• STAPLE! Independent Media Expo, Austin, September 8-9
• Heritage Auctions: Rare Books & Maps, Dallas, September 13
• Texas Word Wrangler Festival, Giddings, September 13-15
• Literacy Instruction for Texas presents Toast to Literacy, Dallas, September 14
• Jaipur Literature Festival, Houston, September 14-15
• Picture Book Retreat for Authors & Illustrators, Temple, September 14-16

Ongoing Exhibits

• Oliver Jeffers: 15 Years of Picturing Books, Abilene, June 7-September 30
• “Dawoud Bey: Forty Years in Harlem” photography exhibition (from the book Dawoud Bey: Seeing Deeply), Austin, August 29-December 8
• The Texas Liberator: Witness to the Holocaust exhibition (from the book The Texas Liberators: Veteran Narratives from World War II), Houston, September 7-October 28

Sunday, September 9

Austin

• BookWoman, Naomi Shihab Nye will read from her recent collection of poems, Voices in the Air, followed by a book signing, 3PM
• Malvern Books, Austin Writers Roulette presents “Out of Tune,” 4PM

Dallas

• Dallas Museum of Art, Arts & Letters Live presents artist and activist Kimothy Joy discussing and signing That’s What She Said, 4PM (preceded by a portraiture workshop at 1:30 PM)
• Half Price Books – Mother Ship, local author Leah Frazier will sell and sign her motivational book The Success Factor: Stories from Successful Entrepreneurs who Thrived After Facing Failure!, and local author Sharon Hudgins will sell and sign her cookbook T-Bone Whacks and Caviar Snacks: Cooking with Two Texans in Siberia and the Russian Far East, 1PM
• Interabang Books, Alex Beard presents THE LYING KING, 1PM
• Omni Dallas at Park West, Jane Austin Society Fall meeting: lecture and discussion celebrating the 200th anniversary of the publication of Persuasion, 2PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Meg Cabot reading and signing ROYAL CROWN, 5PM
• Murder By the Book, Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, and Karen White will sign and discuss The Glass Ocean, and Kristina McMorris will sign and discuss Sold On A Monday, 2PM

Richmond

• George Memorial Library, Fort Bend County Libraries presents “The Arts of Russell Autrey: Artist, Photographer, Raconteur” opening day, 2PM

Monday, September 10

Austin

• BookPeople, JOHN LARISON speaking & signing Whiskey When We’re Dry (in conversation with John Pipkin), 7PM
• Malvern Books, Austin Community College Literary Coffeehouse: Reading & Open Mic, 7PM

Dallas

• Interabang Books, Dr. Ben Lynch discussing and signing DIRTY GENES, 7PM
• UT-Dallas, Hay Festival at UT-Dallas with Bogotá39 writers Eduardo Rabasa and Daniel Saldaña, and translator Christina MacSweeney, 7PM
• Woodlands American Grill, Join Ashley Weaver for dinner and a discussion of her new book, An Act of Villainy, 7PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Eoin Colfer, Andrew Donkin, & Giovanni Regano reading & signing ILLEGAL, 7PM
• Murder By the Book, William Kent Krueger will sign and discuss Desolation Mountain, 6:30PM

Tuesday, September 11

Arlington

• UTA – University Center, At the Crossroads of the New Generation of Latin American Authors: A conversation with acclaimed and award-winning writers, 11AM

Austin

• Flat Track Coffee, Chicon Street Poets hosts Living Room Lit: Spoken Word Open Mic + Mingle, 7:30PM
• Home Slice Pizza, Austin Bat Cave’s Story Department presents “Get Out,” 7:30PM
• Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 7:15PM

Cedar Hill

• Zula Bryant Wylie Library, Dallas Area Writers Group meeting featuring Kathleen Baldwin, 7PM

Dallas

• Fair Park, Dallas Historical Society Brown Bag Luncheon with Carmen Goldthwaite, author of Texas Dames: Sassy and Savvy Women Throughout Lone Star History and Texas Ranch Women: Three Centuries of Mettle and Moxie, 12PM
• SMU – Cox School, Literature & Politics in Latin America: Conversation w/ Bogotá 39 Writers, 5:30PM

Houston

• Blue Willow Bookstore, Mac Barnett will discuss and sign MAC UNDERCOVER, 5PM
• Brazos Bookstore, Randy Kennedy reading and signing PRESIDIO, 7PM
• Congregation Emanu El, Preservation Houston’s History in Print author series presents architect and architectural photographer Bronson Dorsey discussing his new book, Lost, Texas: Photographs of Forgotten Buildings, 6:30PM
• Warehouse Live, The Moth Houston StorySLAM presents “Education,” 7:30PM

San Antonio

• The Mix, PuroSlam featuring DJ Donnie Dee, 9:30PM
• The Twig Book Shop, Jasminne Mendez reading from and signing Night Blooming Jasminne: Personal /Essays and Poems, 5PM

Wednesday, September 12

Austin

• BookPeople, SARAH IVENS speaking & signing Forest Therapy: Seasonal Ways to Embrace Nature for a Happier You, 7PM
• BookWoman, Celebrating National Policewoman’s Day: A Reading and Discussion with Sarah Cortez and Susana Sanchez, 7:30PM

Dallas

• Highland Park United Methodist Church, Authors LIVE! presents C.J. Chivers and The Fighters: Americans in Combat in Afghanistan and Iraq, 6PM
• Interabang Books, Randy Kennedy reading and signing PRESIDIO, 7PM
• Sandaga 813, LitNight with Sanderia Faye, 7:30PM
• The Wild Detectives, Inner Moonlight Poetry Series featuring Caitlin Pryor and Sebastian H. Paramo (open mic to follow), 7:30PM

Houston

• Avant Garden, Write about Now Poetry Open Mic featuring Travis Snell, 7:30PM
• Brazos Bookstore, Sarah Bird reading and signing DAUGHTER OF A DAUGHTER OF A QUEEN, 7PM
• River Oaks Bookstore, Mimi Swartz discussing and signing Ticker: The Quest to Create an Artificial Heart, 5PM
• World Affairs Council of Greater Houston, Diana Untermeyer discussing Qatar: Land, Sea and Sky, 6PM

San Antonio

• UIW Concert Hall, Distinguished Speakers Series presents Anthony Graves, an exonerated Texas Death Row prisoner and author of Infinite Hope: How Wrongful Conviction, Solitary Confinement, and 12 Years on Death Row Failed to Kill My Soul, 7PM

Thursday, September 13

Austin

• Austin Public Library, Austin Book Arts Center Celebration and Fundraiser, 6PM
• BookPeople, RANDY KENNEDY speaking & signing Presidio, 7PM
• BookWoman, Second Thursday Open Mic featuring Lisa Dordal, 7:15PM
• Malvern Books, Novel Night with N. M. Cedeño, Meredith Lee & Laura Oles, 7PM

Bryan

• SEAD Gallery & Bookshop, Author Talk with Bob Pankey, 6:30PM

Corpus Christi

• TAMUCC, 2018 Windward Review release celebration, readings & open mic, 6PM

Dallas

• Deep Vellum Books, Dr. Mike Brooks discussing and signing Tech Generation:Raising Balanced Kids in a Hyper-Connected World, 7PM
• Half Price Books Mother Ship, Leslie F. Halleck will discuss and sign her new book, Gardening Under Lights: The Complete Guide for Indoor Growers, 7PM
• Interabang Books, Timothy Krause discussing and signing FINDING THEO, 7PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, David Margrave reading and signing WHEN FUR AND FEATHER GET TOGETHER, 7PM
• Cullen Sculpture Garden, Tintero Projects hosts Art + Poetry: A Walkabout Literary Experience, 7PM
• Rice U – Fondren Library, “Feminism, Production, and Reproduction:” A free public lecture delivered by Elissa Braunstein, co-editor of Feminist Economics, 4PM
• Murder By the Book, Caz Frear will sign and discuss Sweet Little Lies, 6:30PM

San Antonio

• The Movement Gallery, Noche de Recuerdos Poetry & Visual Art Showcase (an SA 300 event), 6PM
• Our Lady of the Lake University, Sheryl St. Germain will be reading from her new collection of poems, The Small Door of Your Death, 7PM

San Marcos

• Texas State – Alkek Library, Wittliff Collections readings presents Tyehimba Jess, 3:30PM

Sugar Land

• B&N – First Colony, Story time with local author Maria Ashworth, 10AM

Victoria

• UH-Victoria, American Book Review reading series presents Mark Amerika, 11AM

Friday, September 14

Arlington

• UTA Central Library, Friends of the UTA Libraries hosts Rusty Williams discussing The Red River Bridge War, 7:30PM

Austin

• BookPeople, GARY SHTEYNGART speaking and signing Lake Success, 7PM [ticketed event]
• Malvern Books, Borderless: Conversations on Art, Action, and Justice with Rinku Sen, author of The Accidental American and Stir It Up: Lessons on Community Organizing, 7PM

Dallas

• Deep Vellum Books, Launch Party for Fangoria Presents: Our Lady of the Inferno, 7PM
• Heroes Lounge, Dallas Poetry Society hosts Girls Night Out – Poetry Night, 8PM
• Interabang Books, Sam Wyly discussing and signing DALLAS GOT IT RIGHT, 1PM
• Mighty Fine Arts, Poets on the X+ featuring False Flag Document, 8PM

Houston

• The Ballroom at Bayou Place, DeRay Mckesson discussing ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FREEDOM, 7:30PM
• Brazos Bookstore, Jeffrey S. Sposato discussing and signing LEIPZIG AFTER BACH, 7PM

• KAP Literary Center, Katherine Anne Porter Literary Center readings presents Tyehimba Jess, 7:30PM

San Antonio

• The Twig Book Shop, Vincent Di Blasi reading from and signing To Whom it May Concern, 5PM

Saturday, September 15

Austin

• BookPeople, SCOTT WESTERFELD speaking & signing Impostors, 2PM
• Central Presbyterian Church, BookPeople presents DERAY MCKESSON speaking about On the Other Side of Freedom: A Case for Hope, 6PM [ticketed event]
• Half Price Books – N. Lamar, local author Mary Bryan Stafford will sell and sign her Texas-based historical novel, The Last Whippoorwill, 1PM
• Little Walnut Creek Library, Austin Poetry Society meeting featuring Brittani Sonnenberg, 1:30PM
• St. Edward’s University, Writers’ League of Texas workshop: “Narrative Lab: Experiments for Concocting Livelier, More Interesting Prose” with Adam Soto, 10AM

Dallas

• Interabang Books, Story time: Grant Maloy Smith with FLY POSSUM FLY, 10:30AM
• University Park Public Library, Suzanne Asaff Blankenship discussing and signing How To Take Care of Old People Without Losing Your Marbles, 10:00AM
• Denton
• B&N – GTM, Local authors Felicia Hall and Cameron Hall book signing, 2PM

El Paso

• B&N – Sunland Park, Fort Bliss, Texas signing with John Hamilton, 2PM
• Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: “Childhood and Children — Remembering and Observing” with Annette Velsquez, 12:45PM

Houston

• Blue Willow Bookshop, Join author Cate Berry for a special story time with her picture book PENGUIN AND TINY SHRIMP DON’T DO BEDTIME!, 11AM
• Blue Willow Bookshop, Dylan Powell will discuss and sign his book 100 THINGS TO DO IN HOUSTON BEFORE YOU DIE, 3PM
• Brazos Bookstore, A special story time with David Margrave, 10:30AM
• Brazos Bookstore, Josh Higgins discussing and signing INTROFLIRTED, 7PM
• Half Price Books – Clear Lake, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
• Kaboom Books, “I am Strength – Celebrating Women’s Lives” reading & book signing, 6:30PM
• Murder By the Book, James R. Benn will sign and discuss Solemn Graves, 1PM
• Murder By the Book, Reed Farrel Coleman will sign and discuss Robert B. Parker’s Colorblind, 4:30PM
• River Oaks Bookstore, Deanne Wagner White reading and signing Under the Sea with Otty and Shelly, 3PM
• Writespace, Workshop: “Technical Writing II” with Andreana Binder, 9:30AM
• Writespace, Workshop: “Spiritual Memoir” with Cameron Dezen Hammon, 1PM

San Antonio

• Dead Tree Books, Lynn Maverick Denzer signing Old Villita and La Villita Continues, 2PM
• The Twig Book Shop, Melissa and Jim Riche signing Mod Mirage: The Midcentury Architecture of Rancho Mirage, 11AM

Southlake

• B&N – Town Square, Jon Finkel signing The Athlete: Greatness, Grace and the Unprecedented Life of Charlie Ward, 1PM

Sugar Land

• Half Price Books, local author R.R. Born will sell and sign her fantasy book, May Day: A Gray Witch Novel, 1PM

Tomball

• Tejas Chocolate & Barbecue, Wyatt McSpadden signing TEXAS BBQ: Small Town to Downtown, 11AM

Sunday, September 16

Austin

• BookPeople, Great American Reads discussion kickoff show, 1PM
• BookPeople, REED FARREL COLEMAN speaking & signing Robert B. Parker’s Colorblind, 5PM

Dallas

• Half Price Books – Mother Ship, local author Steve Kravetz will sell and sign his novel, A Marijuana Man: A Dealer’s Diary, 1PM
• The Wild Detectives, Backyard Story Night: Dallas Edition, 7PM

Houston

• Brazos Bookstore, Shelley Johannes presents BEATRICE ZINKER, UPSIDE DOWN THINKER, 3PM
• Meyerland Performing and Visual Arts Middle School, Inprint Cool Brains! series presents Sylvia Acevedo, author of Path to the Stars, 3PM
• Saint Arnold Brewing Company, Wyatt McSpadden signing TEXAS BBQ: Small Town to Downtown, 1PM

Richardson

• The Drawing Board, Writing Workshops Dallas seminar: “Time Flies: Managing the Passage of Time on the Page” with Amber Royer, 3PM

San Antonio

• Dead Tree Books, R.W. Beckett signing his poetry collection, Soliloquy, 2PM
• Landa Library, Author Visit: Gabriela Gonzalez, PhD, presents Redeeming La Raza: Transborder Modernity, Race, Respectability, and Rights, 3PM
• The Twig Book Shop, 2019 Texas Poetry Calendar at The Twig, 6PM

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