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{"id":1793,"date":"2019-10-13T09:45:50","date_gmt":"2019-10-13T09:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/?p=1793"},"modified":"2019-11-20T20:42:10","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T20:42:10","slug":"bookish-texas-week-10132019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/?p=1793&lang=ar","title":{"rendered":"BOOKISH TEXAS FOR THE WEEK OF 10.13.2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Your only statewide calendar of bookish events in Texas<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"rtecenter\">Bookish Texas \u2022 Events Around the State<\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"rtecenter\"><em>The most comprehensive listing of book and author events, festivals, readings,&nbsp;lectures, and signings in the Lone Star State<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Don&#8217;t see your book or literary event here? Email&nbsp;<u><a href=\"mailto:Events@lonestarliterary.com\">Events@lonestarliterary.com<\/a><\/u><u>&nbsp;<\/u>with&nbsp;your complete info two weeks in advance of the issue in which your event is scheduled, and we&#8217;ll include it.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"color:#c0392b\"><strong>Bookish goings-on in Texas<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"color:#c0392b\"><strong>compiled exclusively for Lone Star Literary Life<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><strong>by&nbsp;<u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.texasbooklover.com\/\">Texas Book Lover<\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"color:#c0392b\"><strong>FOR THE WEEK OF 10.13.2019<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><u><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">SPECIAL EVENTS:<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.womenwritingthewest.org\/currentWWWConference.html\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">25th Annual Women Writing the West Conference<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, San Antonio, October 10-13<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Houston <a href=\"http:\/\/houstonpoetryfest.info\/main.html\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Poetry Fest 2019<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, October 11-13<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/staple-austin.org\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">15th Annual STAPLE!: The Independent Media Expo<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, Austin, October 12-13<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/permianbasinwritersworkshop.org\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">5th Annual Permian Basin Writers&#8217; Workshop<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, Midland, October 12-13<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fineart.ha.com\/c\/auction-home.zx?saleNo=5417\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Illustration Art Signature Auction<\/a>, Dallas, October 15<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lonestarstories.org\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">16th Annual Lone Star Storytelling Festival<\/a>, Frisco, October 17-18<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fandemictour.com\/houston\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Fandemic Comic Con<\/a>, Houston, October 18-20<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonlibraryfoundation.org\/houston-literary-awards-gala\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Houston Literary Awards Gala<\/a>, October 19<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.midcitiesteenbookfest.org\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Mid-Cities Teen Book Fest<\/a>, North Richland Hills, October 19<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tweensread.com\/index.html\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Tweens Read<\/a>, Pasadena, October 19<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/epliteraryfiesta\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">El Paso Community College Literary Fiesta<\/a>, October 19<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/2019-Georgetown-Poetry-Festival-Texas-119871922744940\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">11th Annual Georgetown Poetry Festival<\/a>, October 19<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadiantx.org\/index.php\/resources\/local-resources\/162-fall-foliage-festival-oct-19-20\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Fall Foliage Festival<\/a>, Canadian, October 19<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><u><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">EXHIBITS:<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nccil.org\/exhibitions\/a-time-and-place-for-everything-peter-brown-1\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">A Time and Place for Everything: Peter Brown<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, Abilene, June 6-November 1<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewittliffcollections.txstate.edu\/exhibitions\/The-Essential-J.-Frank-Dobie.html\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">The Essential J. Frank Dobie<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, San Marcos, through December 1<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrc.utexas.edu\/exhibitions\/2019\/modernist-networks\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Modernist Networks:&nbsp;The Annette Campbell-White Collection<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, Austin, August 24-January 5<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><u><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">SUNDAY,&nbsp;OCTOBER&nbsp;13:<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Austin<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">BookPeople,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bookpeople.com\/event\/donna-janell-bowman-king-tightrope\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Donna Janell Bowman discussing and signing&nbsp;<em>King of the Tightrope<\/em><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 2PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">BookPeople,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bookpeople.com\/event\/kari-bov%C3%A9e-peccadillo-palace\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Kari Bov\u00e9e reading and signing&nbsp;<em>Peccadillo at the Palace<\/em><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 5PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">BookWoman,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebookwoman.com\/event\/she-rode-harley-book-launch-talk-mary-jane-black\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Book launch for&nbsp;<em>She Rode a Harley<\/em>&nbsp;with Mary Jane Black<\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebookwoman.com\/event\/book-launch-marion-winiks-big-book-dead\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">,<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">&nbsp;4PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Malvern&nbsp;Books,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/malvernbooks.com\/event\/austin-writers-roulette-49\/?instance_id=3060\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Austin Writers Roulette presents &#8220;Wildest Dreams,&#8221;<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">&nbsp;4PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Dallas<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">B&amp;N &#8211; Preston\/Royal,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/stores.barnesandnoble.com\/event\/9780062058029-0\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><em><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">The Dog Who Took Me Up a Mountain: How Emme the Australian Terrier Changed My Life When I Needed It Most<\/span><\/em><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">&nbsp;book signing with&nbsp;Rick Crandall, 1PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Half Price&nbsp;Books Mother Ship,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/halfpricebooks.com\/events\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Dallas-native Sunni Rain signing her autism-awareness book,&nbsp;<em>After Winter Must Come Spring<\/em>, and Dallas-native self-help author Janet Ellis signing&nbsp;<em>Wake Up!: Break The Generational Cycle And Be Yourself<\/em><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 1PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Lucky Dog&nbsp;Books,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/319677078670070\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Texas writer Oliver Sheppard reading and signing&nbsp;<em>Thirteen Nocturnes<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>The Void Cantos<\/em><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 4PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Houston<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Blue Willow&nbsp;Bookshop,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluewillowbookshop.com\/event\/alan-gratz\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Alan Gratz reading and signing his newest book for young readers,&nbsp;<em>Allies<\/em><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 1PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Inprint House,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/inprinthouston.org\/event\/tintero-projects-writing-workshop-with-patricia-coral\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Taller de escritura con Patricia Coral (with Tintero Projects)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 6PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Mansfield<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Half Price&nbsp;Books,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/halfpricebooks.com\/events\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Texas-native author Dre Williams signing his inspirational self-help book,&nbsp;<em>It&#8217;s Already Done<\/em><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 1PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">San Antonio<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">The Twig Book&nbsp;Shop,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetwig.com\/event\/lisa-leader-man-haters-club-bobby-bain-novel\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Lisa Leader signing&nbsp;<em>The Man Haters Club: A Bobby Bain Novel<\/em><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 12PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><u><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">MONDAY,&nbsp;OCTOBER&nbsp;14:<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Abilene<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Abilene Public Library,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/795307164257661\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">SCBWI-North Texas Abilene Area Meet-Up: First 200 Words &#8211; Drawing Your Reader In<\/a>, 5:45PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Austin<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">BookPeople,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/440668843211360\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">KUT Book Club conversation about&nbsp;<em>Earl Campbell: Yards After Contact<\/em>&nbsp;with author Asher Price<\/a>, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Dallas<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Dallas Museum of Art,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dma.org\/programs\/event\/benjamin-moser\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Arts &amp; Letters Live presents Benjamin Moser and&nbsp;<em>Sontag: Her Life and Work<\/em>&nbsp;(in conversation with Ben Fountain)<\/a>, 7:30PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Half Price Books Mother&nbsp;Ship,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/503317193564703\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">a conversation with Paul Theroux, author of&nbsp;<em>On the Plain of Snakes<\/em>, and KERA&#8217;s Krys Boyd<\/a>, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">UT&nbsp;Dallas,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.utdallas.edu\/ah\/events\/detail.html?id=1220454588\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><em>Athenaeum Review<\/em>&nbsp;Issue 3 release party<\/a>, 5:15PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Houston<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Blue Willow Bookshop,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluewillowbookshop.com\/event\/elin-hilderbrand\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Elin Hilderbrand reading and signing&nbsp;<em>What Happens in Paradise<\/em><\/a>, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Private&nbsp;home,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfapage.net\/upcoming-events\/elin-hilderbrand\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Conversations from a Page hosting a literary salon with Elin Hilderbrand for her new release,&nbsp;<em>What Happens in Paradise<\/em><\/a>, 8:30AM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><u><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">TUESDAY,&nbsp;OCTOBER 15:<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Austin<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">BookPeople,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bookpeople.com\/event\/paul-theroux-plain-snakes\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Paul Theroux&nbsp;<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bookpeople.com\/event\/paul-theroux-plain-snakes\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">discussing and signing&nbsp;<em>On the Plain of Snakes<\/em><\/a>, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Central Presbyterian Church,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bookpeople.com\/event\/leigh-bardugo-cpc-ninth-house\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">BookPeople presents Leigh Bardugo discussing&nbsp;<em>Ninth House<\/em><\/a>, 7PM [ticketed event]<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Native&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Hostel,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/2804298639604198\/?acontext=%7B%22ref%22%3A51%2C%22source%22%3A5%2C%22action_history%22%3A%5b%7B%22surface%22%3A%22page%22%2C%22mechanism%22%3A%22main_list%22%2C%22extra_data%22%3A%22%5C%22%5b%5d%5C%22%22%7D%5d%2C%22has_source%22%3Atrue%7D\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Austin Poetry Slam hosted by Peter Nevland<\/a>, 7:15PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">University of&nbsp;Texas,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/liberalarts.utexas.edu\/plan2\/joynes\/upcoming-speakers.php\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Joynes Reading Room Literary Speaker Series presents Brian Van Reet reading and signing&nbsp;<em>Spoils<\/em><\/a>, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Writers&#8217; League of Texas office,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.writersleague.org\/calendar\/CraftingNovelSynopsis\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Workshop: &#8220;Crafting an Effective Novel Synopsis&#8221; with Richard Santos,<\/a>&nbsp;6PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Dallas<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Hotel Crescent&nbsp;Court,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dfwworld.org\/Events?calendar=true&amp;cgid=1&amp;ceid=151934&amp;cerid=0&amp;cdt=10%2f15%2f2019\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">World Affairs Council DFW presents Brigadier General Robert Spalding (Ret.) discussing and signing&nbsp;<em>Stealth War: How China Took Over While America\u2019s Elite Slept<\/em><\/a>, 6:30PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Interabang&nbsp;Books,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.interabangbooks.com\/event\/best-people\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Marc Grossberg reading and signing&nbsp;<em>The Best People<\/em><\/a>, 6PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">El Paso<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">The Black Orchid&nbsp;Lounge,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/392898118292165\/?acontext=%7B%22ref%22%3A51%2C%22source%22%3A5%2C%22action_history%22%3A%5b%7B%22surface%22%3A%22page%22%2C%22mechanism%22%3A%22main_list%22%2C%22extra_data%22%3A%22%5C%22%5b%5d%5C%22%22%7D%5d%2C%22has_source%22%3Atrue%7D\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Barbed Wire Open Mic Series<\/a>, 8PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Fort Worth<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">The Dock Bookshop,&nbsp;<a data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-family: inherit;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thedockbookshop.com\/events-0\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Poetry Open Mic<\/a>, 8PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Houston<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">The Ballroom at Bayou&nbsp;Place,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/houston.culturemap.com\/eventdetail\/world-affairs-council-greater-houston-sean-spicer\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">World Affairs Council of Greater Houston presents Sean Spicer discussing and signing&nbsp;<em>The Briefing: Politics, the Press and the President<\/em><\/a>, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Brazos&nbsp;Bookstore,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.brazosbookstore.com\/event\/lara-prescott-secrets-we-kept\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Lara Prescott reading and signing&nbsp;<em>The Secrets We Kept<\/em><\/a>, 6:30PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">The Printing&nbsp;Museum,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/939266513099438\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">WiVLA 25th Anniversary Pop-Up Market and Fundraiser<\/a>, 5PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Huntsville<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Sam Houston State,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/419502275372533\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Zach VandeZande, a former MA student at SHSU, returns to read from his new collection of short stories,&nbsp;<em>Liminal Domestic<\/em><\/a>, 5PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">San Antonio<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">The Alamo,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/756550208109957\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">San Antonio Book Festival presents Get Lit with Stephen Harrigan and&nbsp;<em>Big Wonderful Thing: A History of Texas<\/em><\/a>, 6PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">The&nbsp;Mix,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/puroslam\/events\/?ref=page_internal\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">PuroSlam featuring DJ Donnie Dee<\/a>, 9:30PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Waco<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Baylor&nbsp;University,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/kestoncenter\/index.php?id=964531\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">the Keston Center for Religion, Politics, and Society commemorates the 50th anniversary of Keston College and the Michael Bourdeaux Keston Library and Archives by launching&nbsp;<em>Voices of the Voiceless: Religion, Communism, and the Keston Archive<\/em>,<\/a>&nbsp;3:30PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><u><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">WEDNESDAY,&nbsp;OCTOBER&nbsp;16:<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Austin<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">BookPeople,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bookpeople.com\/event\/cleo-wade-where-begin\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Cleo Wade&nbsp;discussing and signing&nbsp;<em>Where to Begin<\/em><\/a>, 7PM [ticketed event]<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">LBJ Library,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lbjlibrary.org\/events\/an-evening-with-s.c.-gwynne-and-stephen-harrigan\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">an evening with best-selling Texas authors S.C. Gwynne (<em>Hymns of the Republic: The Story of the Final Year of the American Civil War<\/em>) and Stephen Harrigan(<em>Big Wonderful Thing: A History of Texas<\/em>) (moderated by Elizabeth Crook)<\/a>, 6PM [ticketed event &#8211; &#8220;Friends&#8221; members only]<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Monkeywrench&nbsp;Books,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1239900299521120\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">ATX Interfaces: Reading &amp; Open Mic featuring Hazem Fahmy, Audrea Diaz, and Sahib Chandnani<\/a>, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">St. Edward&#8217;s University,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stedwards.edu\/arts-humanities\/visiting-writers-series\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Marcia Kinsey Visiting Writers Series presents Jennifer duBois, author of&nbsp;<em>The Spectators<\/em><\/a>, 6PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Dallas<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Dallas Museum of Art,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dma.org\/programs\/event\/pico-iyer\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Arts &amp;&nbsp;Letters Live presents Pico Iyer and his memoir&nbsp;<em>Autumn Light: Season of Fire and Farewells<\/em><\/a>, 7:30PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Highland Park United Methodist Church,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/libcal.smu.edu\/event\/5588034\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Authors LIVE! presents Jojo Moyes<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>The Giver of Stars<\/em>, 6PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Interabang Books,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.interabangbooks.com\/event\/movies-and-other-things\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Shea Serrano discussing and signing&nbsp;<em>Movies and Other Things<\/em><\/a>, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">UT Dallas,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.utdallas.edu\/ah\/events\/detail.html?id=1220453364\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">an evening with poet, author, editor, translator, and critic A.M. Juster<\/a>, 7:30PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Frisco<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">B&amp;N &#8211;&nbsp;Stonebriar,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/join-bn-frisco-for-penguin-teen-game-night-for-fun-with-ya-authors-tickets-72303619071\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Penguin Teen Game Night with authors Rosaria Munda (<em>Fireborne<\/em>), Tochi Onyebuchi (<em>War Girls<\/em>), and Natalie C. Parker (<em>Steel Tide<\/em>)<\/a>, 6PM [ticketed event]<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Houston<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">John Cooper School,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/houston.culturemap.com\/eventdetail\/world-affairs-council-greater-houston-sean-spicer\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">World Affairs Council of Greater Houston presents Sean Spicer discussing and signing&nbsp;<em>The Briefing: Politics, the Press and the President<\/em><\/a>, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Murder By the&nbsp;Book,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.murderbooks.com\/event\/james-r-benn\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">James R. Benn reading and signing&nbsp;<em>When Hell Struck Twelve<\/em><\/a>, 6:30PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Rice University,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/rice.app.box.com\/s\/jd9oh0xwthgm945fmadnabysstuiw2eg\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Dr. Sophie Esch discussing&nbsp;<em>Modernity at Gunpoint<\/em><\/a>, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">North Richland Hills<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">North Richland Hills Library,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/dallas.culturemap.com\/eventdetail\/behind-book-jojo-moyes\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Behind the Book with Jojo Moyes and&nbsp;<em>The Giver of Stars<\/em><\/a>, 1:30PM [ticketed reception 12:30PM]<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Plano<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">B&amp;N &#8211; Legacy&nbsp;West,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/stores.barnesandnoble.com\/event\/9780062042609-4\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Open-Mic Poetry Night<\/a>, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><u><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">THURSDAY,&nbsp;OCTOBER&nbsp;17:<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Austin<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Austin Book Arts&nbsp;Center,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/2421492034739373\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Kyle Schlesinger letterpress presentation<\/a>, 7PM<\/span><\/span>&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">BookPeople,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bookpeople.com\/event\/markus-zusak-bridge-clay\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Markus Zusak reading&nbsp;and signing&nbsp;<em>Bridge of Clay<\/em><\/a>, 7PM [ticketed event]<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">BookPeople,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.writersleague.org\/calendar\/October2019ThirdThursday\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Writers&#8217; League of Texas October Third Thursday: &#8220;Writing Great First Pages and Chapters&#8221; with Salima Alikhan, Robert Ashcroft, Bridget Farr, and Stacey Swann<\/a>, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">BookWoman,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebookwoman.com\/event\/reading-talk-being-mean-patricia-eagle\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Patricia Eagle discussing and&nbsp;signing&nbsp;<em>Being Mean\u2013\u2013A Memoir of Sexual Abuse and Survival<\/em><\/a>, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Mercury&nbsp;Hall,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/423601381608943\/?acontext=%7B%22ref%22%3A51%2C%22source%22%3A5%2C%22action_history%22%3A%5b%7B%22surface%22%3A%22page%22%2C%22mechanism%22%3A%22main_list%22%2C%22extra_data%22%3A%22%5C%22%5b%5d%5C%22%22%7D%5d%2C%22has_source%22%3Atrue%7D\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><em>American Short Fiction<\/em>&nbsp;presents &#8220;The Stars at Night 2019<\/a>,&#8221; 8PM [ticketed event; VIP party 7PM]<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Texas Exes Alumni Center,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/461422264470137\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Asher Price discussing and signing&nbsp;<em>Earl Campbell: Yards After Contact<\/em><\/a>, 3:30PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Conroe<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Lone Star College &#8211;&nbsp;Montgomery,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/literaryartscouncil.org\/events\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Poets reading from the anthology&nbsp;<em>By the Light of a Neon Moon: Poetry Out of Dance Halls, Honky Tonks, Music Halls, and Clubs<\/em><\/a>, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Dallas<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Interabang&nbsp;Books,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.interabangbooks.com\/event\/love-books\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Thatcher Wine discussing and signing&nbsp;<em>For the Love of Books<\/em><\/a>, 6PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">SMU,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.smu.edu\/Dedman\/Academics\/Departments\/English\/LecturesAndEvents\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">lecture&nbsp;by Lucinda Dickens Hawksley, author of&nbsp;<em>Charles Dickens and His Circle<\/em><\/a>, 6PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Houston<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Brazos&nbsp;Bookstore,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.brazosbookstore.com\/event\/marc-grossberg-best-people\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Marc Grossberg reading and signing&nbsp;<em>The Best People<\/em><\/a>, 6:30PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Murder By the&nbsp;Book,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.murderbooks.com\/event\/john-connolly\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">John Connolly reading and signing the new Charlie Parker book,&nbsp;<em>A Book of Bones<\/em><\/a>, 6:30PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">River Oaks Bookstore,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/519401878872861\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">poet Julia Guez reading and signing&nbsp;<em>In an Invisible Glass Case Which Is Also a Frame<\/em><\/a>, 5PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Kerrville<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Wolfmueller&#8217;s Books,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=882882022105516&amp;set=a.143778832682509&amp;type=3&amp;theater\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Steven L. Davis signing&nbsp;<em>The Essential J. Frank Dobie<\/em><\/a>, 4PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">San Antonio<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">The Twig Book Shop,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetwig.com\/event\/susan-schulten-history-america-100-maps\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Susan Schulten discussing and signing&nbsp;<em>A History of America in 100 Maps<\/em><\/a>, 5PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Waco<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Fabled Bookshop &amp;&nbsp;Cafe,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/391418481577985\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Stephen Harrigan discussing and signing&nbsp;<em>Big Wonderful Thing: A History of Texas<\/em><\/a>, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><u><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">FRIDAY,&nbsp;OCTOBER&nbsp;18:<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Austin<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Malvern&nbsp;Books,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/malvernbooks.com\/event\/17918\/?instance_id=3096\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Alisar Eido releases her new novel,&nbsp;<em>Wake of War<\/em>&nbsp;(with special guests Brennan Utley and Kendall Smith)<\/a>, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Denton<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Golden Boy Coffee&nbsp;Co.,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/3248346775205591\/?acontext=%7B%22ref%22%3A51%2C%22source%22%3A5%2C%22action_history%22%3A%5b%7B%22surface%22%3A%22page%22%2C%22mechanism%22%3A%22main_list%22%2C%22extra_data%22%3A%22%5C%22%5b%5d%5C%22%22%7D%5d%2C%22has_source%22%3Atrue%7D\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Liminal Stories: a spiderweb showcase<\/a>, 7:30PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Frisco<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">B&amp;N &#8211;&nbsp;Stonebriar,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/stores.barnesandnoble.com\/event\/9780062088150-0\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><em>Bridge of Clay<\/em>&nbsp;book signing with<\/a>&nbsp;Markus Zusak, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Houston<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Lawndale Art Center,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/gulfcoastmag.org\/events\/readingseries\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><em>Gulf Coast<\/em>&nbsp;Reading Series&nbsp;<\/a>featuring Corey van Landingham and Christopher Kempf, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">MATCH Houston,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/calendar.haatx.com\/#!#eventArea\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><em>Glasstire&nbsp;<\/em>presents OFF ROAD: Conversations with Artists Offline featuring Houston-based artist Vincent Valdez and writer and MacArthur Fellow John Keene<\/a>, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">University of Houston, Creative Writing&nbsp;Program&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/info.lib.uh.edu\/about\/news-events\/annual-events\/poetry-prose\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Poetry &amp; Prose<\/a>&nbsp;New Student Reading, 5:30PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Rockport<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Bella la&nbsp;Brew,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/914435048935121\/?acontext=%7B%22source%22%3A4%2C%22action_history%22%3A%22null%22%7D&amp;source=4&amp;action_history=null&amp;ref=4\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">October Poetry Open Mic<\/a>, 6PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">San Antonio<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">The Twig Book&nbsp;Shop,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetwig.com\/event\/karen-keilt-tyra-manning-parrots-perch-your-turn-ways-celebrate-life-through-storytelling\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Karen Keilt &amp; Tyra Manning discussing and signing&nbsp;<em>The Parrot&#8217;s Perch &amp; Your Turn: Ways to Celebrate Life Through Storytelling<\/em><\/a>, 5PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><u><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">SATURDAY,&nbsp;OCTOBER&nbsp;19:<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Austin<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Asian American Resource Center, Workshop:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/library.austintexas.gov\/event\/programs-workshops\/asian-pacific-american-zine-making-683046\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Asian Pacific American Zine-Making<\/a>, 1PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">BookPeople, SCBWI-Austin&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/austin.scbwi.org\/events\/breaking-into-childrens-magazines\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Monthly Meeting: Susan Johnston Taylor on Breaking Into Children\u2019s and Teen Magazines<\/a>, 10AM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">BookPeople,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bookpeople.com\/event\/meredith-davis-her-own-two-feet\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Meredith Davis discussing&nbsp;and signing&nbsp;<em>Her Own Two Feet: A Rwandan Girl&#8217;s Brave Fight to Walk<\/em><\/a>, 2PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">BookPeople,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bookpeople.com\/event\/e-r-bills-san-marcos-10-antiwar-protest-texas\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">E.R. Bills discussing&nbsp;and signing&nbsp;<em>The San Marcos 10: An Antiwar Protest in Texas<\/em><\/a>, 5PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Malvern&nbsp;Books,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/malvernbooks.com\/event\/logan-fry-book-launch\/?instance_id=3104\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">poet Logan Fry releases his new collection,&nbsp;<em>Harpo Before the Opus&nbsp;<\/em>(with poet Caroline Gormley)<\/a>, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Corpus Christi<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Art Museum of South&nbsp;Texas,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/580036655735857\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Corpus Christi Literary Reading Series hosts Lisa See, author of&nbsp;<em>The Island of Sea Women<\/em><\/a>, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Dallas<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">B&amp;N &#8211; Preston\/Royal,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/stores.barnesandnoble.com\/event\/9780062088365-0\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Gwendolyn Jones-Campbell signing&nbsp;<em>According to Thy Word<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Southern Style<\/em>, and&nbsp;<em>A Day at the Fair<\/em><\/a>, 2PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Deep Vellum&nbsp;Books,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/deepvellum.com\/events\/2019\/athenaeum-review-issue-3-launch-party\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><em>Athenaeum Review<\/em>&nbsp;Issue 3 launch party<\/a>, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Interabang&nbsp;Books,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.interabangbooks.com\/event\/mission-transition\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Matthew Louis discussing and signing&nbsp;<em>Mission Transition<\/em><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.interabangbooks.com\/event\/key-lost-things\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">,<\/a>&nbsp;6PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Pan African&nbsp;Connection,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/events\/436105657260533\/?acontext=%7B%22ref%22%3A51%2C%22source%22%3A5%2C%22action_history%22%3A%5b%7B%22surface%22%3A%22page%22%2C%22mechanism%22%3A%22main_list%22%2C%22extra_data%22%3A%22%5C%22%5b%5d%5C%22%22%7D%5d%2C%22has_source%22%3Atrue%7D\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">The PH Balance Open-Mic<\/a>, 6:30PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">El Paso<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Armijo Library,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/684205078751985\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Tumblewords&nbsp;Project&nbsp;workshop: &#8220;The Book of Delights&#8221; with Kit Wren<\/a>, 1PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Fort Worth<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Commonplace Books, Jason Graff releases his new novel,&nbsp;<em>Stray Our Pieces<\/em>, 2PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Texas Wesleyan University,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/atimetohealsymposium.com\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">A Time to Heal Symposium: Dr. Mathew Knowles discussing and signing&nbsp;<em>Racism from The Eyes of a Child<\/em><\/a>, 9AM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Houston<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">B&amp;N &#8211; River&nbsp;Oaks,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/stores.barnesandnoble.com\/event\/9780062042713-0\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Adan Medrano signing&nbsp;<em>Don&#8217;t Count the Tortillas<\/em><\/a>, 1PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Brazos Bookstore,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.brazosbookstore.com\/event\/special-story-time-cheryl-pilgrim\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">story time with Cheryl Pilgrim, author of&nbsp;<em>Big and Little<\/em><\/a>, 10:30AM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Brazos&nbsp;Bookstore,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.brazosbookstore.com\/event\/teen-creative-writing-workshop-julia-guez\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Teen Creative Writing Workshop with Julia Guez<\/a>, 1PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Brazos Bookstore,&nbsp;poet&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.brazosbookstore.com\/event\/julia-guez-invisible-glass-case-which-also-frame\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Julia Guez reading and signing&nbsp;<em>In an Invisible Glass Case which Is also a Frame<\/em><\/a>, 6PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Half Price Books &#8211;&nbsp;Clear Lake,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/halfpricebooks.com\/events\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release,<\/a>&nbsp;while supplies last<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Murder By the&nbsp;Book,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.murderbooks.com\/event\/rachael-tamayo\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Rachael Tamayo reading and signing&nbsp;<em>Break My Bones<\/em><\/a>, 4:30PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Writespace,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.writespacehouston.org\/calendar.html\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Workshop: &#8220;Writing and Drawing: A WIVLA Collaboration&#8221; with Andreana Binder and Marie Casamayor<\/a>, 9:30AM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">San Antonio<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">B&amp;N &#8211;&nbsp;Northwoods,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/stores.barnesandnoble.com\/event\/9780062088640-0\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">M.L. Blackburn signing&nbsp;<em>Bethel Island: Saving Earth<\/em><\/a>, 2PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">B&amp;N &#8211; San&nbsp;Pedro,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/stores.barnesandnoble.com\/event\/9780062072518-0\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Tammie Jo Shults signing&nbsp;<em>Nerves of Steel<\/em><\/a>, 2PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Dead Tree&nbsp;Books,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/499214564197202\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">G.R. Williamson signing&nbsp;<em>Hell Bound<\/em><\/a>, 10:30AM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">The Twig Book Shop,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetwig.com\/event\/ava-morgyn-resurrection-girls\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Ava Morgyn signing&nbsp;<em>Resurrection Girls<\/em><\/a>, 11AM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Southlake<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">B&amp;N &#8211; Town&nbsp;Square,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/stores.barnesandnoble.com\/event\/9780062088710-0\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Dawn Milson signing&nbsp;<em>Invisible to Invincible<\/em><\/a>, 1PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">B&amp;N &#8211; Town&nbsp;Square,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/stores.barnesandnoble.com\/event\/9780062088711-0\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">John Richmond signing&nbsp;<em>Savant<\/em><\/a>, 4PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><u><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">SUNDAY,&nbsp;OCTOBER&nbsp;20:<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Austin<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">BookPeople,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bookpeople.com\/event\/bethany-hegedus-tonya-engel-rise-caged-bird-poet-people-maya-angelou\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Bethany Hegedus and Tonya Engel&nbsp;reading and signing&nbsp;<em>Rise! From Caged Bird to Poet of the People, Maya Angelou<\/em><\/a>, 2PM [kids event]<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">BookPeople,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bookpeople.com\/event\/mark-barr-watershed\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Mark Barr reading&nbsp;and signing&nbsp;<em>Watershed<\/em><\/a>, 5PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Dallas<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">B&amp;N &#8211; Preston\/Royal,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/stores.barnesandnoble.com\/event\/9780062088366-0\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Deanna King signing&nbsp;<em>Gracie&#8217;s Stories<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Twist of Fate<\/em><\/a>, 2PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Half Price&nbsp;Books Mother&nbsp;Ship,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/halfpricebooks.com\/events\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Dallas native Perry Cockerell signing his historical novel,&nbsp;<em>Tatiana&#8217;s War<\/em>, and Dallas native YA thriller author Paul Slavonik signing&nbsp;<em>Legacy Drive<\/em><\/a>, 1PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">UT Dallas,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.utdallas.edu\/ah\/events\/detail.html?id=1220453357\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Burton C. Einspruch&nbsp;Holocaust Lecture Series presents Dr. Mark Roseman, author of Lives Reclaimed: A Story of Rescue and Resistance in Nazi Germany<\/a>, 2PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">The Wild Detectives,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thewilddetectives.com\/events\/backyard-story-night-dallas-edition-copy\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Backyard Story Night-Dallas Edition presents &#8220;Bones,&#8221;<\/a>&nbsp;7:30PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">El Paso<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Literarity Book&nbsp;Shop,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/2844974448866074\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Daniel Chac\u00f3n reading and signing&nbsp;<em>Kafka in a Skirt: Stories From the Wall<\/em><\/a>, 3PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Houston<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Inprint House,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/inprinthouston.org\/event\/tintero-projects-writing-workshop-with-mauricio-patron-rivera\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Tintero Projects presents taller de escritura con Mauricio Patr\u00f3n Rivera<\/a>, 6PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Writespace,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.writespacehouston.org\/calendar.html\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Workshop: &#8220;How to Finish Strong&#8221; with Dr. Cynthia Childress<\/a>, 3PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">San Antonio<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">The Twig Book&nbsp;Shop,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetwig.com\/event\/david-mizejewski-national-wildlife-federationr-attracting-birds-butterflies-and-other-backyard\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">David Mizejewski discussing and signing&nbsp;<em>National Wildlife Federation(r) Attracting Birds, Butterflies, and Other Backyard Wildlife<\/em><\/a>, 10AM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your only statewide calendar of bookish events in Texas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1081,858,862,926,813,830,900,953],"class_list":["post-1793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-authorevents","tag-calendar","tag-festivals","tag-go","tag-lone-star-literary-life","tag-lonestarliterarycom","tag-poetryevents","tag-workshops"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1793\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}