• Xu Bing: Book from the Sky, a meditation on the nature of language, by celebrated Chinese artist Xu Bing, Austin, June 19-January 22

Special Events

• Langdon Review Weekend, Granbury, September 7-10
• Amazing Houston Comic Con, September 9-11
• 28th Annual National Cowboy Symposium, Lubbock, September 9-11
• DFW Literary SoulFEST, Fort Worth, September 10
• Mid-Cities Teen Book Fest, North Richland Hills, September 10
• Houston Public Library Kids’ Book Festival, September 10-11

Sunday, September 4

Austin

• BookPeople, Local Author JENNIFER RUSTGI & Local Illustrator ASHLEY WHITE speaking & signing A Moon of My Own, 2PM
• Brave New Books, Adam Kokesh speaking and signing Freedom!, 7:30PM
• Recycled Reads, Open mic poetry, 3:30PM

Dallas

• B&N – Preston/Royal, John Schmutz signs “The Bloody Fifth”-The 5th Texas Infantry Regiment, 1PM
• Half Price Books Mothership, local author Sunday: meet local authors and get your books signed!

Mansfield

• Half Price Books, Local Author Sundays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release!, all day

Mineral Wells

• Lake Mineral Wells State Park, Join David Owens, park interpreter and cowboy poet, for Cross Timbers cowboy poetry and stories, 8PM

Monday, September 5  HAPPY LABOR DAY

Austin

• Malvern Books, Malvern Poetry Karaoke Mondays with Anji Kat, 7PM

San Antonio

• Luby’s, Adam Kokesh speaking and signing Freedom!, 6PM

Tuesday, September 6

Austin

• BookPeople, RANSOM RIGGS speaking & signing Tales of the Peculiar & TAHEREH MAFI speaking & signing Futhermore, 7PM [TICKET REQUIRED]
• The North Door, Owen Egerton’s ONE PAGE SALON third anniversary celebration!, 7:30PM
• Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM

Fort Worth

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

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Elizabeth Farfan-Santos discusses and signs BLACK BODIES, BLACK RIGHTS, 7PM
• Fix Coffeebar, Poetry Fix reading series featuring with Kristy Loye & Houston Poet Laureate Robin Davidson, 6:30PM
• Midtown Bar & Grill, Adam Kokesh speaking and signing Freedom!, 7PM

San Marcos

• The Wittliff Collection, Texas State University MFA students POETRY + FICTION READINGS, 5PM

San Antonio

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

Stockdale

• Sarah Bain Chandler Public Library, J. Ko signs Into Her World, 7PM

Wednesday, September 7

Austin

• Austin Books & Comics, Matthew Sturges and Dave Justus will sign and discuss issue one of Everafter, 4PM
• BookPeople, New York Times Bestselling Author SARAH J. MAAS speaking & signing Empire of Storms : A Throne of Glass Novel, 6PM [signing-line tickets are sold out]
• The Writing Barn, Workshop: Writing to Know the World with Adam Soto, Assistant Editor American Short Fiction, 6:30PM

Dallas

• Downtown Dallas Rotary, Talmage Boston presents Cross-Examining History, 12PM

Houston

• Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Slam, 7:15PM
• Blue Willow Bookshop, Mac Barnett will discuss and sign his newest picture book HOW THIS BOOK WAS MADE, 5PM
• Murder By the Book, Todd Moss will sign and discuss his new Judd Ryker novel Ghosts of Havana, 6:30PM

Tyler

• Tyler Public Library, Skip Hollandsworth will discuss and sign The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America’s First Serial Killer, 1PM

Thursday, September 8

Austin

• BookPeople, Local investigative journalist JESSICA LUTHER, author of Unsportsmanlike Conduct: College Football and the Politics of Rape, in conversation with journalist DAN SOLOMON, 7PM
• BookWoman, Second Thursday Open Mic Poetry featuring Usha Akella & Varsha Saraiya-Shah, 7:15PM
• Malvern Books, Novel Night: Joe Kilgore launches his new novel A Farmhouse In The Rain, 7PM
• Mr. Catfish & More, NeoSoul Poetry ATX, 8PM

Dallas

• The Wild Detectives, Wordspace Dallas presents First Hearings: Willard Speigelman discusses and signs Senior Moments: Looking Back, Looking Ahead, 7:30PM

Giddings

• Giddings Public Library and Cultural Center, Nola McKey will sign From Tea Cakes to Tamales: Third-Generation Texas Recipes, 6PM

Houston

• Murder By the Book, Brad Meltzer will sign and discuss I Am Jane Goodall and I Am George Washington, 6:30PM
• River Oaks Bookstore, Richard J. Bennett discusses and signs Have I Got a Story to Tell You, 5PM

San Antonio

• The Twig Book Shop, James R. Dennis reads from and signs Correspondence in D Minor, 6:30PM

Friday, September 9

Arlington

• UTA Library, DAN L. SMITH presents THE BANKHEAD HIGHWAY IN TEXAS, 7:30PM

Austin

• B&N – Arboretum, I am Jane Goodall book signing with Brad Meltzer, 7PM
• BookPeople, Surgeon & Author CATHERINE MUSEMECHE speaking & signing HURT: The Inspiring, Untold Story of Trauma Care, 7PM
• Brave New Books, Nicole Taylor discusses and signs Schooled On Fat, 7PM
• Malvern Books, Fantastical Fictions Presents: Nisi Shawl book launch of Everfair, 7PM

Dallas

• Lucky Dog Books – Oak Cliff, Poets on X+ hosted by Opalina Salas & Carlos Salas, 8PM
• The Wild Detectives, Wordspace Dallas presents “Utopian Fantasies” featuring spoken word performances by Lee Escobedo and Patrick Patterson-Carroll, 8PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Joe Kilgore reads and signs A FARMHOUSE IN THE RAIN, 7PM

Saturday, September 10

Amarillo

• B&N, Book signing: Pennies From Burger Heaven by Marcy McKay, 2PM

Austin

• B&N – Sunset Valley, Like Herding the Wind book signing with Cindy Koepp, 1PM
• BookPeople, CHRISTINA SOONTORNVAT speaking & signing THE CHANGELINGS, 3PM
• Brave New Books, 10 year anniversary celebration!, 7PM
• Malvern Books, Kimberly Alidio Book Launch of her new poetry collection After projects the resound, with kt shorb, and Morgan Collado, 7PM
• St. Edward’s University, Writers’ League of Texas workshop: “More Than Meets the Eye: Writing the Four Other Senses” with Marian Szczepanski, 9AM

Dallas

• Half Price Books Mothership, Texas author Lindsay Cummings and BookTuber Sasha Alsberg will discuss their new eBook Zenith: The Androma Saga, Part I, 6PM

El Paso

• B&N – Sunland Park, Sherry Levesque signing Demented, 2PM
• Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop with Felipe de Ortego y Gasca: “Writing Memoir,” 12:45PM

Fort Worth

• The Dock Bookshop, DFW LITerary SoulFEST, 2–8 pm. Free family event. Special guests Include Zane, Laura Freeman, Rickie Clark, Keith Thomas Walker, and more.

Houston

• B&N – Westheimer, Fire: The Elemental Series book signing with Belle Manuel, 12PM
• Brazos Bookstore, Roald Dahl Day Celebration! with readings by Houston authors Jennifer Mathieu, Meredith Moore, and Chris Cander, + snacks & games, 2PM
• Half Price Books – North Oaks, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release!, all day
• River Oaks Bookstore, M.M. Wolthoff reads and signs The West Texas Pilgramage, 3PM
• Skol Casbar & Grille, The Re-Birth of Hip Hop Poetry Out Loud, 7PM
• Writespace, Workshop: Jumpstart Your Writing with Holly Walrath, 2PM

Plainview

• Plainview Country Club, author and storyteller Michael Johnson is the keynote speaker at the 2016 scholarship dinner for the Plainview FFA Alumni Association, 6PM

Portland

• Books Ink, Sister Lou Ella Hickman will sign her titles, 1PM

Round Rock

• Half Price Books, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release!, all day

San Antonio

• B&N – La Cantera, Mickey Antu-Urias signs The Other Side of the Rainbow, 1PM
• The Twig Book Shop, Lydia Crochet and Jeanie the Three-Legged Dog read and sign I Don’t Need Four Feet!, 11AM

Southlake

• B&N, Beth Bowland signing Polaris, 2PM

Webster

• B&N, Gulf Coast Poets meeting featuring readings from Mutabilis Press’ UNTAMED CITY: EXPLORING THE CITY AND NATURE IN POETRY, 10:30AM

Sunday, September 11

Austin

• BookPeople, Local Author BETHANY HEGEDUS speaking & signing Be The Change: A Grandfather Gandhi Story, 2PM
• Brave New Books, 10th year anniversary celebration!, 7PM
• Malvern Books, Austin Writers Roulette presents “Cultural Mosaic,” 4PM

Dallas

• Half Price Books Mothership, local author Sunday: meet local authors and get your books signed!
• Horchow Auditorium, Dallas Museum of Art’s Arts & Letters Live presents Robert Hoge, author of Ugly, 3PM

El Paso

• B&N – Sunland Park, Don’t Think Twice: Adventure and Healing at 100 Miles Per Hour book signing with Barbara Schoichet, 2PM

Houston

• Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens, Kenneth Hafertepe will discuss and sign The Material Culture of German Texans, 3:15PM
• Writespace, Workshop: Introduction to Screenwriting with Russell DeGrazier, 10AM

Mansfield

• Half Price Books Local Author Sundays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release!, all day

San Antonio

• B&N – La Cantera, Catherine Musemeche, M.D., signs Hurt: The Inspiring Untold Story of Trauma Care, 1PM
• The Twig Book Shop, release of Bearing the Mask: Southwestern Persona Poems featuring Carmen Tafolla & other contributors, 3PM

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