Austin

• Malvern Books, Austin Writers Roulette presents “Accidental Orgasms,” 3PM

Houston

• Half Price Books – Westheimer/Montrose, local musician, author and inspirational speaker Undrai Fizer will sell and sign his philosophical book The Excuse-less Life: 34 Inner-Laws for Living Above Distraction, 1PM
• Last Concert Cafe, Transcendent Zero Press Holiday Shindig with poets Gabrielle Langley, Chris Wise, Lucy Wilson, and Craig Butterworth and author Lucy Wilson, who will present her book, Wind on Water, 7PM

San Antonio

• The Twig Book Shop, Quincy Leca discusses and signs The Chains are Unbroken, 11AM
• The Twig Book Shop, Signing and discussion of Hidden Treasures of San Antonio with author/photographer John Dyer, 3PM

Monday, Dec. 14

No public events on our calendar

Tuesday, Dec. 15

Austin

• Cheer Up Charlie’s, Everything is Bigger Reading Series with Chen Chen, Kathleen Winter, and Emilia Rodriguez, 7:30PM
• Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM

Dallas

• Old Parkland, Karl Rove presents The Triumph of William McKinley: Why the Election of 1896 Still Matters, 7:30AM
• The Wild Detectives, Brandon Hobson presents Desolation of Avenues Untold, 7:30PM

Fort Worth

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

McKinney

• El Dorado Country Club, Karl Rove presents The Triumph of William McKinley: Why the Election of 1896 Still Matters, 4PM

• Ruby Lane Books, Norm Brown will discuss and sign Sheppard Air Force Base and Early Settlers of the Panhandle Plains, 4:30PM

San Antonio

• Kathleen Sommers Boutique, Naomi Shihab Nye will read, sign, and celebrate Famous, 4PM
• The Korova, PuroSlam! with DJ Donnie Dee, 10PM

Wednesday, Dec. 16

Austin

• Malvern Books, W. Joe Hoppe poetry reading and birthday cake to celebrate the late, great poet laureate of Hyde Park: Albert Huffstickler, 7PM

Dallas

• Kettle Art Gallery, Pegasus Reading Series: JENNY YANG CROPP launches her debut poetry collection, String Theory, with TAMITHA CURIEL, and KIMBERLY GARZA, 7PM

Thursday, Dec. 17

Austin

• Longbranch Inn, Conflict of Interest Holiday Party!, 8PM

Dallas

• Jewish Community Center of Dallas, Gwen Edelman discusses and signs The Train to Warsaw, 5:30PM

Houston

• Murder By the Book, James Rollins will sign and discuss The Bone Labyrinth, 6:30PM
• River Oaks Bookstore, Hank Moore discusses and signs Houston Legends: History and Heritage of Dynamic Global Capitol, 5:30PM

Friday, Dec. 18

Austin

• Farewell Books, Reading and film screening with Timothy Willis Sanders, Meghan Lamb and Jason Pappariella, 7PM
• Malvern Books, celebrate the launch of Emil Kresl’s debut novel, On Cedar Hill, 7PM

Dallas

• B&N – Preston/Royal, Janelle Friedman signs You Are Invited, 1PM
• B&N – Preston/Royal, Local author Mable Cannings signs her success journals, 2PM
• Heroes Lounge, CP Maze at Dallas Poetry Slam, 8PM

San Antonio

• Gemini Ink, Open House Holiday Bash, 12PM

Wichita Falls

• The Kemp at The Forum, 2120 Speedway Avenue, photographer Jeremy Enlow signs Cowboys of the Waggoner Ranch (with text by Jan Nichols Batts); book signing will take place from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., with a presentation at 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 19

Amarillo

• B&N, A.G. Howard signs Untamed: A Splintered Companion, 3PM

Austin

• Half Price Books – N Lamar, Angela Meju will sell and sign her children’s Christmas storybook, Roaming Reindeer, 1PM
• Half Price Books – N Lamar, Storytime & Craft with local author Nitsanne Crosbie, 2PM
• Twin Oaks Library, Austin Poetry Society open mic, 1:30PM

El Paso

• B&N – Fountains at Farah, Sherri Rowe signs Able Seaman Just Nuisance, 1PM
• Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: Donna Snyder presents “Writing for the Dark Time,” 12:45PM

Galveston

• Galveston Bookshop, Robb Walsh signs The Chili Cookbook and Texas Eats, 11AM
• Galveston Bookshop, Diane L. Twilley signs A Dickens of a Miracle, 2PM

Houston

• B&N – Vanderbilt Square, Karen Pugh signs Shattered Fate and Destiny Reborn, 2PM
• River Oaks Bookstore, Mica Mosbacher discusses and signs Racing Forward: Faith, Love, and Triumph over Loss, 4PM

Richmond

• Mugz Coffee Bar, Robert Jacobus signs Houston Cougars in the 1960s: Death Threats, the Veer Offense, and the Game of the Century, 10AM

San Antonio

• B&N – La Cantera, Hoops to Hippos!: True Stories of a Basketball Star on Safari book signing with San Antonio Spur Boris Diaw, 4PM
• Half Price Books – Broadway, local author Cindy M. Callins will sell and sign her Western novel, Under the Windmills, 1PM
• The Twig Book Shop, Rick Brooks reads and signs Mr. Morris, 11AM
• The Twig Book Shop, 2011 Texas Poet Laureate David M. Parsons reading and signing Reaching for Longer Water, 3PM

Sunday, Dec. 20

Austin

• BookWoman, Anne Key reading from her book, Burlesque, Yoga, Sex and Love: A Memoir of Life Under the Albuquerque Sun, + poetry readings, 3PM

Houston

• Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Tale-ing through Time: Jewish Storytelling in “Roman Vishniac Rediscovered” with storyteller Rabbi Dan Gordon, 3PM

San Antonio

• The Twig Book Shop, Megan Padalecki reading and signing Big Mo, 11AM

Stonewall

• Lyndon B. Johnson State Park and Historic Site, Kenneth Hafertepe signs A Guide to the Historic Buildings of Fredericksburg and Gillespie County, 5PM

Sugar Land

• Half Price Books, local musician, author and inspirational speaker Undrai Fizer will sell and sign The Excuse-less Life: 34 Inner-Laws for Living Above Distraction, 12PM

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