Guide to the AJC Decatur Book Festival in Sunday’s AJC
The official guide to the AJC Decatur Book Festival has been published in the Sunday, Aug. 25 editions of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
The AJC Decatur Book Festival, the largest independent book festival in the nation, will run Thursday, Aug. 29, through Sunday, Sept. 1, in downtown Decatur. The annual festival was first held on Labor Day weekend in 2006. The 32-page guide will be included in printed editions and the AJC ePaper on Sunday.
Inside are maps and schedules, including a separate breakdown of activities for children, families and young adults.
The festival includes 258 authors on 14 stages around Decatur Square.
The festival schedule is also available online.
Festival stories from the AJC:
> Fostering empathy through immigrant stories topic of book fest keynote
> Parades, author debuts highlight children's events at the festival
> Ticketed events and special collaborations at this year's festival
> Things to do Labor Day Weekend in Atlanta
AJC journalists at the festival
Note: Schedules are subject to change. You check online for updates and cancellations
- Rosalind Bentley, Saturday 4:15 p.m., Decatur Presbyterian. Interviewing Carol Anderson with her book, "One Person, No Vote."
- Maureen Downey, Saturday 3 p.m., Marriott Conference Center. Moderating a panel with the authors Jared Yates Sexton, Caroline Ervin, and Cristen Conger in a panel called, Two Takes on the Patriarchy.
- Bo Emerson, 12:30 p.m. Saturday, First Baptist Decatur Sanctuary. Interviewing Doris Payne with her book, "Diamond Doris: The True Story of the World's Most Notorious Jewel Thief."
- Bria Felicien, noon Sunday, Marriott Conference Center. Moderating a panel with Ocean Vuong and Nicole Dennis-Benn on Sacrifice in the Name of Love.
- Ligaya Figueras, all day Saturday, Culinary Stage.
- Ariel Hart, noon Sunday, First Baptist Decatur Carreker. Moderating a fiction panel with the authors Lynn Cullen, Anissa Gray, and Soniah Kamal in a panel called, Identity and Family: Three Novels about Finding Self in the Mix.
- Rodney Ho, 11:15 a.m. Saturday, Historic DeKalb Courthouse. Interviewing Michael J. Coles and Catherine Lewis, with their book "Time to Get Tough."
- Andre Jackson, 10 a.m. Saturday, Historic DeKalb Courthouse. Interviewing Safiya Umoja Noble with her book, "Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism."
- Frances Jeffries, 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Historic DeKalb Courthouse. Moderating a memoir panel with the authors Lorene Cary and Sarah Broom in a panel called, Bearing Witness to Generations: Two Memoirs of Home and Family.
- Michael Kanell, 11:15 a.m Saturday, Decatur Library. Introducing author Anthony McCann with his book, "Shadowlands: Fear and Freedom at the Oregon Standoff."
- Shannon McCaffrey, 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Marriott Conference Center. Interviewing Casey Cep with her book, "Furious Hours: The Last Trial of Harper Lee."
- Tia Mitchell, 10 a.m. Saturday, Decatur City Hall. Moderating a fiction panel with the authors Chanelle Benz and Miciah Bay Gault in a panel called, Burying the Past Doesn't Mean It's Dead.
- CANCELED: Brian O'Shea, 10 a.m. Saturday, Marriott Conference Center. Interviewing Rick Van Noy with his book "Sudden Spring: Stories of Adaptation in a Climate-Changed South." This event has been canceled.
- Kevin Riley, 8 p.m. Friday, Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts. Delivering a welcome at the keynote.
- Jeremy Redmon, 4:15 p.m. Saturday, Marriott Conference Center and Sunday 5 p.m. Historic DeKalb Courthouse. Interviewing author Aaron Borrow-Strain with his book, 'The Death and Life of Aida Hernandez." He is also moderating a panel with the authors Suketu Mehta and Aleksander Hemon in a panel called, What We Gain When We Welcome. Both of these sessions are part of our PEN America Immigration track.
