This week, local bookstores will be marking the publication of “Go Set a Watchman,” the earliest known work from Harper Lee, best-selling author of “To Kill a Mockingbird.”
The following stores will hold events:
- Little Shop of Stories. 10 p.m.-midnight. July 13. Release party. 133A E. Court Square, Decatur. 404-373-6300, littleshopofstories.com/events.php. To attend, you must preorder a copy of the book from Little Shop of Stories.
- Most local Barnes & Noble stores are participating in a free "To Kill a Mockingbird" read-athon with staff and guest participants all day July 13; see barnesandnoble.com for stores and locations and to volunteer to read. Buckhead: 2900 Peachtree Road N.E., Atlanta. 404-261-7747, store-locator.barnesandnoble.com/event/4855210-0. Edgewood: 1217 Caroline St., Atlanta. 404-522-0212, store-locator.barnesandnoble.com/event/4854326-0. Mansell Crossings SC: 7660 Northpoint Parkway, Alpharetta. 770-993-8340, store-locator.barnesandnoble.com/event/4854143-0. Perimeter: 120 Perimeter Center West, Atlanta. 770-396-1200, stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/4855980-0.
- Charis Books & More. 11 a.m. July 14. Release party. 1189 Euclid Ave N.E., Atlanta. 404-524-0304, charisbooksandmore.com/event/celebrate-harper-lees-go-set-watchman-out-today.
- FoxTale Book Shoppe. All day. July 14. Release party. Free. 105 E. Main St., Woodstock. 770-516-9989, foxtalebookshoppe.com/events.
Maggie Mitchell, "Pretty Is." 7:15 p.m. July 13. Talk, signing. Free. Decatur Library Auditorium, 215 Sycamore St., Decatur. 404-370-3070, Ext. 2285; georgiacenterforthebook.org/Events/show.php?id=795. A movie with a shockingly familiar plot forces two women to confront what happened the summer they were 12, when a stranger abducted them.
President Jimmy Carter, "A Full Life." 6 p.m. July 15. Signing. Free. Doors open at 4 p.m. Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater, 441 Freedom Parkway, Atlanta. 404-865-7100, jimmycarterlibrary.gov/events. Carter will sign his new book and up to five others. At least one of the books must be "A Full Life." He will not be able to personalize the books or pose for pictures. No photographs or other memorabilia.
Brooke Hatfield, "The Eudora Welty Portrait Reader." 7:15 July 15. Reading, signing. Free. Decatur Library Auditorium, 215 Sycamore St., Decatur. 404-370-3070, Ext. 2285; georgiacenterforthebook.org/Events/show.php?id=802. Emily Wallace, Kate Medley and Hatfield joined forces to create an homage to Welty that includes portraits by 20 artists from across the South and words inspired by those illustrations.
Susan Crandall, "The Flying Circus." 6:30 p.m. July 15. Talk, signing. Free. FoxTale Book Shoppe, 105 E. Main St., Woodstock. 770-516-9989, foxtalebookshoppe.com/events. The author of "Whistling Past the Graveyard" returns with a look at the world of barnstorming in the 1920s.
Carrie Bloomston, "The Little Spark: 30 Ways to Ignite Your Creativity." 7 p.m. July 16. Reading, discussion, signing. Free. A Cappella Books, 208 Haralson Ave. N.E., Atlanta. 404-681-5128, acappellabooks.com/event/carrie-bloomston-book-signing. "Your creativity is like a pilot light," Bloomston says. "It's always on, even if you aren't using the stove." Her book is a guide to finding that creativity.
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