• Paragraph Ranch Weekend Writers’ Retreat with Tex Thompson and Cookbook Brunch with Angelina LaRue, Spur, December 1-3
• 13th Annual SIGNATURES AUTHOR SERIES featuring Paula Hawkins (The Girl on the Train), The Woodlands, December 8
• Humanities Texas Holiday Book Fair, Austin, December 9
• Laredo Book Festival, December 9
• 7th Annual Austin Writergrrls Book Fest, December 10

Ongoing Exhibits

• Fact, Fiction, and the New World: The Role of Books in the Making of America (a Humanities Texas exhibition), Midland, October 1-December 31
• National Center for Children’s Illustrated Literature exhibition: The Illustrations of Melissa Sweet, Abilene, November 9-January 27

Sunday, December 3

Austin

• Malvern Books, An Afternoon with writers Conor Bracken, Michael Parker, and Karen Davidson, 4PM

Dallas

• B&N – Lincoln Park, Ainsley Earhardt signs Through Your Eyes, 1PM
• Half Price Books Mothership, Local Author Sundays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Holiday Open House, 5:30PM

Mansfield

• Half Price Books, Local Author Sundays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last

San Antonio

• B&N – La Cantera, Phyllis Clark Nichols signing Christmas at Grey Sage, 2PM
• The Twig Book Shop, John Manguso signs Camp Bullis, 11AM
  

Monday, December 4

Austin

• BookPeople, Mayor’s Book Club Launch 2018, 7PM
• Malvern Books, Austin Community College Literary Coffeehouse: Reading & Open Mic, 7PM

Dallas

• Aaron Family JCC, Martha Hall Kelly reads and signs Lilac Girls, 7PM

Houston

• Tracy Gee Community Center, Houston SCBWI Holiday Party – Potluck, Book Talks & Sales, 7PM

San Antonio

• Trinity University, Holiday Open Mic with the Trinity Review, 7PM

Tuesday, December 5

Austin

• Austin History Center, Jesse Sublett discusses and signs Esther’s Follies: The Laughs, the Gossip, and the Story Behind Texas’ Most Celebrated Comedy Troupe (key performers from the troupe will also be on hand to answer questions and sign books), 6:30PM
• First United Methodist Church, Dr. REZA ASLAN speaking & signing God: A Human History, 7PM [ticketed event]
• Harry Ransom Center, Daniel Mendelsohn reads from, discusses, and signs his new memoir, An Odyssey: A Father, A Son, and An Epic, 5PM
• Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam WOWPS Qualifier featuring Ebony Stewart, 7PM

College Station

• George Bush Presidential Library and Museum, Laura Wilson discusses and signs Watt Matthews of Lambshead, 7PM

Dallas

• CBS Radio Performance Showroom, Ken Moraif, of the radio program “Money Matter with Ken Moraif,” discusses and signs Buy, Hold, and SELL!, 6:30PM
• Royal Oaks Country Club, Friends of SMU Libraries Holiday Luncheon with Tiffany Divis, author of Presidential Gifts, 11:30AM

Houston

• Brazil Houston, Glass Mountain Volume 19 launch party, 7PM
• Murder By the Book, James Rollins will sign and discuss The Demon Crown, 6:30PM

San Antonio

• The Twig Book Shop, Kimberly Fish reading and signing Comfort Plans, 5PM

Wednesday, December 6

Austin

• B&N – Arboretum, Author Elise Kova signing The Revels of Gold, 7PM
• BookPeople, KATHERINE ARDEN speaking & signing The Girl in the Tower, 7PM
• BookWoman, Heather Bishop reading and signing Mercy, 7PM
• Bullock Museum, High Noon Talk: Austin in the Jazz Age with author Richard Zelade, 12PM
• LBJ Library, An Evening with Peter Baker, author of Obama: The Call of History (book signing at 5PM), 6PM
• Malvern Books, Austin Community College Creative Writing Literary Release Party for Rio Review, 7PM
• The North Door, One Page Salon Reading Series, 7:30PM

Dallas

• B&N – Lincoln Park, James Rollins signing The Demon Crown, 7PM
• Deep Vellum Books, award-winning South Korean author Jung Young Moon in conversation with David Searcy, 7PM

El Paso

• B&N – Sunland Park, The Mermaid book signing with Jan Brett, 5PM

Houston

• Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Slam, 7:30PM
• The Ballroom at Bayou Place, Dr. REZA ASLAN discussing God: A Human History, 7:30PM [ticketed event]
• The Black Labrador, Jeremy Haft discusses and signs Unmade in China: The Hidden Truth About China’s Economic Miracle, 7:15PM

San Antonio

• The Twig Book Shop, Alan Berch Hollingsworth discussing and signing Killing Alan Berch, 5PM

Tyler

• Half Price Books, local author W. Scott Bell will sell and sign copies of his Civil War book The Camel Regiment: A History of the Bloody 43rd Mississippi Volunteer Infantry, CSA 1862-65, 5:30PM

Victoria

• University of Houston, American Book Review reading series featuring Clay Reynolds, 12PM

Thursday, December 7

Austin

• BookPeople, MATT COYLE speaking and signing Blood Truth, DAVID ERIC TOMLINSON speaking and signing The Midnight Man, and CON LEHANE speaking & signing Murder in the Manuscript Room, 7PM
• BookWoman, HeatherAsh Amara discussing and signing Awaken Your Inner Fire, 7PM
• UT – Avaya Auditorium, a reading with the Michener Center for Writers Fall 2017 visiting professors Carrie Fountain and Paul Harding, 7:30PM

Dallas

• SMU – McCord Auditorium, Peter Baker discussing Obama: The Call of History, 6PM

El Paso

• Literarity Book Shop, An Evening with El Paso Poets Rosa Alcalá and Sasha Pimentel, 6PM

Houston

• Murder By the Book, Holiday Open House: get your picture taken with Sherlock Holmes and enjoy a 2017 Victorian Christmas, 5PM
• River Oaks Bookstore, Virginia Bernhard discuses and signs The Smell of War: Three Americans in the Trenches of World War I, 5PM

San Antonio

• Hotel Emma Library, Joel Salcido will read and sign copies of his new book, The Spirit of Tequila, 6:30PM

Sugar Land

• B&N – First Colony, Story time with local author Maria Ashworth, 10AM
• Smart Financial Centre, American Promise Tour: Vice President Joe Biden discusses his new memoir, PROMISE ME, DAD: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose, 8PM

Webster

• B&N – Baybrook, Meet Andrew Fairchild, author of Have You Seen My Egg?, 5PM

Friday, December 8

Austin

• BookPeople, K.P GRESHAM speaking and signing Murder in the Second Pew, DAVE SWANSON speaking and signing The Dot on the Left, and RACHEL GAUNA speaking & signing The Thinking Log, 7PM
• Malvern Books, I Scream Social Reading Series Ugly Sweater Party featuring readers Chessy Normile and Annelyse Gelman, 7PM
• Paramount Theatre, American Promise Tour: Vice President Joe Biden discussing his memoir, Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose, 8PM

Dallas

• Heroes Lounge, Dallas Slam presents The GNO Show featuring DJ Unladylike, 8PM

San Antonio

• The Twig Book Shop, A poetry reading with David Taylor and Bryce Milligan, 5PM
• Viva Tacoland, Gemini Ink’s Writer in Communities program showcase their own poetry and fiction at this reading with Viktoria Valenzuela, Eddie Vega, Antoinette Franklin, and Marisela Barrera, 6:30PM

Saturday, December 9

Austin

• Apanas Coffee & Beer, NeoSoul WOWPS 2018 Qualifier hosted by Ebony Stewart, 6PM
• Malvern Books, celebrate the launch of Ryan Sharp’s new chapbook, my imaginary old man: poems, 4PM
• St. Edward’s University, Writers’ League of Texas workshop: “Honing the Spark and Mapping Out Your Revision” with Charlotte Gullick, 9AM

Boerne

• Patrick Heath Public Library, Geraldine Guadagno signs her new picture book, A Christmas Story with St. Joseph, 11AM

Cedar Hill

• B&N – Hillside Village, Dana Barney signing HALF LIFE, 1PM

Corsicana

• 100W Corsicana, award-winning South Korean author Jung Young Moon in conversation with David Searcy, 5PM

Dallas

• Interabang Books, Laney Nielson reading and signing PEPPERMINT COCOA CRUSHES, 1PM

El Paso

• El Paso Public Library – Memorial Park, Tumblewords Project Workshop: “Writing in Light” with Lucy Hopple, 12:45PM

Fort Worth

• Forth Worth Restaurant of the Mind, Meet & Greet with author John J. Smith, 7PM

Galveston

• Galveston Bookshop, E.R. Bills signing Texas Far and Wide, a collection of tall tales, 2PM

Houston

• Half Price Books – Clear Lake, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
• Katy Budget Books, Local author Liara Tamani signs her debut YA novel, Calling My Name, 5PM
• River Oaks Bookstore, Warner Bourgeois discusses and signs Having Confidence in Yourself, 3PM
• Writespace, Workshop: “How to Pitch an Idea to an Editor” with Katharine Shilcutt, 9:30AM

Irving

• East Branch Library, annual Posadas celebration featuring award-winning author and poet Dr. Carmen Tafolla, 2:30PM
• West Branch Library, third annual Harry Potter Yule Ball, 5PM

Midland

• B&N, Tammie Williams signing Random Thoughts From a Simple Believer, 12PM

San Antonio

• Market Square, San Antonio’s Historic Market Square book signing with Edna Campos Gravenhorst, 2PM
• Trinity University Holt Center, Gemini Ink/Trinity University Press present “Writing Gifts: A Celebratory Workshop” with Naomi Shihab Nye, 10AM
• The Twig Book Shop, Book-reading party with author Charity Marie, 10AM

Sugar Land

• Fort Bend County Libraries – University Branch, Holiday Open House, 2PM

Sunday, December 10

Austin

• Malvern Books, Austin Writers Roulette presents “Festivus Miracles,” 4PM

Dallas

• Half Price Books Mothership, local author Tracy Lawson will sell and sign books from her young-adult series Resistance, 1PM
• The Mix Co-Working Space, Writing Workshops Dallas Publication Seminar: “Submitting to Journals & Magazines” with Mag Gabbert, 3PM

El Paso

• Pershing Inn, Cinco Puntos Press presents La Mama Bravo’s Book Club & Social Hour: Benjamin Alire Sáenz reading from The Last Cigarette on Earth, 6PM

Houston

• Inprint House, INPRINT CELEBRATES THE STORIES OF OUR ELDERS: A READING, 2PM

San Antonio

• B&N – San Pedro, A.L. Kaplan signing Star Touched, 1PM

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