Fall in Georgia--Look What's Coming

Thank goodness. Fall is around the corner. School starts back soon. College enrollments are way up and budgets are way down. Cooler weather. Fly fishing? And, of course, college football.

Fall is also prime book season. Here is a smattering of what's happening in Georgia. Note: this is the Cliffnotes version. If you want more details, please check the appropriate link at right.

Happy reading all.

From A Capella Books in Atlanta's Little Five Points District:

August 19 at 7 pm
Pat Conroy South of Broad
At the Carter Center

September 24 at 7 pm
Gary Pomerantz The Devil's Tickets: A Night of Bridge, a Fatal Hand, and a New American Age
At the Carter Center

From the Georgia Center for the Book:

August 6 at 6:30 pm
Judson Mitcham A Little Salvation
Cherokee Regional Library, LaFayette, GA

August 10 at 7 pm
James Cobb Georgia Odyssey
Hart County Library, Hartwell, GA

August 11 at 7:15 pm
Amanda Gable The Confederate General Rides North
Georgia Center for the Book, Decatur

August 25 at 7:15 pm
Jonathan Tropper This Is Where I Leave You
Georgia Center for the Book, Decatur

September 4 thru September 6
The Decatur Book Festival
150 Authors

September 14 at 7:15 pm
Tom Edwards Blue Jesus and Samg Pak Wait Until Twilight
Georgia Center for the Book, Decatur

September 15
Judy Shepard The Meaning of Matthew: My Son's Murder In Laramie and a World Transformed
Time and Location TBA

September 17 at 7:15 pm
Sal Cilella Upton's Regulars
Georgia Center for the Book, Decatur

September 17 at 7 pm
David Bottoms Waltzing Through the Endtime
Lake Blackshear Regional Library, Americus, GA

September 19 from 11 am to 3 pm
Celebrate Curious George and his creator H. A. Ray
Georgia Center for the Book

September 21
Philippa Gregory The White Queen
Time and Place TBA

September 28 at 7 pm
Garrison Keillor Pilgrims: A Wobegon Novel
Presser Hall, Agnes Scott College, Decatur

September 29 at 7:15 pm
Poetry Night Atlanta
Robin Kemp This Pagan Heaven and Karen Head Goizia Notebook
Georgia Center for the Book, Decatur

September 29 at 7 pm
Terry Kay collected works and stories
Catoosa County Library, Ringgold, GA

October 6 at 7:15 pm
Carmen Deedy 14 Cows in America
Georgia Center for the Book, Decatur

October 12 at 7:15 pm
Carol Berkins Civil War Wives
Georgia Center for the Book, Decatur

October 13
Byron Pitts Step Out on Nothing: How Faith and Family Helped Me Overcome Life's Obstacles
Time and Place TBA

October 17 from 9 am to 6 pm
The Georgia Literary Festival
Rome, GA

October 19 at 7:15 pm
R. A. Salvatore The Ghost King: Transitions, Book III
Georgia Center for the Book, Decatur

October 20 at 7 pm
Terry Kay Collected Works and Stories
Mountain Regional Library, Young Harris, GA

October 25 at 3 pm
Hank Klibanoff The Race Beat
Athens Regional Library, Athens

October 26 at 7:15 pm
Robert Hicks A Seperate Country
Georgia Center for the Book, Decatur

October 28 at 7:15 pm
Wil Haygood Sweet Thunder: The Life and Times of Sugar Ray Robinson
Georgia Center for the Book, Decatur

October 29 at 7 pm
Wil Haygood Sweet Thunder: The Life and Times of Sugar Ray Robinson
Ohoopee Regional Library, Vidalia, GA

November 10 at 7:15 pm
Jill McCorkle Going Away Shoes
Georgia Center for the Book, Decatur

November 14 from 10 am to 4 pm
Savannah Children's Book Festival
Savannah

November 17 at 7:15 pm
Mary Kay Andrews The Fixer Upper
Georgia Center for the Book, Decatur

November 19 at 7:15 pm
Debbie Macomber One Simple Act: Discovering the Power of Generosity
Georgia Center for the Book, Decatur

Presented by the Margarett Mitchell House:

August 8
George Dawes Green Ravens

August 20
Nancy Grace The Eleventh Victim

August 28
Jack Riggs The Fireman's Wife

September 16
Anita Diamant Day After Night

September 30
Richard Russo That Old Cape Magic

October 27
Rita Mae Brown Animal Magnetism: My Life with Creatures Great and Small

October 29
Richard Paul Evans The Christmas List

November 9
David Wroblewski The Story of Edgar Sawtelle

November 16
Jeff Shaara No Less Than Victory

November 18
Jennifer Burns Goddess of the Market

Other Events and Happenings:

August 16
Nancy Grace The Eleventh Victim
Borders at Peachtree Road, Atlanta

August 30 at 2 pm
Donny Seagraves Gone From These Woods
Borders Books, Athens, GA

September 2 at 7 pm
Rev Run Take Your Family Back
Barnes & Noble at Peachtree Road, Atlanta

September 19 at 7 pm
Jamie and Bobby Deen The Deen Boys Take it Easy
Barnes & Noble, Savannah

October 15 at 7:15 pm
Andy Williams Moon River and Me
Margaret Mitchell House, Atlanta

Upcoming Releases of Note:

September 1: Phillip Lee Williams The Campfire Boys

September 15: Marion Montgomery With Walker Percy at the Tupperware Party: in Company with Flannery O'Conner, T.S. Eliot, and Others

Events can change. Better check the websites. More to come. Happy Reading.

RMR