Beth Gylys, Christine Swint and Diana Anhalt. 7:15 p.m. Feb. 1. Poetry Atlanta readings. Free. Decatur Library Auditorium, 215 Sycamore St., Decatur. 404-370-3070, Ext. 2285; georgiacenterforthebook.org. Gylys ("Sky Blue Enough to Drink"), Swint ("Swimming This") and Anhalt ("Because There Is No Return") will read from their work.
Robert Buccellato, "Jimmy Carter in Plains, A Presidential Hometown." 7 p.m. Feb.1. Lecture, signing. Free. Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater, 441 Freedom Parkway, Atlanta. 404-865-7100, jimmycarterlibrary.gov. In his pictorial history, Buccellato brings to life Carter's presidential campaign and its profound relationship with Plains.
Jacqueline James and Velma Maia Thomas. 6:30 p.m. Feb. 1. Authors appearance, short films, discussion. Free. Cleveland Avenue/R.L. Yancy Branch Library, 47 Cleveland Ave. S.W., Atlanta. 404-762-4116, afpls.org/cleveland-ave-branch. James is author of a series of children's books, "Friends of Martin Luther King Jr." Thomas' "Lest We Forget: the Passage From Africa to Slavery and Emancipation" combines history with the words of slaves.
Kevin Young, "Blue Laws: Selected & Uncollected Poems 1995-2015." 7 p.m. Feb. 2. Reading, discussion, signing. Free. Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater, 441 Freedom Parkway, Atlanta. 404-865-7100, acappellabooks.com. This new collection moves from Young's 1995 debut, "Most Way Home," to his most recent, "Book of Hours," and offers a number of previously uncollected poems.
John Holman, "Triangle Ray." 7:15 p.m. Feb 2. Decatur Library Auditorium, 215 Sycamore St., Decatur. 404-370-3070, Ext. 2285; georgiacenterforthebook.org. In a new collection of linked short stories by Georgia State University professor Holman ("Squabble and Other Stories"), a young black man comes of age in the 1980s.
Gary Moore, "Rosewood, the Full Story." 7 p.m. Feb. 3. Lecture, signing. Free. Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater, 441 Freedom Parkway, Atlanta. 404-865-7100, jimmycarterlibrary.gov. In early January 1923, mob violence destroyed the rural African-American community of Rosewood, Fla. Journalist Moore, who unearthed the unrecorded incident in 1982, delves deeper into the massacre.
Melanie Benjamin, "The Swans of Fifth Avenue." 7 p.m. Feb. 3. Talk, signing. $10. Margaret Mitchell House, 979 Crescent Ave. N.E., Atlanta. 404-249-7015, atlantahistorycenter.com. In her new novel, Benjamin ("Alice I Have Been") writes about New York society star Babe Paley and her tumultuous friendship with Truman Capote.
Faith Hunter, "Blood in Her Veins." 1 p.m. Feb. 6. Signing. Free. FoxTale Book Shoppe, 105 E. Main St., Woodstock. 770-516-9989, foxtalebookshoppe.com. Hunter's latest collection includes 19 adventures from the world of vampire-hunter Jane Yellowrock, including two new novellas.
John Connell, "Spoils of Victory." 2 p.m. Feb. 6. Signing. Free. Eagle Eye Book Shop, 2076 N. Decatur Road, Decatur. 404-486-0307, eagleeyebooks.com. Connell ("Ruins of War") returns with a new novel set in post-World War II Germany featuring U.S. Army criminal investigator Mason Collins.
Sonya Jenkins, "Shayla's Catch." 2 p.m. Feb. 6. Reading, signing. Free. Kirkwood Branch Atlanta-Fulton Public Library, 11 Kirkwood Road, Atlanta. 404-377-6471, afpls.blogspot.com. A young woman falls for a popular, highly paid football player.
