Lisa Wingate, “Before We Were Yours”
7 p.m. June 5. Talk, signing. $10. Margaret Mitchell House, 979 Crescent Ave. N.E., Atlanta, 404-814-4150, atlantahistorycenter.com
Wingate’s new novel, about five children who end up in a Tennessee orphanage, is based on one of America’s most notorious real-life scandals — in which the head of a Memphis-based adoption organization kidnapped and sold poor children to wealthy families all over the country.
Also appearing: 6:30 p.m. June 6. Launch, signing. Free. FoxTale Book Shoppe, 105 E Main St., Woodstock, 770-516-9989, foxtalebookshoppe.com; 1:30 p.m. June 7. Signing. Free with purchase of book or $10. Bookmiser-Roswell, 4651 Sandy Plains Road, Roswell, 770-993-1555, www.bookmiser.net
Paige Bowers, “The General’s Niece: The Little-Known de Gaulle Who Fought to Free Occupied France”
7 p.m. June 5. Lecture, signing. Free. Carter Presidential Library & Museum, 441 Freedom Parkway, Atlanta, 404-865-7100, jimmycarterlibrary.gov
Bowers’ biography of de Gaulle’s niece, Genevieve, is based on interviews with family members, former associates, prominent historians, and never-before-seen papers.
Miriam C. Davis, “The Axeman Of New Orleans: A True Story”
7 p.m. June 6. Signing. Free. Eagle Eye Book Shop, 2076 N Decatur Road, Decatur, 404-486-0307, eagleeyebooks.com
Davis tells the story of New Orleans’ Jack the Ripper–style killer—the Axeman—who terrorized the city from 1910 to 1919, targeting Italian immigrants and their families.
Ward Churchill, “Wielding Words Like Weapons” and “Pacifism as Pathology”
7 p.m. June 7. Reading, discussion, Q&A. Free. Little 5 Points Community Center, 1083 Austin Ave. NE, Atlanta, 404-522-2926, acappellabooks.com
Acclaimed AIM activist-intellectual Churchill’s essays on indigenism circa 1995–2005, along with the dissident classic that challenged the pacifist movement’s heralded victories, are as relevant today as when first published.
Jacqueline Woodson, “Another Brooklyn”
7 p.m. June 8. Talk, signing. $10. Margaret Mitchell House, 979 Crescent Ave. NE, Atlanta, 404-814-4150, atlantahistorycenter.com
The National Book Award-winning author of “Brown Girl Dreaming” delivers her first adult novel in 20 years, a story set in 1970s Brooklyn about the friendship between four girls and the dreams and dangers they shared.
Wendy Webb, “The End of Temperance Dare”
2 p.m. June 10. Signing. Free. FoxTale Book Shoppe, 105 E Main St., Woodstock, 770-516-9989, foxtalebookshoppe.com
When a seasoned crime reporter becomes the director of an artists’ retreat, she suspects things aren’t as they seem in the former TB sanatorium. Or is she imagining the dread she feels?
John Oates, “Change of Seasons”
6 p.m. June 10. Q&A, signing. Meet, eat & greet. Free with purchase of book. Cowboy Taco, 1000 Virginia Ave. NE, Atlanta, 404-815-9155, acappellabooks.com
The co-songwriter and guitarist for rock and soul duo Hall & Oates shares his highs, lows, triumphs and failures, taking the reader on a wild ride through all the eras, personalities and music that have shaped him over time. Moderated by Mara Davis.
David Sedaris, “Theft by Finding: Diaries (1977-2002)”
9 p.m. June 10. Signing. (Reading is sold out.) Line starts at 5:30 p.m. Free. Avid Bookshop at Five Points, 1662 S Lumpkin St., Athens, 706-850-2843, avidbookshop.com
The author of “Naked” and “Me Talk Pretty One Day,” shares the source of his writings for 40 years, a diary of overheard comments, salacious gossip, soap-opera plot twists, and secrets confided by total strangers — a rare look into the mind of one of our generation’s comic geniuses.
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