• 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

• 2nd Permian Basin Writers’ Workshop, Midland, September 16-18
• Building a Writing Life: A Weekend Writing Retreat, Maxwell, September 17-18
• West Texas Book Festival, Abilene, September 19-24
• NF4NF Children’s Nonfiction Writers Conference, Rosenberg, September 22-25
• Indiepalooza: Houston Writers Guild, September 23-24
• FenCon XIII, Irving, September 23-25
• Wizard World Comic Con, Austin, September 23-25
• Lone Star Book Festival, Austin, September 24-25
• Banned Books Week, nationwide, September 25-October 1

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

Monday, September 19

Austin

• BookPeople, Pultizer Prize-winner LAWRENCE WRIGHT speaking & signing The Terror Years: From Al-Qaeda to the Islamic State, 7PM [TICKET REQUIRED]

Dallas

• Highland Park United Methodist Church, Authors LIVE! presents Colson Whitehead, author of The Underground Railroad, 6PM
• The Wild Detectives, Reed Farrel Coleman reads and signs Robert B. Parker’s Debt to Pay, 7:30PM

Fort Worth

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

Houston

• Blue Willow Bookshop, Blue Willow Up Close: Aaron Becker will discuss and sign his newest picture book for children, RETURN, 5PM
• Cullen Theater-Wortham Center, Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series presents JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER, author of Here I Am, 7:30PM
• Murder By the Book, Zoë Sharp presents The Blood Whisperer and John Lawton presents The Unfortunate Englishman, 6:30PM

Tuesday, September 20

Austin

• BookPeople, Bestselling Author JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER speaking & signing Here I Am, 7PM [TICKET REQUIRED]
• UT – Clements Center, Talmage Boston presents Cross-Examining History: A Lawyer Gets Answers From the Experts About Our Presidents, ?
• UT – Perry-Castañeda Library, 2015 Hamilton Book Awards Author Showcase and Reception, 5:30PM
• Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM

Cypress

• Lone Star College-CyFair Center for Student Life, Roc the Mic Lecture Series: Welcome Back Edition featuring D. Blake Simon, 11:30AM

Dallas

• B&N – Lincoln Park, An Obvious Fact (Longmire #12) book signing with Craig Johnson, 7PM
• SMU – McFarlin Auditorium, Tate Lecture Series: journalists and authors Tom Brokaw and Doris Kearns Goodwin discuss the 2016 election, moderated by David Gergen, 8PM

Fort Worth

• The Dock Bookshop, Fort Worth Poetry Slam and Open Mic, 8PM
• The Last Word Bookstore, September Poetry Night!, 6PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Kelly Seiler reads and signs THE PLAN, 7PM
• Fix Coffeebar, Poetry Fix featuring Laura Peña & Christopher Whaley, 6:30PM
• Murder By the Book, Stuart Neville will sign and discuss So Say the Fallen, 6:30PM
• Writespace, Workshop: How Do I Get Started: Q&A Session with Cassandra Clarke and Elizabeth White-Olsen, 7PM

San Marcos

• TSU – Alkek Library, Reading, Q&A, and book signing with National Book Award winner Tim O’Brien, 3:30PM

Richardson

• Richardson High School Auditorium, Richardson Reads One Book presents a discussion and signing of Spare Parts with author Joshua Davis, 7:30PM

San Antonio

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

The Woodlands

• B&N – Woodlands Mall, The Undoing of Saint Silvanus book signing with Beth Moore, 11:30AM

Wednesday, September 21

Austin

• Headliners Club, Talmage Boston presents Cross-Examining History: A Lawyer Gets Answers From the Experts About Our Presidents, ?
• The Writing Barn, Words and Wine with author Amy Gentry, 7:30PM

Dallas

• Dallas City Performance Hall, Oral Fixation presents Out From Under The Rug: True Life Tales of Abortion, 8PM
• Lucky Dog Books – Oak Cliff, Open Mic Storytelling: Figures of Speak, 7PM
• SMU, Discussion with Arthur Lupia, author of Uninformed: Why Citizens Know So Little About Politics and What We Can Do About It, 5:30PM
• The Wild Detectives, British writers Zoe Sharp (Killer Instinct) and John Lawton (Sweet Sunday) in conversation, 7:30PM

Houston

• Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Slam, 7:15PM

South Padre Island

• Paragraphs on Padre, Meet the Author Series: Barbara Brannon and Kay Ellington read and sign The Paragraph Ranch (and discuss Literary Texas), 1–3PM

San Antonio

• San Antonio Marriott Riverwalk, Plate Changer Luncheon featuring celebrated Mexican cookbook author and chef Diana Kennedy, 11:30AM

Thursday, September 22

Austin

• BookPeople, Best Selling Author KELLY BENNETT SEILER speaking & signing The Plan, 7PM
• Ransom Center, Harry Ransom Lecture Series presents Marlon James, author of the Booker Prize–winning A Brief History of Seven Killings, 6:30PM
• Mr. Catfish & More, NeoSoul Poetry ATX, 8PM

Dallas

• B&N – Lincoln Park, Talmage Boston to sign Cross-Examining History, 7PM
• Deep Vellum Books, Donna Birdwell reads and signs The Recall Chronicles, 6:30PM
• Nasher Sculpture Center, Willard Spiegelman reads and signs Senior Moments: Looking Back, Looking Ahead, 6:30PM
• SMU – McCord Auditorium, Dr. Harvey J. Graff presents Undisciplining Knowledge: Interdisciplinarity in the Twentieth Century, 5:30PM

Garland

• B&N – Firewheel Mall, The Undoing of Saint Silvanus book signing with Beth Moore, 10AM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Rafi Mittlefehldt reads and signs IT LOOKS LIKE THIS, 7PM
• Murder By the Book, Ilona Andrews will sign and discuss the newest Kate Daniels novel, Magic Binds, 6:30PM
• Rice University – Sewall Hall, launch of the new book An American East Indian in Alief: The surviving comic works of Sharad Kant Patel, 7PM
• Unity of Houston, An Evening with Panache Desai, author of DISCOVERING YOUR SOUL SIGNATURE: A 33-Day Path to Purpose, Passion, and Joy, 7:30PM

Irving

• South Irving Library, Big Read 2016 event: Benjamin Alire Saenz discusses and signs Dante and Aristotle Discover the Secrets of the Universe and Last Night I Sang to the Monster, 4:45PM
• Valley Ranch Library, Big Read 2016 event: Benjamin Alire Saenz discusses and signs Dante and Aristotle Discover the Secrets of the Universe and Last Night I Sang to the Monster, 7PM

San Marcos

• TSU – Alkek Library, Wittliff Collections readings presents National Book Critics Circle Award winning poet Ross Gay, 3:30PM

Tyler

• Smith County Bar Association’s Annual Meeting, Talmage Boston presents Cross-Examining History: A Lawyer Gets Answers From the Experts About Our Presidents, ?

• B&N, 2 Chairs: The Secret That Changes Everything book signing with Bob Beaudine, 6PM

Friday, September 23

Austin

• BookPeople, Author & Advocate JULISSA ARCE speaking & signing My (Underground) American Dream: My True Story as an Undocumented Immigrant Who Became a Wall Street Executive, 7PM
• Malvern Books, I Scream Social reading series, 7PM

Fort Worth

• Tarrant County Bankers Association, Talmage Boston presents Cross-Examining History: A Lawyer Gets Answers From the Experts About Our Presidents, ?
• Will Rogers Memorial Center, Paige Clough reads & signs Nosey Rosey and The Jumping Orie Story, and Molly Whitney reads & signs Thistle Downe, 2PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, S.C. Gwynne discusses and signs THE PERFECT PASS, 7PM
• Inprint House, POETRY OF THE CITY: A TALK BY ALICIA OSTRIKER, 7PM
• Writespace, Anything Goes All-Genre Open Mic, 7:30PM

• Katherine Ann Porter Literary Center, Lindsey Literary Series presents National Book Critics Circle Award winning poet Ross Gay, 7:30PM

North Richland Hills

• North Richland Hills Library, Behind the Book presents Karin Slaughter reading and signing The Kept Woman, 12PM

Saturday, September 24

Austin

• B&N – Sunset Valley, Growing Desperate: The Favor of God for the Poor in Spirit with author Mike O’Quin, Jr., 1PM
• BookPeople, Special Guest Story Time: Local Author BETH GUILLOT speaking & signing Elizabeth the Dreamer, 11:30AM
• BookPeople, Nutrition Consultants DIANE SANFILIPPO & CASSY GARCIA speaking & signing Practical Paleo 2nd Edition and Fed & Fit, 3PM
• Brave New Books, Poet Ken and Friends gathering, 7PM
• Malvern Books, Indie Authors at Malvern Books: Christy Esmahan, Aaron S. Gallagher, and Carolyn Cohagan, 3PM
• Malvern Books, An Evening of poetry with Tracey Knapp, Patrick Ryan Frank & Kimberly Lambright, 7PM
• St. Edward’s University, Writers’ League of Texas workshop: “The Novel Hatchery: Moving a Novel Idea into Its First Draft” with Stacey Swann, 10AM
• Tamale House East, Mando Rayo and Jarod Neece present TACOS OF TEXAS, 4PM

Dallas

• Dallas Public Library – Central, authorSPEAK presents Karin Slaughter discussing and signing The Kept Woman, 2PM
• Deep Vellum Books, new reading series: OPP: Other People’s Poetry: Rainer Marie Rilke, 4PM
• DoubleTree Hotel, E.R. Bills will discuss his book The 1910 Slocum Massacre: An Act of Genocide in East Texas, 7PM
• Lucky Dog Books – Oak Cliff, Gary Erwin signs his books, 1PM
• Lucky Dog Books – Oak Cliff, Up on a Hill presents the poetry of Jacob Reilly, 6:30PM
• The Wild Detectives, Bonehouse Poetry Reading, 6PM

Denton

• B&N – Golden Triangle Mall, Storytime and Signing with Sue Carlton Swinson: Silly Willie Pig, 2PM

El Paso

• B&N – Fountains at Farah, Manuel Hasani Gonzalez will discuss and sign copies of his children’s book The Racoon and the Angel, 11AM
• B&N – Fountains at Farah, Bonnie Ortega will sign When Life Gives You Lemons: How Much Lemonade Does It Take, 2PM
• Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop with Celia Aguilar: 100 Thousand Poets for Change: Say Their Names, 12:45PM

Fort Worth

• Will Rogers Memorial Center, Paige Clough reads & signs Nosey Rosey and The Jumping Orie Story, and Molly Whitney reads & signs Thistle Downe, 12PM

Galveston

• Galveston Bookshop, Mitchel P. Roth signs Convict Cowboys: The Untold History of the Texas Prison Rodeo, 2PM

Houston

• Blue Willow Bookshop, Suzanne Morris will discuss and sign her novel, AFTERMATH, 3PM
• Brazilian Arts Foundation, Houston VIP Slam featuring Truth B Told: workshop 7PM & slam 8PM
• Murder By the Book, Colleen Thompson will sign and discuss The Off Season, 4:30PM
• River Oaks Bookstore, Maria Ashworth reads and signs My Big Tree, 3PM
• West University Community Center, Delphian Distinguished Speaker Series presents Dr. Nicolás Kanellos, founder of Arte Público Press, the largest non-profit publisher of Hispanic literature in the United States, 5PM
• Writespace, Workshop: Food Writing with Katharine Shilcutt, 10AM

Hurst

• Texas Star Fine Art Gallery, Jack Knox will sign Texas: Ghost Towns, Gas Stations, and a 20- Foot Cowboy, 11AM

Irving

• Irving Arts Center, Big Read 2016 event: Art Workshop for Kids with author/illustrator Carolyn Dee Flores, 10:30AM
• East Branch Library, Big Read 2016 event: Art Workshop for Kids with author/illustrator Carolyn Dee Flores, 2:30PM

Odessa

• Noel Heritage Plaza, Permian Basin Poetry Society open mic: 100 Thousand Poets for Change

Round Rock

• Round Rock Public Library, SCBWI workshop: Project Picture Book with author Shelley Ann Jackson, 9AM

San Antonio

• B&N – La Cantera, Rebels book signing with David Liss, 2PM
• B&N – San Pedro, Shame the Stars author signing with Guadalupe Garcia McCall, 2PM
• The Twig Book Shop, Mandy Barton discusses and signs Step One: Jump!: Cut the Crap Already and Start Creating the Life You Really Want, 11AM
• The Twig Book Shop, John Herndon reads and signs One Too Many, 2PM

Southlake

• B&N, Tammie Williams signing Random Thoughts from a Simple Believer: Walk with HIM!, 2PM

Tyler

• Tyler Public Library, Becky Wade will visit with readers and sign her books, 1PM

Sunday, September 25

Austin

• BookPeople, Austin Author Debbie Pearson speaking & signing Age Your Way, 3PM
• BookWoman, Megan Whitmarsh and Ariel Evans read from Pastelegram no. 6, “Women on the Edge of Time,” 4PM

Dallas

• B&N – Preston/Royal, Susie Wolbe signs The Empowered Teacher, 1PM
• Half Price Books Mothership Local Author Sundays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release!
• Highland Park United Methodist Church, Authors LIVE! presents S.C. Gwynne, author of The Perfect Pass, 6PM

Fort Worth

• Will Rogers Memorial Center, Paige Clough reads & signs Nosey Rosey and The Jumping Orie Story, and Molly Whitney reads & signs Thistle Downe, 1:15 & 4PM

Houston

• Writespace, Workshop: Introduction to Flash Fiction with Patricia Flaherty Pagan, 3PM

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