BOOK EVENTS
MONDAY
Amy Stewart: Author will discuss and sign “Lady Cop Makes Trouble,” 6:30 p.m., Murder By The Book, 2342 Bissonnet; 713-524-8597, or toll free 888-424-2842 or murderbooks.com. James Dennis: Author will discuss and sign “Correspondence in D Minor,” 7 p.m., Brazos Bookstore, 2421 Bissonnet; 713-523-0701 or brazosbookstore.com.
TUESDAY
Alex Marwood: Author will discuss and sign “The Darkest Secret,” 6:30 p.m., Murder By The Book. Katharine McGee: Author will discuss and sign “The Thousandth Floor,” 7 p.m., Blue Willow Bookshop, 14532 Memorial; 281-497-8675 or bluewillowbookshop.com. Nicholson Baker: Author will discuss and sign “Substitute: Going to School With a Thousand Kids,” 7 p.m., Brazos Bookstore. Beverly Freeman: Poet will discuss and read “The Book of Whispers” at the first Off 6 Coffee House Series event, featuring readings and music by guest artists, 7 p.m., Off the Vine Bistro, 2865 Dulles, Missouri City; 281-242-4186.
WEDNESDAY
Chris Barton: Author will discuss and sign “Whoosh! Lonnie Johnson’s Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions,” 5 p.m., Blue Willow Bookshop. Reed Farrel Coleman and
Bruce DeSilva: Coleman will discuss and sign “Robert B. Parker’s ‘Debt to Pay,’” and DeSilva will discuss and sign “The Dread Line,” 6:30 p.m., Murder By The Book.
THURSDAY
Deanne Wagner White: Author will sign “The Otter by the Sea,” 5-7 p.m., River Oaks Bookstore, 3270 Westheimer; 713 520-0061 or riveroaksbookstore.com. Chris Hadfield: Former commander of the International Space Station will discuss and sign “The Darkest Dark,” 7 p.m., Blue Willow Bookshop. Jennifer Grotz: Poet will discuss and sign “Window Left Open,” 7 p.m., Brazos Bookstore. Antonio Ruiz-Camacho: Author will discuss and sign “Barefoot Dogs” as part of Montgomery County’s Writers in Performance reading series, 7 p.m., Room G-102, Lone Star College-Montgomery, 3200 College Park, Conroe. For more details, email Clifford.W.Hudder@lonestar.edu.
FRIDAY
Fall book sale: Organized by Friends of the Albert George Branch Library (Fort Bend County Libraries), noon-5 p.m., 9230 Gene, Needville; 979-793-4270. Twoday sale continues 9 a.m.-noon Saturday. Jennifer Nielsen: Author will sign “The Scourge,” 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble, 1201 Lake Woodlands Drive, The Woodlands; 281-465-8744. Gulf Coast Reading
Series: University of Houston graduate students Hadar BarNadav, Josie Mitchell, Georgia Pearle and Joshua Foster will read their poetry and prose, 7 p.m. Rudyard’s Pub, 2010 Waugh; 713-743-3223.
SATURDAY
Jennifer Mathieu: Author will discuss and sign “Afterward,” 11 a.m., Blue Willow Bookshop. Howard Joe: Author will sign “Essential Guide to Treat Diabetes and Lower Cholesterol,” 1-3 p.m., Barnes & Noble, 1201 Lake Woodlands Drive, The Woodlands; 281-465-8744. Liane Moriarty: Author will discuss and sign “Truly, Madly, Guilty,” 2 p.m., Outreach Center of West Houston, 725 Bateswood. For a place in the signing line, pre-purchase a book from Blue Willow Bookshop. James Valentino: Author will sign “From Maine to Galveston, Republic of Texas: The Life and Letters of Lucy Parker Shaw,” 2-4 p.m., Galveston Bookshop, 317 23rd St., Galveston; 409-750-8200 or galvestonbookshop.com. Catherine Musemeche: Author will sign “Hurt: The Inspiring, Untold Story of Trauma Care,” 3-5 p.m., River Oaks Bookstore. Joy Preble: Author will sign “It Wasn’t Always Like This,” 4 p.m., Barnes & Noble, 5303 FM 1960 W.; 281-631-0681.