Author events, Jan. 18-24
Brad Taylor, "No Fortunate Son." 2 p.m. Jan. 18. Signing. Free. FoxTale Book Shoppe, 105 E. Main St., Woodstock. 770-516-9989, foxtalebookshoppe.com/events. In the latest military thriller from the retired Delta Force member, a hostage situation places America's political elite at the mercy of its worst enemies.
Cindy Woodsmall, "A Love Undone." 10 a.m. Jan. 20. Reading, signing. $5 for nonmembers of the Gwinnett Quilter's Guild. Cannon United Methodist Church, 2424 Webb Gin House Road, Snellville. 770-972-5463, gwinnettpl.org/event/cindy-woodsmall-book-talk-and-signing. Named one of the top three Amish fiction writers by the Wall Street Journal in 2013, Woodsmall is known best for her "Sisters of the Quilt" trilogy.
Sarah Addison Allen, "First Frost." 7 p.m. Jan 20. Lecture. $10. Complimentary champagne and dessert reception. Margaret Mitchell House & Museum, 990 Peachtree St. N.E., Atlanta. 404-814-4150, atlantahistorycenter.com/program/mmh-lecture-sarah-addison-allen-first-frost. Also appearing: 9:30 a.m. Jan. 21. Brunch, signing. $30, includes signed copy of the book. FoxTale Book Shoppe, 105 E. Main St., Woodstock. 770-516-9989, foxtalebookshoppe.com/events. In this sequel to Asheville author Allen's first novel, "Garden Spells" (2007), a strange old man appears in Bascom, N.C, with stories that could change the lives of the Waverley women forever.
Elena Conis, "Vaccine Nation: America's Changing Relationship With Immunization." 7 p.m. Jan. 21. Reading, discussion, signing. Free. Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater, 441 Freedom Parkway, Atlanta. 404-865-7100, jimmycarterlibrary.gov/events. American children now receive more vaccines than any previous generation, and laws requiring their immunization against a litany of diseases are standard. But, increasingly, some have questioned the safety and necessity of vaccines. Conis, a medicine and public health historian at Emory, explores this complicated history and its consequences for personal and public health.
The Big Read: "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter" with Pearl McHaney. 7 p.m. Jan. 21. Discussion, reading. Free. Decatur Library Auditorium, 215 Sycamore St., Decatur. 404-370-8450, Ext. 2225; georgiacenterforthebook.org/Events/show.php?id=753. McHaney, who teaches 20th century American prose and poetry at Georgia State University, will discuss Georgia author Carson McCullers' first and best-known novel.
