The publishers’ practice of sending out authors to read at bookstores across the nation is by now an established one; for the publishers, reading and booksignings increase an author’s visibility, though the real benefit of author events is the reader’s. Author events (always free though the reader is often required to purchase a book at the store in order to have it signed) allow readers to meet their favorite authors, gain insight into how an author views his or her work, and — particularly with Austin’s wealth of authors — see the local talent. Thus are listed below authors coming to Austin in October. (You’ll want to verify times as the events and dates can change.) — Claiborne K.H.Smith
Oct. 3
Sheneska Jackson, 5:30pm, Folktales
Oct. 3-5
Whole Life Expo, various authors, 335-4759
Oct. 4
Barbara Harwood, 3pm, Book People
Katharine Eliska Kimbriel, 5pm, Adventures in Crime & Space
Lynda Obst,1pm, Borders
Oliver Stone, 1pm, Barnes & Noble Arboretum
Laverne Harrell Clark, 4pm, B&N Arboretum
Oct. 6
Rick Bragg and Charles Fraizer, 7pm, Book People
Oct. 8
Harold Kushner, 7pm, Book People
Chris Raschka, 10:30am, Toad Hall
Jeff Shesol, 7pm, B&N Arboretum
Oct. 9
Jim Hightower, 7pm, Book People
Romulus Linney, 7:30pm, fourth floor of HRC building on UT campus
Oct. 10
Jim Hightower, 4pm, Waldenbooks, Lakeline Mall
Mark Leyner, 7pm, Book People
David Pogue, 7pm, B&N Arboertum
Raul Salinas, 7:30pm, B&N Westlake
Oct. 11
Peter Catalanotto, 1pm, Toad Hall
Carolyn Fink, 2pm, B&N Westlake
Drew and Cynthia Johnson, 11am, B&N Westlake
Jim McBride, 2pm, Book People
Oct. 12
Thomas Martin, 2pm, B&N Westlake
Matt Martinez, 3pm, Book People
Oct. 13
Michael Murphy, 7pm, Book People
Oct. 16
Jim Aylesworth, 10am, Toad Hall, and 4pm, Book People
Terry Kay, 7pm, Book People
Oct. 17
Patrick McManus, 2pm, Book People
Don Campbell, 7pm, Book People
Oct. 18
Elizabeth Crook, Stephen Harrigan, Larry Wright, and Joe Nick Patoski, 3pm, B&N Westlake
Drew and Cynthia Johnson, 1pm, Toad Hall
Mark Dempsey, 3pm, Book People
Dick “Night Train” Lane, 3pm, B&N Arboretum
Janet Martin, 5:45, Adventures in Crime & Space
Dana Singer, 7pm, Book People
Oct. 20
John Berendt, 7pm, Borders
Michael MacCambridge, 7pm, B&N Arboretum
James Twyman, 7pm, Book People
Oct. 21
Christopher Day, 7pm, Book People
Eric Rohman, 7pm, Book People
Brian L. Seaward, 7pm, B&N Arboretum
Oct. 22
Michael Beschloss, 8pm, Book People
Eric Rohman, 10am, Toad Hall
Oct. 23
Peter Jenkins, 7pm, Book People
Oct. 25
Alexandra Stoddard, 2pm, Book People
Oct. 27
Arthur Kent, 7pm, B&N Arboretum
George Schade, 7pm, Book People
Oct. 28
Joel Dyer, 7pm, Borders
Oct. 29
Sondra Locke, 7pm, Book People
James Redfield, 7pm, Borders
Oct. 30
Bruce Damer, 7pm, Borders
Michelle M. Weil, 7pm, B&N Arboretum
James Redfield, 7pm, Book People
Oct. 31
Kenneth Anger, tentative, Fringeware
This article appears in October 3 • 1997 and October 3 • 1997 (Cover).