• Xu Bing: Book from the Sky, a meditation on the nature of language, by celebrated Chinese artist Xu Bing, Austin, June 19-January 22
• The Alchemy of Mind and Spirit: Intersections of Science and Poetry, Austin, September 26-January 13

Special Events

• Texas Writers’ Workshop, Archer City, October 13-16
• Dallas Comic Con Fan Expo, Irving, October 14-16
• 4th Annual International Literature Festival, Houston, October 15-16
• 14th Annual Houston Book Fair, October 22
• 3rd Annual Poe Victorian Festival, Dallas, October 22
• Tweens Read, South Houston, October 22
• Wordwyse Author Exposition, Southlake, October 22
• 11th Annual Buns and Roses Romance Tea for Literacy, Richardson, October 23

Sunday, October 16

Austin

• BookPeople, NICK SELUK speaking & signing Heart and Brain: Gut Instincts, 3PM
• BookWoman, Elizabeth Cunningham book signing for Murder at the Rummage Sale, 3PM

Dallas

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

Houston

• Asia Society Texas Center, Gulf Coast Reads present Authors & Asia: The Train to Crystal City with Jan Jarboe Russell, 3PM

Humble

• B&N – Deerbrook Mall, Author George Arnold signs Pharaoh’s Follies: Kits of the CIA, 11AM

San Antonio

• The Twig Book Shop, Richard Arnold reads and signs Separated by the War, 11AM
• The Twig Book Shop, Lisa Avery reads from and signs poetry collection Beautifully Naked. At Last., 3PM

Monday, October 17

Austin

• BookPeople, GRACE LIN signing When the Sea Turned to Silver, 3:30PM
• BookPeople, MARIE LU & MARGARET STOHL speaking & signing The Midnight Star & Black Widow: Red Vengeance, 7PM

Houston

• Alley Theatre, Inprint’s Margarett Root Brown reading series presents Lauren Groff and Ann Patchett, 7:30PM
• Lone Star College – N Harris, Gulf Coast Reads event: Jan Jarboe Russell discusses The Train to Crystal City, 12:30PM

Midland

• Centennial Library, Meet and greet with Illustrator/Artist Raul the III, plus signing of Lowriders in Space, 4PM

Tuesday, October 18

Austin

• BookPeople, BEVERLY LOWRY speaking & signing Who Killed These Girls?: Cold Case: The Yogurt Shop Murders, 7PM
• BookWoman, author and sex educator Allison Moon reads from her award-winning book Girl Sex 101 and critically-acclaimed memoir Bad Dyke, followed by Q&A and book signing, 7PM
• Harry Ransom Center, John Pipkin reads, discusses, and signs his new novel The Blind Astronomer’s Daughter, 7PM
• Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM

Dallas

• The Wild Detectives, Samantha Mabry reads and signs A Fierce and Subtle Poison, 7:30PM

Fort Worth

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

Frisco

• Half Price Books, Nick Eatman signs Friday, Saturday, Sunday in Texas, 7PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Peter Hotez, MD discusses and signs BLUE MARBLE HEALTH, 7PM
• Fix Coffeebar, Poetry Fix featuring Varsha Saraiya-Shah & Gary S. Rosin, 6:30PM

Huntsville

• Sam Houston State University, Bright Sky Press publisher Lucy Chambers discusses writing and book publishing, 2PM

San Antonio

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

San Marcos

• Texas State University-Alkek Library, The Wittliff Collection visiting writers series presents T. Geronimo Johnson reading and signing Welcome to Braggsville, 3:30PM

Spring

• Community Center Forum, Gulf Coast Reads author talk with Jan Jarboe Russell and The Train to Crystal City, 6:30PM

Wednesday, October 19

Austin

• BookPeople, Author CATHY CAMPER & Illustrator RAUL THE THIRD speaking & signing Lowriders in Space!, 4:30PM
• Malvern Books, The Poetry of Max Ritvo with Sarah Matthes, 7PM
• The North Door, Bedpost Confessions Storytelling, 8PM

Dallas

• Lucky Dog Books – Oak Cliff, Open Mic Storytelling: Figures of Speak, 7PM
• SMU – Hughes Trigg Theater, Bryan Cranston will read and discuss A Life in Parts, 1PM

Frisco

• B&N – Stonebriar, Hamster Princess: Ratpunzel book signing with Ursula Vernon, 6PM

Houston

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

Plano

• Fresh Fiction Local: Plano Book Club hosts Rebecca Zanetti discussing Deadly Silence, 7PM [private home; RSVP]

Thursday, October 20

Austin

• B&N – Arboretum, The Secret Keepers book signing with Trenton Lee Stewart, 7PM
• BookPeople, NILIMA BHAT & RAJ SISODIA speaking & signing Shakti Leadership: Embracing Feminine and Masculine Power in Business, In Conversation With JOHN MACKEY – CEO of Whole Foods, 7PM
• BookPeople, Writers’ League of Texas Third Thursday: Chills and Thrills: Writing to Make Readers Shiver with Amanda Downum, Meg Gardiner, Amy Gentry, and Scott Johnson, 7PM
• Central Presbyterian Church, Bestselling Author JODI PICOULT speaking & signing Small Great Things, 7PM [ticket required]
• Mr. Catfish & More, NeoSoul Poetry ATX, 8PM
• The North Door, Bedpost Confessions Storytelling, 8PM
• UT-Avaya Auditorium, Michener Center for Writers presents a reading by poet Lawrence Raab, 7:30PM

Conroe

• Lone Star College, Writers in Performance Series: Mary Helen Specht discusses and signs Migratory Animals, 7PM

Dallas

• B&N – Lincoln Park, 100 Deadly Skills: Survival Edition: The SEAL Operative’s Guide to Surviving in the Wild and Being Prepared for Any Disaster book signing with Clint Emerson, 7PM
• UT Dallas, Writer and translator Ken Liu will present a discussion of the origin of Chinese science fiction through translation of Western works, his translation of The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu, and his own novel, The Grace of Kings, 7:30PM
• The Wild Detectives, Carlos Velázquez discusses his short story collection The Black Pig of Pink Literature with Vicky Sanz, 7:30PM [bilingual event]

Denton

• University of North Texas, Visiting Writers Program presents Charles D’Ambrosio, 8PM

Dripping Springs

• Treaty Oak Distilling Ranch, Bryan Cranston reads and signs A Life in Parts, with Q&A and special screening, 6PM [ticket required]

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Carol Dawson & Roger Allen Polson discuss and sign MILES AND MILES OF TEXAS, 7PM
• Gallery HOMELAND, Multimedia artist Pablo Gimenez-Zapiola presents Eastext: Transforming The East End Into A Moving Canvas For Poetry Projections, 6:30PM
• HCC Central Campus – Learning Hub, Gulf Coast Reads author talk with Jan Jarboe Russell and The Train to Crystal City, 11AM
• Holocaust Museum Houston, Dr. Alon Confino will discuss and sign A World Without Jews: The Nazi Imagination from Persecution to Genocide, 6:30PM
• Houston Museum of Natural Science, HMNS Distinguished Lecture Series: Adrienne Mayor lectures from and signs The First Fossil Hunters: Dinosaurs, Mammoths, and Myth in Greek and Roman Times, 6:30PM
• River Oaks Bookstore, Barbie O’Conner discusses and signs Virgin at the Speedway, 5PM
• St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, Bernadette Pruitt will discuss and sign The Other Great Migration: The Movement of Rural African Americans to Houston, 1900-1941, 6:30PM

Lubbock

• Texas Tech – English Auditorium, Creative Writing Program Reading Series presents poet Kevin Prufer, 7:30PM

McKinney

• Eldorado Country Club, David Priess discusses and signs The President’s Book of Secrets: The Untold Story of Intelligence Briefings to America’s Presidents, from Kennedy to Obama, 11:45AM

San Antonio

• The Twig Book Shop, poet Alexandra Van De Kamp of Gemini Ink reads and signs Kiss/Hierarchy, 6:30PM

• Baylor University, The Texas Collection hosts author Kenneth Hafertepe discussing and signing The Material Culture of German Texans, 3:15PM

Friday, October 21

Austin

• B&N – Arboretum, Strong Is the New Beautiful: Embrace Your Natural Beauty, Eat Clean, and Harness Your Power book signing with Lindsey Vonn, 7PM
• BookPeople, MYSTERYPEOPLE PRESENTS Authors REAVIS WORTHAM – Unraveled: A Red River Mystery, ROB HART – South Village, and TIM BRYANT – Old Mother Curridge, 7PM
• BookWoman, Randa Jarrar reading & signing Him, Me, Muhammad Ali, 7PM
• Farewell Books, special opening reception & reading with artist Jim Dine: “House of Words”, 7:30PM
• Malvern Books, Joe Doerr Book Launch of Tocayo: New & Selected Poems & Songs, 7PM

Dallas

• Belmont Hotel, Tamara Saviano discusses and signs Without Getting Killed or Caught: The Life and Music of Guy Clark, 6PM
• Half Price Books Mother Ship, professional tattoo artist and former Miami Ink star Chris Garver will discuss, sign, and color his new book Flash: Coloring in the Tattoo Style, 7PM
• Heroes Lounge, WordSpace Dallas and Dallas Poetry Slam present Feature Readers with Sheba, regional, national, and international slam champion, 8PM
• Warwick Melrose Hotel, David Priess discusses and signs The President’s Book of Secrets: The Untold Story of Intelligence Briefings to America’s Presidents, from Kennedy to Obama, 4:30PM

El Paso

• B&N – Fountains at Farah, Duke Charles signs People of the Horse, 5PM

Houston

• Kaboom Books, An Evening of Poetry, Jazz & Art with Mộng-Lan, workshop at 5PM, reading/performance at 7PM
• MECA, Orbit Poetry Slam Series, 6PM
• Murder By the Book, John Sandford will sign and discuss his new Virgil Flowers novel, Escape Clause, 6:30PM

Lubbock

• Texas Tech, Presidential Lecture & Performance Series: Art Spiegelman, Pulitzer Prize-winning artist/illustrator, presents “What the %@&*! Happened to Comics?”
• Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts Graffiti Building, Nighthawks reading and signing with Ad Hoc Writers Barbara Brannon, Melissa Brewer, Sheila Delony, Richard Jespers, Marilyn Westfall, and Janice Whittington, 7 pm

San Antonio

• B&N – San Pedro, Lion Leadership book signing with Mike Rodriguez, 2PM

Saturday, October 22

Austin

• Austin Community College-Highland, Writers’ League of Texas workshop: “Jump Start Your Novel” with Sara Kocek, 9AM
• BookPeople, SPECIAL GUEST STORYTIME WITH ANNA WESTBROOK!, 11:30AM
• BookPeople, Cartoonist & Illustrator ANDY HIRSCH speaking & signing Varmints, 2PM
• BookPeople, Bestselling Author LAURIE NOTARO speaking & signing Crossing The Horizon, 6PM
• Half Price Books – North Lamar, The Liberal Rednecks, Trae Crowder, Corey Ryan Forrester, and Drew Morgan, will sign copies of their new book The Liberal Redneck Manifesto: Draggin’ Dixie Outta the Dark, 5PM
• Malvern Books, John Domini Book Launch with John Domini, Lowell Mick White & Alysa Hayes, 4PM
• Malvern Books, E. Kristin Anderson Book Launch of We’re Doing Witchcraft & Costume Party, 7PM

Corpus Christi

• Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi Literary Reading Series presents a reading, Q&A, and book signing with Meg Wolitzer, 7PM

Dallas

• Half Price Books Mother Ship, The Liberal Rednecks Trae Crowder, Corey Ryan Forrester, and Drew Morgan will sign copies of their new book The Liberal Redneck Manifesto: Draggin’ Dixie Outta the Dark, 12:30PM
• Half Price Books Mother Ship, New York Times bestselling author John Sandford will discuss and sign copies of his new Virgil Flowers thriller Escape Clause, 3PM
• The Wild Detectives, Chills and Thrills Reading with the Ghost Scribes: Edgar Allan Poe in the ‘Hood featuring storytellers Gene Helmick and Blanca Reyna, along with spoken word artist Linda Jones, 6PM

El Paso

• B&N – Fountains at Farah, El Paso Native Robert Seltzer signs Amado Muro and Me, 2PM
• Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop with Yvonne Collins: “Color Thee Black & White”, 12:45PM

Galveston

• Galveston Bookshop, Kathleen Shanahan Maca signs Ghosts of Galveston, 2PM

Garland

• B&N – Firewheel Mall, Buns & Roses signing with Jill Shalvis and 17 More Bestselling Romance Authors, 2PM

Houston

• B&N – River Oaks, Heather Patterson: Passing the Bone: America’s Next POTUS storytime, 11AM
• B&N – River Oaks, Nick Anderson signs You Might Be from Texas If …, 2PM
• Brazilian Arts Foundation, Houston VIP National Poetry Slam Team hosts a workshop (7PM) followed by a slam, 8PM
• Brazos Bookstore, Raul Gallegos discusses and signs CRUDE NATION, 7PM
• Houston Museum of Natural Science – Burke Baker Planetarium, Family Talk – “The Griffin and the Dinosaur” with Children’s author Dr. Adrienne Mayor, 9AM
• MATCH Houston, Book launch of Shadows of the Sun Dynasty by Vrinda Sheth and Anna Johannsson, plus live music and traditional dance, 7PM
• Houston Public Library-McGovern-Stella Link, Dr. Venugopal K. Menon will discuss and sign his latest work, My Mother Called me Unni, 2PM
• Murder By the Book, Sherry Thomas will sign and discuss A Study in Scarlet Women, Juliana Gray will sign A Most Extraordinary Pursuit, and Kristina Riggle will sign and discuss Vivian In Red, 4:30PM
• Rudyard’s Pub, Public Poetry presents The PM Show: Poets & Musicians At Night, 9:30PM
• Wortham Theater Center – Brown Theater, An Evening of readings with David Sedaris, 8PM
• Writespace, Workshop: How to Create a Great Antagonist with Cassandra Rose Clarke, 9:30AM

San Antonio

• B&N – Bandera Pointe, Ann Elizabeth Dodd signs Angel of Winter, 1PM
• B&N – Bandera Pointe, Tim Price signs Shooting for the Record : Adolph Toepperwein, Tom Frye, and Sharpshooting’s Forgotten Controversy, 5PM
• The Twig Book Shop, Beverly Valtierra reads and signs Ayita and Gray Wolf: Struggle and Survival on the Trail of Tears, 11AM

South Padre Island

• Paragraphs on Padre Island Meet the Author Series: Discussion and Book signing reception with Michelle Perzan, author of Strength in My Storm: Faith and Breast Cancer, 11 AM –1 PM
• Paragraphs on Padre Island Meet the Author Series: An Afternoon of Romance at the Bookstore, with San Antonio Romance Authors members Roe Valentine, J. D. Favor, Jolene Navarro, Jaye Garland, Terri Wilson, Karen Kinna, and Susan LeMiles, 2–5 pm

• B&N, Guadalupe Garcia McCall signs Shame the Stars, 6PM

Sunday, October 16

Austin

• Austin Books & Comics, Andy Hirsch to sign his new graphic novel Varmints, a middle-grade Western, 1PM
• BookPeople, DONNA JANELL BOWMAN speaking & signing Step Right Up: How Doc and Jim Key Taught the World About Kindness, 3PM
• Malvern Books, Ute Carson Book Launch of Save the Last Kiss, 3PM
• The Writing Barn, Workshop: Page-Turning, Stomach-Churning: Building Suspense in Your Thriller with Amy Gentry, 1PM

Dallas

• B&N – Preston/Royal, Dr. Neil Spector signs Gone in a Heartbeat A Physician’s Search for True Healing, 2PM
• 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 Jon Meacham and Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush, 7PM

Houston

• Becker’s Books, Leon Hale signs One Man’s Christmas, 3PM

The Woodlands

• B&N – Woodlands Mall, Holding Up the Universe book signing with Jennifer Niven, 2PM

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