2015 Fall Book Preview. 7:15 p.m. Aug. 18. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Talk, meet-and-greet. Decatur Library Auditorium, 215 Sycamore St., Decatur. 404-370-3070, Ext. 2285; georgiacenterforthebook.org/Events/show.php?id=808. Get an advance look at notable upcoming titles and chat with representatives from America's biggest publishers about this fall's new books.
Ellen Urbani, "Landfall." 7:15 p.m. Aug. 19. Talk, signing. Free. Decatur Library Auditorium, 215 Sycamore St., Decatur. 404-370-3070, Ext. 2285; georgiacenterforthebook.org/Events/show.php?id=809. Two mothers and their teenage daughters, whose lives collide in a fatal car crash, take turns narrating Urbani's second book (after "When I Was Elena"), set in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
Mary Kay Andrews, "Beach Town," and Patti Callahan Henry, "The Idea of Love." Noon Aug. 19. Luncheon, talk, signing. $10. Reservations required. The ticket price covers lunch and benefits the Friends of the Gwinnett Library and the libraries' summer reading program. Garden Plaza of Lawrenceville, 230 Collins Industrial Way, Lawrenceville. 770-978-5154, gwinnettpl.org/event/beach-party-author-luncheon. Two of Atlanta's best-known authors discuss their friendship, their newest books and their writing process.
Juli Bauer, "PaleOMG." 6:30 p.m. Aug. 20. Signing. Free. FoxTale Book Shoppe, 105 E. Main St., Woodstock. 770-516-9989, foxtalebookshoppe.com/events. Think the paleo diet is too cave girl for you? Bauer, author of "The Paleo Kitchen" and creator of the popular website PaleOMG, is known for delicious paleo dishes like breakfast tacos, pistachio-crusted lamb chops, moo shu pork, shredded beef tostadas and layered flourless chocolate cake.
Colleen Oakley, "Before I Go." 7 p.m. Aug. 20. Discussion, signing. Free. Bookmiser, 4651 Sandy Plains Road, Roswell. 770-993-1555, bookmiser.net/happenings2.html. When a young wife discovers that she has only a few months to live, she decides to find her helpless husband another spouse. But what's more important, her husband's happiness or her own?
