• The Edgar Allan Poe Victorian Festival (OkPoeberfest), Dallas, October 3–31

• Gabriel García Márquez: His Life and Legacy Symposium, Austin, Oct. 28 – 30
• East Texas Christian Writers Conference, Marshall, October 30 – 31
• International Literature Festival, Houston, October 30 – 31
• Wizard World Comic Con, Austin, October 30 – 31
• Halloween ComicFest 2015, Houston, October 31
• Ann & Stephen Kaufman Jewish Book & Arts Fair, Houston, November 1 – 15
• NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), November 1 – 30
• Voces Americanas: Latino Literature in the United States, Wichita Falls, November 1 – December 1

Sunday, Oct. 25

Austin

• BookPeople, Special Sunday Afternoon Storytime! LIZ GARTON SCANLON & SUSAN KRALOVANSKY reading & signing In the Canyon (Scanlon) & Twelve Cowboys Ropin’ (Kralovansky), 2PM
• BookPeople, Poet & Visual Artist ANIS MOJGANI speaking & signing The Pocketknife Bible: The Poems and Art of Anis Mojgani, 6PM
• Malvern Books, E. Kristin Anderson Book Launch for Pray, Pray, Pray: Poems I wrote to Prince in the middle of the night, 4PM
• One to One Bar, Come party with Jackie Venson and the Austin Bat Cave! Grab food and drink, listen to music, and get a chance to hear the next generation of writer’s read their work! All proceeds benefit Austin Bat Cave’s free children’s writing program, 4PM

Galveston

• 1892 Bishop’s Place, Kenneth Hafertepe lectures from and signs A Guide to the Historic Buildings of Fredericksburg and Gillespie County, 1PM

Houston

• B&N – Vanderbilt Square, George Arnold signing Beijing Ding-a-Ling: Mao of the CIA, 10AM
• Community Artists’ Collective, The Healing of a Broken Spirit – Book Signing with author Akua Fayette, 1PM

Irving

• Irving Public Library: Valley Ranch, Author Workshop with Amanda Arista, 2PM

Monday, Oct. 26

Austin

• BookPeople, Austin Playwright & Debut Novelist KIRK LYNN speaking & signing Rules for Werewolves, 7PM

Dallas

• UT Dallas, Elizabeth Harris reading and discussion of Tristano Dies, 7:30PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Richard Ford discusses and signs LET ME BE FRANK WITH YOU, 7PM
• Houston Museum of Natural Science Distinguished Lecture Series: Marilyn Johnson discusses and signs Lives in Ruins: Archeologists and the Seductive Lure of Human Rubble, 6:30PM
• Murder By the Book, Charlie Lovett will sign and discuss The Further Adventures of Ebenezer Scrooge, 6:30PM

Tuesday, Oct. 27

Austin

• BookPeople, Bestselling Author RICHARD FORD speaking & signing Let Me Be Frank With You, 7PM
• Cheer Up Charlie’s, Everything Is Bigger presents: Josh Denslow, Amaris Diaz, Monica Teresa Ortiz, Heather Christle & Boone Graham, 7:30PM
• Malvern Books, An Evening with Jasmina Tešanović & Bruce Sterling, 7PM
• Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM

Duncanville

• Duncanville Public Library, Richard L. Mabry, M.D. will discuss and sign Miracle Drug, 7PM

Fort Worth

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

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Gabe Klein discusses and signs START-UP CITY, 6:30PM
• Houston Museum of Natural Science, HMNS Distinguished Lecture Series: , 6:30PM
• Katy Budget Books, Happy Hallow-Teen Event with Gena Showalter, Kady Cross, and Amy Lukavics + costume contest and snacks, 6PM
• Lawndale Art Center, 28th Annual Dia de los Muertas: ROCO Connections: Musical and Literary Ofrenda, 5:30PM
• Legacy Lounge – UH, Glass Mountain presents the HalloReading,7PM

Lewisville

• B&N – Vista Ridge, 20-Year Anniversary Celebration!, 7PM

Lubbock

• Mahon Library, Michelle Newby presents “How to Get Your Book Reviewed” to the Caprock Writers’ Alliance, 7PM

San Antonio

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

The Woodlands

• B&N, The Last Ever After (B&N Exclusive Edition) book signing with Soman Chainani, 7PM

Wednesday, Oct. 28

Austin

• Badlands Austin, Release party for The Monsters Who Loved Me, 7PM
• BookPeoople, YA Halloween Horror: GENA SHOWALTER, AMY LUKAVICS, KADY CROSSspeaking & signing Alice in Zombieland, Daughters Unto Devils, and Sisters of Blood and Spirit + prizes (costumes encouraged), 7PM
• grayDUCK Gallery, Fields presents: Disparate Elements No. 2 with Fernando A. Flores, Ji Yoon Lee, Jenn Shapland, and Tomás Q. Morín, 7PM
• St. Edwards University, Marcia Kinsey Visiting Writers Series presents Dinaw Mengestu, 6PM

Dallas

• Kettle Arts Gallery, Pegasus Reading Series featuring Joe Milazzo, Jill Talbot, and Kathleen Winter, 8PM

Denton

• University of North Texas, UNT Visiting Writers Series presents a reading and book signing by Claire Vaye Watkins, 8PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Kirk Lynn discusses and signs RULES FOR WEREWOLVES, 7PM
• Holocaust Museum Houston, Richard Breitman lectures from FDR and the Jews, 6:30PM
• Murder By the Book, Lisa Scottoline will sign and discuss Corrupted, 6:30PM

Thursday, Oct. 29

Austin

• BookPeople, Professor/Writer/Organizer ROBERT JENSEN speaking & signing Plain Radical: Living, Loving and Learning to Leave the Planet Gracefully, 7PM
• Textile, Reading Between the Wines fundraiser for Literacy Coalition of Central Texas, 6PM

Brenham

• Unity Theatre, 7th Annual The Washington County Read: meet Ron Rozelle who will read from My Boys and Girls are in There, 5:30PM

Dallas

• B&N – Lincoln Park, Days of our Lives 50 Years book signing by cast members, 6:30PM
• Highland Park United Methodist Church, Authors Live!: James Kaplan presents and signs Sinatra: The Chairman, 7PM
• Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza, TASCHEN Editor Nina Wiener moderates a discussion between J. Michael Lennon and Lawrence Schiller, contributors to the new book, Norman Mailer. JFK. Superman Comes to the Supermarket, 7PM

Deer Park

• Deer Park Public Library, Vicki Schreiber-Howard will discuss and sign The Deer Park, Texas Hauntings, 7PM

Fredericksburg

• Jackson Fine Art & Antiques Gallery, David K. Langford presents Fog at Hillingdon, 5PM

Houston

• Poison Girl Bar, Poison Pen Reading Series featuring Kathleen Winter, 8:30PM
• River Oaks Bookstore, Angela Williams discusses and signs Hush Now, Baby, 5PM

Lubbock

• Texas Tech English Auditorium, Creative Writing Program Reading Series presents Merritt Tierce, 7:30PM

San Antonio

• Pearl Stable, Gemini Ink’s Inkstravaganza Gala honoring author Dr. Coleen Grissom, 6PM

San Marcos

• The Wittliff, Texas State presents: Lydia Davis, 3:30PM

Friday, Oct. 30

Austin

• Malvern Books, Chaitali Sen Book Launch for The Pathless Sky, 7PM

Dallas

• Bath House Cultural Center, storytelling for teens and adults: Ghosts, 7PM

El Paso

• The Grooovy Smoothie Café, ForWord Volume III Chapbook release party, 7PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, The Gulf Coast Reading Series, 7PM
• Katy Budget Books, C. C. Hunter discusses and signs Unspoken, 6PM
• Writespace, Frightspace Open Mic & Contest, 7:30PM

• Katherine Anne Porter Literary Center, Texas State presents: Lydia Davis, 7:30PM

San Antonio

• B&N – Northwoods, Halloween Author Signing: Demonic Visions Horror Tales, 7PM

Saturday, Oct. 31  HALLOWEEN

Austin

• Austin Playhouse, Halloween Storytelling with Bernadette Nason, 2PM
• BookPeople, HALLOWEEN COSTUME PARTY! with actor and children’s author JASON SEGEL speaking & signing Nightmares! The Sleepwalker Tonic, 3PM
• Brave New Books, ZOMBIE COSTUME BALL! with author Jim Marrs, 6PM
• Half Price Books – S Lamar, local author Garry White will sell and sign his memoir My Quest to Be a Single Dad: Thirty-Plus Years Trying to Adopt, 1PM
• St. Edward’s University, Texas Writers’ League Workshop – “Characters Who Don’t Play Well With Others: Crafting Credible Antagonists” with Marian Szczepanski, 9AM

Bellaire

• Bellaire City Library, Gulf Coast Reads 2015: Houston author and historian Doug Weiskopf discusses “Trains, Transportation and the Galveston Storm”, 3PM

Dallas

• Bath House Cultural Center, storytelling for children: Ghosts, 2PM
• Bath House Cultural Center, storytelling for teens and adults: Ghosts, 7PM

El Paso

• Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: Day of the Dead/ Día de los Muertos with Raquel Mejia, 12:45PM

Fort Worth

• Half Price Books – Ridgmar, spirit photographer Michael Graves will sell and sign his photo-journal, Ghosts: Revelations, 11AM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, The Caterpillar’s Costume Ball: costumes, prizes, games, food, potions, and Etc, 6PM
• Half Price Books – Montrose, Sindrice Hill will sell and sign Darkness of an Angel, 5PM

San Antonio

• B&N – La Cantera, Xavier Garza Spooky Storytime and Signing, 2PM
• The Twig Book Shop, Ronnie Stich presents Creepy Friends, 11AM

Sunday, Nov. 1  DIA DE LOS MUERTOS

Austin

• BookPeople, Bestselling Author JACK GANTOS speaking & signing The Trouble in Me, 1PM
• BookWoman, Feminine Inquiry Fall Issue: Release, Readings, and Open Mic, 4PM
• Central Presbyterian Church, BookPeople Presents Author, Actress and Rock Star CARRIE BROWNSTEIN in conversation with Liz Lambert about Hunger Makes Me A Modern Girl, 6PM
• Resistencia Bookstore, Day of the Dead Reading and Fundraiser, 5PM

Dallas

• B&N – Lincoln Park, The Barnes & Noble Cookie Bake-Off!: Top 75 Recipes from Around the Country book signing with the contest finalist, 2PM

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