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Wordsmiths Books’ One-Year Blowout
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
June 15 is the one-year anniversary for Wordsmiths Books, the Decatur store that has re-defined aggressive scheduling of author appearances and funky ways of courting the reading public. Never ones to hide their booklight under a bushel, they’re celebrating for three days, Friday through Sunday. Some highlights:
Friday night is for local music, starting at 7 p.m., with The Lady Vanishes, Eryn McHugh, Lou Martyr and Random Rabbitt.
Saturday at 2 p.m. is a Poetry Atlanta event with several local poets.
Saturday at 7 p.m. is a crawfish boil to celebrate Toni McGee Causey’s Lousiana-based novel “Bobby Faye’s (Kinda Sorta Not Exactly) Family Jewels” Also showing up: the folks from BabyGotBooks blog and local authors Derek Nikitas, J.L. Miles and CJ Lyons.
Atlanta’s hottest chef, Richard Blais of Bravo’s “Top Chef,” will sign his new cookbook and talk kitchen secrets at 2 p.m. Sunday. That’s followed at 4 by a talk and tasting that includes the folks from “Atlanta Cooks at Home.”
What? Is that all?
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By Lily Toad
June 12, 2008 10:26 AM | Link to this
All hail, Wordsmiths! It takes aggressive marketing for an indy book store to make it. Just sitting back and waiting for readers doesn’t cut it.
By russ
June 12, 2008 5:33 PM | Link to this
is that it? oh you forgot the spontaneous dancing:)