Ilona Andrews, "White Hot," and Jeaniene Frost, "Into The Fire." In Andrews' Hidden Legacies #2, a woman's unique skill helps keep her family's detective agency afloat—until a new case pits her against malevolent forces. The explosive finale to Frost's Night Prince series finds the Prince of the Vampires in danger of losing his new bride to an enemy whose powers might prove undefeatable. Free with purchase of book.
6:30 p.m. May 30. Signing. FoxTale Book Shoppe, 105 E. Main St., Woodstock. 770-516-9989, foxtalebookshoppe.com/events/
Kirsten Palladino, "Equally Wed: The Ultimate Guide to Planning Your LGBTQ+ Wedding." The advent of full marriage equality in the U.S. has made a wedding planning book dedicated to guiding LGBTQ couples both timely and essential. Palladino fills that need with a definitive book to inspire couples everywhere who are seeking a meaningful, personal ceremony and a momentous beginning to legally married life. Launch party, refreshments.
6 p.m. June 1.Free. Suggested donation $5. Phillip Rush Center annex, 329 Mell Avenue, Suite B, Atlanta. 678-362-4084, charisbooksandmore.com/event/equally-wed-atlanta-book-launch
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Sheila Williams, "My Mother's Keeper." Local author Williams remembers her childhood, her very different relationship with her mother, and the lessons she learned as her mother's primary caregiver during her battle with multiple sclerosis.
2 p.m. June 3. Reading, signing. Free. Tall Tales Book Shop, Toco Hill Shopping Center, 2105 LaVista Rd. NE, Atlanta. 404-636-2498, talltalesatlanta.com/events.html
Benyf, "Mona Minga, Mona Fam: Identity Crisis." Local author Benyf's second book (after "Letters to My Distant Soul-Mate") follows a German-Cameroonian programmer whose visit to his family in the United States moves farther and farther away from the memorable vacation he envisioned.
2:30 p.m. June 3. Signing, farewell party, refreshments. Free with purchase of book. RSVP. Paschal's Restaurant, 180 Northside Drive SW #B, Atlanta. 404-525-2023, benyf.org/news-and-events
Laurel Snyder, "Orphan Island." Snyder's highly anticipated middle-grade novel,
about nine children who live on a mysterious island, has already earned a starred review from Publishers Weekly. On the children’s perfect island, only one thing ever changes: each year, a boat appears carrying a young child to join them—and taking the eldest one away, never to be seen again. This time around, the oldest orphan has questions about why she must leave the only home she’s ever known.
7 p.m. June 3. Release party, signing. Free. Little Shop of Stories, 133A East Court Square, Decatur, 404-373-6300, littleshopofstories.com/june-events/
Tickets on sale now: Roxane Gay, "Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body." One of the most important voices of our generation, Gay ("Bad Feminist") returns with a memoir about what it means to be a woman in an "unruly" body, what it means to nurture oneself through all one's hungers, and how to find a home in a world that may be beautiful, but is not always safe.
7:30 p.m. June 22. Reading, Q&A, signing. $28. Ticket includes copy of book. RSVP. Gaines Chapel, Presser Hall, Agnes Scott College, 141 E. College Ave., Decatur. 404-471-6000, charisbooksandmore.com/event/roxane-gay-reads-hunger-agnes-scott-college
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