Texas Book Festival and BookPeople Present: Chelsea Handler

Schedule

Sat Nov 08 2025 at 01:00 pm to 01:45 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

First United Methodist Church of Austin | Austin, TX

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Texas Book Festival is honored to welcome Chelsea Handler in celebration of her latest title, I'll Have What She's Having.
About this Event


Texas Book Festival is honored to welcome Chelsea Handler in celebration of her latest book, I'll Have What She's Having.

This is a ticketed event.

  • Date: Saturday, November 8th
  • Start time: 1:00 pm
  • Run time: 45 minutes
  • Location: First Baptist Church, 901 Trinity St, Austin, TX 78701
  • Your ticket purchase includes a copy of I'll Have What She's Having, pre-signed by the author. There will be no public signing after this event.
  • Please note: Each ticket purchase includes entry for one attendee

If you buy a ticket and are unable to attend:

  • We will hold your book at BookPeople for 30 days after the event.
  • We understand that things happen, but please only order a ticket if you currently plan to attend! Tickets are not to be used in place of pre-orders, etc.

Guidelines:

  • Seating will be on a first-come, first-served basis.
  • Texas Book Festival reserves the right to cancel or postpone this event if necessary.
  • If you have any other questions, please visit our Eventbrite FAQ or email [email protected].

About the book (as provided by Penguin Random House):

There’s a woman I want to become, Chelsea Handler thought as a child. She’ll be strong and confident. She’ll light up a room and spread that light to make others feel better. She’ll make a living being herself. She’ll be a survivor.

At ten years old, Chelsea opened a lemonade stand and realized she’d make more money if the drinks were spiked. So she added vodka to her recipe and used her earnings to upgrade herself to first-class on a family vacation—leaving her parents and siblings in coach. She moved to Los Angeles and got fired from her temp job when she admitted she didn’t know how to transfer calls. She’s played pickleball with the scions of an American dynasty. She’s sexted a governor. She shared psychedelics with strangers in Spain. When she accidentally ended up at dinner with Woody Allen, she was not going to leave the table without asking him a very personal pointed question. She went on national television and talked about having threesomes. She’s never been one to hold back.

But this life of adventure and absurdity is only part of her story. Chelsea knows what it is to truly show up for her family—canine and human, biological and chosen. She’s discovered how to spend time with herself, how to meditate, how to be open to love, and how to end a relationship with dignity. She is a sister to the many women who rely on her.

Surprisingly vulnerable and always outrageous, Chelsea Handler captures the antic-filled, exhilarating, and joyful life she’s built—a life that makes the rest of us think, I’ll have what she’s having.


About the author:

Chelsea Handler is a comedian, television host, and seven-time New York Times best-selling author whose humor and candor have established her as one of the most celebrated voices in entertainment and pop culture. After a strong seven-year run as the host of E!’s top-rated Chelsea Lately, a tenure in which she was the only female late-night talk show host on-air, she launched her documentary series Chelsea Does, followed by her talk show Chelsea on Netflix in 2016. She has penned seven New York Times best-selling books, six of which have reached #1, including her seventh and most recent book I’ll Have What She’s Having, published February 2025.


About the moderator:
Kathy Blackwell is an executive editor at Texas Monthly, where she oversees all lifestyle coverage, including the 2023 National Magazine Award finalist “Springs Eternal.” She contributed to the magazine's 2021 book, "Being Texan" (Harper Wave). She serves on the boards of Richard Linklater's Austin Film Society and American Short Fiction.


Purchasing a ticket to this event helps support both Texas Book Festival and BookPeople, the largest independent bookstore in Texas.


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First United Methodist Church of Austin, 1201 Lavaca Street, Austin, United States

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