BOOK EVENTS
SUNDAY
Bradley Basker: Author will discuss and sign “Four Months Basqued,” 6-8 p.m., Absolve Wine Lounge, 920 Studemont, Ste. 150; 281-501-1788.
TUESDAY
Melanie Jarrell: Author will sign “Refinement of Manner,” 4-6 p.m., River Oaks Bookstore, 3270 Westheimer; 713 520-0061 or riveroaksbookstore.com.
THURSDAY
Emily Dickinson birthday celebration: A celebration of the poet will feature author and Dickinson scholar Martha Nell Smith, 3 p.m., General Academic Building, Lone Star College-Montgomery, 3200 College Park, Conroe; 936-273-7045 or lonestar.edu/montgomery. Bill Herrington: Author will sign “Contraflow: From New Orleans to Houston,” 5-7 p.m., River Oaks Bookstore. John Schmutz: Author will discuss and sign “The Bloody Fifth: The 5th Texas Infantry, Hood’s Texas Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia, Vol. 1: Secession to the Suffolk Campaign,” 6 p.m., Nesbitt Memorial Library, 529 Washington, Columbus; 979-732-3392 or library. columbustexas.net. Gathering of the Poets: Twenty published poets will celebrate Emily Dickinson’s birthday by reading her work and their own, 7 p.m., Black Walnut Café, 9000 New Trails Drive, The Woodlands. Part of Lone Star College–Montgomery Writers in Performance series; lonestar. edu/11868.htm.
FRIDAY
George Arnold: Author will sign “Pharaoh’s Follies: Kits of the CIA Adventures in Egypt,” 4-9 p.m., Barnes & Noble, 3003 W. Holcombe; 713-349-0050. Matt Coyle and Jonathan Woods: Coyle will discuss and sign “Dark Fissures,” and Woods will discuss and sign “Kiss the Devil,” 6:30 p.m., Murder By The Book, 2342 Bissonnet; 713-5248597 or murderbooks.com.
SATURDAY
George Arnold: Author will sign “Pharaoh’s Follies: Kits of the CIA Adventures in Egypt,” 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Barnes & Noble, 3003 W. Holcombe; 713-3490050. Robert C. Trumpbour and Kenneth Womack: Authors will discuss and sign “The Eighth Wonder of the World: The Life of Houston’s Iconic Astrodome,” 1 p.m., Blue Willow Bookshop, 14532 Memorial; 281-497-8675 or bluewillowbookshop.com. Constance Parks: Author will sign “The Secret Place: The Garden of Love,” 2 p.m., Barnes & Noble, 7626 Westheimer; 713783-6016. Pat Jakobi and Nancy House: Authors will sign “Galveston Art League: A Century of Island Art,” 2-4 p.m., Galveston Bookshop, 317 23rd St., Galveston; 409-750-8200 or galvestonbookshop.com. Molly Whitney and Gary Whitney: Authors will sign “Thistle Downe,” 3-5 p.m., River Oaks Bookstore. Gay Yellen: Author will sign “The Body Next Door,” 3-5 p.m., River Oaks Bookstore. James Hannibal: Author will discuss and sign “The Lost Property Office,” 4:30 p.m., Murder By The Book.