Monday Roundup: TEXAS LITERARY CALENDAR September 5-11

Bookish events in Texas for the week of September 5-11, 2016: 

Special Events:
Langdon Review Weekend, Granbury, September 7-10

Amazing Houston Comic Con, September 9-11

28th Annual National Cowboy Symposium, Lubbock, September 9-11

DFW Literary SoulFEST, Fort Worth, September 10

Mid-Cities Teen Book Fest, North Richland Hills, September 10

Houston Public Library Kids' Book Festival, September 10-11

Ongoing Exhibits:

Xu Bing: Book from the Sky, a meditation on the nature of language, by celebrated Chinese artist Xu Bing, Austin, June 19-January 22

Monday, September 5:

Austin
Malvern Books, Malvern Poetry Karaoke Mondays with Anji Kat, 7PM

San Antonio
Luby's, Adam Kokesh speaking and signing Freedom!, 6PM

Tuesday, September 6:

Austin

BookPeople, RANSOM RIGGS speaking & signing Tales of the Peculiar & TAHEREH MAFI speaking & signing Futhermore, 7PM [TICKET REQUIRED]

The North Door, Owen Egerton's ONE PAGE SALON third anniversary celebration!, 7:30PM

Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM

Fort Worth

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

Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Elizabeth Farfan-Santos discusses and signs BLACK BODIES, BLACK RIGHTS, 7PM

Fix Coffeebar, Poetry Fix reading series featuring with Kristy Loye & Houston Poet Laureate Robin Davidson, 6:30PM

Midtown Bar & Grill, Adam Kokesh speaking and signing Freedom!, 7PM

San Marcos
The Wittliff Collection, Texas State University MFA students POETRY + FICTION READINGS, 5PM

San Antonio

The Korova, PuroSlam with DJ Donnie Dee, 10PM

Stockdale
Sarah Bain Chandler Public Library, J. Ko signs Into Her World, 7PM

Wednesday, September 7:

Austin
Austin Books & Comics, Matthew Sturges and Dave Justus will sign and discuss issue one of Everafter, 4PM

BookPeople, New York Times Bestselling Author SARAH J. MAAS speaking & signing Empire of Storms : A Throne of Glass Novel, 6PM [signing-line tickets are sold out]

The Writing Barn, Workshop: Writing to Know the World with Adam Soto, Assistant Editor American Short Fiction, 6:30PM

Dallas

Downtown Dallas Rotary, Talmage Boston presents Cross-Examining History, 12PM

Houston

Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Slam, 7:15PM

Blue Willow Bookshop, Mac Barnett will discuss and sign his newest picture book HOW THIS BOOK WAS MADE, 5PM

Murder By the Book, Todd Moss will sign and discuss his new Judd Ryker novel Ghosts of Havana, 6:30PM

Tyler

Tyler Public Library, Skip Hollandsworth will discuss and sign The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America's First Serial Killer, 1PM

Thursday, September 8:

Austin
BookPeople, Local investigative journalist JESSICA LUTHER, author of Unsportsmanlike Conduct: College Football and the Politics of Rape, in conversation with journalist DAN SOLOMON, 7PM

BookWoman, Second Thursday Open Mic Poetry featuring Usha Akella & Varsha Saraiya-Shah, 7:15PM

Malvern Books, Novel Night: Joe Kilgore launches his new novel A Farmhouse In The Rain, 7PM

Mr. Catfish & More, NeoSoul Poetry ATX, 8PM

Dallas
The Wild Detectives, Wordspace Dallas presents First Hearings: Willard Speigelman discusses and signs Senior Moments: Looking Back, Looking Ahead, 7:30PM

Giddings
Giddings Public Library and Cultural Center, Nola McKey will sign From Tea Cakes to Tamales: Third-Generation Texas Recipes, 6PM

Houston

Murder By the Book, Brad Meltzer will sign and discuss I Am Jane Goodall and I Am George Washington, 6:30PM

River Oaks Bookstore, Richard J. Bennett discusses and signs Have I Got a Story to Tell You, 5PM

San Antonio
The Twig Book Shop, James R. Dennis reads from and signs Correspondence in D Minor, 6:30PM

Friday, September 9:

Arlington
UTA Library, DAN L. SMITH presents THE BANKHEAD HIGHWAY IN TEXAS, 7:30PM

Austin
B&N - Arboretum, I am Jane Goodall book signing with Brad Meltzer, 7PM

BookPeople, Surgeon & Author CATHERINE MUSEMECHE speaking & signing HURT: The Inspiring, Untold Story of Trauma Care, 7PM

Brave New Books, Nicole Taylor discusses and signs Schooled On Fat, 7PM

Malvern Books, Fantastical Fictions Presents: Nisi Shawl book launch of Everfair, 7PM

Dallas
Lucky Dog Books - Oak Cliff, Poets on X+ hosted by Opalina Salas & Carlos Salas, 8PM

The Wild Detectives, Wordspace Dallas presents "Utopian Fantasies" featuring spoken word performances by Lee Escobedo and Patrick Patterson-Carroll, 8PM

Houston

Brazos Bookstore, Joe Kilgore reads and signs A FARMHOUSE IN THE RAIN, 7PM

Saturday, September 10:

Amarillo
B&N, Book signing: Pennies From Burger Heaven by Marcy McKay, 2PM

Austin

B&N - Sunset Valley, Like Herding the Wind book signing with Cindy Koepp, 1PM

BookPeople, CHRISTINA SOONTORNVAT speaking & signing THE CHANGELINGS, 3PM

Brave New Books, 10 year anniversary celebration!, 7PM

Malvern Books, Kimberly Alidio Book Launch of her new poetry collection After projects the resound, with kt shorb, and Morgan Collado, 7PM

St. Edward's University, Writers' League of Texas workshop: "More Than Meets the Eye: Writing the Four Other Senses" with Marian Szczepanski, 9AM

Dallas

Half Price Books Mothership, Texas author Lindsay Cummings and BookTuber Sasha Alsberg will discuss their new eBook Zenith: The Androma Saga, Part I, 6PM

El Paso

B&N - Sunland Park, Sherry Levesque signing Demented, 2PM

Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop with Felipe de Ortego y Gasca: "Writing Memoir," 12:45PM

Houston

B&N - Westheimer, Fire: The Elemental Series book signing with Belle Manuel, 12PM

Brazos Bookstore, Roald Dahl Day Celebration! with readings by Houston authors Jennifer Mathieu, Meredith Moore, and Chris Cander, + snacks & games, 2PM

Half Price Books - North Oaks, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release!, all day

River Oaks Bookstore, M.M. Wolthoff reads and signs The West Texas Pilgramage, 3PM

Skol Casbar & Grille, The Re-Birth of Hip Hop Poetry Out Loud, 7PM

Writespace, Workshop: Jumpstart Your Writing with Holly Walrath, 2PM

Plainview
Plainview Country Club, author and storyteller Michael Johnson is the keynote speaker at the 2016 scholarship dinner for the Plainview FFA Alumni Association, 6PM 

Portland

Books Ink, Sister Lou Ella Hickman will sign her titles, 1PM

Round Rock

Half Price Books, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release!, all day

San Antonio

B&N - La Cantera, Mickey Antu-Urias signs The Other Side of the Rainbow, 1PM

The Twig Book Shop, Lydia Crochet and Jeanie the Three-Legged Dog read and sign I Don't Need Four Feet!, 11AM

Southlake
B&N, Beth Bowland signing Polaris, 2PM

Webster
B&N, Gulf Coast Poets meeting featuring readings from Mutabilis Press' UNTAMED CITY: EXPLORING THE CITY AND NATURE IN POETRY, 10:30AM

Sunday, September 11:

Austin
BookPeople, Local Author BETHANY HEGEDUS speaking & signing Be The Change: A Grandfather Gandhi Story, 2PM

Brave New Books, 10th year anniversary celebration!, 7PM

Malvern Books, Austin Writers Roulette presents "Cultural Mosaic," 4PM

Dallas

Half Price Books Mothership, local author Sunday: meet local authors and get your books signed!

Horchow Auditorium, Dallas Museum of Art's Arts & Letters Live presents Robert Hoge, author of Ugly, 3PM

El Paso
B&N - Sunland Park, Don't Think Twice: Adventure and Healing at 100 Miles Per Hour book signing with Barbara Schoichet, 2PM

Houston
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens, Kenneth Hafertepe will discuss and sign The Material Culture of German Texans, 3:15PM

Writespace, Workshop: Introduction to Screenwriting with Russell DeGrazier, 10AM

Mansfield
Half Price Books Local Author Sundays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release!, all day

San Antonio
B&N - La Cantera, Catherine Musemeche, M.D., signs Hurt: The Inspiring Untold Story of Trauma Care, 1PM

The Twig Book Shop, release of Bearing the Mask: Southwestern Persona Poems featuring Carmen Tafolla & other contributors, 3PM