{"id":1103,"date":"2018-12-31T15:40:12","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T15:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=1103"},"modified":"2018-12-31T15:40:12","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T15:40:12","slug":"special-events-101","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=1103","title":{"rendered":"Special Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"articleHeader\"><\/div>\n<ul id=\"u314505-25\">\n<li id=\"u314505-9\"><span id=\"u314505-7\">TCU Language &#038; Culture Festival 2017,<\/span> Fort Worth, October 24-26<\/li>\n<li id=\"u314505-12\"><span id=\"u314505-10\">National Black Book Festival,<\/span> Houston, October 26-28<\/li>\n<li id=\"u314505-15\"><span id=\"u314505-13\">Literary Lubbock 2017,<\/span> October 27<\/li>\n<li id=\"u314505-18\"><span id=\"u314505-16\">1st Annual Lubbock Book Festival,<\/span> October 28<\/li>\n<li id=\"u314505-21\"><span id=\"u314505-19\">Halloween ComicFest 2017, <\/span>statewide, October 28<\/li>\n<li id=\"u314505-24\"><span id=\"u314505-22\">45th Annual Ann and Stephen Kaufman Jewish Book &#038; Arts Festival,<\/span> Houston, October 28\u2013November 12<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u314505-28\">Ongoing Exhibits<\/h1>\n<ul id=\"u314505-35\">\n<li id=\"u314505-31\"><span id=\"u314505-29\">National Center for Children&#8217;s Illustrated Literature 20th Anniversary Exhibition: Celebrating 20 Years of Art,<\/span> Abilene, September 14\u2013October 28<\/li>\n<li id=\"u314505-34\"><span id=\"u314505-32\">Fact, Fiction, and the New World: The Role of Books in the Making of America<\/span> (a Humanities Texas exhibition), Midland, October 1-December 1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u314505-38\">Sunday, October 22<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u314505-40\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u314505-47\">\n<li id=\"u314505-42\">BookPeople, DAVID LAUTERSTEIN speaking &#038; signing Life in the Bones, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u314505-44\">BookPeople, WILL KOSTAKIS speaking &#038; signing The Sidekicks, and ADI ALSAID speaking &#038; signing North of Happy (in conversation with Katie of Mundie Moms), 6PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u314505-46\">BookWoman, Sharon Harrigan reading and signing Playing with Dynamite, and Amanda Eyre Ward reading and signing The Nearness of You, 3:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u314505-50\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u314505-57\">\n<li id=\"u314505-52\">Half Price Books Mothership, local author JB Bean will sell and sign her book Mister&#8217;s Garden, a story about a wild Texas cottontail rabbit, and local author James L. Capra will sell and sign his books including Leadership at the Front Line, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u314505-54\">Interabang Books, Terry Virts discusses and signs VIEW FROM ABOVE: AN ASTRONAUT PHOTOGRAPHS THE WORLD, 3PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u314505-56\">The Mix Co-Working Space, Writing Workshops Dallas presents &#8220;Scrivener 101 Seminar&#8221; with Blake Atwood, 3PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u314505-60\">Frisco<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u314505-63\">\n<li id=\"u314505-62\">Frisco Public Library, Sisters In Crime &#8211; North Dallas meeting: &#8220;What To Expect When You&#8217;re Publishing&#8221; with Kendel Lynn, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u314505-66\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u314505-69\">\n<li id=\"u314505-68\">Writespace, Workshop: NaNoWriMo Prep: 10 Easy Steps to Turn News into a Novel with Marian Szczepanski, 3PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u314505-72\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u314505-77\">\n<li id=\"u314505-74\">San Antonio Public Library &#8211; Central, Friends of the San Antonio Public Library 2017 Arts &#038; Letters Awards, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u314505-76\">Witte Museum, Lewis Fisher will have a reception for his book, Maverick: The American Name That Became a Legend, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u314505-80\">Monday, October 23<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u314505-82\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u314505-87\">\n<li id=\"u314505-84\">BookPeople, ALAN JACOBS speaking &#038; signing How to Think, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u314505-86\">Dozen Street, Chicon Street Poets and Lit City Press present &#8220;Rally in the Word&#8221; with poet Amanda Johnson, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u314505-90\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u314505-95\">\n<li id=\"u314505-92\">CBS Radio Performance Showroom, World Affairs Council DFW hosts Milan Vaishnav discussing and signing When Crime Pays: Money and Muscle in Indian Politics, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u314505-94\">The Wild Detectives, Wordspace Dallas presents Kelly Baker (the &#8220;Angry Filmmaker&#8221;) discussing and signing Road Dog, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u314505-98\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u314505-101\">\n<li id=\"u314505-100\">Brazos Bookstore, Mark Bowden discussing and signing HUE 1968, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u314505-104\">Perryton<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u314505-107\">\n<li id=\"u314505-106\">Perry Memorial Library, Stew Magnuson giving a multimedia presentation of The Last American Highway in Texas, 12PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u314505-110\">Tuesday, October 24<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u314505-112\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u314505-119\">\n<li id=\"u314505-114\">BookPeople, MASHA GESSEN speaking &#038; signing The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia (in conversation with Evan Smith of The Texas Tribune), 7PM [ticketed event]<\/li>\n<li id=\"u314505-116\">Jessen Auditorium, Harry Ransom Lecture: Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage, 6PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u314505-118\">Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Slam hosted by Christopher Michael, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u314505-122\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u314505-131\">\n<li id=\"u314505-124\">B&#038;N &#8211; Preston\/Park, Hue 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam book signing with Mark Bowden, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u314505-126\">Deep Vellum Books, Wiley Cash reads and signs The Last Ballad (with Ben Fountain), 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u314505-128\">Interabang Books, Christine Wicker discussing and signing THE SIMPLE FAITH OF FDR, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u314505-130\">SMU &#8211; McFarlin Auditorium, Tate Lecture Series: freelance journalist Amanda Lindhout, author of A House in the Sky: A Memoir, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u314505-134\">Fort Worth<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u314505-137\">\n<li id=\"u314505-136\">TCU, Live Oak Reading Series featuring poet and fiction writer Jarita Davis, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u314505-140\">Frisco<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u314505-143\">\n<li id=\"u314505-142\">B&#038;N &#8211; Stonebriar Mall, Hue 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam book signing with Mark Bowden, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u314505-146\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u314505-159\">\n<li id=\"u314505-148\">The Black Labrador, Houston Writers House meeting featuring Elizabeth White Olsen of Writespace, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u314505-150\">Blue Willow Bookshop, Cassie Beasley will sign her new book, TUMBLE AND BLUE, 5PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u314505-152\">Brazos Bookstore, Cristina Rivera Garza reading and signing THE ILIAC CREST, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u314505-154\">Murder By the Book, Stuart Woods will sign his new Stone Barrington novel, Quick and Dirty, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u314505-156\">River Oaks Country Club, Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation presents 2nd Annual Power of Literacy Luncheon, 12PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u314505-158\">University of Houston &#8211; Dudley Recital Hall, Inaugural Distinguished Lecture in Art History: Thomas Crow, author of No Idols: The Missing Theology of Art, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u314505-162\">North Richland Hills<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u314505-165\">\n<li id=\"u314505-164\">North Richland Hills Library, Workshop: &#8220;12 Steps to Writing a Novel&#8221; with Kirk von der Heydt, 6PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u314505-168\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u314505-171\">\n<li id=\"u314505-170\">The Korova, Puroslam with DJ Donnie Dee, 9:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u314505-174\">Wellington<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u314505-177\">\n<li id=\"u314505-176\">Collingsworth County Public Library, Stew Magnuson giving a multimedia presentation of The Last American Highway in Texas, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u314505-180\">Wednesday, October 25<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u314505-182\">Abilene<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u314505-185\">\n<li id=\"u314505-184\">Hardin-Simmons University, Stew Magnuson giving a multimedia presentation of The Last American Highway in Texas, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u314505-188\">Anson<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u314505-191\">\n<li id=\"u314505-190\">Anson Public Library, Stew Magnuson giving a multimedia presentation of The Last American Highway in Texas, 12PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u314505-194\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u314505-201\">\n<li id=\"u314505-196\">Alamo Drafthouse &#8211; South Lamar, screening of Anna Faris\u2019s film The House Bunny, followed by a live Q&#038;A with Faris in the theater, + all guests will receive a copy of Faris&#8217;s debut book, Unqualified, with a signed bookplate, 8PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u314505-198\">Austin Public Library &#8211; Terrazas, Aural Literature: Local writers read their own work aloud for the public, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u314505-200\">BookPeople, Chris Guillebeau speaking &#038; signing Side Hustle: From Idea to Income in 27 Days, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u314505-204\">Boerne<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u314505-207\">\n<li id=\"u314505-206\">Terraces at Cibolo Clubhouse, Walter Danley will read selections from his Wainwright Mystery series\u00a0 novels The Tipping Point and Inside Moves, 4PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u314505-210\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u314505-221\">\n<li id=\"u314505-212\">Alamo Drafthouse &#8211; Cedars, screening of Anna Faris\u2019s film The House Bunny, followed by a Q&#038;A via Skype with Faris, + all guests will receive a copy of Faris&#8217;s debut book, Unqualified, with a signed bookplate, 8PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u314505-214\">Deep Vellum Books, poet Andrew Wessels reads and signs A Turkish Dictionary, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u314505-216\">Highland Park United Methodist Church, Friends of the SMU Libraries present Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Chernow discussing and signing GRANT, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u314505-218\">Interabang Books, Mark Bowden discussing and signing HUE 1968, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u314505-220\">The Wild Detectives, the first night of a new storytelling series, &#8220;Rejected: Stories Unsold,&#8221; 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u314505-224\">Denton<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u314505-227\">\n<li id=\"u314505-226\">University of North Texas, 18th- and 19th-Century Studies Colloquium: &#8220;Blood Sugar Boycotts, Gender, and British Abolitionist Literature&#8221; presented by Dr. Patricia Matthew, 3:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u314505-230\">Fort Worth<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u314505-233\">\n<li id=\"u314505-232\">The Fort Worth Club, World Affairs Council DFW hosts Mark Bowden discussing and signing Hue 1968 \u2013 A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam, 11:30AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u314505-236\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u314505-245\">\n<li id=\"u314505-238\">Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Slam, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u314505-240\">Blue Willow Bookshop, Wiley Cash will discuss and sign his new novel, THE LAST BALLAD, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u314505-242\">Brazos Bookstore, Tom Philpott discussing and signing GLORY DENIED, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u314505-244\">The Tasting Room, World Affairs Council of Greater Houston hosts Jeremi Suri discussing and signing The Impossible Presidency, 7:15PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u314505-248\">Junction<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u314505-251\">\n<li id=\"u314505-250\">Kimble County Library, Dana Glossbrenner will discuss and sign The Lark and Women Behind Stained Glass, 12PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u314505-254\">Pasadena<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u314505-257\">\n<li id=\"u314505-256\">B&#038;N &#8211; Fairway Market, April Henry signing her Girl, Stolen series, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u314505-260\">Thursday, October 26<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u314505-262\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u314505-267\">\n<li id=\"u314505-264\">BookPeople, WILEY CASH speaking &#038; signing The Last Ballad, 7PM [ticketed event]<\/li>\n<li id=\"u314505-266\">LBJ Presidential Library, Secretary Madeleine Albright signs Madam Secretary and Read My Pins: Stories from a Diplomat&#8217;s Jewel Box, and Bob Schieffer signs Overload: Finding the Truth in Today&#8217;s Deluge of News, 4:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u314505-270\">Ballinger<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u314505-273\">\n<li id=\"u314505-272\">Ballinger Memorial Library, Stew Magnuson giving a multimedia presentation of The Last American Highway in Texas, 12PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u314505-276\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u314505-295\">\n<li id=\"u314505-278\">Aaron Family Jewish Community Center, Nicole Krauss reads and signs Forest Dark, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u314505-280\">B&#038;N &#8211; Lincoln Park, Jon Acuff signs Finish: Give Yourself the Gift of Done, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u314505-282\">Deep Vellum Books, Nonfiction Authors Association meeting: &#8220;Book Design Matters: What You Need to Know about Book Design&#8221; with Melinda Martin, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u314505-284\">First United Methodist Church of Dallas, Arts &#038; Letters Live hosts Walter Isaacson discussing and signing Leonardo da Vinci, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u314505-286\">Half Price Books Mothership, Collectible Conversations: Understanding Cemetery Symbols with Tui Snider, 6PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u314505-288\">SMU &#8211; Cox School of Business, Have dinner with feminist author and founder of &#8220;Feministing&#8221; Jessica Valenti, 6PM (followed by a lecture and book signing at 8PM)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u314505-290\">SMU Central Libraries, Discussion: From Paying to Read to Paying to Publish: Is the Shift Inevitable?, 4PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u314505-292\">SMU &#8211; James M. Collins Executive Education Center, &#8220;Cities, Suburbs, and the New America: Minorities, Immigrants, and Millennials in America\u2019s Favorite Geography&#8221; featuring presentations and expert panels with former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Henry Cisneros, author Joel Kotkin, and MIT Professor Alan Berger, 7:15AM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u314505-294\">The Wild Detectives, poet Derrick C. Brown reads and signs How the Body Works the Dark, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u314505-298\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u314505-307\">\n<li id=\"u314505-300\">Body Mind &#038; Soul, Awaken Your Inner Fire workshop and book signing with HeatherAsh Amara, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u314505-302\">Murder By the Book, Jaye Wells will sign and discuss Volatile Bonds, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u314505-304\">Poison Girl, Poison Pen Reading Series featuring Roger Reeves, Zachary Caballero, and Onyinye Ihezukwu, 8PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u314505-306\">Rice University, The O\u2019Brien Medieval and Early Modern Studies Guest Lecture Series: \u201cGhost Stories\u201d by Dr. Scott Bruce, author of the forthcoming The Penguin Book of Hell: Three Thousand Years of Torment, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u314505-310\">Lubbock<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u314505-313\">\n<li id=\"u314505-312\">LHUCA&#8217;s Firehouse Theater, 2017-18 TTU Creative Writing Program Reading Series hosts Alexander Chee, award-winning author of The Queen of the Night, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u314505-316\">Menard<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u314505-319\">\n<li id=\"u314505-318\">Menard Public Library, Stew Magnuson giving a multimedia presentation of The Last American Highway in Texas, 6PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u314505-322\">Richmond<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u314505-325\">\n<li id=\"u314505-324\">George Memorial Library, Gulf Coast Reads: historical re-enactment of Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd\u2019s role of reading the news to rural Texans in 1870, from the novel News of the World by Paulette Jiles, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u314505-328\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u314505-335\">\n<li id=\"u314505-330\">Greater San Antonio Builders Association Ballroom, Friends of Ronald McDonald House Fall Luncheon: Jim Lefko, author of Spurs Nation, will be the guest speaker + book signing, 11:30AM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u314505-334\">The Twig Book Shop, Miles Arceneaux reads and signs Hidden Sea, 7PM<br \/><span id=\"u314521\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetwig.com\/event\/miles-arceneaux-hidden-sea\" id=\"u314522\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"readableLinkWithMediumImage\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"644\" height=\"60\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/twig%20event%20ad%20102617.jpg\"  id=\"u314522_img\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u314505-338\">Sugar Land<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u314505-341\">\n<li id=\"u314505-340\">B&#038;N &#8211; First Colony, Story time with local author Maria Ashworth, 10AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u314505-344\">Victoria<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u314505-347\">\n<li id=\"u314505-346\">University of Houston, American Book Review Reading Series present Ru Freeman, 12PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u314505-350\">Friday, October 27<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u314505-352\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u314505-357\">\n<li id=\"u314505-354\">BookPeople, MARK BOWDEN speaking &#038; signing Hue 1968, 7PM [ticketed event]<\/li>\n<li id=\"u314505-356\">Malvern Books, I Scream Social Reading Series: Halloween Edition featuring Kelsey Williams, Jourden Sander, and Sunny Leal, 7PM [costumes encouraged!]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u314505-360\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u314505-365\">\n<li id=\"u314505-362\">Deep Vellum Books, Dark Moon Poetry &#038; Arts, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u314505-364\">Heroes Lounge, Dallas Poetry Slam presents OPP Slam, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u314505-368\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u314505-373\">\n<li id=\"u314505-370\">Brazos Bookstore, Terry Virts discussing and signing VIEW FROM ABOVE, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u314505-372\">Writespace, Frightspace Halloween: recreate the friendly competition that inspired Mary Shelley to write her gothic monster tale Frankenstein in 1816 with a Terrifying Tales Contest and open mic, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u314505-376\">Junction<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u314505-379\">\n<li id=\"u314505-378\">Kimble County Library, Stew Magnuson giving a multimedia presentation of The Last American Highway in Texas, 12PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u314505-382\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u314505-387\">\n<li id=\"u314505-386\">The Twig Book Shop, Christopher Carmona reads and signs The Road to Llorona Park, 5PM<br \/><span id=\"u314509\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetwig.com\/event\/christopher-carmona-road-llorona-park\" id=\"u314510\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"readableLinkWithMediumImage\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"606\" height=\"56\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/twig%20event%20ad%20102717.jpg\"  id=\"u314510_img\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u314505-390\">Saturday, October 28<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u314505-392\">Arlington<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u314505-395\">\n<li id=\"u314505-394\">Half Price Books &#8211; South Cooper, local author Tank Gunner will sell and sign Prompts and Prompts, Too, collections of fictional war stories based on real accounts, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u314505-398\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u314505-409\">\n<li id=\"u314505-400\">B&#038;N &#8211; Lakeline, Book signing for Texas Hill Country: A Scenic Journey by Eric Pohl, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u314505-402\">Black Box Theatre, Latinx Writers Showcase featuring Guadalupe Garcia McCall, Natalia Sylvester, ire&#8217;ne lara silva, Rios de la Luz, and Leticia Urieta, 5PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u314505-404\">BookPeople, KATE WINKLER DAWSON speaking &#038; signing Death in the Air (in conversation with Becka Oliver of the Writers&#8217; League of Texas), 6PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u314505-406\">Elizabeth Street Caf\u00e9, Elizabeth Street Cafe Cookbook brunch and Texas Book Festival panel, 11:30AM [sold out]<\/li>\n<li id=\"u314505-408\">Sharp Noggin, Cider Spoon Stories workshop: &#8220;Writing &#038; Publishing Self-Help and Business E-Books&#8221; with Jess Hagemann, 10AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u314505-412\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u314505-419\">\n<li id=\"u314505-414\">Interabang Books, Bob Schieffer discussing and signing OVERLOAD: FINDING THE TRUTH IN TODAY\u2019S DELUGE OF NEWS, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u314505-416\">Opening Bell Coffee, book launch for EMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL by JR Forasteros, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u314505-418\">The Wild Detectives, Ghost Scribes present &#8220;Poe in the \u2018Hood&#8221; with storytellers Priscilla Rice, Decee Cornish, and JB Edwards, 6PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u314505-422\">El Paso<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u314505-429\">\n<li id=\"u314505-424\">B&#038;N &#8211; Sunland Park, Bruce Berman discussing and signing Walking Ju\u00e1rez, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u314505-426\">El Paso Public Library &#8211; Memorial Park, Tumblewords Project Workshop: &#8220;On My Altar Place&#8221; with poet Raquel Mej\u00eda , 12:45PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u314505-428\">Literarity Book Shop, A Reading of The Notebook of Nancy Lea by Adair Margo, founder of the Tom Lea Institute, 2:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u314505-432\">Fort Worth<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u314505-435\">\n<li id=\"u314505-434\">Half Price Books &#8211; Ridgmar\/Westover Village, local author Darrell D. Bartell will sell and sign his paranormal book Barry and the Vampire in the Rosedale Encounter, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u314505-438\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u314505-451\">\n<li id=\"u314505-440\">Blue Willow Bookshop, Melanie Shankle will discuss and sign her newest book, CHURCH OF THE SMALL THINGS, 11AM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u314505-442\">Blue Willow Bookshop, celebrate with Liara Tamani as she launches CALLING MY NAME, her debut novel for teens, 4PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u314505-444\">Brazos Bookstore, Cory Putnam Oakes reading and signing WITCHTOWN, 3PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u314505-446\">Half Price Books &#8211; Clear Lake, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last<\/li>\n<li id=\"u314505-448\">Murder By the Book, Kris Lackey will sign and discuss Nail&#8217;s Crossing, 4:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u314505-450\">River Oaks Bookstore, Charles Carroll and John David Mann discuss and sign The Recipe: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Ingredients of Greatness, 3PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u314505-454\">Pearland<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u314505-457\">\n<li id=\"u314505-456\">Half Price Books, local author Professor J will sell and sign his children&#8217;s book, Jacques, 12PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u314505-460\">Plano<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u314505-463\">\n<li id=\"u314505-462\">B&#038;N &#8211; Creekwalk Village, meet legendary soccer coach Gordon Jago as he signs his autobiography, A Soccer Pioneer, 12PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u314505-466\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u314505-476\">\n<li id=\"u314505-468\">B&#038;N &#8211; San Pedro, Cynthia Levesque signing Backfill, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u314505-472\">The Twig Book Shop, Margie Meyers signs Unsuspecting Prey, 11AM<br \/><span id=\"u314512\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetwig.com\/event\/margie-myers-unsuspecting-prey\" id=\"u314513\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"readableLinkWithMediumImage\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"665\" height=\"61\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/twig%20event%20ad%20102817a.jpg\"  id=\"u314513_img\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"u314505-475\">The Twig Book Shop, Texas Poetry Calendar 2018 launch and poetry reading, 4PM<span id=\"u314515\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetwig.com\/event\/texas-poetry-calendar-launch-and-poetry-reading\" id=\"u314516\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"readableLinkWithMediumImage\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"666\" height=\"62\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/twig%20event%20ad%20102817b.jpg\"  id=\"u314516_img\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u314505-479\">Southlake<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u314505-484\">\n<li id=\"u314505-481\">B&#038;N &#8211; Town Square, Jason Morgan signing A Dog Called Hope, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u314505-483\">B&#038;N &#8211; Town Square, John Finch signing The Father Effect, 4PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u314505-487\">Sunday, October 29<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u314505-489\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u314505-500\">\n<li id=\"u314505-491\">BookPeople, Hayden Gilbert, Jeremy Hepler, Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam, Bryce Wilson, RJ Joseph, and Bret McCormick speaking &#038; signing ROAD KILL: Texas Horror by Texas Writers VOL 2 (moderated by E.R Bills), 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u314505-493\">BookPeople, author Taisia Kitaiskaia and illustrator Katy Horan speaking &#038; signing Literary Witches, 5PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u314505-495\">First United Methodist Church, VAN JONES speaking &#038; signing Beyond the Messy Truth (in conversation with Forrest Wilder of The Texas Observer), 4PM [ticketed event]<\/li>\n<li id=\"u314505-497\">Malvern Books, celebrate the launch of Kathryn Lane\u2019s Backyard Volcano and Other Mysteries of the Heart, an anthology of short stories (with Lowell Mick White), 4PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u314505-499\">The Writing Barn, Workshop: &#8220;Do It Again: Conventions and Experiments in the Art of Revision&#8221; 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