Bill Cheng

:Thursday, May 23rd:

7:15 p.m., Decatur Library Auditorium

Cheng, began writing SOUTHERN CROSS THE DOG in 2008, while earning his MFA at Hunter College. He drew his inspiration for this story of a group of black, childhood friends set in part against the backdrop of the 1927 Great Flood in Mississippi from the great tradition of country/delta blues music. This debut novel has been praised by Pulitzer Prize winner Edward P. Jones, who calls Cheng’s prose, “lush and so very often poetic”; and National Book Award winner Colum McCann calls it, “An incredibly daring and powerful debut.” For collectors and fans of debut Fiction, this is one book not to be missed!

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Annalee Newitz

One of America’s top science journalists, Annalee Newitz, joins us with a program about her intriguing new book, ”Scatter, Adapt and Remember: How Humans Will Survive a Mass Extinction.” It’s a brilliantly speculative work of popular science that examines humanity’s success at dodging the bullet of extinction and suggests ways to keep doing it. That would seem to make her talk a pretty important...

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Susan Rebecca White

We are delighted to welcome Susan Rebecca White, one of Atlanta’s most popular authors, with a celebration of the release of her new novel, ”A Place at the Table.” The doors open at 7:15 p.m., and she’ll appear on stage at 7:30 in conversation with another wonderful Atlanta writer, Susan Puckett. You won’t want to miss this! The new novel following ”Bound South” and...

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Mary Hood

We are pleased to join the prestigious publication Georgia Review for a special evening with one of Georgia’s most gifted authors, Mary Hood. Her appearance crowns a new issue of Georgia Review that features a much anticipated new story and a new essay by Hood as well as a lengthy interview with the author and a selection of her letters. ”She is a most...

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Charlie Lovett

The story of ”The Bookman’s Tale” begins nine months after the death of his beloved wife, Amanda, Peter Byerly isn’t sure what drew him into a bookshop in a small Welsh town. The young antiquarian bookseller relocated from North Carolina to the English countryside, hoping to heal his wounds by losing himself collecting and restoring rare books. But upon opening an eighteenth-century study of...

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Daniel James Brown

Author Daniel James Brown tells a remarkable true story in his fascinating new book, ”The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.” The story centers around the University of Washington’s oar crew, a team that transformed the sport and helped take the spotlight from Hitler’s Germany. This emotional story tells how the sons of...

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Anton DiSclafani

The Georgia Center for the Book is pleased to host a reading for one of the most anticipated books of the summer, The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls. A Graduate of Emory University, author Anton DiSclafani sets this coming-of-age story against the backdrop of the Great Depression. After her mysterious role in a family tragedy, passionate, strong-willed, fifteen-year-old Thea Atwell is cast out of...

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:Wednesday 29th:

Annalee Newitz

June Events

:Sunday 2nd:

Susan Rebecca White

:Monday 3rd:

Mary Hood

:Wednesday 5th:

Charlie Lovett

:Monday 10th:

Daniel James Brown

:Tuesday 11th:

Anton DiSclafani

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