Anne Trubek, "A Skeptic's Guide to Writers' Houses." 7:15 p.m. March 28. Talk and signing. Free. Decatur Library Auditorium, 215 Sycamore St., Decatur. 404-370-8450, Ext. 2225; www.georgiacenterforthebook.org.
Part memoir, part travelogue, part rant and part literary analysis, Trubek’s pilgrimages to writers’ homes are decidedly off the beaten track.
Cathy Whitlock, "Designs on Film: Creating the World of Gone With the Wind." 7 p.m. March 29. $5 for members, $10 for nonmembers, reservations required. Atlanta History Center, 130 W. Paces Ferry Road N.W., Atlanta. 404-814-4150, www.atlantahistorycenter.com.
A revealing look behind the scenes of the classic film.
Kevin Anderson, "Hellhole." 7 p.m. March 29. Eagle Eye Book Shop, 2076 N. Decatur Road, Decatur. 404-486-0307, http://eagleeyebooks.com.
Anderson, author of the "X-Files" novels, has teamed up with Brian Herbert, son of Frank Herbert (“Dune”), for a new series.
Terry Kay, "Bogmeadow's Wish." 7:15 p.m. March 30. Talk and signing. Free. Decatur Library Auditorium, 215 Sycamore St., Decatur. 404-370-8450, Ext. 2225; www.georgiacenterforthebook.org. Also appearing: 7 p.m. April 2. Signing. Free. FoxTale Book Shoppe, www.foxtalebookshoppe.com.
Kay’s latest centers on a man’s search for his family history in Ireland, the clue to which is the unusual gift his grandfather bestowed on him as a child.
SCAD's Ivy Hall Writers Series: Kathryn Stockett and Susan Rebecca White. 6:30 p.m. March 30. Lecture and signing. Free. SCAD Atlanta, 1600 Peachtree St. N.W., Atlanta. 404-253-3100, www.scad.edu/news/2011/kathryn-stockett-susan-rebecca.cfm.
Agnes Scott 40th Annual Writers Festival. March 31-April 1. Call for details, including exact locations, dates and tickets. 141 E. College Ave., Decatur. 404-471-6000, www.agnesscott.edu/events/writersfestival.
Authors include: Danzy Senna, 4 p.m. March 31; Jennifer Nettles, 8 p.m., March 31; and Arda Collins, 2 p.m. April 1. Q&A with all three writers at 1 p.m. March 31.
Neil White, Richard Jay Hutto: "Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction." 6:30 p.m. March 31. True-life story panel. $5, includes food and refreshments. Book Exchange, 2956 Canton Road, Marietta. 770-427-4848, www.bookexchangemarietta.com/Events.html.
White (“In the Sanctuary of Outcasts”) was sentenced to prison in Carville, La., also home to the last leper colony in the continental United States. Hutto (“A Peculiar Tribe of People”) tells the tale of the 1960 murder of the wife of a Macon slumlord.
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