• Voces Americanas: Latino Literature in the United States, a Humanities Texas exhibit, Fort Worth, September 15-October 15
• 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

• Amazing Houston Comic Con, September 9-11
• Houston Public Library Kids’ Book Festival, September 10-11
• 2nd Permian Basin Writers’ Workshop, Midland, September 16-18
• Mansfield Book Festival, September 17
• The 30th Annual Library and Museum Collections Forum: Shakespeare’s Legacy – Honoring the 400th Anniversary of the Bard’s Death, Round Top, September 17
• (Self Published Authors Network) Fest 2016, Fort Worth, September 17
• Building a Writing Life: A Weekend Writing Retreat, Maxwell, September 17-18

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

Monday, September 12

• Austin
• BookPeople, Former Professional Football Player GEOFF HANGARTNER speaking & signing The Rookie Handbook, 7PM

Dallas

• Hotel Crescent Court, Steven Lee Meyers discusses and signs The New Tsar: The Rise and Reign of Vladimir Putin, 6:30PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, James Dennis reads from and signs his debut poetry collection CORRESPONDENCE IN D MINOR, 7PM
• Murder By the Book, Amy Stewart will sign and discuss Lady Cop Makes Trouble, 6:30PM

Midland

• Centennial Library, As part of Project Literacy, Newbery Award winner Matt de la Pena signs Last Stop on Market Street, 5:30PM

San Antonio

• The Twig Book Shop, Alex Marwood reads and signs The Darkest Secret, 6PM

Tuesday, September 13

Arlington

• UTA – Texas Hall, Maverick Speaker Series presents Reza Azlan, author of Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth, 7:30PM

Austin

• BookPeople, CRAIG JOHNSON speaking & signing An Obvious Fact (Longmire #9), 7PM
• Google Fiber, Story Bar Story Mixer with the Texas Book Festival and Austin International Poetry Festival, 6:30PM
• O. Henry Museum, O. Henry’s 154th Birthday Party, a fundraiser featuring Skip Hollandsworth discussing and signing The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America’s First Serial Killer, 7PM
• Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM

Dallas

• SMU – McFarlin Auditorium, Delta Gamma Lectureship in Values and Ethics presents Piper Kerman, author of Orange is the New Black, + Q&A and book signing, 7PM

Fort Worth

• The Dock Bookshop, Fort Worth Poetry Slam and Open Mic, 8PM
• The Last Word Bookstore, Authors Sanderia Faye (Mourner’s Bench) and Joe Milazzo (Crepuscule W/ Nellie) will read from their respective novels, followed by a conversation and audience Q & A, 7:30PM

Houston

• Blue Willow Bookshop, Katharine McGee will discuss and sign her debut novel for teens THE THOUSANDTH FLOOR, 7PM
• Brazos Bookstore, Nicholson Baker discusses and signs SUBSTITUTE, 7PM
• Murder By the Book, Alex Marwood will sign and discuss The Darkest Secret, 6:30PM
• Warehouse Live, Houston Moth StorySLAM: Money, 7:30PM

Midland

• Centennial Library, As part of Project Literacy, three-time Caldecott winning author/illustrator David Wiesner signs his books, 4:30PM

Missouri City

• Off the Vine Bistro, Off 6 Reading Series featuring Beverly Freeman and The Book of Whispers, 7PM [NEW READING SERIES]

San Antonio

• The Korova, PuroSlam with DJ Donnie Dee, 10PM
• The Twig Book Shop, Jamie Tworkowski discusses and signs If You Feel Too Much: Thoughts on Things Found and Lost and Hoped For, 6PM

• Texas Sports Hall of Fame, Chad Conine signs The Republic of Football, 7PM

Wednesday, September 14

Austin

• Austin Books & Comics, artist NICK DERINGTON signs DOOM PATROL #1, 4PM
• BookPeople, Editor & Journalist TERRY McDONELL speaking & signing The Accidental Life: An Editor’s Notes on Writing and Writers, 7PM
• McCullough Theatre, Texas Performing Arts presents master storyteller Mike Daisey: “The Story of the Gun,” 8PM

Commerce

• A&M-Commerce Alumni Center, Silver Leos Writers Guild meeting featuring Mary Brooke Casad, author of the Bluebonnet the Armadillo series, 1PM

Dallas

• Deep Vellum Books, Jessica Luther discusses and signs Unsportsmanlike Conduct, 6:30PM
• Hotel Crescent Court, Joby Warrick discusses and signs Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS, 6:30PM
• SMU, Friends of the SMU Libraries presents Skip Hollandsworth discussing and signing The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America’s First Serial Killer, 1PM

Fort Worth

• TCU – Moudy North, The Live Oak Reading Series featuring Dr. Nathanael O’Reilly and Daniel Vial, 6:30PM

Houston

• Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Slam, 7:15PM
• Blue Willow Bookshop, Chris Barton will discuss and sign his newest picture book for children WHOOSH!, 5PM
• Murder By the Book, Reed Farrel Coleman will sign and discuss Robert P. Parker’s Debt To Pay, and Bruce DeSilva will sign and discuss The Dread Line, 6:30PM
• Museum of Fine Arts, MFAH Lecture: Mad Enchantment: Claude Monet and the Painting of the Water Lilies by Ross King + book signing, 6:30PM

Thursday, September 15

Austin

• BookPeople, WRITERS’ LEAGUE OF TEXAS Presents: Straight Out of Science Fiction and Fantasy? with P.J. Hover, Marshall Ryan Maresca, Adam Soto, and Rebecca Schwarz, 7PM
• BookPeople, Historian CATHERINE FLETCHER speaking & signing The Black Prince of Florence: The Spectacular Life and Treacherous World of Alessandro de’ Medici, 7PM
• McCullough Theatre, Texas Performing Arts presents master storyteller Mike Daisey: “The Story of the Gun,” 8PM
• Monkeywrench Books, Dr. Kristen Hogan discusses and signs The Feminist Bookstore Movement, 6:30PM
• Mr. Catfish & More, NeoSoul Poetry ATX, 8PM

Burnet

• Herman Brown Free Library, Writers’ League of Texas presents Texas Writes with authors Donna Johnson and Carol Dawson, 1PM

Dallas

• Horchow Auditorium, Arts & Letters Live presents Ross King discussing and signing Mad Enchantment: Claude Monet and the Painting of the Water Lilies, 7:30PM
• Sheraton Dallas Hotel, 4th annual Toast to Literacy fundraiser for LIFT (Literacy Instruction for Texas), 6:30PM
• Sur La Table, Jacques Pepin will sign Poulet & Legumes, 1PM
• The Wild Detectives, Richard J. Gonzales reads and signs Raza Rising: Chicanos in North Texas, 7:30PM

Houston

• Blue Willow Bookshop, Astronaut Chris Hadfield will discuss his career in space, and sign THE DARKEST DARK, his new picture book for kids, 7PM [TICKET REQUIRED]
• Brazos Bookstore, Jennifer Grotz reads from and signs her poetry collection WINDOW LEFT OPEN, 7PM
• River Oaks Bookstore, Deanne Wagner White reads and signs The Otter by the Sea, 5PM

Midland

• Centennial Library, award winning authors and illustrators Don Tate, Cory Putman Oakes, and Christina Soontornvat sign their books, 4:30PM

San Antonio

• B&N – San Pedro, The Philosophy of Childing: Unlocking Creativity, Curiosity, and Reason through the Wisdom of Our Youngest book signing with Christopher Phillips, 7PM

Friday, September 16

Austin

• BookPeople, MITCHEL P. ROTH speaking & signing Convict Cowboys: The Untold History of the Texas Prison Rodeo, 7PM
• Home of Susan Corbin, Poetry Masterclass with Nathan Brown, 6PM
• Malvern Books, The Lion & The Pirate Unplugged inclusive open mic, 7PM

Dallas

• Heroes Lounge, Dallas Poetry Slam featuring Porsha O, 8PM
• Serj Books, Phelesha Hamilton will sign Kid Brain, Read2Believe’s Animated Teach Reading, 1PM
• VFW Post 6796, Writer’s Garret panel “Writing the Military Experience” with Leila Levinson, Rod Pannek, and Kathleen M. Rogers, 12PM

Houston

• Rudyard’s, Gulf Coast Reading Series featuring Hadara Bar-Nadav, Josie Mitchell, Georgia Pearle, and Joshua Foster, 7PM

Marble Falls

• Marble Falls Public Library, Nola McKey will discuss and sign From Tea Cakes to Tamales: Third Generation Texas Recipes, 11:30AM

Midland

• Centennial Library, award-winning authors and illustrators Don Tate, Cory Putman Oakes, and Christina Soontornvat sign their books, 4:30PM

San Antonio

• The Twig Book Shop, Herb Keyser discusses and signs An Unquiet Life: Odyssey of a Whistleblower, 6PM
• Viva Tacoland, Gemini Ink reading series featuring Yvette Benavides, Joe Jimenez, and Diamond Mason, 6:30PM

The Woodlands

• B&N – Woodlands Mall, The Scourge book signing with Jennifer Nielsen, 7PM

Saturday, September 17

Amarillo

• B&N, National Book Award winner Kimberly Willis Holt signs Dear Hank Williams, 4PM

Austin

• Austin Public Library – Yarborough, Austin Poetry Society meeting featuring Anjela Villarreal Ratliff and Gloria Amescua, 1:30PM
• B&N – Arboretum, Storytime and Book Signing with Heather Patterson: Passing the Bone: America’s Next POTUS!, 11AM
• BookPeople, Sports Journalist CHAD S. CONINE speaking & signing The Republic of Football: Legends of the Texas High School Game, 3PM
• Home of Susan Corbin, Poetry Masterclass with Nathan Brown, ?
• Malvern Books, launch of Kimberly Lambright’s new poetry collection Ultra-Cabin (with Ben Kopel), 7PM
• St. Edward’s University, Writers’ League of Texas workshop: “Time-Traveling through Pace: Building a Narrative Using Time and Action” with Natalia Sylvester, 9AM

Beaumont

• B&N – Parkdale Mall, Calvin Denson signing Grace, 2PM

El Paso

• Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop with Karla Nabil: Amidst  the Crossroads, 12:45PM

Galveston

• Galveston Bookshop, James Valentino signs From Maine to Galveston, Republic of Texas: The Life and Letters of Lucy Parker Shaw, 2PM

Garland

• B&N – Firewheel Mall, Richard Gonzales discusses and signs Raza Rising: Chicanos in North Texas, 3PM

Houston

• B&N – Champions, Joy Preble reads and signs It Wasn’t Always Like This, 4PM
• Blue Willow Bookshop, Jennifer Mathieu will discuss and sign her new novel for teens AFTERWARD, 11AM
• River Oaks Bookstore, Dr. Catherine Musemeche discusses and signs Hurt: The Inspiring, Untold Story of Trauma Care, 3PM
• The Outreach Center of West Houston, Liane Moriarty will discuss and sign her newest novel TRULY, MADLY, GUILTY, 2PM
• Writespace, Workshop: “Digging the Well” with Adrienne Perry, 2PM

Round Rock

• B&N – La Frontera, Phil Bildner discusses and signs Rookie of the Year, 2PM

San Antonio

• B&N – La Cantera, Harlequin Romance book signing with Jolene Navarro and Sasha Summers, 1PM
• The Twig Book Shop, Dusty Summers signs The Magical World of Burlesque, 11AM

Southlake

• B&N, Lois Melbourne signing The STEM Club Goes Exploring, 1PM

The Woodlands

• B&N – Woodlands Mall, Howard Joe signs Essential Guide to Treat Diabetes and Lower Cholesterol, 1PM

Sunday, September 18

Arlington

• David R. Hardiman, author of “Bailey’s Remarkable Plan,” will sign books 1-3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 18, at Half Price Books South Arlington. The store is at 2211 S. Cooper St. in Arlington.

Austin

• BookPeople, Debut Author RAFI MITTLEFEHLDT speaking & signing It Looks Like This, 3PM
• Malvern Books, Dave Oliphant Book Launch: María’s Book and Figures of Speech, 4PM
• The Writing Barn, Workshop: Exploration and Discovery: Writing About Place with author Hunter Sharpless, 3:30PM

Dallas

• B&N – Preston/Royal, Michelle Craft signs Unwanted Things: Starring Milo Brewster, 1PM

Houston

• Christ Church Cathedral (Episcopal), Mary Beard presents S.P.Q.R.: A HISTORY OF ANCIENT ROME, 7:30PM
• Meyerland Performing and Visual Arts Middle School, Inprint presents Cool Brains! with Nathan Hale, author of the Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales series, 3PM

Mansfield

• Half Price Books, local author James Howell will sell and sign Countdown to Atomgeddon: The Race to Build the First Atomic Bomb, 1PM

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