C.W. Smith will be signing copies of his new book Steplings at these locations:

Dallas: September 29 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at DeGolyer Library on the SMU campus, 6425 Boaz Ln. 214-768-2253
Fort Worth: September 30 from 5 to 7 p.m. at TCU Bookstore, 2950 W. Berry St. 817-257-7844
Houston: October 11 from 7 to 8 p.m. at Brazos Bookstore, 2421 Bissonet St. 713-523-0701
San Antonio: October 12 from 5 to 7 p.m. at The Twig Book Shop, 200 E. Grayson St. 210-826-6411

All of these events are free.

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Coming September 2011 from Texas Christian University Press
It’s 2003 with the country embroiled in a war in Iraq. Nineteen-year-old Jason Sanborn feels lost. He dropped out of high school just two months shy of graduation, and now his former classmates are off to college, the military, or minimum-wage jobs. The only pressing date on his calendar is an upcoming appearance in court on an assault charge, and when his over-achieving, beloved girlfriend, Lisa, departs for UT Austin to study premed, Jason can hardly abide his hometown of Mesquite.

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In a modern-day battle of good v. evil, psychological thriller author Melanie Wells wages a fight against adult illiteracy through on online campaign called “I Told Two Friends.” By rallying readers and do-gooders across the country, Wells hopes to raise $100,000 for ProLiteracy, an organization whose mission is to end adult illiteracy worldwide, by donating 100 percent of her profits from book sales.

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Arts Advocacy Day is an opportunity for everyone interested in the arts and arts education to learn how to successfully advocate for arts funding and how to create a greater awareness of the impact of arts and culture on a community. The featured speaker is Douglas C. Sonntag, Director of Dance, National Endowment for the Arts

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John Allen, aka Johnny Dolphin, author of the recently released Me and the Biospheres: A Memoir by the Inventor of Biosphere 2, the definitive autobiography of one of the most luminous minds of our time, will speak Friday, April 17 at 8 p.m. at the Museum of Nature & Science, 1318 Second Avenue in Dallas’ Fair Park. Tickets are $15 general admission, $10 students and members of Wordspace and Museum of Nature & Science. Call 254-495-9976 or go to www.wordspacetexas.org for tickets and more information. This event is produced by Wordspace and is sponsored in part by the City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs.

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Catch two creative souls on Thursday, Feb. 12, 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Bar Belmont, 901 Fort Worth Avenue at Sylvan in Oak Cliff. Singer/songwriter Trish Murphy will join Dallas-based author Melanie Wells for a night of songs, stories and hand-made sweets. Admission is free. Call (877) 476-3378 for more information.

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