Kidliterate Book Club: Laurel Snyder, Rebekah Goode-Peoples. 7 p.m. July 29. Suggested donation: $5. Charis Books & More, 1189 Euclid Ave. N.E., Atlanta. 404-524-0304, charisbooksandmore.com/event/kidliterate-book-club-laurel-snyder-and-rebekah-goode-peoples. If you're looking for some suggestions for your child's summer reading, try Charis' new book club, where they hope to push the boundaries of kidlit. Snyder and Goode-Peoples are hosts of this month's program, featuring "The Riverman" by Aaron Starmer.
Brooke Hatfield, "Scale Highly Eccentric: A Zine of Flannery O'Connor Portraits." 7:15 p.m. July 29. Readings. Free. Decatur Library Auditorium, 215 Sycamore St., Decatur. 404-370-8450, Ext. 2225; www.georgiacenterforthebook.org/Events/show.php?id=714. In Hatfield's new zine, 14 artists portray one of Georgia's most beloved writers through a variety of mediums. Works of fiction inspired by the artwork will be read.
Eric Litwin, "The Nuts: Bedtime at the Nuthouse." 7 p.m. July 29. Release party, reading and signing. Free with purchase of the book. Doors open at 6 p.m.; see store website for line details. First Baptist Church of Decatur, 308 Clairmont Ave., Decatur. 404-373-1653, littleshopofstories.com/events.php. Litwin ("Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes") is launching a bedtime adventure series.
Sommer Browning, Noah Eli Gordon, Amy Lawless, Angela Veronica Wong. 8 p.m. July 31. Poetry readings. Free. Barnes & Noble @ Emory, 1390 Oxford Road, Atlanta. 404-727-6222, poetrycouncil.campuslifetech.org/the-whats-new-in-poetry-reading-series/summer-2014.
Bill Morris, "Motor City Burning." 7 p.m. July 31. Reading and signing. Free. A Cappella Books, 208 Haralson Ave. N.E., Atlanta. 404-681-5128, acappellabooks.com/event/bill-morris-book-signing. A once idealistic black activist, now disillusioned, returns home to Alabama to write a memoir, but a trip to Detroit leaves him the prime suspect in a murder case.
Bryan M. Powell, "The Stranger Among Us." 2 p.m. Aug. 2. Talk and signing. Free. Tall Tales Book Shop, 2105 LaVista Road N.E., Atlanta. 404-636-2498, talltalesatlanta.com/events.html. Georgia author Powell sign books from his "Stranger" trilogy and other works.
Antonia Joy, "Reframing the Playing Field." 1 p.m. Aug. 2. Talk and signing. Free. Eagle Eye Book Shop, 2076 N. Decatur Road, Decatur. 404-486-0307, eagleeyebooks.com/calendar.html. Atlanta author Joy's experience with back pain and surgery motivated her to write a novel about a physical education teacher whose life changes forever after a soccer injury.
Ilona Andrews, "Magic Breaks." 2 p.m. Aug. 2. Signing. Free with purchase of the book. FoxTale Book Shoppe, 105 E. Main St., Woodstock. 770-516-9989, foxtalebookshoppe.com/events. Set in a futuristic Atlanta, the 11th in Andrews' urban fantasy series sees heroine Kate Daniels fighting to prevent her home turf from becoming a supernatural war zone.
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