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Kate Cambor: Gilded Youth: Three Lives in France's Belle Epoque Brazos Bookstore	Thu., October 1, 7:00pm	Kirby-West U	Book Events Free Events
Kate Cambor's Gilded Youth: Three Lives in France's Belle Epoque centers on a trio of young celebrities, more famous for who they're related to than for anything they've done. The novel, based on history, chronicles the intertwined lives of Jean-Baptiste Charcot (his dad, Jean-Martin Charcot,... More >>

8th Annual Books on the Bayou Central Library	Sat., October 3, 11:00am-5:00pm	Downtown/ Midtown	Book Events Meet & Greet Multi-Cultural Talks
Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God is the featured title for the Houston Public Library's 8th Annual Books on the Bayou. The acclaimed author is seen as a talented and influential writer today, but in 1960, she died in penniless obscurity - her grave was unmarked until Alice... More >>

Brazos Books: Rich Levy Brazos Bookstore	Sun., October 4, 4:00pm	Kirby-West U	Book Events Meet & Greet Talks
Rich Levy, the executive director of local literary arts organization Inprint, explores his various real-life roles as husband, father, executive and artist in his debut poetry collection, Why Me? Poems. We see his arts executive side, ever worried about building audiences, in "Shrew Al... More >>

You Gotta Stand Up: The Life and High Times of John Henry Faulk Houston Community College - Northwest Campus	Wed., October 7, 12:30pm	Outer Loop - NW	Book Events Reading & Storytelling
The REEL Culture Film and Speaker Series continues with You Gotta Stand Up: The Life and High Times of John Henry Faulk, a reading and performance by Chris Drake. An author and history professor, Drake draws on his book of the same name to detail Texas-born Faulk's incredible career as an... More >>

Houston Poetry Fest 2009 Willow Street Pump Station	Every week Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Thu., October 8 until Sun., October 11	Downtown/ Midtown	Book Events Poetry Reading & Storytelling
Valzhyna Mort is well versed in Belarusian and English. The Minsk-born poet, the first ever to release a collection of poems translated from her native tongue into ours, reads today as part of the Houston Poetry Festival. Factory of Tears (2008) is Mort's exploration of her cross-the-pond move... More >>

Rachel Brady: Final Approach Murder by the Book	Sat., October 10, 6:30pm	Kirby-West U	Book Events Free Events
Houston writer Rachel Brady reads from her debut novel Final Approach today. Set on the Gulf Coast, the book chronicles a woman's attempt to piece her life back together after losing her husband and baby girl in a freak accident. When she becomes involved in the search for a missing boy, she... More >>

John Besh: My New Orleans Ouisie's Table	Mon., October 12, 5:30pm	Greenway Plaza	Book Events Food & Drink Free Events
It might be worth the drive to New Orleans for the cuisine of John Besh, whose Restaurant August in NOLA is generally acknowledged to be the best in town (take that, Emeril!). Fortunately, Besh is bringing himself and his food to Houston tonight as he presents his massive new cookbook, My New... More >>

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Denise Dameris Hazen: Treat Her Like a Princess Nordstrom Galleria	Fri., October 2, 11:00am	Galleria	Book Events Charity Events

Hank Schwaeble: Damnable Barnes & Noble -- Copperfield	Sat., October 3, 1:00pm	Outer Loop - NW	Book Events Free Events

Dr. Jeff Chimenti: The Edge of Forever Book Signing Barnes & Noble -- The Woodlands	Sat., October 3, 2:00pm-5:00pm	Outside Houston	Book Events Free Events

Dr. Cassandra Joubert: Losing Control: Loving a Black Child with Bipolar Disorder Children's Museum of Houston	Sun., October 4, 1:00pm	Third Ward	Book Events Family Events Free Events Multi-Cultural

Matthew J. Rosas: The Legend of Mariquita Borders Books -- Kirby	Sun., October 4, 3:00pm	Lower Shepherd-Kirby	Book Events Family Events Free Events Multi-Cultural

Joseph Kanon Murder by the Book	Tue., October 6, 6:30pm	Kirby-West U	Book Events Free Events

Murder by the Book: Libby Fischer Hellmann Murder by the Book	Thu., October 8, 6:30pm	Kirby-West U	Book Events

Deborah Crombie Murder by the Book	Tue., October 13, 6:30pm	Kirby-West U	Book Events Free Events

Louise Penny Murder by the Book	Wed., October 14	Kirby-West U	Book Events

Murder by the Book: Sophie Hannah Murder by the Book	Mon., October 19, 6:30pm	Kirby-West U	Book Events

Michael Connelly & Reed Farrel Coleman Murder by the Book	Wed., October 21, 6:30pm	Kirby-West U	Book Events Free Events

Champions of Literacy Event Honoring Dwight Edwards The Junior League of Houston Tea Room	Wed., October 28, 6:30pm	Greenway Plaza	Book Events Charity Events

Dan Chaon: Await Your Reply Murder by the Book	Thu., October 29, 6:30pm	Kirby-West U	Book Events Free Events

The Seventh Annual Houston Book Fair Museum of Printing History	Sat., November 7, 10:00am-5:00pm	River Oaks	Book Events Expos

Murder by the Book: Greg Herren Murder by the Book	Sat., November 7, 4:30pm	Kirby-West U	Book Events

Martin Limón Murder by the Book	Fri., November 13	Kirby-West U	Book Events

James Hime Murder by the Book	Sat., November 28	Kirby-West U	Book Events

Julie Kenner Murder by the Book	Sat., December 12	Kirby-West U	Book Events