Featured Events in Houston in October, 2024 (May Updated)

Gulf Coast Reads presents Julia Heaberlin The Harris County Public Library and the #gulfcoastreads Committee are thrilled to host Julia Heaberlin, bestselling author of the 2024 Gulf Coast Reads title, NIGHT WILL FIND YOU, for this intimate, in-person discussion and book signing at the West University Branch Library (held next door at the Community Center). Ms. Heaberlin will be in conversation with bestselling author Ashley Winstead. Audience Q & A and book signing will follow the conversation. Please join us at the West University Community Center Auditorium (next door to the West University Branch Library) at 6104 Auden St., Houston, TX 77005. Murder by the Book will be on hand to sell copies of NIGHT WILL FIND YOU. Light refreshments will be served. Or, join us online by visiting: https://www.facebook.com/events/1845536125939828 About the Authors: Julia Heaberlin is the internationally bestselling author of six thrillers, including Night Will Find You, We Are All the Same in the Dark, Paper Ghosts, and Black-Eyed Susans. Her books have sold to more than twenty countries and have been optioned for film. We Are All The Same in the Dark won the 2020 Writers’ League of Texas award for Fiction, and Paper Ghosts was a finalist for Best Hardcover Novel at the International Thriller Awards. Before writing novels, Heaberlin was a journalist for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, The Dallas Morning News, and The Detroit News, which fed her interest in true crime and the forgotten stories of victims, a theme she carries into her fiction. She currently lives in the Dallas/Fort Worth area with her family, where she’s working on her next psychological thriller. Ashley Winstead is the national bestselling author of Midnight is the Darkest Hour, The Last Housewife, In My Dreams I Hold a Knife, The Boyfriend Candidate, and Fool Me Once. Her books have been Library Read picks, Loan Star picks, Best of Amazon picks, and Best of Apple Books picks, and have received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, BookPage, and Library Journal. Her work has been covered by New York Times, Washington Post, CrimeReads, Parade, Cosmopolitan, Good Morning America, Good Housekeeping, Seattle Times, and Southern Review of Fiction, among other outlets. Her books have been translated into over a dozen languages worldwide and optioned for television. Ashley holds a Ph.D. in contemporary American literature and lives in Houston. Information Source: Harris County Public Library | eventbrite

Get up close and personal with Toosii on the Last Lap Tour. This in-person event is your chance to meet the artist, snap some pics, and create lasting memories. Don't miss out on this exclusive opportunity to connect with one of the hottest acts in music today. Grab your tickets now! Please Note: YOU MUST HAVE ALREADY PURCHASED YOUR TICKET FOR THE SHOW SEPARATELY. All sales are final, no refunds. Purchase is good for: Exclusive Meet & Greet with ToosiiPersonal Photograph with ToosiiOfficial meet & greet laminate; autographed by Toosii Information Source: Toosii | eventbrite