AJC Decatur Book Festival: Highlights for the final week

AJC Decatur Book Festival

This year the annual AJC Decatur Book Festival went virtual because of the coronavirus pandemic. In honor of its 15th anniversary, festival organizers hosted a series of 15 events that started Labor Day weekend, but there’s more to come.

We’re fast approaching the final week of events, and there are a few things you’ll want to see — from author talks on writing in a world of turmoil to how to prepare your book for the big screen. Here are the final AJC Decatur Book Festival events you won’t want to miss:

  • Writing in a World of Turmoil: 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. Thursday, September 24
  • National Book Foundation Presents: Reckoning with Resistance with Hanif Abduraqib and Camonghne Felix: 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. Friday, September 25
  • Agnes Scott Writers' Festival Finalists' Reading: 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. Sunday, September 27
  • Falling in Love with Love: 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, September 29
  • How to Pitch, Package & Sell Your Television & Film Project: Talks with the Atlanta Pitch Summit Panel: 2 - 3 p.m. Thursday, October 1
  • Not Your Father’s Canon: Reading Chaucer and Shakespeare Today: 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. Thursday, October 1
  • Going from Book to Screen presented by DeKalb Entertainment Commission: 3 - 4 p.m. Saturday, October 3
  • Endnote: Natasha Trethewey: 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. Sunday, October 4