• 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
• 12th Annual Texas Author Day, San Marcos Public Library, November 15

Sunday, Nov. 15

Austin

• BookPeople, Austin Author GREG LEITICH SMITH speaking & signing Borrowed Time, 2PM
• BookPeople, Meet & Greet With ROSANNA PANSINO Youtube Star and Author of The Nerdy Nummies Cookbook: Sweet Treats for the Geek in All of Us, 7PM
• BookWoman, Kid Me Not Reading & Signing with Aralyn Hughes and contributors, 4PM
• Half Price Books – N. Lamar, Christopher Kelly will sell and sign Italy Invades: How Italians Conquered the World, 1PM
• Malvern Books, Creative Minds of Texas Authors: Day Two with Bert Bebe, Marjorie Brody, and B Alan Bourgeois, 2PM

Dallas

• Half Price Books Mothership, author and entrepreneur Tiffany Sunday will sell and sign Dyslexia’s Competitive Edge: Business and Leadership Insights and Strategies for Dyslexic Entrepreneurs, Business Owners and Professionals, 1PM
• Houston
• Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Tale-ing through Time: Jewish Storytelling in “Roman Vishniac Rediscovered” presented by storyteller Rabbi Dan Gordon, 3PM

Midland

• B&N, Mario Bosco signing From Hospitals to Hollywood, 1PM

San Antonio

• The Twig Book Shop, Reading and musical performance by children’s author Matthew Gollub: The Jazz Fly, 11AM
• Viva! Bookstore, Celebrate 42 Years: Our Final Open House, 1PM

San Marcos

• Alkek Library, RODRIGO MOYA: Photography and Conscience/Fotografia y conciencia reception, Q&A, and book signing, 2PM

The Woodlands

B&N, Jo and Josephine Harper sign Whistling Willie from Amarillo, Texas, 2PM

Monday, Nov. 16

Austin

• BookPeople, Bestselling Author ISABEL ALLENDE in conversation with Austin author ANTONIO RUIZ-CAMACHO about Allende’s new novel, The Japanese Lover, 7PM
• Four Seasons Hotel, Mica Mosbacher launches Racing Forward, 6PM

Dallas

• B&N – Lincoln Park, The Nerdy Nummies Cookbook: Sweet Treats for the Geek in All of Us book signing with Rosanna Pansino, 3PM
• Jewish Community Center of Dallas, Author Jennifer Teege in conversation with Dr. Sara Abosch about Teege’s book, My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me, 7PM
• Southern Methodist University – McFarlin Memorial Auditorium, Ben S. Bernanke presents The Courage to Act, 7PM

Fort Worth

• Fort Worth Club, Ben S. Bernanke presents The Courage to Act, 11:30AM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Edward Carey reading and signing LUNGDON, 7PM
• Museum of Fine Arts Houston – Brown Auditorium, Conversations with the Director: MFAH Director Gary Tinterow talks with Christopher Rothko about his new book, Mark Rothko: From the Inside Out, 6:30PM

Richardson

• Richardson Public Library, Writers Guild of Texas monthly meeting: Author Pat Haddock will present “My Self-Publishing Journey: Muddling Through,” 7PM

Sachse

• Sachse Public Library, For NaNoWriMo: “Lost and Found: Has Anyone Seen Where My Plot Went?” with Author Michelle Munzeler, 6PM

Tuesday, Nov. 17

Austin

• BookPeople, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author JON MEACHAM speaking & signing Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush, 7PM
• Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM

Dallas

• Dallas Heritage Village at Old City Park, Farina Lecture Series: Baseball with Talmage Boston, author of Baseball and the Baby Boomer, 6:30PM
• Half Price Books Mother Ship, award-winning poet and writer Eileen Myles will discuss and sign her new collection of poems I Must Be Living Twice and the reissue of her classic novel Chelsea Girls, 7PM
• SMU – Meadows Museum, Author Event: “Of Murder and Art History” with Dr. Alessandra Comini and Dr. Richard Brettell, 5:30PM

Fort Worth

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

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Bryan C. Parker discusses and signs BEAT HAPPENING’S BEAT HAPPENING 33 1/3, 7PM
• Houston Museum of Natural Science, HMNS / AIA Distinguished Lecture Series: Andrew McCarthy presents Fire Masters: Cooking and Feasting 10,000 Years Ago + book signing, 6:30PM
• Katy Budget Books, an “In Conversation” event with Scott Wilbanks, discussing The Lemoncholy Life of Annie Aster, 6PM

Irving

• Irving Public Library: Valley Ranch, Celebrate National Picture Book Month with a visit from author Jarrett Krosoczka, 7PM

San Antonio

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

Wednesday, Nov. 18

Austin

• The Austin History Center, Invisible in Austin: Life and Labor in an American City reading and discussion with Javier Auyero, 6:30PM
• BookPeople, Grammy Award Winning Cofounder of Asleep at the Wheel RAY BENSON speaking & signing Comin’ Right at Ya: How a Jewish Yankee Hippie Went Country, Or, the Often Outrageous History of Asleep at the Wheel, 7PM
• BookWoman, Susan Morrison reading and signing Grendel’s Mother: The Saga of the Wyrd-Wife, 7PM
• Harry Ransom Center, Lecture – Jonathan Bate on Ted Hughes: The Unauthorised Life, 7PM
• Malvern Books, W. Joe’s Poetry Corner with Carrie Fountain, 7PM

Conroe

• Lone Star College–Montgomery Campus, Writers in Performance Series with Elizabeth Crook, 7PM

Dallas

• Kettle Art, Pegasus Reading Series with Griselda Castillo, Darryl Ratcliff, and Will Richey, 8PM
• The Wild Detectives, Edward Carey presents Lungdon: Iremonger Book 3, 7:30PM

Houston

• B&N – Vanderbilt Square, , 4PM
• River Oaks Bookstore, Jim Bernhard discusses and signs Final Chapters: How Famous Authors Died, 4PM

Thursday, Nov. 19

Austin

• Avaya Auditorium, Michener Center for Writers at The University of Texas at Austin presents a reading by novelist and short story writer T. C. Boyle, 7:30PM
• BookPeople, Writers’ League of Texas: THIRD THURSDAY PANEL – “The Big Questions: Writing About Religion and Spirituality” with Owen Egerton, Meg Barnhouse, Greg Garrett, and Donna M. Johnson, 7PM
• St. Edward’s University, The Marcia Kinsey Visiting Writers Series presents Ana Castillo, 6PM

Dallas

• B&N – Lincoln Park, Find a Way book signing with Diana Nyad, 7PM
• Half Price Books Mother Ship, New York Times bestselling author James Dashner will discuss and sign his new book, The Game of Lives, 7PM
• Jewish Community Center of Dallas, Author Nick Kotz presents The Harness Maker’s Dream, 7PM
• The Wild Detectives, La Farmacia de la Ñ reads original poems and short stories in Spanish, 7PM

Fort Worth

• Fort Worth Public Library – Southwest Regional, Wordslingers presents Craig Johnson, author of the Longmire series, 6:30PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Gulf Coast Journal Presents the Gulf Coast Reading Series, 7PM
• Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Bill Arning and Sarah Thornton discuss her new book, 33 Artists in 3 Acts, 6:30PM

McAllen

• Quinta Mazatlan, Melissa Gatskill presents A Worldwide Travel Guide to Sea Turtles, 6PM

San Antonio

• B&N – La Cantera, UTSA Poetry Reading, 7PM
• The Twig Book Shop, Nancy De La Zerda discusses and signs The ‘It’ Girls of La Sembradora: Bulls, Blood and Brujeria, 6PM

South Padre Island

• Paragraphs on Padre, Melissa Gatskill discusses and signs A Worldwide Travel Guide to Sea Turtles, 1PM

Friday, Nov. 20

Austin

• BookPeople, Animal Planet Star JACKSON GALAXY Speaking & Signing Catify to Satisfy: Simple Design Solutions for Creating a Feline-Friendly Home, 7PM
• Malvern Books, Best of Pterodáctilo: Bilingual Poetry Reading, 7PM
• The Volstead, Jack White’s Third Man Books presents THE TRUTH IS WE ARE PERFECT by Janaka Stucky, 8PM

Dallas

• B&N – Lincoln Park, Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates: The Forgotten War That Changed American History book signing with Brian Kilmeade, 7PM
• Frontiers of Flight Museum, David McCullough presents The Wright Brothers, 12PM
• Heroes Lounge, Dallas Poetry Slam with Verb Culture, 8PM

Houston

• B&N – River Oaks, Dee Maner presents Artie: The First Artificial Christmas Tree, 4PM
• Brazos Bookstore, Kate Gavino discusses and signs LAST NIGHT’S READING, 7PM
• Menil Collection, Inprint presents an Edmund de Waal Lecture and Book Signing: The White Road: Journey into an Obsession, 7PM
• St. Regis Hotel, Praeclarus Club Breakfast: Chase Untermeyer presents How Important People Act, 7AM

San Antonio

• The Twig Book Shop, Nancy West reads and signs Smart But Dead: An Aggie Mundeen Mystery, 6PM

Saturday, Nov. 21

Amarillo

• B&N, Dark Places signing with Reavis Z. Wortham, 2PM

Austin

• BookPeople, Austin Author AMY MCCULLOUGH speaking & signing The Box Wine Sailors: Misadventures of a Broke Young Couple at Sea, 3PM
• BookPeople, ROBERT W. DOUBEK speaking & signing Creating the Vietnam Veterans Memorial: The Inside Story, 7PM
• Bullock Museum, Book it, Texas!: Lynda Rutledge discusses Faith Bass Darling’s Last Garage Sale, 10:30AM
• Half Price Books – N. Lamar, local author Richard Zelade will sell and sign his book Austin in the Jazz Age, 1PM
• St. Edward’s University, Texas Writers’ League Workshop – “Minor Characters and Major Insights: How to Create a More Compelling Narrative through an Exploration of Secondary Characters” with Charlotte Gullick, 9AM
• Twin Oaks Library, Austin Poetry Society meeting featuring Sasha West, 1:30PM

Dallas

• B&N – Lincoln Park, Jann Aldredge-Clanton and Kendra Weddle Irons discuss and sign If Eve Only Knew: Freeing Yourself from Biblical Womanhood and Becoming All God Means for You to Be and She Lives! Sophia Wisdom Works in the World, 3PM
• B&N – Preston/Royal, Dan Helpingstine signs Dallas Forever Changed: The Legacy of November 1963, 2PM

El Paso

• B&N – Fountains at Farah, Hope Griffin signs Finding Joy: The Year Apart that Made Me a Better Wife, 2PM
• Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: “Every Picture Tells a Story Part 3” workshop with Victor Hernández , 12:45PM

Galveston

• Galveston Bookshop, Ernie Deats signs Laura’s Return, 2PM

Houston

• B&N – River Oaks, Dee Maner presents Artie: The First Artificial Christmas Tree, 11AM
• River Oaks Bookstore, Rebecca Gurnsey discusses and signs Loving Toby, 4PM
• Writespace, NaNoWriMo Writers Slumber Party Write-In, 8PM

McAllen

• B&N – Palms Crossing, Iona Cordero reads and signs Me and My Baby Brother Michael, 3PM

Plano

• B&N – Creekwalk Village, Dr. Michael Wiseberg discusses and signs The Hospitalist, 2PM

San Antonio

• B&N – La Cantera, Mystery Panel Author Event with Joe McKinney, Nancy West, Jay Brandon, 2PM
• Gemini Ink, Novel/Memoir Boot Camp with Amanda Eyre Ward, 10AM
• The Twig Book Shop, Susan Kralovansky reads and signs Twelve Cowboys Ropin’, 5PM

Southlake

• B&N, Robert Jacobus signs Houston Cougars in the 1960s: Death Threats, the Veer Offense, and the Game of the Century, 3PM

Sunday, Nov. 22

Austin

• Cheer Up Charlie’s, Everything Is Bigger presents: Matthew Salesses, Cecily Parks, Becca Liu, & Noel Gaulin, 7:30PM
• Malvern Books, Fantastical Fictions with Howard Waldrop, 2PM
• Neill-Cochran House Museum, Debra Winegarten presents Oveta Culp Hobby, 2:30PM

Round Rock

• B&N – La Frontera, Twelve Cowboys Ropin’ book signing with Susan Holt Kralovansky, 2PM

San Antonio

• B&N – La Cantera, R. Gaines Baty signs Champion of the Barrio: The Legacy of Coach Buryl Baty, 2PM
• The Twig Book Shop, Poet Bonnie Lyons reads from and signs So Far, 2PM

The Woodlands

• B&N, Linda Fagala and Karen Pugh sign Shattered Fate, 2PM

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