CHRIS CANDER

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ONLINE CLASS: CREATING REALITY IN FICTION
The Loft Literary Center

  • Date: Saturday, October 16, 2021
  • Location: Online (please register for sign-in info)
  • Program Time: 1:00 – 4:00 PM CST
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WASHINGTON ISLAND LITERARY FESTIVAL
Guest speaker

  • Date: September 16-19, 2021
  • Location: Door County, Wisconsin
  • Program Time: 1:00 – 4:00 PM CST
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JENNIFER ROSNER: THE YELLOW BIRD SINGS
Appearing in conversation with novelist Jennifer Rosner

  • Date: Wednesday, October 7, 2020
  • Location: Zoom (please register for sign-in info)
  • Program Time: 7:00 – 8:00 PM
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PETER GEYE: NORTHERNMOST
Appearing in conversation with novelist Peter Geye

  • Date: Tuesday, September 8, 2020
  • Location: Zoom (please register for sign-in info)
  • Program Time: 7:30 – 8:30 PM
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URBAN PATHS WALKING BOOK CLUB
Guest author

  • Date: Monday, January 6, 2020
  • Location: Buffalo Bayou Park Visitors’ Center, 105 Sabine St, Houston, TX 77007
  • Program Time: 6:00 – 8:00 PM
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CONVERSATIONS FROM A PAGE
Featured reader

  • Date: Wednesday, December 4, 2019
  • Location: 6619 Belmont St, Houston TX 77005
  • Program Time: 9:15 – 11:15 AM
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SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY
Guest bookseller

  • Date: Saturday, November 30, 2019
  • Location: Brazos Bookstore, 2421 Bissonnet St, Houston, TX 77005
  • Program Time: 2:00 – 6:00 PM
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ASHLEY WURZBACHER: HAPPY LIKE THIS
Appearing in conversation with National Book Foundation “5 Under 35” author Ashley Wurzbacher

  • Date: Tuesday, November 12, 2019
  • Location: Brazos Bookstore, 2421 Bissonnet St, Houston, TX 77005
  • Program Time: 6:30 – 7:30 PM
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ELIZABETH GILBERT: INPRINT MARGARET ROOT BROWN READING SERIES
On-stage interview with the bestselling author of City of Girls

  • Date: Monday, November 11, 2019
  • Location: University of Houston Cullen Performance Hall, 4300 University Dr, Houston, TX 77004
  • Program Time: 7:00 – 8:30 PM
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TEXAS BOOK FESTIVAL
Panelist: “Pianos Keys and Film Reels: The Art Object as Plot Device”

  • Date: Saturday, October 26, 2019
  • Location: Texas State Capitol grounds, 1100 Congress Ave, Austin, TX 78701
  • Program Time: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
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WRITE ON, DOOR COUNTY
Reading, Q&A, signing (THE WEIGHT OF A PIANO)

  • Date: Saturday, October 12, 2019
  • Location: 4441 Bay Shore Dr., Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235
  • Program Time: 3:00 – 6:00 PM
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KEPLER’S BOOKS
Reading, Q&A, signing (THE WEIGHT OF A PIANO)
In conversation with David Eagleman, author of Sum: Forty Tales of the Afterlife

  • Date: Friday, August 16, 2019
  • Location: 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park, CA 94025
  • Program Time: 7:30 – 8:30 PM
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INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE DAY
Guest bookseller

  • Date: Saturday, April 27, 2019
  • Location: Brazos Bookstore, 2421 Bissonnet St, Houston, TX 77005
  • Program Time: 4:00 – 6:00 PM
  • Website

TABLES OF CONTENT
Featured as one of “Top Ten Haute Young Authors”

  • Date: Saturday, March 30, 2019
  • Location: Fondren Library, Centennial Reading Room, 6414 Robert S Hyer Ln, Dallas, TX 75205
  • Program Time: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
  • Tickets and information

THE SLANT READING SERIES
Featured reader
With Mark Haber and Deborah Mouton

  • Date: Monday, March 18, 2019
  • Location: St. Mark’s Houston, 3816 Bellaire Blvd, Houston, Texas 77025
  • Program Time: 7:00 PM
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WOMEN & CHILDREN FIRST
Reading, Q&A, signing (THE WEIGHT OF A PIANO)
In conversation with Rebecca Makkai, author of The Great Believers

  • Date: Friday, March 15, 2019
  • Location: 5233 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640
  • Program Time: 7:00 PM
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POISON PEN READING SERIES
Reading (THE WEIGHT OF A PIANO)

  • Date: Thursday, February 28, 2019
  • Location: Poison Girl Cocktail Lounge, 1641 Westheimer Rd., Houston, TX 77006
  • Program Time: 8:30 PM
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SKYLIGHT BOOKS
Reading, Q&A, signing (THE WEIGHT OF A PIANO)
In conversation with Helga Kasimoff, of the Kasimoff Piano Company (the oldest Blüthner dealer in the USA)

  • Date: Wednesday, February 27, 2019
  • Location: 1818 N Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90027
  • Program Time: 7:30 PM
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LITERATURE LOVERS’ NIGHT OUT, hosted by Valley Bookseller
Ticketed author talk with Anissa Gray, Wendy Webb and Allen Eskens

  • Date: Thursday, February 21, 2019
  • Location: Community Thread, 2300 Orleans St. W., Stillwater, MN 55082
  • Program Time: 7:00 PM
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LITERATURE LOVERS’ NIGHT OUT, hosted by Excelsior Bay Books: CANCELED DUE TO WEATHER
Ticketed author talk with Anissa Gray, Wendy Webb and Allen Eskens

  • Date: Wednesday, February 20, 2019
  • Location: Trinity Episcopal Church, 322 2nd St., Excelsior, MN 55331
  • Program Time: 7:00 PM
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MAGERS & QUINN
Reading, Q&A, signing (THE WEIGHT OF A PIANO)
In conversation with Peter Geye, author of Wintering

  • Date: Tuesday, February 19, 2019
  • Location: 3038 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis MN 55408
  • Program Time: 7:00 PM
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BLUE WILLOW BOOKSHOP
Reading, Q&A, signing (THE WEIGHT OF A PIANO)

  • Date: Wednesday, February 13, 2019
  • Location: 14532 Memorial Drive, Houston, TX 77079
  • Program Time: 7:00 PM
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McNALLY JACKSON BOOKS
Reading, Q&A, signing (THE WEIGHT OF A PIANO)

  • Date: Thursday, February 7, 2019
  • Location: 52 Prince St, New York, NY 10012
  • Program Time: 7:00 PM
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ODYSSEY BOOKSHOP
First Edition Club discussion (THE WEIGHT OF A PIANO)

  • Date: Wednesday, February 5, 2019
  • Location: 9 College St., South Hadley, MA 01075
  • Program Time: 7:00 PM
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POLITICS & PROSE
Reading, Q&A, signing (THE WEIGHT OF A PIANO)

  • Date: Sunday, February 3, 2019
  • Location: 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, D.C. 20008
  • Program Time: 1:00 PM
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PARNASSUS BOOKS
Reading, Q&A, signing (THE WEIGHT OF A PIANO)

  • Date: Friday, February 1, 2019
  • Location: 3900 Hillsboro Pike #14, Nashville, TN 37215
  • Program Time: 6:30 PM
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SQUARE BOOKS (Thacker Mountain Radio)
Reading, Q&A, signing (THE WEIGHT OF A PIANO)
Featuring piano performance by Price Walden

  • Date: Thursday, January 31, 2019
  • Location: 129 Courthouse Square, Oxford, MS 38655
  • Program Time: 6:00 PM
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LEMURIA BOOKS
Reading, Q&A, signing (THE WEIGHT OF A PIANO)
In conversation with Chris’s Knopf editor, Gary Fisketjon

  • Date: Wednesday, January 30, 2019
  • Location: 4465 N Hwy 55, Jackson, MS 39206
  • Program Time: 5:00 PM
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PAGE & PALETTE
Reading, Q&A, signing (THE WEIGHT OF A PIANO)

  • Date: Tuesday, January 29, 2019
  • Location: 32 S. Section Street, Fairhope, AL 36532
  • Program Time: 6:00 PM
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INTERABANG
Reading, Q&A, signing (THE WEIGHT OF A PIANO)

  • Date: Thursday, January 24, 2019
  • Location: 10720 Preston Rd #1009B, Dallas, TX 75230
  • Program Time: 7:00 PM
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BOOKPEOPLE
Reading, Q&A, signing (THE WEIGHT OF A PIANO)
In conversation with Becka Oliver, Executive Director of the Writer’s League of Texas

  • Date: Wednesday, January 23, 2019
  • Location: 603 N Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX 78703
  • Program Time: 7:00 PM
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THE WEIGHT OF A PIANO Launch
Hosted by Brazos Bookstore
Multi-media presentation, Q&A, signing

  • Date: Tuesday, January 22, 2019
  • Location: Christ Church Cathedral Social Hall, 1117 Texas St, Houston, TX 77002
  • Program Time: 7:00 PM
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WiVLA MONTHLY MEETING
Featured speaker

  • Date: Tuesday, August 21, 2018
  • Location: Archway Gallery, 2305 Dunlavy St., Houston, TX 77006
  • Program Time: 5:45 PM
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PAULA MCLAIN: LOVE AND RUIN
Appearing in conversation with New York Times bestseller author Paula McLain

  • Date: Friday, May 18, 2018
  • Location: Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church, 6221 Main St, Houston, TX 77030
  • Program Time: 7:30 PM
  • Website
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The Writer’s Field Guide to the Craft of Fiction
Craft talk with author Michael Noll

  • Date: Thursday, March 22, 2018
  • Location: Brazos Bookstore, 2421 Bissonnet St, Houston, TX 77005
  • Program Time: 7:00 – 8:00 PM
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WRITERS LEAGUE OF TEXAS PANEL DISCUSSION
Panelist (“How to Turn a Mess of Pages into A Book”)

  • Date: Friday, October 6, 2017
  • Location: Brazos Bookstore, 2421 Bissonnet St, Houston, TX 77005
  • Program Time: 7:00 – 9:00 PM
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BANNED BOOKS WEEK 2017: #RESIST
Guest reader

  • Date: Thursday, September 28, 2017
  • Location: Brazos Bookstore, 2421 Bissonnet St, Houston, TX 77005
  • Program Time: 7:00 – 9:00 PM
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THE SLANT READING SERIES
Featured reader

  • Date: Thursday, September 7, 2017
  • Location: St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 3816 Bellaire Blvd, Houston, Texas 77025
  • Program Time: 7:00 – 9:00 PM
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2017 AGENTS & EDITORS CONFERENCE (Writers’ League of Texas)
Panelist, speaker

  • Date: Friday, June 30, 2017 and Saturday, July 1, 2017
  • Location: Hyatt Regency Austin, 208 Barton Springs Road, Austin, TX 78704
  • Program Time: 12:00 – 2:00 PM
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INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE DAY
Guest bookseller

  • Date: Saturday, April 29, 2017
  • Location: Brazos Bookstore, 2421 Bissonnet St, Houston, TX 77005
  • Program Time: 12:00 – 2:00 PM
  • Website

DOSTYK AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
Writer-in-Residence

  • Date: January 23-26, 2017
  • Location: Atyrau, Kazakhstan
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AN EVENING WITH SHARON OLDS
Appearing in conversation with Pulitzer Prize winning poet Sharon Olds

  • Date: Tuesday, November 15, 2016
  • Location: Christ Church Cathedral, 1117 Texas Ave, Houston, TX 77002
  • Program Time: 7:30 PM
  • Website
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BELLAIRE LIBRARY 65th ANNIVERSARY
Featured author

  • Date: Thursday, October 20, 2016
  • Location: Christ Church Cathedral, 1117 Texas Ave, Houston, TX 77002
  • Program Time: 7:30 PM
  • Website
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HARVARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Reading and signing (THE WORD BURGLAR)

  • Date: Wednesday, October 19, 2016
  • Location: 3733 Turnberry Circle, Bellaire, TX 77025
  • Program Time: 7:00 – 9:00 PM
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ROALD DAHL’S 100th BIRTHDAY PARTY
Guest reader

  • Date: Saturday, September 10, 2016
  • Location: Brazos Bookstore, 2421 Bissonnet St, Houston, TX 77005
  • Program Time:10:30 AM
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THE SADNESS LAUNCH
Appearing in conversation with THE SADNESS author, Ben Rybeck

  • Date: Tuesday, June 14, 2016
  • Location: Brazos Bookstore, 2421 Bissonnet St, Houston, TX 77005
  • Program Time: 7:00 PM
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BOLDFACE CONFERENCE
Panel discussion on revision

  • Date: Friday, May 27, 2016
  • Location: University of Houston Honors College
  • Program Time: 1:45 PM
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MENILFEST
Reading and signing (THE WORD BURGLAR)

  • Date: Saturday, May 7, 2016
  • Location: The Menil Collection, 1533 Sul Ross St, Houston, TX 77006
  • Program Time: 1:00 – 1:30 PM
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SECOND BAPTIST SCHOOL
Guest speaker

  • Date: Monday, April 25, 2016
  • Location: 6410 Woodway, Houston, TX 77057
  • Program Time: 11:30 AM

BELLAIRE PUBLIC LIBRARY
Reading and signing (THE WORD BURGLAR)

  • Date: Thursday, December 10, 2015
  • Location: 5111 Jessamine, Bellaire, Texas 77401
  • Program Time: 3:45 – 4:30 PM
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MARK TWAIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Reading and signing (THE WORD BURGLAR)

  • Date: Thursday, November 19, 2015
  • Location: 7500 Braes Blvd, Houston, TX 77025
  • Program Time: 5:00 PM

FULL MOON FESTIVAL
Launch of the Colonial Park Little Free Library
Reading (THE WORD BURGLAR)

  • Date: Friday, October 23, 2015
  • Location: 4130 Byron St, West University Place, TX 77005
  • Program Time: 5:30 PM

HUNTERS CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Reading (THE WORD BURGLAR)

  • Date: Tuesday, May 19, 2015
  • Location: 10650 Beinhorn Rd, Houston Texas 77024
  • Program Time: 1:00 PM

2015 PBS KIDS WRITERS CONTEST AWARDS
Keynote speaker

  • Date: Saturday, May 9, 2015
  • Location: Children’s Museum of Houston
  • Program Time: 9:00 AM
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INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE DAY @ BRAZOS BOOKSTORE
Author-Contestant, Houston’s Ultimate Literary Showdown

  • Date: Saturday, May 2, 2015
  • Location: 2421 Bissonnet St, Houston, TX 77005
  • Program Time: 6:30 PM
  • Website

COMMON GOOD BOOKS
Reading, Q&A, signing
In conversation with Peter Geye, author of THE LIGHTHOUSE ROAD (WHISPER HOLLOW)

  • Date: Thursday, April 16, 2015
  • Location: 38 S. Snelling Ave., St. Paul, MN 55105
  • Program Time: 7:00 PM
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MAGERS & QUINN BOOKSELLERS
Reading, Q&A, signing (WHISPER HOLLOW)

  • Date: Wednesday, April 15, 2015
  • Location: 3038 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55408
  • Program Time: 7:00 PM
  • Website

BLUE WILLOW BOOKSHOP
Reading, Q&A, signing (WHISPER HOLLOW)

  • Date: Monday, April 13, 2015
  • Location: 14532 Memorial Drive, Houston, TX 77079
  • Program Time: 7:00 PM
  • Website

BOOKPEOPLE
Reading, Q&A, signing (WHISPER HOLLOW)
Conversation led by members of the Writer’s League of Texas

  • Date: Monday, March 30, 2015
  • Location: 603 N Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX 78703
  • Program Time: 7:00 PM
  • Website

MALAPROP’S BOOKSTORE
Joint reading, interview, Q&A, and signing with Charles Baxter, author of THERE’S SOMETHING I WANT YOU TO DO (WHISPER HOLLOW)

  • Date: Friday, March 27, 2015
  • Location: 55 Haywood St, Asheville, NC 28801
  • Program Time: 7:00 PM
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PAGE & PALETTE
Format: “Read It & Eat” – luncheon (available for $10), reading, Q&A, signing (WHISPER HOLLOW)

  • Date: Thursday, March 26, 2015
  • Location: 32 S. Section Street, Fairhope, AL 36532
  • Program Time: 12:00 PM
  • Website

BRAZOS BOOKSTORE
WHISPER HOLLOW release party, reading, Q&A, signing

  • Date: Tuesday, March 24, 2015
  • Location: 2421 Bissonnet St, Houston, TX 77005
  • Program Time: 7:00 PM
  • Website

TWIG BOOKSHOP
Reading, Q&A, signing (WHISPER HOLLOW)

  • Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2015
  • Location: 306 Pearl Parkway, Suite 106, San Antonio, TX 78215
  • Program Time: 7:00 PM
  • Website

TWITTER
Live Twitter chat

RIVER OAKS ELEMENTARY BOOK FAIR
Reading, signing (THE WORD BURGLAR)

  • Date: February 20, 2015
  • Location: ROE, 2008 Kirby Drive, Houston, TX 77019
  • Program Time: 5:30 PM

TRAFTON BOOK FAIR
Reading, signing (THE WORD BURGLAR)

  • Date: February 13, 2015
  • Location: Barnes & Noble, 3003 W Holcombe Blvd, Vanderbilt Square, Houston, TX 77025
  • Program Time: 2:00 PM

WINTER INSTITUTE 2015
American Booksellers Association’s annual conference

  • Date: February 8-11, 2015
  • Location: Grove Park Inn, Asheville, NC
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WEST UNIVERSITY ELEMENTARY BOOK FAIR
Reading, signing (THE WORD BURGLAR)

  • Date: Tuesday, November 18, 2014 and Wednesday, November 19, 2014
  • Location: Barnes & Noble, 3003 W Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX 77025
  • Program Time: 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM
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ST. VINCENT DE PAUL BOOK FAIR
Reading, signing (THE WORD BURGLAR)

  • Date: Wednesday, November 5, 2014
  • Location: Barnes & Noble, 3003 W Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX 77025
  • Program Time: 8:30 AM until 10:30 AM
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DECK THE SHELVES
Reception, signing (THE WORD BURGLAR)

  • Date: Monday, November 3, 2014
  • Location: Bright Sky Press, 2365 Rice Blvd #202, Houston, TX 77005
  • Program Time: 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM
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RIVER OAKS BOOKSTORE
Reading, signing (11 STORIES)

  • Date: Wednesday, May 14, 2013
  • Location: River Oaks Bookstore, 3270 Westheimer, Houston, TX 77098
  • Program Time: 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM
  • Website

ST. MICHAEL’S SCHOOL BOOK FAIR
Reading, signing (THE WORD BURGLAR)

  • Date: Wednesday, April 30, 2014
  • Location: St. Michael’s School, 1833 Sage Road, Houston, TX 77056
  • Program Time: 5:00 PM
  • Website

MONTGOMERY COUNTY BOOK FESTIVAL
Signing (THE WORD BURGLAR)

WEST UNIVERSITY ELEMENTARY BOOK FAIR
Reading, signing (THE WORD BURGLAR)

  • Date: Tuesday, December 10, 2013
  • Location: Barnes & Noble, 3003 W Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX 77025
  • Program Time: 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM
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RIVER OAKS BOOKSTORE
Reception, signing (THE WORD BURGLAR)

  • Date: Saturday, November 21, 2013
  • Location: River Oaks Bookstore, 3270 Westheimer, Houston, TX 77098
  • Program Time: 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM
  • Website

BRAZOS BOOKSTORE
11 STORIES release party, reading, Q&A, signing

  • Date: Saturday, November 9, 2013
  • Location: Brazos Bookstore, 2421 Bissonnet St., Houston, TX 77005
  • Program Time: 11:30 AM until 12:30 AM
  • Website

TEXAS BOOK FESTIVAL
Reading, signing (THE WORD BURGLAR)

  • Date: Sunday, October 27, 2013
  • Location: HEB Tent
  • Program Time: 11:45 AM until 12:30 PM
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  • Date: Sunday, October 27, 2013
  • Location: Bright Sky Press Tent
  • Program Time: 12:45 PM until 1:15 PM