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{"id":1861,"date":"2019-12-01T10:45:50","date_gmt":"2019-12-01T10:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/?p=1861"},"modified":"2019-12-07T14:52:38","modified_gmt":"2019-12-07T14:52:38","slug":"bookish-texas-week-12012019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/?p=1861&lang=ar","title":{"rendered":"BOOKISH TEXAS FOR THE WEEK OF 12.01.2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Your only statewide calendar of bookish events in Texas<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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><span style=\"color:#c0392b\">by<\/span>&nbsp;<u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.texasbooklover.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Texas Book Lover<\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"color:#c0392b\"><strong>FOR THE WEEK OF 12.01.2019<\/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:24pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/houston.culturemap.com\/eventdetail\/john-cooper-15th-author-series-maria-semple\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\">15th Annual Signatures Author Series<\/a><span style=\"color:black\">, The Woodlands, December 6<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/makingmemoriesmidland.com\/\">Midland Storytelling Festival<\/a>, December 6-7<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><a href=\"http:\/\/houston.culturemap.com\/eventdetail\/46th-annual-dickens-strand\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">46th Annual Dickens on The Strand<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:black\">, Galveston, December 6-8<\/span><\/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.facebook.com\/humanitiestexas\/photos\/a.372992840970\/10157219495235971\/?type=3&amp;theater\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">11th Annual Humanities Texas Holiday Book Fair<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, Austin, December 7<\/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.hrc.utexas.edu\/exhibitions\/2019\/modernist-networks\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; 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><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nccil.org\/exhibitions\/yuyi-morales-so%C3%B1adora\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Yuyi Morales: So\u00f1adora<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, Abilene, November 14-May 28, 2020<\/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;DECEMBER&nbsp;1:<\/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\">B&amp;N &#8211;&nbsp;Arboretum,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/stores.barnesandnoble.com\/event\/9780062107926-0\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Deanne King<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">&nbsp;signing&nbsp;<em>Twist of Fate<\/em>, 2PM<\/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\">Writespace,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.writespacehouston.org\/calendar.html\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">workshop: &#8220;#Metoo: Writing about Sexual Harassment and Trauma&#8221; with Dr. Cynthia Childress<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 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\">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:\/\/b.halfpricebooks.com\/events\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Local Author Sundays: meet local indie authors and pick up their latest release<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 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\"><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;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetwig.com\/event\/keenan-evans-friday-night-west-texas-deadkillers-club\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Keenan Evans signing&nbsp;<em>The Friday Night West Texas Deadkillers&#8217; Club<\/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=\"font-family:&quot;inherit&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:black\">MONDAY, DECEMBER 2:<\/span><\/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 Center,&nbsp;workshop: &#8220;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/atxbookarts.org\/workshops\/?ee=364\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">DIY Publishing<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">&#8221; with Kyle Schlesinger, 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\">BookPeople,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bookpeople.com\/event\/ed-ward-history-rock-roll-volume-ii\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Ed Ward&nbsp;discussing and signing&nbsp;<em>The History of Rock &amp;amp; Roll, Volume II<\/em><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 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\">Tracy Gee Community&nbsp;Center,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/houston.scbwi.org\/chapter-events\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">SCBWI Houston meeting: &#8220;Self-Publishing: 1st Impressions, Book Trailers, Editing, Promoting &amp;amp; More&#8221; with Curt Locklear<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 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\">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\">Franklin Park Independent Living,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/2506532049558162\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Poetry &amp;amp; Popcorn with&nbsp;<em>Voices de la Luna: A Quarterly Literature &amp;amp; Arts Magazine<\/em><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 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\">San Marcos<\/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\">Centro Cultural Hispano,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/2569245286733601\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">&#8220;Children in Detention: Texas and Beyond&#8221;: a roundtable discussion with Leticia Urieta, a writer and teaching artist from Austin; Michelle Garcia, a journalist and essayist reporting from New York, Texas, and Mexico; and Virginia Raymond, a lawyer, oral historian, and teacher from Austin<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 6PM<\/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=\"font-family:&quot;inherit&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:black\">TUESDAY,&nbsp;DECEMBER&nbsp;3:<\/span><\/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=\"font-family:&quot;inherit&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:black\">Austin<\/span><\/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:13.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Native&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Hostel,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/702102630314007\/?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:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Austin Poetry Slam Women&#8217;s Finals!<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 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\">The North&nbsp;Door,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.writersleague.org\/calendar\/WLTOnePageSalonDecember2019\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Writers&#8217; League of Texas presents One Page Salon with Dreux Carpenter, Laurie Filipelli, Sherry Thomas, and Kelsey Williams<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 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\">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\">Deep Ellum Art&nbsp;Company,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/dallas.culturemap.com\/eventdetail\/deep-ellum-art-company-aaron-sanchez-shakey-graves\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Texas native and celebrity chef Aar\u00f3n S\u00e1nchez discussing his new memoir,&nbsp;<em>Where I Come From: Life Lessons from a Latino Chef<\/em><\/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\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">The Wild Detectives,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/thewilddetectives.com\/events\/writing-workshops-dallas-happy-hour-3\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Writing Workshops Dallas happy hour<\/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=\"font-family:&quot;inherit&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:black\">Fort Worth<\/span><\/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=\"font-family:&quot;inherit&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:black\">The Dock Bookshop,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedockbookshop.com\/events-0\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;inherit&quot;,serif\">Poetry Open Mic<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;inherit&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 8PM<\/span><\/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=\"font-family:&quot;inherit&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:black\">Houston<\/span><\/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\">Caf\u00e9 Brasil,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.glassmountainmag.com\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><em><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Glass Mountain<\/span><\/em>&nbsp;<\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Issue #23 Launch Party, 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\">Irving<\/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\">South Irving&nbsp;Library,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityofirving.org\/Calendar.aspx?EID=11838&amp;month=11&amp;year=2019&amp;day=28&amp;calType=0\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Author Visit: Ray Cerda, Jr. discussing and signing&nbsp;<em>The Life I Didn&#8217;t Expect<\/em><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 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\">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; La&nbsp;Cantera,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/stores.barnesandnoble.com\/event\/9780062098826-0\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><em><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">The Toll<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">&nbsp;(B&amp;N Exclusive Edition) (Arc of a Scythe Series #3)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">&nbsp;book signing with&nbsp;&nbsp;Neal Shusterman, 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\">The Mix,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/puroslam\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\">PuroSlam with 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\"><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\/norma-jerry-wilson-frog-creek-road-eden-orizaba\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Norma Wilson reading and signing&nbsp;<em>Frog Creek Road<\/em>, and Jerry Wilson reading and signing&nbsp;<em>Eden to Orizaba<\/em><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 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\">WEDNESDAY,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/strong><strong><u><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;inherit&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:black\">DECEMBER&nbsp;4<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u><\/strong><strong><u><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">:<\/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\">Bullock Museum,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestoryoftexas.com\/visit\/calendar\/education\/high-noon-talk-20191204\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">High Noon Talk: Angela Boswell discussing&nbsp;<em>Women in Texas History<\/em><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 12PM<\/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;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lbjlibrary.org\/events\/an-evening-with-mary-wilson\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">An evening with co-founding member of the Supremes Mary Wilson, including a book signing of&nbsp;<em>Supreme Glamour<\/em><\/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\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Malvern&nbsp;Books,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/malvernbooks.com\/event\/acc-creative-writing-literary-release-party-8\/?instance_id=3112\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Austin Community College Creative Writing literary release party:&nbsp;<em>The Rio Review<\/em><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 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\">The North Door,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/austin.culturemap.com\/eventdetail\/north-door-presents-risk\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">&#8220;RISK!&#8221;: storytelling<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 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\">Brownsville<\/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\">UTRGV,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1489481834543108\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><em><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">The Chachalaca Review<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">&nbsp;Launch Event &#8211; Noche de MAS (Volume 6: Fear)<\/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\">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\">Royal Oaks Country Club,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/libcal.smu.edu\/event\/5868802\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Friends of the SMU Libraries annual holiday lunch: Dr. Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell discussing&nbsp;<em>Worn on this Day:The Clothes That Made History<\/em><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 11:30AM<\/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\">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\">El Velvet Elvis,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/505117046886742\/?event_time_id=505117073553406\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Barbed Wire Open Mic Night<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 9PM<\/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\">Avant Garden,&nbsp;Write&nbsp;About Now&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/2520868791330375\/?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:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Poetry Open Mic featuring B. Shatter<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">&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\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Conversations from a Page,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfapage.net\/upcoming-events\/holiday-hoopla-with-houston-authors\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Holiday Hoopla with Houston Authors<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">&nbsp;featuring Chris Cander, Amy Weinland Daughters, Judithe Little, S.C. Perkins, Sara Rosett, Katherine Center, and Francine Spiering, 9AM<\/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\">Museum of Fine Arts,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/houston.culturemap.com\/eventdetail\/kinder-institute-forum-eric-klinenberg\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Kinder Institute Forum presents Eric Klinenberg, author of&nbsp;<em>Palaces for the People<\/em><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 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\">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\">Berry To Bean,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/2095723074057798\/?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:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Sun Poet&#8217;s Society Open-Mic Poetry Readings<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 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\">Pharm Table,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/events.trinity.edu\/event\/food_for_thought_ben_surpless_phd_and_les_bleamaster_phd_8995#.XeAMkuhKg2w\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Food for Though: Jennifer Matthews,&nbsp;PhD, discussing&nbsp;<em>The Bittersweet History of Life and Labor in the Yucat\u00e1n Peninsula of Mexico in the 19th Century<\/em>&nbsp;(plus dinner &amp;amp; a rum tasting)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 5:30PM<\/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 Twig Book&nbsp;Shop,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetwig.com\/event\/walt-gragg-chosen-one\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Walt Gragg reading and signing&nbsp;<em>The Chosen One<\/em><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 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\">THURSDAY,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/strong><strong><u><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;inherit&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:black\">DECEMBER&nbsp;5<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u><\/strong><strong><u><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">:<\/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 Central&nbsp;Library:&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/apl-then-now-tickets-80144218515\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">APL Then &amp;amp; Now<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">: A Journey Through the History of the Austin Public Library, 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\">BookPeople,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bookpeople.com\/event\/neal-shusterman-toll\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Neal Shusterman reading and signing&nbsp;<em>The Toll<\/em><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 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\">Malvern Books,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/malvernbooks.com\/event\/pterodactilo-presents-poetry-ptamales-party-5\/?instance_id=3137\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><em>Pterod\u00e1ctilo&nbsp;<\/em>Poetry &amp;amp; Ptamales Party<\/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\">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; Montgomery,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/literaryartscouncil.org\/events\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Emily Dickinson scholar and Poet Laureate of Missouri, Aliki Barnstone, discussing&nbsp;<em>Changing Rapture: Emily Dickinson\u2019s Poetic Development<\/em><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 3:30PM<\/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\">Martin\u2019s Hall,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/literaryartscouncil.org\/events\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Emily Dickinson birthday celebration: Twenty distinguished poets reading their favorite Emily Dickinson poem and one of their own works, led by Dede Fox, 2019 Montgomery County Poet Laureate, and Dave Parsons, 2011 Texas Poet Laureate<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 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\">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&nbsp;Art,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dma.org\/programs\/event\/peggy-wallace-kennedy-donna-wilhelm\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Arts &amp;amp; Letters Live presents Peggy Wallace Kennedy discussing&nbsp;<em>The Broken Road: George Wallace and a Daughter\u2019s Journey to Reconciliation<\/em>, and Donna Wilhelm discussing&nbsp;<em>A Life of My Own: A Memoir<\/em>&nbsp;(in conversation with Krys Boyd of KERA)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 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\">The Wild&nbsp;Detectives,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/thewilddetectives.com\/events\/alex-temblador-and-noah-milligan\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Alex Temblador reading and signing&nbsp;<em>Secrets of the Casa Rosada<\/em>&nbsp;and Noah Milligan reading and signing&nbsp;<em>Into Captivity They Will Go<\/em><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 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\">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\">Moudy Gallery,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.tcu.edu\/event\/the_womens_center_monologues_celebrating_40_years_of_the_tarrant_county_womens_center#.XeAyl-hKg2w\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">The Women\u2019s Center Monologues: Celebrating 40 Years of the Tarrant County Women\u2019s Center<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 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\">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\">Houston Public&nbsp;Library,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/489755944964347\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">chef Chris Shepherd, recently named Chef of the Year (in the world) by&nbsp;<em>Robb Report<\/em>, discussing&nbsp;<em>Cook Like a Local: Flavors That Can Change How You Cook and See the World<\/em>&nbsp;with KPRC news anchor Owen Conflenti<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 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\">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;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/452789635356633\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Stephen Harrigan signing&nbsp;<em>Big Wonderful Thing: A History of Texas<\/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\">Laredo<\/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\">Cultura Beer Garden,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/500702434121581\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Laredo BorderSlam&nbsp;presents Women of the World Poetry Slam finals<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 8:30PM<\/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\">Victoria<\/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\">University of Houston,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/americanbookreview.org\/upcomingReading.asp?id=135\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><em><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">American Book Review<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">&nbsp;reading series presents Nick Montfort<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 11AM<\/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;<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/strong><strong><u><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;inherit&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:black\">DECEMBER&nbsp;6<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u><\/strong><strong><u><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">:<\/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\">Texas Star&nbsp;Trading Co.,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/674308316391888\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Carole Mahanay signing&nbsp;<em>Mahanay Brothers: Between Two Dates of Infamy<\/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\">Texas Star&nbsp;Trading&nbsp;Co.,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/534948287304085\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Matt Roemisch signing&nbsp;<em>The Purple Polka-Dotted Peanut Butter Eater<\/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\">Alpine<\/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\">Front Street Books,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/550707129090837\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Stephen Harrigan discussing and signing&nbsp;<em>Big Wonderful Thing: A History of Texas<\/em><\/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\">Cypress<\/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\">Bridgeland High School,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluewillowbookshop.com\/event\/neal-shusterman-3\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Blue Willow Bookshop presents Neal Shusterman discussing and signing&nbsp;<em>The Toll<\/em>, his new book in the Arc of a Scythe series<\/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\">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; Stonebriar,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/stores.barnesandnoble.com\/event\/9780062100787-0\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><em><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Instant Loss: Eat Real, Lose Weight: How I Lost 125 Pounds&#8211;Includes 100+ Recipes<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">&nbsp;book signing with Brittany Williams<\/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\">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\">Discovery Green,&nbsp;WITS&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/witshouston.org\/events\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Youth Performance Poetry Session<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 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\">Lubbock<\/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,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/stores.barnesandnoble.com\/event\/9780062107987-0\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><em><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Angel the Elf: An Adoptive Christmas<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">&nbsp;book signing with Calvin and Jessica Murphy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 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\">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\">Haggard Park,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/886300661756943\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">the Biblio Bus will be at Dickens in Downtown Plano Arts District<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 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=\"font-family:&quot;inherit&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:black\">SATURDAY,&nbsp;DECEMBER&nbsp;7:<\/span><\/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=\"font-family:&quot;inherit&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:black\">Abilene<\/span><\/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=\"font-family:&quot;inherit&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:black\">Texas Star Tra<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">ding Co.,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/505199833634937\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Charles Russell signing&nbsp;<em>When the Cactus Blooms<\/em><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 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\">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\">Half Price Books &#8211; Southpark Meadows,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/b.halfpricebooks.com\/events\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Texas children&#8217;s author Shannon Mokry signing&nbsp;<em>The Little Purple Porcupine<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Saving Gardenia<\/em><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 12PM<\/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 Books,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/malvernbooks.com\/event\/texas-poetry-calendar-reading-6\/?instance_id=3160\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">2020 Texas Poetry Calendar reading<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 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=\"font-family:&quot;inherit&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:black\">Dallas<\/span><\/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\">Sugar Cone&nbsp;Studio,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/dallas.culturemap.com\/eventdetail\/truth-comedy-2019\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Truth in Comedy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">: storytelling, 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\">University of&nbsp;North Texas,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/476868952948863\/?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:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><em><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">American Literary Review<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">&nbsp;Graduate Creative Writing Reading Seri<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">es, 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\">Armijo Branch Library,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/tumblewords\/events\/?ref=page_internal\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Tumblewords Project workshop: &#8220;Writing that Bites!&#8221; with Mark Pumphrey<\/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\">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;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedockbookshop.com\/events-0\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">The Gathering of Readers<\/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\">Friendswood<\/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\">Friendswood Public Library,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/gulfcoastpoets.info\/meetings.html\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Gulf Coast Poets annual Holiday Reading featuring Sean Johnson<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 12PM<\/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;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/stores.barnesandnoble.com\/event\/9780062088247-0\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><em><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">The Tale of the Tiger Slippers<\/span><\/em><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">&nbsp;reading, drawing, and signing with Jan Brett, 10AM [wristband 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=\"font-family:&quot;inherit&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:black\">Houston<\/span><\/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;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluewillowbookshop.com\/event\/jennifer-lynn-barnes\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Jennifer Lynn Barnes reading and signing&nbsp;<em>Deadly Little Scandals<\/em><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 11AM<\/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\">Blue Willow Bookshop,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluewillowbookshop.com\/event\/chitra-divakaruni-2\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Chitra Divakaruni reading and signing&nbsp;<em>The Forest of Enchantments<\/em><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 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\">Foltz&nbsp;Fine Art,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1023148801361966\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Artist Talk and Book Signing with photographer James H. Evans<\/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\">River Oaks&nbsp;Bookstore,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/2560865307290753\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">JoAnn Petrie Carr signing&nbsp;<em>Keeper of the Flame<\/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\">Writespace,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.writespacehouston.org\/calendar.html\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">workshop: &#8220;Writing From Childhood&#8221; with Amal Kassir<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 9:30AM<\/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\">Writespace,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.writespacehouston.org\/calendar.html\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">workshop: &#8220;Breaking the Mold in Memoir Writing&#8221; with Joyce Boatright<\/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\">Irving<\/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\">South Irving&nbsp;Library,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityofirving.org\/Calendar.aspx?EID=11556&amp;month=11&amp;year=2019&amp;day=28&amp;calType=0\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\">Lit&#8217;s Alive: Little Women Christmas<\/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\">Lubbock<\/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,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/stores.barnesandnoble.com\/event\/9780062108090-0\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><em><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Bright Lights of Muleshoe<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">&nbsp;book signing with Alice Liles<\/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\">B&amp;N,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/stores.barnesandnoble.com\/event\/9780062108089-0\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><em><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Prolixity: Charred Coal<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">&nbsp;book signing with Natasha Dee<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 3PM<\/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,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/stores.barnesandnoble.com\/event\/9780062108087-0\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><em><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">A Boyhood Dream Realized: Half a Century of Texas Culture, One Newspaper Column at at Time<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">&nbsp;book signing with Burle Pettit<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 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\">Nacogdoches<\/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 Bosslight,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/2536438133257266\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Gary Borders signing&nbsp;<em>Yours Faithfully, J.A.<\/em>, and Bill King signing&nbsp;<em>The Northern Lights<\/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\">San Antonio Central&nbsp;Library,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mysapl.org\/Events-News\/Events-Calendar\/id\/all#\/?i=4\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Vincent Cooper reading and signing&nbsp;<em>Zarzamora: Poetry of Survival<\/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\">The Twig Book&nbsp;Shop,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetwig.com\/event\/brenda-mize-garza-shell-cove\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Brenda Mize Garza signing&nbsp;<em>Shell Cove<\/em><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 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\">South Padre Island<\/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\">Paragraphs on&nbsp;Padre,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/451944902175267\/?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:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Holiday Open House<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 10AM<\/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;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/stores.barnesandnoble.com\/event\/9780062100232-0\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Lisa Lynn signing&nbsp;<em>Unraveled, Time to Hear: An Investment Toward Your Eternity<\/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\">Sugar Land<\/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; First&nbsp;Colony,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/stores.barnesandnoble.com\/event\/9780062088310-0\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><em><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">My Family Loves Me Book<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">&nbsp;series book signing with Shanalee Sharboneau<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 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\">Temple<\/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\">Temple High School,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/2595578663787774\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Lark &amp;amp; Owl Booksellers presents Jan Brett drawing, discussing, and signing&nbsp;<em>The Tale of the Tiger Slippers<\/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\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Webster<\/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; Baybrook,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/stores.barnesandnoble.com\/event\/9780062108093-0\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Rachael Tamayo signing Break My Bones<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 2PM<\/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=\"font-family:&quot;inherit&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:black\">SUNDAY,&nbsp;DECEMBER&nbsp;8:<\/span><\/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;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/malvernbooks.com\/event\/the-lion-the-pirate-open-mic-8\/?instance_id=3114\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">The Lion &amp;amp; The Pirate Open Mic with Skip Bellon and David Romero<\/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\">Malvern Books,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/malvernbooks.com\/event\/austin-writers-roulette-50\/?instance_id=3116\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Austin Writers Roulette presents &#8220;Contemplation Creations,&#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\">Friendswood<\/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\">Friendswood Public&nbsp;Library,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluewillowbookshop.com\/event\/jan-brett-friendswood-public-library\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Blue Willow Bookshop presents a Jan Brett drawing demonstration and book signing to celebrate her newest book,&nbsp;<em>The Tale of the Tiger Slippers<\/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\">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; Stonebriar,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/stores.barnesandnoble.com\/event\/9780062088127-0\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><em><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Eragon&nbsp;<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">(B&amp;N Exclusive Collector&#8217;s Edition) (Inheritance Cycle Series #1) book signing with Christopher Paolini<\/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\"><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\">Body Mind &amp;amp; Soul,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bmshouston.com\/products\/body-mind-souls-holiday-party?start=2019-12-01T00:00&amp;select=2019-12-08T16:00\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Holiday Party<\/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\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Brazos&nbsp;Bookstore,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brazosbookstore.com\/event\/holiday-open-house-4\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Holiday Open House<\/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\">Houston Public&nbsp;Library,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1172265692964171\/?acontext=%7B%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:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Independent Author Showcase<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">&nbsp;featuring acclaimed author of the Love Sugar Magic series, Anna Meriano, a former and current Houston Poet Laureate, and publisher Arte P\u00fablico Press, 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\">Writespace,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.writespacehouston.org\/calendar.html\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">workshop: &#8220;Digging In: A Generative Workshop on the Novella&#8221; with Theodora Ziolkowski<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 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\">Lubbock<\/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,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/stores.barnesandnoble.com\/event\/9780062108180-0\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><em><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Girl at Dawn<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">&nbsp;by JJ Henderson<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 2:30PM<\/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\">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:\/\/b.halfpricebooks.com\/events\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Samantha Gollakner signing her various works, including her children&#8217;s Christmas story,&nbsp;<em>Madison&#8217;s Christmas<\/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\">Dead Tree&nbsp;Books,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/norma.cantu\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Norma Elia Cant\u00fa<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">&nbsp;signing&nbsp;<em>Meditaci\u00f3n Fronteriza: Poems of Love, Life, and Labor<\/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\">The Twig Book Shop,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetwig.com\/event\/izzy-anderson-princess-zoe-and-her-marvelous-carriage\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\">Izzy Anderson signing&nbsp;<em>Princess Zoe and Her Marvelous Carriage<\/em><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">, 12PM<\/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":[848,858,847,926,813,830,900,953],"class_list":["post-1861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-authorevent","tag-calendar","tag-festival","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\/1861","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=1861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1861\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}