BOOK EVENTS
SUNDAY
International Literature Festi
val: Readings will celebrate poets and writers from Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Mexico and Spain, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, 5216 Montrose Blvd.; casaculturaldelasamericas.org. George Arnold: Author will sign “Pharaoh’s Follies: Kits of the CIA Adventures in Egypt,” 11 a.m., Barnes & Noble at Deerbrook Mall, 20131 U.S. 59 N., Humble; 281-540-3060. Jan Jarboe Russell: Author will discuss and sign “The Train to Crystal City,” 3-4:30 p.m., Asia Society Texas Center, 1370 Southmore; 713-496-9901. RSVP at asiasociety.org/texas/ events.
MONDAY
Ann Patchett and Lauren
Groff: Patchett will read and discuss “Commonwealth,” and Groff will read and discuss “Fates and Furies” as part of Inprint’s Margarett Root Brown Reading Series, 7:30 p.m., Alley Theatre, 615 Texas Ave.; inprint. org. Tickets are sold out, but Inprint and Houston Public Media will live-stream the reading at inprinthouston.org and houstonpublicmedia.org/ inprint.
TUESDAY
Peter Hotez: Author and dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine will discuss and sign “Blue Marble Health: An Innovative Plan to Fight Diseases of the Poor Amid Wealth,” 7 p.m., Brazos Bookstore, 2421 Bissonnet; 713-523-0701 or brazosbookstore.com.
THURSDAY
Barbie O’Connor: Author will sign “Virgin at the Speedway,” 5-7 p.m., River Oaks Bookstore, 3270 Westheimer; 713 520-0061 or riveroaksbookstore.com.
Alon Confino: Author and University of Virginia history professor will discuss and sign “A World Without Jews: The Nazi Imagination From Persecution to Genocide,” 6:30-8 p.m., Holocaust Museum Houston, 5401 Caroline. Admission $8 (members, students and seniors $5); register at hmh.org/ RegisterEvent.aspx. Carol Dawson and Roger Allen Polson: Authors will discuss and sign “Miles and Miles of Texas,” 7 p.m., Brazos Bookstore. Mary Helen Specht: Author will read and sign “Migratory Animals” as part of the Writers in Performance reading series, 7 p.m., Building G, Lone Star College-Montgomery, 3200 College Park, Conroe; for more information, email Clifford.W.Hudder@lonestar.edu or David.M.Parsons@lonestar. edu.
FRIDAY
John Sandford: Author will discuss and sign “Escape Clause,” 6:30 p.m., Murder By The Book, 2342 Bissonnet; 713-524-8597 or murderbooks.com. Mong-Lan: Poet will read her work and play jazz piano and guitar, 7-8 p.m., Kaboom Books, 3116 Houston Ave.; 713-8697600 or kaboombooks.com. Suggested donation $8. Poetry writing workshop 5-7 p.m. at the store; register ($30) at monglan. com.
Iconoclast Session: Quarterly performance pairs an academic poet with a spoken-word poet; this session’s poets are Jane Creighton (University of Houston) and The Fluent One (Houston VIP Slam Team); 7 p.m., Fondren Hall, St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, 5501 Main; iconoclastartists.org.
SATURDAY
“SurrenderSociety of Children’sto the Story”:Book Writers featuresand Illustratorsagents, editors conferenceand an art trends directorin children’s discussing publishing,current 8 5430 a.m.-5:30 Westheimer.p.m., the RegistrationHess Club, $205 scbwi.org.for nonmembers; houston. TweensFestival for Read young 2016: readers featuresand signing32 authorstheir work, discussing9:30 a.m.-5High School,p.m., South 3820 HoustonShaver; full schedule tweensread.com.and free registration at Houston Book Fair:ers who specialize in rare Deal- and antiquarian books will offer book appraisals and talk about preservation, with special programs and food trucks throughout the day, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., the Printing Museum, 1324 W. Clay; 713-5224652 or printingmuseum.org.
Heather Patterson: Author will read “Passing the Bone: America’s Next POTUS” at storytime, 11 a.m., Barnes & Noble, 2030 W. Gray; 713-522-8571.
Nick Anderson: Houston Chronicle cartoonist Nick Anderson will sign “You Might Be From Texas If…,” 2 p.m., Barnes & Noble, 2030 W. Gray; 713-5228571. Venugopal K. Menon: Author will discuss and sign “My Mother Called Me Unni,” 2-3:30 p.m., McGovern-Stella Link Neighborhood Library, 7405 Stella Link; 832-393-2630 or houstonlibrary.org. Kathleen Shanahan Maca: Author will sign “Ghosts of Galveston,” 2-4 p.m., Galveston Bookshop, 317 23rd St., Galveston; 409-750-8200 or galvestonbookshop.com. Sherry Thomas, Juliana Gray and Kristina Riggle: Thomas will discuss and sign “A Study in Scarlet,” Gray (a pen name of best-selling writer Beatriz Williams) will discuss and sign “A Most Extraordinary Pursuit,” and Riggle will discuss and sign “Vivian in Red,” 4:30 p.m., Murder By The Book.
Raul Gallegos: Author will discuss and sign “Crude Nation: How Oil Riches Ruined Venezuela,” 7 p.m., Brazos Bookstore.
The PMShow: Public Poetry premieres a new reading series called the PM Show: Poets and Musicians at Night, with three poet/musician combos who will collaborate on stage, 8 p.m., Rudyard’s British Pub, 2010 Waugh; tickets $26, $22 in advance at rudyardspub.com. More info: publicpoetry.net.