Ayana Mathis at the Decatur Library

Ayana Mathis will be reading from her debut novel, The Twelve Tribes of Hattie, tonight at the Decatur Library Auditorium (bottom-most level!) at 7:15 PM. The Twelve Tribes of Hattie is the first selection by Oprah’s Book Club 2.0. The event is completely free! Here’s the novel’s summary, via Amazon: The newest Oprah’s Book Club 2.0 selection The arrival of a major new voice in contemporary fiction. A debut of extraordinary distinction: Ayana Mathis tells the story of Read more

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Tara Conklin at Eagle Eye Bookshop

Tara Conklin will be signing copies of her new book, The House Girl, at Eagle Eye Bookshop (drive up Clairemont, it’s on the left once you see the Publix on your right) tonight at 7 PM. The event is free. Here’s the novel’s summary, via Amazon: Two remarkable women, separated by more than a century, whose lives unexpectedly intertwine . . . 2004: Lina Sparrow is an ambitious young lawyer working on a historic class-action lawsuit seeking Read more

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The 42nd Agnes Scott Writers’ Festival Schedule

The schedule of events for the 42nd Agnes Scott Writers’ Festival is as follows: Tuesday, April 2 Reading by Agnes Scott College Writing Contest Finalists Luchsinger Fireplace Lounge, Alston Student Center, 5 PM Thursday, April 4 Reception for Contest Finalists Luchsinger Fireplace Lounge, Alston Student Center, 12:30-2:30 PM Q & A with Gish Jen, Cristina Garcia, and Anjail Rashida Ahmad ’92 Luchsinger Fireplace Lounge, Alston Student Center, 1 PM Cristina Garcia Reading Winter Theatre, Dana Read more

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Maureen Johnson at Little Shop of Stories

Little Shop of Stories will be hosting young adult author Maureen Johnson today at 2 PM to celebrate the release of her new novel, The Madness Underneath. The book is the second in her Shades of London series, which started with last year’s In the Name of the Star. Here’s the summary, via Amazon: After her near-fatal run-in with the Jack the Ripper copycat, Rory Devereaux has been living in Bristol under the close watch of her parents. So Read more

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Brandon Sanderson at the Norcross Cultural Arts and Community Center

Author Brandon Sanderson will be signing copies of The Memory of Light, the final book in The Wheel of Time series, at the Norcross Cultural Arts and Community Center tonight at 7:15 PM. Accompanying Sanderson will be series editor Harriet McDougal. Limited edition leatherbound copies of the book will be available. It’s only a twenty-minute drive (here are some directions!) and it’s free.

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Margaret Wrinkle at the Decatur Library

Author Margaret Wrinkle will be speaking about her debut novel, Wash, tonight at the Decatur Library at 7:15 PM in the auditorium. (It’s on the lowest floor.) The event is totally free! Here’s the book’s summary, via Amazon: In this luminous debut, Margaret Wrinkle takes us on an unforgettable journey across continents and through time, from the burgeoning American South to West Africa and deep into the ancestral stories that reside in the soul. Wash introduces a remarkable Read more

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Cory Doctorow at the Decatur Library

Little Shop of Stories will be hosting author Cory Doctorow at the Decatur Library to promote his new book, Homeland. The event is tonight at 7 PM, and it’s free. Here’s an summary of the book, via Amazon: In Cory Doctorow’s wildly successful Little Brother, young Marcus Yallow was arbitrarily detained and brutalized by the government in the wake of a terrorist attack on San Francisco—an experience that led him to become a leader of the whole movement of Read more

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Lawrence P. Jackson at the Decatur Library

Dr. Lawrence P. Jackson will be lecturing on his latest book, My Father’s Name, a memoir about his search for his heritage, tonight at the Decatur Library at 7:15 PM in the library’s auditorium. (If you’re in the parking lot, take the stairs on the left of the walkway into the building.) This event is completely free. You can read an excerpt of the book at the publisher’s website.

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