John Summers: "Cotton Tenants: Three Families" by James Agee and Walker Evans. 7 p.m. June 17. Reading and signing. Free. Jimmy Carter Library & Museum, 441 Freedom Parkway, Atlanta. 404-865-7100, www.jimmycarterlibrary.gov. The previously unpublished original version of what became "Let Us Now Praise Famous Men," Agee's report — accompanied by Evans' historic photos — is an unsparing record of three families who worked the land at a desperate time. Hank Klibanoff, former managing editor of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, leads a panel discussion with the book's editor, Summers; Agee scholar Hugh Davis of Piedmont College; and Atlanta photographer Chip Simone.
Beth Hoffman, "Looking for Me." 7 p.m. June 18. Talk and signing. Free. Barnes & Noble Buckhead, 2900 Peachtree Road N.E., Atlanta. 404-261-7747, http://store-locator.barnesandnoble.com/store/1907. In Hoffman's second novel (after "Saving Ceecee Honeycutt"), a woman haunted by the mysterious disappearance of her brother years before returns to her hometown in Kentucky in hopes of finding him.
J. Tom Morgan, "Ignorance Is No Defense: A Teenager's Guide to Georgia Law." 7 p.m. June 18. Discussion, Q&A and signing. Free. RSVP. Bookmiser, 4651 Sandy Plains Road, Roswell. 770-993-1555, www.bookmiser.net. From the former DeKalb County district attorney comes a book that explains Georgia laws in a readable, informative way using real-life examples.
Laura Moriarty, "The Chaperone." 7 p.m. June 18. Reading, discussion and signing. Free. Highland Inn Ballroom, 644 N. Highland Ave., Atlanta. 404-874-5756, www.thehighlandinn.com. Moriarty ("The Center of Everything") builds a captivating novel around the woman who chaperoned an irreverent Louise Brooks to New York City in 1922.
George Packer, "The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America." 7 p.m. June 19. Reading and signing. Ticketed event. Free with purchase of the book ($29) or $10 without. Jimmy Carter Library & Museum, 441 Freedom Parkway, Atlanta. 404-865-7100, www.jimmycarterlibrary.gov. Using the lives of average Americans interwoven with biographical sketches of the era's leading public figures, Packer tells a novelistic, kaleidoscopic story of a superpower in danger of coming apart at the seams. Advance tickets available online at www.acappellabooks.com or at A Cappella Books, 208 Haralson Ave N.E., Atlanta. If still available, tickets will be on sale at the door. For more information call 404-681-5128.
Temple Grandin, "The Autistic Brain: Thinking Across the Spectrum." 7 p.m. June 19. Discussion and signing. Free. First Baptist Church, 308 Clairmont Ave., Decatur. 404-370-8450, Ext. 2225; www.georgiacenterforthebook.org. Grandin's new book offers reports on groundbreaking research into causes and treatments, and brings her singular perspective on the autism revolution.
Steph Cha, "Follow Her Home." 6:30 p.m. June 20. Signing. Free. Peerless Book Store, 8465 Holcomb Bridge Road, Alpharetta. 770-650-7323, www.peerlessbookstore.com. Cha's edgy debut introduces Korean-American amateur sleuth Juniper Song, who takes on crime in L.A. with a Raymond Chandler flavor.
Janet Evanovich, "The Heist." 6 p.m. June 21. Signing. Free. Barnes & Noble Edgewood, 1217 Caroline St., Atlanta. 404-522-0212, http://store-locator.barnesandnoble.com/store/2204. Evanovich, author of the Stephanie Plum novels, and Lee Goldberg, best-selling author and television writer for "Monk," team up for a new series featuring an FBI agent who always gets her man and a fearless con artist who lives for the chase.
Poetry reading: Michael Diebert and Robert S. King. 7:30 p.m. June 22. Free. Bound to Be Read Books, 481-B Flat Shoals Ave. S.E., Atlanta. 404-522-0877, www.boundtobereadbooks.com. Diebert, author of "Life Outside the Set," serves as poetry editor for the Chattahoochee Review and teaches writing and literature at Georgia Perimeter College. King, a Georgia native, has published three full-length collections, the most recent of which is "One Man's Profit."
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