• 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

• 8th Annual Humanities of Texas Holiday Book Fair, Austin, December 3
• Austin Writergrrls Book Fest, December 4

Sunday, November 27

Austin

• Paramount Theatre, Moontower Comedy presents Tig Notaro, author of the new memoir I’m Just a Person, 7PM

Dallas

• B&N – Preston/Royal, Karrie Baysinger signs The Roadmap to Successful Investing, 1PM
• Half Price Books Mothership Local Author Sundays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release!

San Antonio

• The Twig Book Shop, W.W. McNeal will read and sign Plum Creek, 11AM

Monday, November 28

Austin

• BookPeople, PATRICK VLASKOVITS and JONAS KOFFLER speaking & signing Hustle, 7PM

Fort Worth

• La Mancha Business Center, Let’s Read Into This reading series featuring Yellow Medicine Review with author Asani Charles, 7:30PM

Houston

• House of Blues, Henry Rollins: 2016 Spoken Word Tour, 7PM

Tuesday, November 29

Austin

• BookPeople, CARMEN GRAY, RUSSELL C. CONNOR, and E.R. BILLS speaking & signing Road Kill: Texas Horros by Texas Writers, 7PM
• Paramount Theatre, Henry Rollins: Spoken Word Tour, 8PM
• Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM
• UT Joynes Reading Room, New Writers Project presents a reading with poet Noelle Kocot, 6:30PM

Dallas

• Deep Vellum Books, Dark Moon Poetry presents Owl Magick, 8PM

Fort Worth

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

Highland Village

• B&N, As Good As Dead: The Daring Escape of American POWs From a Japanese Death Camp book signing with Stephen L. Moore, 7PM

Holcombe

• Belmont Village, Suzy LaForge signs Remembering What Matters Most, 2PM

Houston

• River Oaks Bookstore, Louis F. Aulbach & Linda Gorski discuss and sign Campus Martius and its Ancient Monuments: Self-Guided Walks to the Archeological Ruins of Rome (Rome in Ruins — Self-Guided Walks – Volume 2), 5PM

San Antonio

• The Korova, PuroSlam with DJ Donnie Dee, 10PM
• The Twig Book Shop, John Schmutz discusses and signs “The Bloody Fifth”: The 5th Texas Infantry Regiment, Hood’s Texas Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia: Volume 2: Gettysburg to Appomattox, 6PM

Wednesday, November 30

Austin

• Austin Film Society Cinema, History of Film: The Art of Hollywood Backdrop with author Karen Maness, 7PM
• Paramount Theatre, Alamo Drafthouse and BookPeople present Scrappy Little Nobody: An Evening with Anna Kendrick, 8PM

Dallas

• Aaron Family Jewish Community Center, Stir: My Broken Brain and the Meals That Brought Me Home discussion and signing with Jessica Fechtor, 7PM

Houston

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

San Antonio

• The Twig Book Shop, Len Bourland discusses and signs Normal’s Just a Cycle on the Washing Machine, 6PM

Thursday, December 1

Austin

• BookPeople, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN and BORN TO RUN, 12PM [SOLD OUT]
• BookWoman, “Bagged and Tagged: A Night of Murder and Mayhem and Holiday Treats” with authors K.M. Hodge and Catherine DeYoung, 7PM
• Malvern Books, celebrate the launch of Small Packages, the debut anthology of stories, poetry and prose from Austin’s Writers Workshop, 7PM
• Mr. Catfish & More, NeoSoul Poetry ATX, 8PM
• UT – Avaya Auditorium, Ben Fountain and Geoff Deyer, Fall 2016 visiting professors of the Michener Center, give a double-header reading from their work, 7:30PM

Dallas

• Bookmarks, Meet and Greet with Julie Burton, author of The Self-Care Solution, 6PM
• Deep Vellum Books, Poet Visit: Noel Crook and James Dennis, 7PM

Houston

• River Oaks Bookstore, Rebecca Gordon discusses and signs Your Body and the Stars: The Zodiac as Your Wellness Guide, 6PM

Friday, December 2

Abilene

• Texas Star Trading Company, Bernard Brown signs his autobiography, Daydreaming About Tough Times, 12PM

Austin

• BookPeople, MYRA HARGRAVE MCILVAIN speaking & signing The Doctor’s Wife, 7PM
• Malvern Books, Pterodáctilo Poetry release and Ptamale Party, 6:30PM

Dallas

• B&N – Lincoln Park, Tippi: A Memoir book signing with Tippi Hedron, 7PM

Houston

• Inprint House, First Friday Reading Series featuring the “Thirteen Poets” anthology, 8:30PM
• The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Oshinsky discusses and signs Bellevue: Three Centuries of Medicine and Mayhem at America’s Most Storied Hospital, 1:30PM
• The University of St. Thomas, Fall 2016 Laurels reading, 4:30PM

Lubbock

• Tornado Gallery, Dr. Paul Carlson and Dr. Donald Abbe will sign Historic Lubbock County: An Illustrated History, 6PM

San Marcos

• Dahlia Woods Gallery-Bad Boy Books, W.W. McNeal signs Plum Creek, 6:30PM

The Woodlands

• The Woodlands Waterway Marriott Hotel, 12th Annual Signatures Author Series Featuring Cheryl Strayed, 10AM

Saturday, December 3

Abilene

• Texas Star Trading Company, Carol Riordan signs her novel The Unseen, 2PM

Austin

• BookPeople, YA Authors AUDREY COULTHURST, PAULA GARNER, and AMY TINTERA speaking & signing Of Fire and Stars, Phantom Limbs, and Ruined, 2PM
• Brave New Books, Sasha Devore signs Wake of Deception, 4PM
• St. Edward’s University, Writers’ League of Texas workshop “Editing Toward Excellence: Fine-tuning Your Manuscript to the Gripping Point” with Carol Dawson, 9AM
• The Writing Barn, Picture Book Biographies: How Creative is Too Creative? with Donna Janell Bowman, 3:30PM

Cedar Hill

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

College Station

• B&N, Let Me Tell You about Jasper . . . How My Best Friend Became America’s Dog book signing with Dana Perino, 2PM

Denton

• B&N – Golden Triangle Mall, Pat the Bat story time and signing with local author KD Chapman and illustrator Kelly Stribling Sutherland, 2PM

El Paso

• Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop with Frances “Snookie” Golding: The Masks We Wear, 12:45PM

Fort Worth

• The Last Word Bookstore, W.W. McNeal reads and signs Plum Creek, 4PM

Garland

• B&N – Firewheel Mall, Christy Jordan signs Sweetness: Southern Recipes to Celebrate the Warmth, the Love, and the Blessings of a Full Life, 2PM

Houston

• B&N – Westheimer, Chris Payne’s Payne’s Pain for God’s Glory book signing, 12PM
• Clarke & Associates, Flatbed Press at 25 Book Launch Party & Signing, 5PM
• Houston Public Library – Carnegie Neighborhood Library, Public Poetry with Lauren Berry, Conor Bracken, Bruno Rios, and Jordan Simpson, 2PM
• Murder By the Book, Colin P. Cahoon will sign and discuss The Man With the Black Box, 4:30PM
• River Oaks Bookstore, Kenneth Womack & Robert Trumpbour discuss and sign The Eighth Wonder of the World: The Life of Houston’s Iconic Astrodome, 3PM

Irving

• North Lake College – Central Campus, The Writers Bloc with Rachel Caine, 2PM

Lubbock

• B&N, S.J. Dahlstrom signs The Green Colt, 1PM
• B&N, Book signing with Jodi Thomas and Karen Witemeyer, 6PM

Plano

• B&N – Preston/Park, Jim Reeves signs Dallas Cowboys: Legends of America’s Team, 1PM

San Antonio

• Gemini Ink, So Fri Underground Slam: Open mic, followed by head to head competition by the best slam poets in the city, 7PM
• The Twig Book Shop, Nola McKey discusses and signs From Tea Cakes to Tamales: Third-Generation Texas Recipes, 1PM

South Padre Island

• Paragrahs on Padre, LAURA LYLES REAGAN discusses and signs How to Raise Respective Parents, 11AM
• Paragraphs on Padre, Dr. Shay Shelton Hoffman discusses and signs Moses a Work in Progress, 2PM

Tyler

• B&N, Becoming a Leader of Character book signing with Dave Anderson, 2PM

• B&N, Courtnaye Richard signs Identified, 3PM
• B&N, Let Me Tell You about Jasper . . . How My Best Friend Became America’s Dog book signing with Dana Perino, 7:30PM

Wolfforth

• City of Wolfforth Library, Writers’ League of Texas’s Texas Writes program featuring Jodi Thomas and Karen Witemeyer, 1PM

The Woodlands

• B&N – Woodlands Mall, Let Me Tell You about Jasper …: How My Best Friend Became America’s Dog book signing with Dana Perino, 1PM

Sunday, December 4

Austin

• Malvern Books, Vision + Voice Anthology Release Party, 2PM
• The Writing Barn, Secret Origins: How to Write Comics and Graphic Novels with New York Times Bestselling Comics Author Paul Benjamin, 3:30PM

Dallas

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

Fort Worth

• B&N – Hulen Center, The Changelings book signing with Christina Soontornvat, 2PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Holiday Open House, 5PM

San Antonio

• B&N – San Pedro, Katharine Folkes signs The Worst Five Months Ever, 2PM
• First Unitarian Universalist Church of San Antonio, program with Eben Alexander, author of Proof of Heaven, 3PM
• The Twig Book Shop, Linda Davis reads and signs A Christmas to Remember, 11AM

San Marcos

• Alkek Library, The Wittliff Collections presents Bill Wittliff discussing, reading, and signing The Devil’s Sinkhole, 2PM

Tyler

• B&N, The Myth of Santa’s Beard book signing with Sharon Thayer, 2PM

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