Monday Roundup: October 26 - November 1

Bookish events in Texas for the week of October 26 - November 1, 2015: 

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

Gabriel Garc�a M�rquez: His Life and Legacy Symposium, Austin, October 28 - 30

East Texas Christian Writers Conference, Marshall, October 30 - 31

International Literature Festival, Houston, October 30 - 31

Wizard World Comic Con, Austin, October 30 - 31

Halloween ComicFest 2015, Houston, October 31

Ann & Stephen Kaufman Jewish Book & Arts Fair, Houston, November 1 - 15

NaNoWriMo, November 1 - 30

Voces Americanas: Latino Literature in the United States, Wichita Falls, November 1 - December 1

Monday, October 26:
Austin
BookPeople, Austin Playwright & Debut Novelist KIRK LYNN speaking & signing Rules for Werewolves, 7PM

Dallas
UT Dallas, Elizabeth Harris reading and discussion of Tristano Dies, 7:30PM

Houston

Brazos Bookstore, Richard Ford discusses and signs LET ME BE FRANK WITH YOU, 7PM

Houston Museum of Natural Science Distinguished Lecture Series: Marilyn Johnson discusses and signs Lives in Ruins: Archeologists and the Seductive Lure of Human Rubble, 6:30PM

Murder By the Book, Charlie Lovett will sign and discuss The Further Adventures of Ebenezer Scrooge, 6:30PM

Tuesday, October 27:

Austin
BookPeople, Bestselling Author RICHARD FORD speaking & signing Let Me Be Frank With You, 7PM

Cheer Up Charlie's, Everything Is Bigger presents: Josh Denslow, Amaris Diaz, Monica Teresa Ortiz, Heather Christle & Boone Graham, 7:30PM

Malvern Books, An Evening with Jasmina Te�anovic & Bruce Sterling, 7PM

Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM

Dallas
Lovers Lane United Methodist Church, Rev. Adam Hamilton will discuss Making Sense of the Bible, 9AM

Duncanville

Duncanville Public Library, Richard L. Mabry, M.D. will discuss and sign Miracle Drug, 7PM

Fort Worth

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

Houston

Brazos Bookstore, Gabe Klein discusses and signs START-UP CITY, 6:30PM

Houston Museum of Natural Science, HMNS Distinguished Lecture Series: , 6:30PM

Katy Budget Books, Happy Hallow-Teen Event with Gena Showalter, Kady Cross, and Amy Lukavics + costume contest and snacks, 6PM

Lawndale Art Center, 28th Annual Dia de los Muertas: ROCO Connections: Musical and Literary Ofrenda, 5:30PM

Legacy Lounge - UH, Glass Mountain presents the HalloReading,7PM

Lewisville
B&N - Vista Ridge, 20-Year Anniversary Celebration!, 7PM

Lubbock
Mahon Library, Michelle Newby presents "How to Get Your Book Reviewed" to the Caprock Writers' Alliance, 7PM

San Antonio

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

The Woodlands
B&N, The Last Ever After (B&N Exclusive Edition) book signing with Soman Chainani, 7PM

Wednesday, October 28:

Austin
Badlands Austin, Release party for The Monsters Who Loved Me, 7PM

BookPeoople, YA Halloween Horror: GENA SHOWALTER, AMY LUKAVICS, KADY CROSSspeaking & signing Alice in Zombieland, Daughters Unto Devils, and Sisters of Blood and Spirit + prizes (costumes encouraged), 7PM

grayDUCK Gallery, Fields presents: Disparate Elements No. 2 with Fernando A. Flores, Ji Yoon Lee, Jenn Shapland, and Tom�s Q. Mor�n, 7PM

St. Edwards University, Marcia Kinsey Visiting Writers Series presents Dinaw Mengestu, 6PM

Dallas

Aaron Family JCC, Ronald Balson will discuss Saving Sophie, 7PM

Kettle Arts Gallery, Pegasus Reading Series featuring Joe Milazzo, Jill Talbot, and Kathleen Winter, 8PM

Denton
University of North Texas, UNT Visiting Writers Series presents a reading and book signing by Claire Vaye Watkins, 8PM

Houston

Brazos Bookstore, Kirk Lynn discusses and signs RULES FOR WEREWOLVES, 7PM

Holocaust Museum Houston, Richard Breitman lectures from FDR and the Jews, 6:30PM

Murder By the Book, Lisa Scottoline will sign and discuss Corrupted, 6:30PM

San Antonio
Our Lady of the Lake University, Owen Lewis reads from Best Man at the inaugural event of the Social Justice Reading Series, 7:30PM

Thursday, October 29:

Austin

BookPeople, Professor/Writer/Organizer ROBERT JENSEN speaking & signing Plain Radical: Living, Loving and Learning to Leave the Planet Gracefully, 7PM

Textile, Reading Between the Wines fundraiser for Literacy Coalition of Central Texas, 6PM

Brenham
Unity Theatre, 7th Annual The Washington County Read: meet Ron Rozelle who will read from My Boys and Girls are in There, 5:30PM

Dallas

B&N - Lincoln Park, Days of our Lives 50 Years book signing by cast members, 6:30PM

Highland Park United Methodist Church, Authors Live!: James Kaplan presents and signs Sinatra: The Chairman, 7PM

Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza, TASCHEN Editor Nina Wiener moderates a discussion between J. Michael Lennon and Lawrence Schiller, contributors to the new book, Norman Mailer. JFK. Superman Comes to the Supermarket, 7PM

Deer Park
Deer Park Public Library, Vicki Schreiber-Howard will discuss and sign The Deer Park, Texas Hauntings, 7PM

Fredericksburg

Jackson Fine Art & Antiques Gallery, David K. Langford presents Fog at Hillingdon, 5PM

Houston

Poison Girl Bar, Poison Pen Reading Series featuring Kathleen Winter, 8:30PM

River Oaks Bookstore, Angela Williams discusses and signs Hush Now, Baby, 5PM

West University Community Center, Chris Tomlinson discusses Tomlinson Hill, 6:30PM

Lubbock
Texas Tech English Auditorium, Creative Writing Program Reading Series presents Merritt Tierce, 7:30PM

San Antonio

Pearl Stable, Gemini Ink's Inkstravaganza Gala honoring author Dr. Coleen Grissom, 6PM

San Marcos
The Wittliff, Texas State presents: Lydia Davis, 3:30PM

Friday, October 30:

Austin

Malvern Books, Chaitali Sen Book Launch for The Pathless Sky, 7PM

Dallas

Bath House Cultural Center, storytelling for teens and adults: Ghosts, 7PM

El Paso
The Grooovy Smoothie Caf�, ForWord Volume III Chapbook release party, 7PM

Houston

Brazos Bookstore, The Gulf Coast Reading Series, 7PM

Katy Budget Books, C. C. Hunter discusses and signs Unspoken, 6PM

Writespace, Frightspace Open Mic & Contest, 7:30PM

Kyle
Katherine Anne Porter Literary Center, Texas State presents: Lydia Davis, 7:30PM

San Antonio
B&N - Northwoods, Halloween Author Signing: Demonic Visions Horror Tales, 7PM

All Hallows' Eve:

Austin

Austin Playhouse, Halloween Storytelling with Bernadette Nason, 2PM

BookPeople, HALLOWEEN COSTUME PARTY! with actor and children's author JASON SEGEL speaking & signing Nightmares! The Sleepwalker Tonic, 3PM

Brave New Books, ZOMBIE COSTUME BALL! with author Jim Marrs, 6PM

Half Price Books - S Lamar, local author Garry White will sell and sign his memoir My Quest to Be a Single Dad: Thirty-Plus Years Trying to Adopt, 1PM

St. Edward's University, Texas Writers' League Workshop - "Characters Who Don't Play Well With Others: Crafting Credible Antagonists" with Marian Szczepanski, 9AM

Bellaire
Bellaire City Library, Gulf Coast Reads 2015: Houston author and historian Doug Weiskopf discusses "Trains, Transportation and the Galveston Storm", 3PM

Dallas

Bath House Cultural Center, storytelling for children: Ghosts, 2PM

Bath House Cultural Center, storytelling for teens and adults: Ghosts, 7PM

El Paso

Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: Day of the Dead/ D�a de los Muertos with Raquel Mejia ,12:45PM

Fort Worth

Half Price Books - Ridgmar, spirit photographer Michael Graves will sell and sign his photo-journal, Ghosts: Revelations, 11AM

Houston
Brazos Bookstore, The Caterpillar�s Costume Ball: costumes, prizes, games, food, potions, and Etc, 6PM

Half Price Books - Montrose, Sindrice Hill will sell and sign Darkness of an Angel, 5PM

River Oaks Bookstore, Sean Gilmore will discuss and sign Making Money While You�re Sleeping: My Journey as a Kid Entrepeneur, 12PM 

San Antonio

B&N - La Cantera, Xavier Garza Spooky Storytime and Signing, 2PM

The Twig Book Shop, Ronnie Stich presents Creepy Friends, 11AM

Dia de los Muertos:

Austin
BookPeople, Bestselling Author JACK GANTOS speaking & signing The Trouble in Me, 1PM

BookWoman, Feminine Inquiry Fall Issue: Release, Readings, and Open Mic, 4PM

Central Presbyterian Church, BookPeople Presents Author, Actress and Rock Star CARRIE BROWNSTEIN in conversation with Liz Lambert about Hunger Makes Me A Modern Girl, 6PM

Resistencia Bookstore, Day of the Dead Reading and Fundraiser, 5PM

Dallas
B&N - Lincoln Park, The Barnes & Noble Cookie Bake-Off!: Top 75 Recipes from Around the Country book signing with the contest finalist, 2PM