Monday Roundup: October 12 - 18

Bookish events in Texas for the week of October 5 - 11, 2015: 

Special Events:
The Edgar Allan Poe Victorian Festival (OkPoeberfest), Dallas, October 3 - 31

Dallas Comic Con Fan Days, October 16 - 19

Zine Fest Houston, October 17

Lit Crawl Austin, October 17

Texas Book Festival, Austin, October 17 - 18

Monday, October 12:
BookPeople, Bestselling Author CRISTIN O'KEEFE APTOWICZ speaking & signing Dr. Mutter's Marvels: A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation at the Dawn of Modern Medicine, 7PM

Dallas
Culp Associates, Pierre Frey, Inspiring Interiors Book Signing With Patrick Frey, 5:30PM

King of Glory Lutheran Church, From �No Bows!� to Genes and Atoms: An Author�s Journey with Shirley Smith Duke, 10AM

Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy�s 14th Annual Celebration of Reading Dallas/Fort Worth with Harlan Coben, Dana Perino, Jodi Picoult, Scott Simon and Markus Zusak, 7PM

The Wild Detectives, FINDING YOUR VOICE � WOMEN OF THE SPOKEN WORD WORKSHOP with Candy of Dallas Poetry Slam, 8PM

Houston

Rice University - Stude Concert Hall, Inprint's Margarett Root Brown Reading Series presents Sandra Cisneros with her new memoir, A House of My Own, 7:30PM

San Antonio
Palo Alto College, Opening Ceremony & Indigenous Blessing for American Indian/Heritage Month with San Antonio Poet Laureate Laurie Ann Guerrero, 12PM

Tuesday, October 13:

Austin
BookPeople, Bestselling Children's Authors JAMES & KIMBERLY DEAN speaking & signing Pete the Cat and the Bedtime Blues, 6PM

BookPeople, Bestselling Cartoonist GAVIN AUNG THAN speaking & signing Zen Pencils Volume 2: Dream the Impossible Dream, 7:30PM

Hole in the Wall, Bat City Review presents: Austin Rodenbiker, Alex Cronis, Hannah Anderson & Jennifer Whalen, 6:30PM

Malvern Books, Raw Paw Presents: Alien Zine Reading with David Jewell, Josh Boyd, and special guests, 7PM

Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM

Dallas
Dallas Center for Architecture, John Comazzi lectures from and signs Balthazar Korab: Architect of Photography, 6PM

The Room on Main, Friends of the Dallas Public Library annual gala featuring Geraldine Brooks and honoring Bob Mong, 6:30PM

The Wild Detectives, Danish Author Naja Marie Aidt will sign, read and present her new novel Rock, Paper, Scissors, 7:30PM

Fort Worth

The Dock Bookshop, Fort Worth Poetry Slam and Open Mic, 8PM

Frisco
B&N - Stonebriar, Stuart Gibbs signs Big Game, 6PM

Houston

Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens, Joey Brackner and Amy Kurlander discuss and sign Texas Clay, 6:30PM

Brazos Bookstore, Colin Winnette reads and signs HAINTS STAY & Sarah Gerard reads and signs BINARY STAR, 7PM

River Oaks Bookstore, Mica Mosbacher's launch party for Racing Forward, 5PM

San Antonio

The Korova, PuroSlam! with DJ Donnie Dee, 10PM

San Marcos
Wittliff Collections, Ben Fountain book sale and signing, 3:30PM

Wednesday, October 14:

Austin
BookPeoople, New York Times Bestselling Austin Author S.C. GWYNNE speaking & signing Rebel Yell: The Violence, Passion, and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson, 7PM

grayDUCK Gallery, Fun Party presents a reading by poets Ben Fama and Julie Kantor, 7:30PM

Dallas

SMU McCord Auditorium, Greg Downs lectures from and signs After Appomattox: Military Occupation and the Ends of War, 6PM

The Wild Detectives, Wordspace Dallas First Hearings: Sarah Gerard and Colin Winnette, 7PM

Frisco
B&N - Stonebriar, John Flanagan signs Tournament of Gorlan, 7PM

Houston
B&N - Westheimer, Nuestra Palabra Presents: Judge Lupe Salinas signing U.S Latinos and Criminal Injustice, 7PM

Blue Willow Bookshop, Lincoln Peirce will discuss and sign his new book for kids, BIG NATE: WELCOME TO MY WORLD, 5PM

Brazos Bookstore, Naja Marie Aidt reads and signs ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS, 7PM

Houston Museum of Natural Science, HMNS Distinguished Lecture Series: Dr. Beth Shapiro presents How to Clone a Mammoth: The Science of De-Extinction followed by a book signing, 6:30PM

Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Rice Design Alliance (RDA) Fall 2015 Lecture Series: Mark Linder presents Nothing Less Than Literal: Architecture after Minimalism and IMAGES? Precisely!, 6PM

Sparrow Bar + Cookshop, Night WrITers session: youth performance poetry by Meta-Four Houston and a writing workshop with a WITS writer + wine, 6PM

San Antonio

Viva! Bookstore, Voices de la Luna Monthly Meeting with featured reader, Bryce Milligan, 6PM

Tyler
B&N, Melissa Hood signs Memoirs Of An ADHD Kid, 12PM

Thursday, October 15:

Austin

Avaya Auditorium, the Michener Center for Writers reading series presents former US Poet Laureate Charles Wright, 7:30PM

BookPeople, Writers' League of Texas THIRD THURSDAY PANEL: "Write Fright Night! Dealing with Spine-Tingling Writerly Anxieties" with Anne Bustard, Greg Levin, Jason Neulander, and Amy Tintera, 7PM

Lake Travis Community Library, Keija Parssinen will read from and sign The Unraveling of Mercy Louis, 7PM

Dallas

B&N - Lincoln Park, Fleur de Force signs The Glam Guide, 7PM

SMU, Kimbilio Litfest: five African-American fiction and poetry authors read excerpts from their upcoming novels, sign books and answer audience questions, 6PM

SMU McCord Auditorium, Dr. Evan Thomas lectures from and signs Being Nixon: A Man Divided, 5:30PM

The Wild Detectives, Maggie Messitt will be signing and reading The Rainy Season, 7:30PM

Denton
University of North Texas, reading and book signing by Kathleen Graber presented by the UNT Visiting Writers Series, 8PM

El Paso

B&N - Fountains at Farah, R. Gaines Baty signs Champion of the Barrio, 3PM

Frisco
B&N - Stonebriar, James and Kimberly Dean sign Pete the Cat and the Bedtime Blues, 5PM

B&N - Stonebriar, Douglas D. Box signs Cutter Frisco: Growing Up on the Original Southfork Ranch, 7:30PM

Houston

Brazos Bookstore, Casey Schwartz discusses and signs IN THE MIND FIELDS, 7PM

Gulf Coast Gala with keynote speaker Adrian Matejka, ?

Murder By the Book, Tasha Alexander will sign and discuss The Adventuress, 6:30PM

River Oaks Bookstore, David K. Langford discusses and signs Fog at Hillingdon, 5PM

McKinney

McKinney Performing Arts Center, Rhythms of Pen and Brush featuring Richard Blanco, 7:30PM

San Antonio

La Fonda on Main, Cappy Lawton and Chris Waters Dunn will celebrate the launch of their new cookbook, Enchiladas: Aztec to Tex-Mex, 4PM

The Twig Book Shop, Deborah A. Harris & Patti Giuffre discuss and sign Taking the Heat Women Chefs and Gender Inequality in the Professional Kitchen, 6PM

Friday, October 16:

Austin

BookPeople, Author & Artist MARY LAURA PHILPOTT Happy Hour & Signing Penguins with People Problems, 6:30PM

Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center, Celebrates the Release of the 5th Issue of HUIZACHE: The Magazine of Latino Literature, 7PM

Four Seasons, First Edition Literary Gala of the Texas Book Festival, 7PM [sold out], followed by the after-party, 9:30PM

Dallas

B&N - Lincoln Park, Shay Mitchell signs Bliss, 7PM

Houston

Brazos Bookstore, Sloane Crosley reads and signs THE CLASP, 7PM

Murder By the Book, Manuel Ramos will sign and discuss The Skull of Pancho Villa and Other Stories, 6:30PM

McAllen
B&N - Palms Crossing, Book signing: Colors of the Wind: The Story of Blind Artist and Champion Runner George Mendoza by J.L. Powers, 1PM

San Antonio
Half Price Books - Huebner, Andy Peloquin will sell and sign Blade the Destroyer: The Last Bucelarii Book I, 6PM

The Twig Book Shop, Gemini Ink presents Carrie Fountain and David Liss poetry reading, 6:30PM

Saturday, October 17:

Addison
Dunn Brothers Coffee, Tiffany Sunday will discuss Dyslexia�s Competitive Edge, 1:30PM

Austin

Bullock Museum, Book it, Texas! presents Scott Zesch discussing his book, The Captured: A True Story of Abduction by Indians on the Texas Frontier, 10:30AM

Half Price Books - S Lamar, cartoonist Eddy Decker will sell and sign his new book Far-Out!: The 8th Grade, 12PM

Dallas

B&N - Preston/Royal, Dr. Michael Weisberg discusses and signs The Hospitalist, 2PM

Dallas Public Library - Bookmarks, Jane O'Connor will sign her "Fancy Nancy" book series + a performance of "Fancy Nancy the Musical," crafts & costume contest, 10:30AM

Half Price Books Mother Ship, Brian M. Cohen M.D. will sell and sign his medical memoir By Her Side: Standing by Your Partner Through Breast Cancer Therapy, 11AM

El Paso

B&N - Sunland Park, Ken Hudnall signs his supernatural histories of El Paso, 2PM

Books are GEMS, Margarita Griego will read and discuss No Bees in My Trees, 10:30AM

Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop "Swallowing the Pits: Finding Beauty and Sensuality in Unlikely Ways" with Sarah Walker, 12:45PM

Galveston
Galveston Bookshop, Ellen Mansoor Collier signs Vamps, Villains and Vaudeville, 3PM

Houston
Blue Willow Bookshop, Sara Joiner will discuss and sign her debut book for kids, AFTER THE ASHES, 2PM

Murder By the Book, Jeff Guinn will sign and discuss Buffalo Trail and Reavis Wortham will sign and discuss Dark Places, 1PM

Inprint House, Speak!Poet Featuring Anis Shivani and Chris Wise, 2PM

Murder By the Book, Jaime Lee Moyer will sign and discuss Against a Brightening Sky, 4:30PM

River Oaks Bookstore, Ken Bailey reads and signs Dancing with Baptists, 4PM

McAllen
B&N - Palms Crossing, Book signing: It's Too Windy by Patty York Raymond, 5PM

Plano

B&N - Preston/Park, K.M. Roberson - The Hagen Family Secret book signing, 2PM

San Antonio

B&N - La Cantera, SARA Meeting and Jolene Navarro Signing, 9:30AM

B&N - La Cantera, Angel of Winter signing, 2PM

Gemini Ink, "Fear of the Bad Poem: Open the Door to New Writing Possibilities" workshop with Carrie Fountain, 10AM

The Twig Book Shop, Kenneth Hafertepe discusses and signs A Guide to the Historic Buildings Fredericksburg and Gillespie County, 11AM

Southlake

B&N - Town Square, Local Author Deanna Scott signing Tiaras and Pink Frosting, 11AM

B&N - Town Square, Local Author Donna Ann Weitzman signing Cinderella Has Cellulite, 2PM

Weslaco
The Storybook Garden, Victoria Moreno reads and signs ARBEZ: THE FRIENDLY ZEBRA, 2PM

Sunday, October 18:

Austin
Half Price Books - N. Lamar, cartoonist Eddy Decker will sell and sign his new book Far-Out!: The 8th Grade, 2PM

Texas Center for the Book, Kickoff Celebration with Pat Mora, Sarah Bird, and Carmen Lomas Garza, 1PM

Bedford

Half Price Books, local author George Dalton will sell and sign his Westerns, A Collision of Dreams and Holding on to the Dream, 1PM

Dallas

B&N - Lincoln Park, Shirley Palmer to discuss and sign 12 Words: Think It, Feel It, Do It, 3PM

B&N - Preston/Royal, MaryTherese Grabowski signs America by George! and Liberty on the Loose in the White House, 1PM

Houston

Johnston Middle School, Inprint Houston presents Cool Brains! with Stephan Pastis, 3PM

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Tale-ing through Time: Jewish Storytelling in �Roman Vishniac Rediscovered� presented by storyteller Rabbi Dan Gordon, 3PM

Mansfield
Half Price Books, Mary Ann Poll will sell and sign her books from the Alaska Iconoclast Mystery series, 1PM

San Antonio

University of Incarnate Word, Azar Nafisi will speak, sign books, and read from her latest work, The Republic of Imagination, 5PM

Tyler

B&N, K.M. Roberson signs The Hagen Family Secret, 2PM

The Woodlands

B&N, Dr. Ben Carson signs A More Perfect Union: What We the People Can Do to Reclaim Our Constitutional Liberties, 2:30PM