Monday Roundup: January 25 - 31!

Bookish events in Texas for the week of January 25 - 31, 2016:      

Special Events:
Long-Bin Chen's The Book Garden sculpture exhibit, San Antonio, December 10 - February 20

Shakespeare in Print and Performance, Austin, December 21 - May 29

Encounters and Discoveries in Literature: Celebrating Arte P�blico Press and Twentieth Century Latina/o Literature, Houston, January 18 - June 30

Monday, January 25:

Dallas
Horchow Auditorium, Dallas Museum of Art presents Arts & Letters Live! - Texas Bound I: Human Foibles & Hijinks with Octavio Solis, Owen Egerton, Chris Hury, and G. W. Bailey, 7:30PM

Houston

Cullen Theatre, Inprint Houston's Margarett Root Brown Reading Series presents Anthony Doerr, 7:30PM [SOLD OUT]

Tuesday, January 26:

Austin

Cheer Up Charlie's, Everything Is Bigger presents: Kirk Lynn, Kim Kyung Ju, Jake Levine & Elizabeth Chao, 7:30PM

Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM

Dallas

Lucky Dog Books - Oak Cliff, SOUP'S ON: STONE SOUP SHOWCASE, 7PM

Fort Worth

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

San Antonio

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

Wednesday, January 27:

Austin
BookPeople, New York Times Bestselling Author KEVIN HEARNE and Edgar Award Winning Author ROBERT JACKSON BENNETT speaking & signing Staked (Hearne) & City of Blades (Bennett), 7PM

Dallas

Dallas City Performance Hall, Maz Jobrani presents his autobiography, I'm Not a Terrorist, But I've Played One on TV: Memoirs of a Middle Eastern Funny Man, 7PM

Kettle Art, Pegasus Reading Series presents poets KIM KYUNG JU, JAKE LEVINE, and KARISSA MORTON, 7PM

SMU - McCord Auditorium, David O. Stewart presents The Wilson Deception, 5:30PM

The Wild Detectives, Reed Farrel Coleman reads and signs Where It Hurts, 7:30PM

Houston

AvantGarden, Write About Now poetry open mic, 7:30PM

Jones Hall, Houston Symphony Orchestra presents Garrison Keillor, 7:30PM

Murder By the Book, Alafair Burke will discuss her latest stand-alone novel, The Ex, with Meg Gardiner, 6:30PM

Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Rice Design Alliance Lecture Series presents landscape architect Chris Reed, co--editor of Projective Infrastructures, 7PM

Thursday, January 28:

Austin

BookPeople, Bestselling Young Adult Author KIERA CASS speaking & signing The Siren, 7PM

Malvern Books, W. Joe�s Poetry Corner, 7PM

Dallas

Aaron Family JCC, Dr. Ron Wolfson presents The Best Boy in the United States of America: A Memoir of Blessing and Kisses, 7PM

South Dallas Cultural Center, African Diaspora: New Dialogues - Chris Abani reads from and signs The Secret History of Las Vegas, 7PM

The Wild Detectives, Karen Olsson reads and signs All the Houses, 7:30PM

Frisco
B&N - Stonebriar, What This Story Needs is a Hush and a Shush signing with Emma Virjan, 6PM

Houston

Brazos Bookstore, Bartee Haile discusses and signs TEXAS BOOMTOWNS, 7PM

Murder By the Book, Kevin Hearne will sign and discuss the newest Iron Druid book, Staked, 6:30PM

Poison Girl Bar, Poison Pen Reading Series featuring Kevin Prufer, Jonathan Moody, and Jeni McFarland, 8:30PM

Irving
South Irving Library, Daring Reads YA Author Panel and book signing with Julie Murphy, Jessica Brody, Lori Goldstein, Jenny Martin, and Morgan Matson, 7PM

Friday, January 29:

Austin

BookPeople, Paleo Gurus ALAENA HABER & SARAH BALLANTYNE speaking & signing The Healing Kitchen: 175+ Quick & Easy Paleo Recipes to Help You Thrive, 7PM

Frisco
B&N - Stonebriar, Untamed: A Splintered Companion signing with A.G. Howard, 7PM

Houston

Blue Willow Bookshop, Kiera Cass will discuss and sign her new book for teens, THE SIREN, 7PM

Murder By the Book, Reed Farrel Coleman will sign and discuss Where It Hurts, 6:30PM

San Antonio
San Antonio Country Club, Assistance League of San Antonio Lit 'n Lunch with Jan Jarboe Russell (Train to Crystal City), Sarah Bird (Above the East China Sea), and Catherine Stier (Welcome to America, Champ), 11:30AM

Saturday, January 30:

Austin
Austin Community College - Highland, Writers' League of Texas workshop: How to Workshop Your Writing with Charlotte Gullick, 9AM

BookPeople, Austin Author EMMA VIRJAN speaking & signing What This Story Needs Is A Hush and a Shush, 1PM

BookPeople, MysteryPeople Presents Bestselling Author REED FARREL COLEMAN speaking & signing Where It Hurts, 5PM

BookWoman, Poetry Reading with Wendy Barker & Natalia Trevino, 6PM

Half Price Books - North Lamar, Melissa R. Hood will sell and sign Memoirs of an ADHD Mind: God Was a Genius in the Way He Made Me, 1PM

Cedar Hill

B&N - Hillside Village, Karla Antoinette Baptiste signs Dig in Your Heels: The Glamorous (and Not So Glamorous) Life of a Young Breast Cancer Survivor, 1PM

College Station
B&N, Robert Jacobus discusses and signs Houston Cougars in the 1960s: Death Threats, the Veer Offense, and the Game of the Century, 2PM

Dallas

B&N - Preston/Royal, Dr. Bob Ward signs Building the Perfect Star: Changing the Trajectory of Sports and the People in Them, 1PM

Dallas Public Library - Preston/Royal, Dr. Michael Weisberg discusses and signs The Hospitalist, 2PM

Denton
Denton Public Library - North Branch, stories from visiting children's author James Martinez, 11AM

El Paso

B&N - Fountains at Farah, Brenda Drake signs Thief of Lies, 2PM

Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: Political Writing Around the World with Robin Scofield, 12:45PM

Farmers Branch
Manske Library, narrator Johnny Heller reading and discussion, 3PM

Houston

B&N - Town & Country, The Healing Kitchen: 175+ Quick & Easy Paleo Recipes to Help You Thrive signing with Sarah Ballantyne, 1PM

Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens, author and historian Mary Miley Theobald presents Death By Petticoat, 2PM

Blue Willow Bookshop, Crystal Allen launches her third book, THE MAGNIFICENT MYA TIBBS: SPIRIT WEEK SHOWDOWN, 1PM

Half Price Books - Westheimer/Montrose, local author Elaine O�Rourke will sell and sign her children�s book, Seymour Reaches the Sky, 1PM

Katy Budget Books, Whit McClendon signs his fantasy novel Gart's Road, 2PM

Murder By the Book, Wendy Bergin will sign and discuss The Threshold of Eden, 3:30PM

River Oaks Bookstore, A.P. Greenwood discusses and signs What Every (New) Author Should Know, 3PM

Lewisville
B&N - Vista Ridge, You Are Invited signing with Janelle Friedman, 1PM

San Antonio

Half Price Books - Huebner, Lee Young will sell and sign Prepare For Greater Things: Understanding God�s Plan for Your Life, 1PM

The Twig Book Shop, Signing and Performance with Rickey Pittman: Rio Grande Valley ABC, 11AM

South Padre Island
Paragraphs on Padre, poet Karen Klassen reading, discussing, and signing The Rhythm of Time, 1PM

Southlake
B&N - Town Square, Laura Maisano signing Schism, 1PM

Sunday, January 31:

Austin
BookPeople, MysteryPeople Presents Bestselling Author IAN RANKIN speaking & signing Even Dogs in the Wild, 3PM

BookWoman, TORCH Wildfire Reading Series featuring Mahogany L. Browne & Ebony Stewart, 6PM

BookWoman, Susan Wittig Albert Book Launch for Loving Eleanor, 2PM

Dallas
Horchow Auditorium, Dallas Museum of Art presents Arts & Letters Live! - Chris Grabenstein: Fast-Paced Fun Reads, 3PM

Nasher Sculpture Center, Wordspace presents �Inverse/Looped� at Piero Golia�s Chalet Dallas, 2PM

Houston

Murder By the Book, A.G. Howard will sign and discuss her young adult novel,Untamed, 2PM

San Antonio

The Twig Book Shop, An evening of poetry with Wendy Barker and Barbara Ras, 5PM