Julie Klam, "Love At First Bark." 7 p.m. Oct. 24, free talk and signing, Eagle Eye Book Shop, 2076 N. Decatur Road, Decatur, 404-486-0307, http://eagleeyebooks.com/.
The newest from Klam (“You Had Me at Woof”) explores the healing power of dog rescue.
Amy Stewart, "Wicked Bugs: The Louse That Conquered Napoleon's Army & Other Diabolical Insects." 7:15 p.m. Oct. 24, free talk and signing, Decatur Library Auditorium, 215 Sycamore St., Decatur. 404-370-8450, Ext. 2225, www.georgiacenterforthebook.org/.
From the author of ”Wicked Plants,” this is a darkly comical look at an array of creepy crawlies, both friend and foe -- from black widows to banana slugs, bookworms to tapeworms, scorpions to stinkbugs.
Adam Winkler, "Gunfight: The Battle Over the Right to Bear Arms in America." 8 p.m. Oct. 25, Livingston Lecture, members $5, nonmembers $10, Atlanta History Center, 130 W. Paces Ferry Road N.W., Atlanta. 404-814-4150, www.atlantahistorycenter.com.
Virginia Willis, "Basic to Brilliant, Y'All." 7:15 p.m. Oct. 26, free talk and signing, Decatur Library Auditorium, 215 Sycamore St., Decatur. 404-370-8450, Ext. 2225, www.georgiacenterforthebook.org/.
The author of ”Bon Appetit, Y’All” takes a new look at some oldies but goodies; joining her is Atlanta New York Times bureau chief Kim Severson (”Spoon Fed: How Eight Cooks Saved My Life”).
Alan Hollinghurst, "The Stranger's Child." 7:30 p.m. Oct. 26, free reading and signing, Outwrite Books, 991 Piedmont Ave. N.E., Atlanta. 404-607-0082, www.outwritebooks.com.
In his first book in seven years, Hollinghurst (after “The Line of Beauty”) traces the origins of family secrets that lie buried for decades, until an ambitious biographer threatens to unearth them.
Tony Horwitz, "Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War." 8 p.m. Oct. 27, members $5, nonmembers $10, Atlanta History Center, 130 W. Paces Ferry Road N.W., Atlanta. 404-814-4150, www.atlantahistorycenter.com.
Horwitz (“Blue Latitudes,” “Confederates in the Attic”) tells the full story behind Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry.
Meredith Baxter, "Untied: A Memoir of Family, Fame, and Floundering." 7:30 p.m. Oct. 28, free reading and signing, Outwrite Books, 991 Piedmont Ave. N.E., Atlanta, 404-607-0082, www.outwritebooks.com.
Ann Hite, "Ghost on Black Mountain." 2:30 p.m. Oct. 29, free signing, Eagle Eye Book Shop, 2076 N. Decatur Road, Decatur. 404-486-0307, http://eagleeyebooks.com/.
Hite’s debut novel, narrated by five women living in Depression-era Appalachia, conjures the best of Southern folklore.
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