Sedaris, Hornby and More

Dammit, Houston *is* a literary town! Here's a slew of readings happening this week, from the hilarious David Sedaris to the wry Nick Hornby and the unbalanced Lisa Belkin. Her word choice, not ours.

We love books.

Wednesday, October 24th at 7:30PM
William Henry Lewis and Justin Cronin at DiverseWorks
1117 East Freeway, *FREE*
Two heavy-hitting writers with a bucket of awards apiece. Lewis is the author of In the Arms of Our Elders and I Got Somebody in Staunton. Cronin is the author of The Summer Guest and Mary and O'Neil.

Thursday, October 25th at 8:00 PM
David Sedaris at the Society for the Performing Arts
Tickets can purchased through the SPA box office at 713-227-4SPA
Humorist and regular contributor to NPR's This American Life, Sedaris is the author of Holidays on Ice, Naked, Me Talk Pretty One Day and many others.

Friday, October 26th at 7:00 PM
Gulf Coast Reading Series at Brazos Bookstore
Readings by UH Creative Writing Students. Sponsored by Gulf Coast Magazine
*FREE*

Sunday, October 28th at 10:00 AM
Lisa Belkin at Artista Restaurant, Hobby Center, 800 Bagby St
Author of Life's Work: Confessions of an Unbalanced Mom, Belkin is speaking at a benefit for the Initiative for Jewish Women. She's also the author of First Do No Harm and Balancing Life and Work. Tickets are $125.

Sunday, October 28th at 2PM
Nick Hornby at Hobby Center for the Performing Arts/Zilkha Hall , 800 Bagby St.
*FREE*
Part of the Cool Brains! series for young adult readers from Inprint, although no doubt there will be many adult fans on site. He's making only a few stops in the US and Houston is one of them. Here's an excerpt of SLAM, his latest book. Hornby is the author of How to Be Good, About a Boy, High Fidelity, A Long Way Down and others.