Anthony J. Martin, "Dinosaurs Without Bones." 7:15 p.m. March 30. Talk, signing. Free. Decatur Library Auditorium, 215 Sycamore St., Decatur. 404-370-3070, Ext. 2285; georgiacenterforthebook.org/Events/show.php?id=766. Martin's book brings the world of the Mesozoic Era to life by interpreting forensic clues that leave a much richer legacy than dinosaur bones.
Jim Auchmutey, "The Class of '65: A Student, a Divided Town, and the Long Road to Forgiveness." 7 p.m. March 31. Talk, signing. Free. Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater, 441 Freedom Parkway, Atlanta. 404-865-7100, acappellabooks.com/event/jim-auchmutey-book-signing. Auchmutey, a metro area native and former Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter, presents the true story of a racially progressive student who became a social pariah in Americus at the height of the 1960s civil rights movement.
Daryl Gregory, "Harrison Squared." 7 p.m. March 31. Talk, signing, refreshments. Free. Eagle Eye Book Shop, 2076 N. Decatur Road, Decatur. 404-486-0307, eagleeyebooks.com/calendar.html. A lonely teenage boy searches for his mother, aided by a ragtag group of allies — including a fish-boy and the New England version of Hermione Granger.
Skip Horack, "The Other Joseph." 7:15 p.m. April 1. Talk, signing. Free. Decatur Library Auditorium, 215 Sycamore St., Decatur. 404-370-3070, Ext. 2285; georgiacenterforthebook.org/Events/show.php?id=768. In Horack's new novel (after "The Eden Hunter") the legacy of a lost brother grants a defeated man a chance to alter the course of his solitary existence.
Sara Gruen, "At the Water's Edge." 7 p.m. April 1. Reading, signing. $35, includes copy of the book, refreshments. Reservations required. Margaret Mitchell House & Museum, 990 Peachtree St. N.E., Atlanta. 404-814-4150, atlantahistorycenter.com/visit/event/722. This novel by Gruen ("Water for Elephants") tells of a young woman who ventures to a tiny Scottish Highlands village during World War II in search of a mythical monster.
Isabel Wilkerson, "The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration." 2 p.m. April 2. Discussion, signing. Free. Georgia Gwinnett College Student Center, 1000 University Center Lane, Lawrenceville. 770-978-5154, gwinnettpl.org/event/isabel-wilkerson-pulitzer-prize-winner. Pulitzer Prize-winner Wilkerson will discuss her chronicle of the decades-long migration of blacks who fled the South in search of a better life.
Erik Larson, "Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania." 7 p.m. April 2. Reading, discussion, signing. $30-$35, includes a copy of the book. SCADshow, 173 14th St. N.E., Atlanta. 404-253-2740, scadshow.com/events. The story of the trans-Atlantic luxury liner sunk by a German U-boat in May 1915.
Tim Seibles and Esther Lee. 7:30 p.m. April 2. Poetry readings. Free. Robert C. Williams Paper Museum, Kress Auditorium, Georgia Tech, 500 10th St., Atlanta. 404-894-2000, poetry.gatech.edu/events.html.
Yuri Herrera, "Signs Preceding the End of the World," with Lisa Dillman. 5 p.m. April 4. Reading, discussion, signing. A Cappella Books, 208 Haralson Ave. N.E., Atlanta. 404-681-5128, acappellabooks.com/event/yuri-herrera-book-signing. Herrera writes about the translations people make in their minds and language as they move between the U.S. and Mexico. Dillman, who translated the novel, teaches at Emory University.
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