discuss and sign his new book for kids, BIG NATE: WELCOME TO MY WORLD, 5PM
• Brazos Bookstore, Naja Marie Aidt reads and signs ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS, 7PM
• Houston Museum of Natural Science, HMNS Distinguished Lecture Series: Dr. Beth Shapiro presents How to Clone a Mammoth: The Science of De-Extinction followed by a book signing, 6:30PM
• Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Rice Design Alliance (RDA) Fall 2015 Lecture Series: Mark Linder presents Nothing Less Than Literal: Architecture after Minimalism and IMAGES? Precisely!, 6PM
• Sparrow Bar + Cookshop, Night WrITers session: youth performance poetry by Meta-Four Houston and a writing workshop with a WITS writer + wine, 6PM

San Antonio

• Viva! Bookstore, Voices de la Luna Monthly Meeting with featured reader, Bryce Milligan, 6PM

Tyler

• B&N, Melissa Hood signs Memoirs Of An ADHD Kid, 12PM

Thursday, Oct. 15

Austin

• Avaya Auditorium, the Michener Center for Writers reading series presents former US Poet Laureate Charles Wright, 7:30PM
• BookPeople, Musician & Author KRISTIN HERSH in conversation with Joe Gross of the Austin American-Statesman about Don’t Suck, Don’t Die: Giving Up Vic Chesnutt, 7PM
• BookPeople, Writers’ League of Texas THIRD THURSDAY PANEL: “Write Fright Night! Dealing with Spine-Tingling Writerly Anxieties” with Anne Bustard, Greg Levin, Jason Neulander, and Amy Tintera, 7PM
• Lake Travis Community Library, Keija Parssinen will read from and sign The Unraveling of Mercy Louis, 7PM

Dallas

• B&N – Lincoln Park, Fleur de Force signs The Glam Guide, 7PM
• SMU, Kimbilio Litfest: five African-American fiction and poetry authors read excerpts from their upcoming novels, sign books and answer audience questions, 6PM
• SMU McCord Auditorium, Dr. Evan Thomas lectures from and signs Being Nixon: A Man Divided, 5:30PM
• The Wild Detectives, Maggie Messitt will be signing and reading The Rainy Season, 7:30PM

Denton

• University of North Texas, reading and book signing by Kathleen Graber presented by the UNT Visiting Writers Series, 8PM

El Paso

• B&N – Fountains at Farah, R. Gaines Baty signs Champion of the Barrio, 3PM

Frisco

• B&N – Stonebriar, James and Kimberly Dean sign Pete the Cat and the Bedtime Blues, 5PM
• B&N – Stonebriar, Douglas D. Box signs Cutter Frisco: Growing Up on the Original Southfork Ranch, 7:30PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Casey Schwartz discusses and signs IN THE MIND FIELDS, 7PM
• Gulf Coast Gala with keynote speaker Adrian Matejka, ?
• Murder By the Book, Tasha Alexander will sign and discuss The Adventuress, 6:30PM
• River Oaks Bookstore, David K. Langford discusses and signs Fog at Hillingdon, 5PM

McKinney

• McKinney Performing Arts Center, Rhythms of Pen and Brush featuring Richard Blanco, 7:30PM

San Antonio

• La Fonda on Main, Cappy Lawton and Chris Waters Dunn will celebrate the launch of their new cookbook, Enchiladas: Aztec to Tex-Mex, 4PM
• The Twig Book Shop, Deborah A. Harris & Patti Giuffre discuss and sign Taking the Heat Women Chefs and Gender Inequality in the Professional Kitchen, 6PM

Friday, Oct. 16

Austin

• BookPeople, Author & Artist MARY LAURA PHILPOTT Happy Hour & Signing Penguins with People Problems, 6:30PM
• Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center, Celebrates the Release of the 5th Issue of HUIZACHE: The Magazine of Latino Literature, 7PM
• Four Seasons, First Edition Literary Gala of the Texas Book Festival, 7PM [sold out], followed by the after-party, 9:30PM
• Waterloo Records & Video, Kristin Hersh of Throwing Muses performs and signs her new memoir, Don’t Suck, Don’t Die, 5PM

Dallas

• B&N – Lincoln Park, Shay Mitchell signs Bliss, 7PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Sloane Crosley reads and signs THE CLASP, 7PM
• Murder By the Book, Manuel Ramos will sign and discuss The Skull of Pancho Villa and Other Stories, 6:30PM

McAllen

• B&N – Palms Crossing, Book signing: Colors of the Wind: The Story of Blind Artist and Champion Runner George Mendoza by J.L. Powers, 1PM

San Antonio

• Half Price Books – Huebner, Andy Peloquin will sell and sign Blade the Destroyer: The Last Bucelarii Book I, 6PM
• The Twig Book Shop, Gemini Ink presents Carrie Fountain and David Liss poetry reading, 6:30PM

Saturday, Oct. 17

Austin

• Bullock Museum, Book it, Texas! presents Scott Zesch discussing his book, The Captured: A True Story of Abduction by Indians on the Texas Frontier, 10:30AM
• Half Price Books – S Lamar, cartoonist Eddy Decker will sell and sign his new book Far-Out!: The 8th Grade, 12PM

Dallas

• B&N – Preston/Royal, Dr. Michael Weisberg discusses and signs The Hospitalist, 2PM
• Dallas Public Library – Bookmarks, Jane O’Connor will sign her “Fancy Nancy” book series + a performance of “Fancy Nancy the Musical,” crafts & costume contest, 10:30AM
• Half Price Books Mothership, Brian M. Cohen M.D. will sell and sign his medical memoir By Her Side: Standing by Your Partner Through Breast Cancer Therapy, 11AM

El Paso

• B&N – Sunland Park, Ken Hudnall signs his supernatural histories of El Paso, 2PM
• Books are GEMS, Margarita Griego will read and discuss No Bees in My Trees, 10:30AM
• Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop “Swallowing the Pits: Finding Beauty and Sensuality in Unlikely Ways” with Sarah Walker, 12:45PM

Galveston

• Galveston Bookshop, Ellen Mansoor Collier signs Vamps, Villains and Vaudeville, 3PM

Houston

• Blue Willow Bookshop, Sara Joiner will discuss and sign her debut book for kids, AFTER THE ASHES, 2PM
• Murder By the Book, Jeff Guinn will sign and discuss Buffalo Trail and Reavis Wortham will sign and discuss Dark Places, 1PM
• Inprint House, Speak!Poet Featuring Anis Shivani and Chris Wise, 2PM
• Murder By the Book, Jaime Lee Moyer will sign and discuss Against a Brightening Sky, 4:30PM
• River Oaks Bookstore, Ken Bailey reads and signs Dancing with Baptists, 4PM

McAllen

• B&N – Palms Crossing, Book signing: It’s Too Windy by Patty York Raymond, 5PM

Plano

• B&N – Preston/Park, K.M. Roberson – The Hagen Family Secret book signing, 2PM

San Antonio

• B&N – La Cantera, SARA Meeting and Jolene Navarro Signing, 9:30AM
• B&N – La Cantera, Angel of Winter signing, 2PM
• Gemini Ink, “Fear of the Bad Poem: Open the Door to New Writing Possibilities” workshop with Carrie Fountain, 10AM
• The Twig Book Shop, Kenneth Hafertepe discusses and signs A Guide to the Historic Buildings Fredericksburg and Gillespie County, 11AM

Southlake

• B&N – Town Square, Local Author Deanna Scott signing Tiaras and Pink Frosting, 11AM
• B&N – Town Square, Local Author Donna Ann Weitzman signing Cinderella Has Cellulite, 2PM

Weslaco

• The Storybook Garden, Victoria Moreno reads and signs ARBEZ: THE FRIENDLY ZEBRA, 2PM

Sunday, Oct. 18

Austin

• Half Price Books – N. Lamar, cartoonist Eddy Decker will sell and sign his new book Far-Out!: The 8th Grade, 2PM
• Texas Center for the Book, Kickoff Celebration with Pat Mora, Sarah Bird, and Carmen Lomas Garza, 1PM

Bedford

• Half Price Books, local author George Dalton will sell and sign his Westerns, A Collision of Dreams and Holding on to the Dream, 1PM

Dallas

• B&N – Lincoln Park, Shirley Palmer to discuss and sign 12 Words: Think It, Feel It, Do It, 3PM
• B&N – Preston/Royal, MaryTherese Grabowski signs America by George! and Liberty on the Loose in the White House, 1PM

Houston

• Cactus Music, Kristin Hersh of Throwing Muses performs and signs her new memoir Don’t Suck, Don’t Die, 4PM
• Johnston Middle School, Inprint Houston presents Cool Brains! with Stephan Pastis, 3PM
• Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Tale-ing through Time: Jewish Storytelling in “Roman Vishniac Rediscovered” presented by storyteller Rabbi Dan Gordon, 3PM

Mansfield

• Half Price Books, Mary Ann Poll will sell and sign her books from the Alaska Iconoclast Mystery series, 1PM

San Antonio

• University of Incarnate Word, Azar Nafisi will speak, sign books, and read from her latest work, The Republic of Imagination, 5PM

Tyler

• B&N, K.M. Roberson signs The Hagen Family Secret, 2PM

The Woodlands

• B&N, Dr. Ben Carson signs A More Perfect Union: What We the People Can Do to Reclaim Our Constitutional Liberties, 2:30PM

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