We’re
close to year end but there’s still time for fall literary events here in
Texas, starting with this weekend’s Texas Book Festival, and a partial list, in
order of urgency:
November
14-15: Texas
Book Festival, with nearly 300 authors appearing at various locations about
Austin. All events free, but be aware some require tickets and may be no longer
available. See the site for details, author lists and signing sites!
November 16: Arts & Letters Live at the Dallas Museum of Arts, continues its fall-winter author programs with Dave Eggers in conversation with Deep Vellum publisher Will Evans, 7:30 p.m., in the museum’s Horchow Auditorium, 1717 North Harwood, Dallas. Tickets $35 for the public, $30 for museum members. See the museum site for ticket purchases and additional information.
Arts & Letters Live continues the season through February 28 with appearances by Casey Gerald (January 19, 2027) and Samantha Shannon (February 28, 2027).
November 21: In recognition of this month’s anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the Sixth-Floor Museum, 411 Elm St., Dallas, presents two Kennedy-related author events. First, biographer Alec Nevala-Lee discusses Collisions: A Physicist’s Journey from Hiroshima to the Death of the Dinosaurs, the story of Nobel-winning Dr. Luis Alvarez and his decade-long study of the assassination. Book signings follow.
Program cost: $15 (does not include museum entry). See the Sixth Floor Museum site for details and tickets.
On
December 2, author Joel Nelson joins historian Catherine Grace Katz in
discussion of his new book, Kennedy’s Only Hero: How JFK’s Obsession with
Winston Churchill Defined His Presidency. Again, book signings follow.
Program cost: $15, (not including museum entry). See the site for details and tickets.
November 22: Fans of groaningly hilarious puns can meet Stephan Pastis, author of comic strip Pearls Before Swine at 5 p.m., Half Price Books, 5803 East Northwest Highway in Dallas. Free, or add a copy of his newest book, Pearls Jubilee, for $39.72. Tickets on waitlist only available through Eventbrite,
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