Author Tours: Robert M. Gates to sign ‘Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War’

 

Touré, author of Who’s Afraid of Post-Blackness?, is the keynote speaker at the ninth annual MLK Jr. Symposium at 7 p.m. Monday at Dallas City Performance Hall, 2520 Flora St., Dallas. $20; teachers $10. Free for students with a valid school ID. Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture members at the Friend level or above receive two free tickets. Register at
dallasinstitute.org or call 214-871-2440.

Robert M. Gates will sign Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Barnes & Noble, 7700 W. Northwest Highway, Dallas. Present a B&N receipt for a wristband to save a place in line. Those without receipts may get their wristbands at 6 p.m. Wednesday.

Ransom Riggs will sign Hollow City: The Second Novel of Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Barnes & Noble, 2601 Preston Road, Frisco. Present a B&N receipt for a ticket to the signing line. Those without receipts may get their tickets at 6 p.m. Wednesday.

Susannah Charleson will discuss Scent of the Missing: Love & Partnership With a Search-and-Rescue Dog on Thursday at Richardson Civic Center Grand Hall, 411 W. Arapaho Road, Richardson. A reception begins at 6 p.m. followed by the 7 p.m. lecture. $15, or $20 for reception and lecture. Register at richardson
fol.org.

Robert Knott, who took over Robert B. Parker’s Western series, will discuss Bull River at 7 p.m. Friday at the Acting Studio, 13331 Preston Road, Suite 1014, Dallas. $10; free for Dallas Screenwriters Association members.

Tynia Thomassie will discuss Feliciana Feydra LeRoux at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Allen Public Library, 300 N. Allen Drive, Allen.

Kaneza Schaal, Baryshnikov Arts Center fellow, and actors David Strathairn and Parker Posey will read short stories inspired by Edward Hopper’s paintings at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Dallas Museum of Art, 1717 N. Harwood St., as part of Arts & Letters Live. Tickets $35; discounts for DMA partners, KERA members, seniors and students. dma.org/tickets or 214-922-1818.

Bill Manchee will sign Unconscionable and Shroud of Doom at 1 p.m. Saturday at Barnes & Noble, 801 W. 15th St., Plano.

C.K. Smith will read from My Homework Ate My Dog from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Prosper Community Library, 700 N. Coleman St., Prosper.

Compiled by Holly Rusak. Email information to mmerschel@dallasnews.com two weeks in advance.

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