Upcoming Author & Book Events in Georgia

Hello Georgia book people,

Here is a sampling of upcoming author and book events here in Georgia. The list is by no means complete. One day, I will have a website linked to this blog that will--in my dreams--provide a regularly updated and "comprehensive" list of literary events in Georgia. Until then,

Wednesday, July 23rd

David Sirota
The Uprising
7 pm at Manuel’s Tavern in Atlanta
Sponsored by A Capella Books

Friday, July 25th

Tamara A. Johnson and George & Katrina R. Chambers
Player hateHer
7:30 pm at Wordsmiths Books in Decatur

Saturday, July 26th

Rebekah & Stephen Hren
The Carbon Free Home: 36 Remodeling Projects to Kick the Fossil Fuel Habit
2 pm at The Opal Gallery
Sponsored by A Capella Books

Poetry Atlanta Presents Alice Teeter, Amy Pence & Maudelle Driskell
2 pm at Wordsmiths Books in Decatur

Daniel Black
They Tell Me of Home
3 pm at the Margaret Mitchell House in Atlanta

Monday, July 28th

Sean Carswell
Train Wreck Girl
7 pm at The Opal Gallery
Sponsor: A Capella Books

Richard Doster
Safe at Home
7:15 at the Decatur Public Library
Sponsors: Georgia Center for the Book & Wordsmiths Books


Tuesday, July 29th

Eoin Colfer
Fairies, Fiends and Flatulence
4 pm at the Decatur Public Library
Sponsor: Georgia Center for the Book

Karin Slaughter
Fractured
7 pm at Barnes & Noble at the Forum (Norcross)
770.209.4244 for info.

Robert Olen Butler
Intercourse
7 pm at the Opal Gallery
Sponsor: A Capella Books

Carmen Deedy & John McCutchen
7:15 pm at the Decatur Public Library
Sponsor: Georgia Center for the Book

Doug Crandell
Hairdos of the Mildly Depressed
7:30 pm at Wordsmiths Books in Decatur

Wednesday, July 30th

Karen Traviss
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
7:30 pm at Wordsmiths Books in Decatur

Thursday, July 31st

James E. McWilliams
American Pests
7:30 at Wordsmiths Books in Decatur

Friday, July 31st

Release Parties all over the state for Stephanie Meyers’ new book, Breaking Dawn. Contact your favorite local bookseller and literary venue to see what they have planned.

Tuesday, August 5th

Hollis Gillespie
Launch Party for Trailer Trashed
7-10 pm at Paris on Ponce, 716 Ponce de Leon NE, Atlanta

Delia Champion
The Flying Biscuit Café Cookbook
7:15 pm at the Decatur Public Library
Sponsors: Georgia Center for the Book & Wordsmiths Books

Thursday, August 7th

Mark Baurlein
The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future
7:15 at the Decatur Public Library
Sponsors: Georgia Center for the Book & Wordsmiths Books

Friday, August 8th

Laurinda Brown
The Highest Price for Passion
8 pm at Charis Books & More in Atlanta
404.524.0304

Friday, August 8th-Sunday, August 10

The 2008 Dahlonega Literary Festival
Authors and illustrators attending include Karen Abbott, Steve Berry, Patti Callahan Henry, Nathalie Dupree, Joshilyn Jackson, Mark Braught, Laura Knorr-Braught, Jackie Cooper, Jack Bass, Mitchell Graham. Lots of kid’s events.
For more information, visit www.literaryfestival.org.

Saturday, August 9th

Dr. Sanjay Gupta
Chasing Life
2 pm at the Decatur Public Library
Sponsors: Georgia Center for the Book & Wordsmiths Books

Tuesday, August 12th

Noah Andre Trudeau
Southern Storm: Sherman’s March to the Sea
7:15 at the Decatur Public Library
Sponsors: Georgia Center for the Book & Wordsmiths Books

Thursday, August 14th

Jay Hakes
A Declaration of Energy Independence
Reception at 6 pm & Program begins at 7 pm.
Margaret Mitchell House in Atlanta

Jack Pendarvis
Awesome
8 pm Ballroom Book Bash at the Highland Inn (Atlanta)
Sponsors: A Capella Books & The Chattahoochee Review
404.681.5128 for more info.

Friday, August 15th

Jack Pendarvis
Awesome
7:30 at Wordsmiths Books in Decatur

Thursday, August 21st

Rev-Run (aka Joseph Simmons)
Take Back Your Family: A Challenge for American Families
7 pm at Georgia Perimeter College, Clarkston Campus
Sponsors: Georgia Center for the Book & Wordsmiths Books

Saturday, August 23rd

Bill Curry
Ten Men You Meet in the Huddle
2 pm at Books A Million in Lawrenceville

Thursday, August 28th

Hollis Gillespie
Trailer Trashed
7:30 pm at Charis Books and More in Atlanta
404.524.0304

Friday, August 29th-Sunday, August 31st

The 3rd Annual AJC Decatur Book Festival
250 authors in attendance, including Rick Bragg, Pearl Cleage, Billy Collins, John Dean, Eric Jerome Dickey, Emily Giffin, Lee Smith, and Karin Slaughter.
For more information, visit www.decaturbookfestival.com

Thursday, September 4th

Hollis Gillespie
Trailer Trashed
7 pm at Barnes & Noble in Athens

Charla Muller
365 Nights
7:30 pm at Wordsmiths Books in Decatur

Wednesday, September 10th

Anne Rivers Siddons
Off Season
7 pm at the Margaret Mitchell House in Atlanta

R. A. & Geno Salvatore
The Stowaway
7:30 pm at Wordsmiths Books in Decatur

Thursday, September 11th

Ian McNulty
A Season of Night
7:30 pm at Wordsmiths Books in Decatur

Friday, September 12th

New South Reading Series
7:30 pm at Wordsmiths Books in Decatur
Sponsor: New South’s Writing Workshop at Georgia State University

Saturday, September 13th

Linda Robertson
What Rhymes with Bastard
7:30 pm at Wordsmiths Books in Decatur

Tuesday, September 16th

Charles Martin
Where the River Ends
7 pm at the Margaret Mitchell House in Atlanta

Friday, October 3rd-Saturday, October 4th

Book Fair on the Square in Marietta
Authors at the event will include Richard Grinker, Rachel Simon, Doug Crandell, Laura Flynn, and Katherine Noel. Kids events.
Sponsor: The Cobb County Community Service Board
Visit www.bookfaironthesquare.org for more info.

Saturday, November 15th

5th Annual Savannah Children’s Book Festival
Forsyth Park, Savannah
Visit www.liveoakpl.org

Friday, February 6th-Sunday, February 8th, 2009

2nd Annual Savannah Book Festival


NOTE: This list is by no means complete. Events may be added—or cancelled. Events may change. Please contact specific venues or organizations (see links on this website) to confirm event times, dates and details. Please let me know if you see any information here that is incorrect, or if you know of events that need to be added. Happy reading.

rmr