{"id":1463,"date":"2018-12-31T17:23:14","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T17:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=1463"},"modified":"2018-12-31T17:23:14","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T17:23:14","slug":"special-events-149","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=1463","title":{"rendered":"Special Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"articleHeader\"><\/div>\n<ul id=\"u416772-27\">\n<li id=\"u416772-5\"><span id=\"u416772-3\">Waco WordFest,<\/span> October 5-7<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-8\"><span id=\"u416772-6\">Lone Star Storytelling Festival,<\/span> Frisco, October 12-13<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-11\"><span id=\"u416772-9\">Houston Poetry Fest 2018,<\/span> October 12-14<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-14\"><span id=\"u416772-12\">Indie Author Day 2018, <\/span>Dallas, October 13<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-17\"><span id=\"u416772-15\">Tweens Read 2018,<\/span> South Houston, October 13<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-20\"><span id=\"u416772-18\">North Texas Book &#038; Map Show,<\/span> Fort Worth, October 13-14<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-23\"><span id=\"u416772-21\">Permian Basin Writer&#8217;s Workshop,<\/span> Midland, October 13-14<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-26\"><span id=\"u416772-24\">Writers in the Field: Chapter Two,<\/span> Mansfield, October 13-14<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u416772-30\">Ongoing Exhibits<\/h1>\n<ul id=\"u416772-53\">\n<li id=\"u416772-33\"><span id=\"u416772-31\">Literary Frontiers: Historical Fiction &#038; the Creative Imagination,<\/span> San Marcos, August 1-December 14<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-38\"><span id=\"u416772-34\">\u201cDawoud Bey: Forty Years in Harlem\u201d photography exhibition<\/span> (from the book <span>Dawoud Bey: Seeing Deeply<\/span>), Austin, August 29-December 8<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-43\"><span id=\"u416772-39\">The Texas Liberator: Witness to the Holocaust exhibition<\/span> (from the book <span id=\"u416772-41\">The Texas Liberators: Veteran Narratives from World War II<\/span>), Houston, September 7-October 28<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-46\"><span id=\"u416772-44\">Texas Writers exhibition, <\/span>Fort Stockton, October 1-22<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-49\"><span id=\"u416772-47\">Traversing Dimensions: An Exploration of Diversity in Science Fiction,<\/span> Austin, October 1-31<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-52\"><span id=\"u416772-50\">Finding Sophie Blackall Exhibition,<\/span> Abilene, October 11-February 1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u416772-56\">Sunday, October 7<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u416772-58\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u416772-63\">\n<li id=\"u416772-60\">BookPeople, DREW and JONATHAN SCOTT signing Builder Brothers: Big Plans, 4PM [ticketed event]<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-62\">The Writing Barn, Teen Writing Residency, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u416772-66\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u416772-73\">\n<li id=\"u416772-68\">Adolphus Hotel, Jodi Picoult presents A SPARK OF LIGHT, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-70\">Dallas Museum of Art, Arts &#038; Letters Live hosts Lou Berney, author of November Road and Andre Dubus III, author of Gone So Long, 4PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-72\">Half Price Books Mother Ship, local author David Cary will sell and sign his memoir, Normandy: A Father&#8217;s Ship and a Son&#8217;s Curiosity, and local author Maureen Eno will sell and sign her children&#8217;s book, Koton &#038; The Courageous King of Kindness, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u416772-76\">Frisco<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u416772-79\">\n<li id=\"u416772-78\">B&#038;N &#8211; Stonebriar, Muse of Nightmares book signing with Laini Taylor, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u416772-82\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u416772-87\">\n<li id=\"u416772-84\">Blue Willow Bookshop, Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman will discuss and sign DRY, their new novel for teens, 3PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-86\">Brazos Bookstore, Ace Passmore reading and signing RED STOCKING SOCIETY, 5PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u416772-90\">Mansfield<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u416772-93\">\n<li id=\"u416772-92\">Half Price Books, Local Author Sundays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u416772-96\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u416772-101\">\n<li id=\"u416772-98\">B&#038;N &#8211; Northwoods, Builder Brothers: Big Plans event with Jonathan Scott and Drew Scott, 11AM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-100\">The Twig Book Shop, Patrick J. McKallick discussing and signing The Face of the Iguana: Freedom from Toxic Beliefs: A Journey in Healing and Transformation, 12PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u416772-104\">Monday, October 8\u00a0\u00a0 HAPPY COLUMBUS DAY<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u416772-106\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u416772-115\">\n<li id=\"u416772-108\">BookPeople, ERIN GIBSON speaking &#038; signing Feminasty: The Complicated Woman&#8217;s Guide to Surviving the Patriarchy Without Drinking Herself to Death, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-110\">Central Presbyterian Church, KWAME ALEXANDER speaking and signing Swing, 7PM [ticketed event]<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-112\">Malvern Books, Austin Community College Creative Writing Department\u2019s Literary Coffeehouse:\u00a0 featured reader Rachel Starnes, author of The War at Home, followed by an open mic, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-114\">The Writing Barn, Workshop: Creative Writing Crash Course for Kids (Ages 8-12), 9AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u416772-118\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u416772-121\">\n<li id=\"u416772-120\">Interabang Books, Samantha Mabry will discuss and sign ALL THE WIND IN THE WORLD and Nova Ren Suma will discuss and sign A ROOM AWAY FROM THE WOLVES, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u416772-124\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u416772-135\">\n<li id=\"u416772-126\">Blue Willow Bookshop, Lauren Oliver will appear in conversation with author Liara Tamani to discuss and sign BROKEN THINGS, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-128\">Brazos Bookstore, Cyrus Farivar discussing and signing HABEAS DATA, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-130\">University of Houston, The School of Art presents a talk by Caroline Jones, professor of art history at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and author of The Global Work of Art: World\u2019s Fairs, Biennials, and the Aesthetics of Experience, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-132\">Hurst<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-134\">B&#038;N &#8211; NE Mall, Dry B&#038;N Exclusive Edition signing with Neal Shusterman, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u416772-138\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u416772-141\">\n<li id=\"u416772-140\">Central Library, Joel Salcido will discuss and sign The Spirit of Tequila, 6PM [includes a tequila tasting&#8211;attendees must be 21 years old and bring a valid state-issued picture ID]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u416772-144\">Tuesday, October 9<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u416772-146\">Amarillo<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u416772-149\">\n<li id=\"u416772-148\">Amarillo Civic Center, A Celebration of Extraordinary Minds featuring author and actor Henry Winkler, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u416772-152\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u416772-165\">\n<li id=\"u416772-154\">BookPeople, REAVIS WORTHAM speaking and signing Gold Dust and MELISSA LENHARDT\u00a0 speaking and signing Heresy, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-156\">BookWoman, Dr. Mara Karpel discussing and signing The Passionate Life: Creating Vitality &#038; Joy at Any Age, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-158\">Flat Track Coffee, Living Room Lit: Spoken Word Open Mic + Mingle with Chicon Street Poets, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-160\">Malvern Books, celebrate the launch of Yuki Tanaka\u2019s poetry collection S\u00e9ance in Daylight, winner of the 2018 Frost Place Chapbook Competition, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-162\">Red Salmon Arts, Voces Latinas en Tejas: Una Noche with Jasminne M\u00e9ndez, author of Night-Blooming Jasmin(n)e: Personal Essays and Poetry, and Natalia Sylvester, author of Everyone Knows You Go Home, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-164\">Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam featuring Jackson Neal, 7:15PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u416772-168\">Cedar Hill<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u416772-171\">\n<li id=\"u416772-170\">Zula Bryant Wylie Library, Dallas Area Writers Group meeting with Jim Donovan of Jim Donovan Literary, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u416772-174\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u416772-183\">\n<li id=\"u416772-176\">Aaron Family JCC, Dallas Jewish Bookfest presents Alexandra Zapruder, author Twenty-six Seconds: A Personal History of the Zapruder Film, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-178\">Interabang Books, Erin Gibson will discuss and sign FEMINASTY, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-180\">Klyde Warren Park, The Wild Detectives&#8217; Locals Only Book Club hosts Harry Hunsicker and The Devil&#8217;s Country, 6PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-182\">The Wild Detectives, a wine- and literature-fueled bacchanal for book lovers with Rachael Small, Director of Publicity at Europa, and Terrie Akers, Director of Marketing at Other Press, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u416772-186\">Frisco<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u416772-189\">\n<li id=\"u416772-188\">B&#038;N &#8211; Stonebriar, Dry B&#038;N Exclusive Edition book signing with Neal Shusterman, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u416772-192\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u416772-203\">\n<li id=\"u416772-194\">Blue Willow Bookstore, Marjorie Herrera Lewis will discuss and sign her novel WHEN THE MEN WERE GONE, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-196\">Brazos Bookstore, Lacy Johnson discussing and signing THE RECKONINGS, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-198\">Cafe Brasil, Houston Poetry Fest LGBTQ Pride &#038; Poetry Open Mic, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-200\">Murder By the Book, Charlaine Harris will sign and discuss An Easy Death, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-202\">Warehouse Live, The Moth StorySLAM presents &#8220;Disguises,&#8221; 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u416772-206\">Midland<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u416772-209\">\n<li id=\"u416772-208\">Centennial Library, Project Literacy author visit with Mac Barnett and Extra Yarn, 4:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u416772-212\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u416772-215\">\n<li id=\"u416772-214\">The Mix, PuroSlam featuring DJ Donnie Dee, 9:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u416772-218\">Spring<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u416772-221\">\n<li id=\"u416772-220\">Houston Area Advanced Research Center, the World Affairs Council of Greater Houston and the The Woodlands Series host Bob Spitz discussing and signing Reagan: An American Journey, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u416772-224\">Wednesday, October 10<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u416772-226\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u416772-231\">\n<li id=\"u416772-228\">BookPeople, CHARLAINE HARRIS speaking &#038; signing An Easy Death, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-230\">Malvern Books, An Evening with Poets Ellen Dor\u00e9 Watson &#038; Abe Louise Young, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u416772-234\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u416772-245\">\n<li id=\"u416772-236\">Half Price Books Mother Ship, Dallas Stars journalist and former NHL.com correspondent Sean Shapiro will discuss and sign copies of his new book 100 Things Stars Fans Should Know &#038; Do Before They Die, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-238\">Interabang Books, Linda Meyers will discuss and sign THE TELL, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-240\">Sandaga, LitNight with Sanderia Faye, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-242\">SMU &#8211; Fondren Library, Anne R. Keene discussing and signing The Cloudbuster Nine: The Untold Story of Ted Williams and the Baseball Team That Helped Win World War II, 5:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-244\">The Wild Detectives, Inner Moonlight poetry series featuring poets Nadia Wolnisty and Paul Koniecki\u2019s recent book, You Gotta Let It Go Before It Takes You Over (a brief open mic will follow), 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u416772-248\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u416772-257\">\n<li id=\"u416772-250\">Avant Garden, Write about Now&#8217;s LatinX Mic: An Xtraordinary Night of Poetry featuring Analicia Sotelo, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-252\">Brazos Bookstore, Intellect U Well: &#8220;Civil Rights Journeys&#8221; with authors Lisa M. Corrigan, Vincent J. Intondi, and Max Krochmal, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-254\">Murder By the Book, Dacre Stoker and J.D. Barker will sign and discuss Dracul, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-256\">United Way of Greater Houston, the World Affairs Council of Greater Houston hosts Bob Spitz discussing and signing Reagan: An American Journey, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u416772-260\">Irving<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u416772-263\">\n<li id=\"u416772-262\">South Irving Library, The Darkdeep Tour featuring Ally Condie and Brendan Reichs, 6PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u416772-266\">Midland<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u416772-269\">\n<li id=\"u416772-268\">Centennial Library, Project Literacy author visit with Nathan Hale and Hazardous Tales: Lafayette, 4:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u416772-272\">Richardson<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u416772-275\">\n<li id=\"u416772-274\">The Drawing Board, Writing Workshops Dallas: &#8220;How to Start a Career in Journalism&#8221; with Cyrus Farivar, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u416772-278\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u416772-281\">\n<li id=\"u416772-280\">The Twig Book Shop, Ira Sukrungruang and Mobi Warren Gemini Ink Reading, 6PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u416772-284\">Thursday, October 11<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u416772-286\">Abilene<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u416772-289\">\n<li id=\"u416772-288\">NCCIL, &#8220;Finding Sophie Blackall&#8221; Exhibition Opening and Gallery Talk: Take a stroll through the NCCIL gallery with Sophie Blackall as she shares exclusive personal stories and insights about her artwork, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u416772-292\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u416772-301\">\n<li id=\"u416772-294\">BookPeople, CASEY GERALD speaking &#038; signing There Will Be No Miracles Here (in conversation with Taylor Bruce), 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-296\">BookWoman, Second Thursday Open Mic featuring Laura Van Prooyen, 7:15PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-298\">Malvern Books, Novel Night: political science Professor Roy Casagranda will launch his new novel, The Blood Throne of Caria, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-300\">The Writing Barn, Workshop: Creating Your Poetic Altar with Leticia Urieta, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u416772-304\">Cypress<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u416772-307\">\n<li id=\"u416772-306\">Lone Star College Bookstore, Open mic night and poetry slam, 5:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u416772-310\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u416772-317\">\n<li id=\"u416772-312\">Deep Vellum Books, Writing Workshops Dallas MFA Panel, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-314\">Half Price Books Mother Ship, Fangoria magazine staff writer Preston Fassel will discuss and sign copies of his debut horror novel, Our Lady of the Inferno, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-316\">Interabang Books, Charlaine Harris will read and sign AN EASY DEATH, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u416772-320\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u416772-329\">\n<li id=\"u416772-322\">Blue Willow Bookshop, tea with Kate Morton discussing her new novel, THE CLOCKMAKER&#8217;S DAUGHTER, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-324\">Brazos Bookstore, Ramachandra Guha discussing and signing GANDHI: THE YEARS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-326\">Jewish Community Center, 46th Annual Ann and Stephen Kaufman Jewish Book &#038; Arts Festival Sneak Preview Night, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-328\">Murder By the Book, Aaron Mahnke will sign and discuss The World of Lore: Dreadful Places, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u416772-332\">Huntsville<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u416772-335\">\n<li id=\"u416772-334\">Sam Houston State, SHSU Common Reader Keynote with Dan Rather, author of What Unites Us, 2PM [for current SHSU faculty, staff &#038; students &#8211; ticketed event]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u416772-338\">Lubbock<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u416772-341\">\n<li id=\"u416772-340\">Texas Tech, TTU Creative Writing Reading Series featuring poet and translator Curtis Bauer, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u416772-344\">Midland<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u416772-347\">\n<li id=\"u416772-346\">Centennial Library, Project Literacy author visit with Katherine Applegate and The One and Only Ivan, 4:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u416772-350\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u416772-353\">\n<li id=\"u416772-352\">Palo Alto College, National Coming Out Day and Poetry Open Mic, 11AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u416772-356\">Sugar Land<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u416772-359\">\n<li id=\"u416772-358\">B&#038;N &#8211; First Colony, Story time with local author Maria Ashworth, 10AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u416772-362\">Victoria<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u416772-365\">\n<li id=\"u416772-364\">UH &#8211; Victoria, the American Book Review reading series hosts writer and journalist Amitava Kumar, 11AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u416772-368\">Weslaco<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u416772-371\">\n<li id=\"u416772-370\">Mayor Joe V. Sanchez Public Library of Weslaco, The Storybook Garden hosts Diana L\u00f3pez to talk about her latest book, LUCKY LUNA, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u416772-374\">Friday, October 12<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u416772-376\">Abilene<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u416772-379\">\n<li id=\"u416772-378\">NCCIL, Luncheon with Sophie Blackall: Enjoy a meal with Sophie while surrounded by her artwork in the NCCIL gallery, 11:30AM [ticketed event]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u416772-382\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u416772-387\">\n<li id=\"u416772-384\">BookPeople, CAROL J. ADAMS speaking &#038; signing Protest Kitchen: Fight Injustice, Save the Planet, and Fuel Your Resistance One Meal at a Time, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-386\">Texas Capitol Visitors Center, Andrew Sansom, Rusty Yates and David K Langford discuss and sign Seasons at Selah: The Legacy of Bamberger Ranch Preserve, 1:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u416772-390\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u416772-397\">\n<li id=\"u416772-392\">Heroes Lounge, Dallas Poetry Slam , 8PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-394\">Interabang Books, Nancy Borowick will discuss and sign THE FAMILY IMPRINT, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-396\">Mighty Fine Arts, Poets on X+ Feature and Open Mic: Brian Cox, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u416772-400\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u416772-405\">\n<li id=\"u416772-402\">Christ Church Cathedral, Mitch Albom reading and discussing THE NEXT PERSON YOU MEET IN HEAVEN, 7:30PM [ticketed event]<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-404\">Murder By the Book, John Sandford will sign and discuss his new Virgil Flowers novel, Holy Ghost, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u416772-408\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u416772-411\">\n<li id=\"u416772-410\">Trinity U &#8211; Holt Ctr, &#8220;A Writer&#8217;s Journey&#8221;: An Evening with Translator and Poet Ellen Dor\u00e9 Watson, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u416772-414\">Southlake<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u416772-417\">\n<li id=\"u416772-416\">B&#038;N &#8211; Town Square, Laura Hughes signing Choose Zoe, 5PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u416772-420\">Saturday, October 13<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u416772-422\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u416772-433\">\n<li id=\"u416772-424\">ACC &#8211; Highland, Writers&#8217; League of Texas workshop: &#8220;Final Pages, Final Paragraphs: Crafting the Right Ending for Fiction&#8221; with Chaitali Sen, 10AM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-426\">BookPeople, author guest story time with Susan Kralovansky reading The Book that Jake Borrowed, 10:30AM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-428\">Half Price Books &#8211; S. Lamar, local author Catherine Hillin will sell and sign her YA fantasy, The Orphan&#8217;s Code, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-430\">Inside Books Project, Monkeywrench Books presents the Fifteen for Halloween to Save the Anarchy Dream Team!, 6PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-432\">Malvern Books, celebrate the recent launch of Rachel Heng\u2019s debut novel, Suicide Club: A Novel About Living, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u416772-436\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u416772-439\">\n<li id=\"u416772-438\">Pan African Connection, Kimesha Coleman discussing and signing her new book, Pretty On Pretty Off, 5PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u416772-442\">El Paso<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u416772-445\">\n<li id=\"u416772-444\">Memorial Park Library, Tumblewords Workshop: &#8220;Outside the Box&#8221; with Eternity Wauls, 12:45PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u416772-448\">Galveston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u416772-453\">\n<li id=\"u416772-450\">Galveston Bookshop, Lance Scott Walker signing Houston Rap Tapes, 12PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-452\">Galveston Bookshop, Jan Johnson signing Unforgettable Galveston Characters, 3PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u416772-456\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u416772-467\">\n<li id=\"u416772-458\">Brazos Bookshop, Special Story Time with Joy Sewing, 10:30AM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-460\">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=\"u416772-462\">Murder By the Book, Lindsay Emory will sign and discuss The Royal Runaway and DiAnn Mills will sign and discuss Burden of Proof, 4:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-464\">River Oaks Bookstore, Russell J. Sanders reading and signing You Can&#8217;t Tell by Looking, 5PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-466\">Writespace, Workshop: &#8220;Enliven Your Writing with Imagery&#8221; with Allegra Hyde, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul id=\"u416772-473\">\n<li id=\"u416772-472\">The Hunt Store, Mike Marvins at The Hunt Store as he discusses his book, &#8220;The Texas Hill Country: A Photographic Adventure, ?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u416772-476\">Irving<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u416772-479\">\n<li id=\"u416772-478\">South Irving Library, Unexpected Texas Historic Cemeteries and Bucket List Day Trips of North Texas with author and travel blogger Tui Snider, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u416772-482\">Olton<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u416772-485\">\n<li id=\"u416772-484\">Olton Are Library, Writers&#8217; League of Texas presents Texas Writes with authors Jennifer duBois and David Eric Tomlinson, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u416772-488\">Pflugerville<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u416772-491\">\n<li id=\"u416772-490\">Wild Magnolias, NeoSoul Poetry Slam featuring Teresa Johnson, 6PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u416772-494\">Richardson<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u416772-497\">\n<li id=\"u416772-496\">Chocolate Angel, Fresh Fiction Afternoon Tea with Lorraine Heath, 3:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u416772-500\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u416772-511\">\n<li id=\"u416772-502\">B&#038;N &#8211; San Pedro, Diane Huth signing Reinvent Your Career, 4PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-504\">Barshop JCC, 2018-19 Author &#038; Speaker Series: Four-time Emmy winner Mike Reiss, author of Springfield Confidential: Jokes, Secrets, and Outright Lies from a Lifetime Writing for The Simpsons, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-506\">Pure Juice &#8211; Stone Oak, Reasonable Insanity &#8211; A Dr. Olivia C. Maxwell Novel book signing and meet &#038; greet with author Cynthia Freeman Gibbs, 10AM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-508\">Trinity U &#8211; Holt Ctr, Writing Workshop with Ellen Dor\u00e9 Watson, 10AM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-510\">The Twig Book Shop, Ken Roberts signing The Cedar Choppers: Life on the Edge of Nothing, 11AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u416772-514\">Southlake<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u416772-517\">\n<li id=\"u416772-516\">B&#038;N &#8211; Town Square, Kevin Almond signing Every Christian&#8217;s Call, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u416772-520\">Tyler<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u416772-523\">\n<li id=\"u416772-522\">B&#038;N, Phebe Phillips signing Why Me? Positive Verse for Loss and Sadness, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u416772-526\">Sunday, October 14<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u416772-528\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u416772-539\">\n<li id=\"u416772-530\">BookPeople, DON ZOLIDIS speaking &#038; signing The Seven Torments of Amy and Craig, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-532\">BookWoman, Reading &#038; Fundraiser: Kallisto Gaia Press, 4PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-534\">Malvern Books, Amber Elby releases her new novel, Double Double Toil, the sequel to Cauldron\u2019s Bubble, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-536\">Malvern Books, Austin Writers Roulette present &#8220;Otherworldly Intrigues,&#8221; 4PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-538\">The Writing Barn, Workshop: Sentence-Level Strategies for Big Story Problems, 3PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u416772-542\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u416772-549\">\n<li id=\"u416772-544\">Dallas Museum of Art, Arts &#038; Letters Live hosts Caroline Fraser, author of the Pulitzer Prize\u2013winning historical biography Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder, 3PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-546\">Half Price Books Mother Ship, local author Blaise Ramsay will sell and sign her fantasy romance novel, Blessing of Luna, and local author Sean Wright will sell and sign his children&#8217;s book series Mary &#038; Jerry Canary, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-548\">Interabang Books, Deedie Runkel discussing and signing SCONE BY SCONE, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u416772-552\">Denton<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u416772-555\">\n<li id=\"u416772-554\">Toms Daiquiri, American Literary Review Graduate Student Reading, 6PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u416772-558\">El Paso<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u416772-561\">\n<li id=\"u416772-560\">Literarity Book Shop, The Women of Smeltertown \u2013 A Presentation, Discussion &#038; Signing, 3PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u416772-564\">Frisco<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u416772-567\">\n<li id=\"u416772-566\">Dr. Pepper Arena, Dav Pilkey&#8217;s Howl with Laughter Tour, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u416772-570\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u416772-577\">\n<li id=\"u416772-572\">Inprint Houston, Tintero Projects: Fall Writing Workshop Series featuring Natasha Carrizosa, 6PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-574\">Last Concert Cafe, TZ Press presents the Fall Shindig, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u416772-576\">Screwed Up Records &#038; Tapes, Houston Rap Tapes book launch, 12PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u416772-580\">Richardson<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u416772-583\">\n<li id=\"u416772-582\">The Drawing Board, &#8220;Writing Workshops Dallas: 9 Keys to Dynamic Storytelling&#8221; 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