Elle Luna, "The Crossroads of Should and Must: Find and Follow Your Passion." 7:15 p.m. May 4. Talk, signing. Free. Decatur Library Auditorium, 215 Sycamore St., Decatur. 404-370-3070, Ext. 2285; georgiacenterforthebook.org/Events/show.php?id=780. Luna explains the difference between jobs, careers and callings, and helps readers discover what they really want and how to act on it.
Cinda Williams Chima, "Worldbuilding: Creating Your Own Fantasy Fiction." 6:30 p.m. May 4. Talk. Free. Ticketed event. RSVP required. SCADshow, 173 14th St. N.E., Atlanta. 404-253-2740, scadshow.com/content/cinda-williams-chima. Chima, who writes young-adult fantasy, will discuss the main elements of fiction and review the rules, tools and limitations of magic, drawing from popular fantasy novels.
Elizabeth Berg, "The Dream Lover." 7 p.m. May 5. Talk, signing. $10. Reservations required. Margaret Mitchell House & Museum, 990 Peachtree St. N.E., Atlanta. 404-814-4150, atlantahistorycenter.com/programs/lectures. In Berg's latest, a Frenchwoman leaves her loveless marriage, renames herself George Sand and becomes a writer who keeps company with the likes of Frederic Chopin, Gustave Flaubert and Franz Liszt.
CANCELED: Cary Elwes, "As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales From the Making of 'The Princess Bride.'" 7 p.m. May 6. Screening, discussion, Q&A, signing. $28. Two tickets free with purchase of the book. Plaza Theatre. 1049 Ponce de Leon Ave. N.E., Atlanta. 404-873-1939, acappellabooks.com/event/evening-cary-elwes. A behind-the-scenes portrait of a beloved cult film classic.
Jonathan Jordan, "American Warlords: How Roosevelt's High Command Led America to Victory in World War II." 7 p.m. May 6. Reading, signing. Free. Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater, 441 Freedom Parkway, Atlanta. 404-865-7100, jimmycarterlibrary.gov. Military historian and Georgia native Jordan looks at President Franklin D. Roosevelt's wartime team of Henry Stimson, Gen. George C. Marshall and Adm. Ernest J. King.
John Connell, "Ruins of War." 7 p.m. May 7. Talk, signing. Free. 57th Fighter Group Restaurant, 3829 Clairmont Road, Atlanta. 770-234-0057, the57threstaurant.com. A former Chicago homicide detective, soldier and prisoner of war tracks a killer in devastated Munich after World War II.
Kim Michele Richardson, "Liar's Bench." 6:30 p.m. May 8. Talk, signing. Free. FoxTale Book Shoppe, 105 E. Main St., Woodstock. 770-516-9989, foxtalebookshoppe.com/events. In her first novel, Richardson ("The Unbreakable Child") offers a chilling view of race relations in the South.
James Bradley, "The China Mirage: The Hidden History of American Disaster in Asia." 2 p.m. May 9. Talk, signing. $10. Reservations required. Atlanta History Center, 130 W. Paces Ferry Road N.W., Atlanta. 404-814-4150, atlantahistorycenter.com/programs/lectures. Bradley ("Flags of Our Fathers") introduces us to prominent Americans who made their fortunes in China's opium trade.
Nan and Britt Pendergrast, "For Love of the British Isles: Anglophile Diaries Through the Decades." 2 p.m. May 9. Talk, signing. Free. Tall Tales Book Shop, 2105 LaVista Road N.E., Atlanta. 404-636-2498, talltalesatlanta.com/events.html. The Pendergrasts' latest (after "Neighborhood Naturalist") combines 70 years of Nan's observations and travel journals with Britt's photographs.
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