Charis Books & More
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Atlanta's long-running lesbian/feminist/mystic bookstore also stocks CDs, gifts and jewelry, and hosts frequent in-store events.
Monthly Sapphic Writing Group
Wednesday November 12, 2025 06:00 PM EST
Charis Books & More
Cost: Free/Donation
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Monthly Sapphic Writing Group
This is an in-person only event, which takes place at Charis Books and More. This space is free but we recommend you RSVP to reserve your spot because space is limited. Please read the in-person event guidelines at the bottom of this page to be sure you can particip...
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The Future Is Collective: Effective Workplace Strategies For Building A Culture Of Care -- An Evening With Niloufar Khonsari
Wednesday November 12, 2025 07:00 PM EST
Charis Books & More
Cost: Free/Donation
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The Future Is Collective: Effective Workplace Strategies for Building a Culture of Care — An Evening with Niloufar Khonsari
This event takes place on Crowdcast, Charis' virtual event platform. This event is free, but registration is required for virtual attendance. Register ...
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Intrepid Girls: The Complicated History Of The Girl Scouts Of The Usa -- An Evening With Amy Erdman Farrell
Wednesday November 12, 2025 07:00 PM EST
Charis Books & More
Cost: Free/Donation
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Intrepid Girls: The Complicated History of the Girl Scouts of the USA — An Evening with Amy Erdman Farrell
This event takes place at the Decatur Library. This event is free and open to the public but registration is requested. Click here to register.
Charis and the Georgia C... [click here for more]Meet Me There: Featuring Cameron Awkward-Rich And Richard Siken
Thursday November 13, 2025 07:30 PM EST
Charis Books & More
Cost: Free/Donation
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Meet Me There: Featuring Cameron Awkward-Rich and Richard Siken
This event takes place on crowdcast, Charis' virtual event platform. Register here.
"Meet Me There" is a monthly intergenerational poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction experience curated by trans/genderqueer poet and sound arti... [click here for more]Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea: A Veteran'S Memoir -- Khadijah Queen In Conversation With W.J. Lofton
Friday November 14, 2025 07:30 PM EST
Charis Books & More
Cost: Free/Donation
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Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: A Veteran's Memoir — Khadijah Queen in Conversation with W.J. Lofton
This event takes place in person at Charis and on Crowdcast, Charis' virtual event platform. This event is free, but registration is required for virtual attendance. Click here...
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Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, And The Untold Story Of Audley Moore -- Ashley D. Farmer In Conversation With Akinyele Omowale Umoja
Monday November 17, 2025 06:30 PM EST
Charis Books & More
Cost: Free/Donation
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Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore — Ashley D. Farmer in Conversation with Akinyele Omowale Umoja
This event is free and open to the public, but registration is encouraged. Register here. This event takes place at the Auburn Av...
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Trans & Friends--Youth Group--In person meeting
Monday November 17, 2025 07:00 PM EST
Charis Books & More
Cost: Free
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This is a group for 12-18-year-old trans*people, people questioning their own gender, and aspiring allies. We provide an adult facilitated space to discuss gender, relevant resources, and activism around social issues. Whether silently or aloud, please come ready to consider your own gender in a tr...
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Trans & Friends--Adult Group--In Person Meeting
Monday November 17, 2025 08:00 PM EST
Charis Books & More
Cost: Free
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IN-PERSON MEETING
This is a group for people 18+ and is welcoming to people who are in any stage of their journey including people who are in their 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, and beyond, who are questioning their gender or just now coming out as trans in adulthood. The space is open to aspiring allies, s...
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Radical Relating: A Queer And Polyamory-Informed Guide To Love Beyond The Myth Of Monogamy -- Mel Cassidy In Conversation With Alex Iantaffi
Wednesday November 19, 2025 07:30 PM EST
Charis Books & More
Cost: Free/Donation
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Radical Relating: A Queer and Polyamory-Informed Guide to Love Beyond the Myth of Monogamy — Mel Cassidy in Conversation with Alex Iantaffi
This event takes place on Crowdcast, Charis' virtual event platform. This event is free, but registration is required. Register here.
C... [click here for more]Open Reality: Meeting The Polycrisis Together With All Beings -- Shodo Spring In Conversation With Charli Vogt & Gareth Young
Friday November 21, 2025 07:30 PM EST
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Cost: Free/Donation
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Open Reality: Meeting the Polycrisis Together With All Beings — Shodo Spring in Conversation with Charli Vogt & Gareth Young
This event takes place in person at Charis and on Crowdcast, Charis' virtual event platform. This event is free, but registration is required for virt...
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If you're in a band, an artist, run a venue, or keep your organization's calendar, we'd love to have your event on the site. Submit your event here and we'll get you on Atlanta's most comprehensive listing of events.
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Fearless, Sleepless, Deathless: What Fungi Taught Me About Nourishment, Poison, Ecology, Hidden Histories, Zombies, And Black Survival -- Maria Pinto In Conversation With Kiese Laymon
Tuesday November 11, 2025 07:30 PM EST
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Cost: Free/Donation
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Fearless, Sleepless, Deathless: What Fungi Taught Me about Nourishment, Poison, Ecology, Hidden Histories, Zombies, and Black Survival — Maria Pinto in Conversation with Kiese Laymon
This event takes place on Crowdcast, Charis' virtual event platform. This event is free, but registrati...
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Without Fear: Black Women And The Making Of Human Rights -- Keisha N. Blain In Conversation With Beverly Guy-Sheftall
Monday November 10, 2025 06:30 PM EST
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Cost: Free/Donation
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Without Fear: Black Women and the Making of Human Rights — Keisha N. Blain in Conversation with Beverly Guy-Sheftall
This event is free and open to the public, but registration is encouraged. Register here. This event takes place at the Auburn Avenue Research Library, 101 Auburn Ave NE...
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Q/T YOUTH BOARD GAMES @ CHARIS BOOKS AND MORE
Monday November 10, 2025 04:30 PM EST
Charis Books & More
Cost: Free
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Charis Circle presents a free Q/T Youth Board Game meetup at Charis Books and More! Join us to play table-top board games and have some casual social time from 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm on the second and fourth Mondays of every month. The space is supported by licensed therapists and Charis Circle Executive...
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Girls, Unlimited: How To Invest In Our Daughters With More Than Money -- Monique Couvson In Conversation With Paris Hatcher
Sunday November 9, 2025 06:30 PM EST
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Cost: Free/Donation
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Girls, Unlimited: How to Invest in Our Daughters with More Than Money — Monique Couvson in Conversation with Paris Hatcher
This event takes place in person at Charis and on Crowdcast, Charis' virtual event platform. This event is free, but registration is required for virtual attendanc...
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Community Art Making!
Sunday November 9, 2025 02:00 PM EST
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Cost: Free/Donation
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Community Art Making!
Come out to Community Art Making at Charis! This monthly event is a free creative kickback for our community, hosted by local trans and disabled artists Barry Lee and Noah Grigni. This is a safe and accessible space for collective healing through art, which welcomes all ski...
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Bitter Honey: Lolá Ákínmádé Åkerström In Conversation With Wanda Morris
Saturday November 8, 2025 07:30 PM EST
Charis Books & More
Cost: Free/Donation
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Bitter Honey: Lolá Ákínmádé Åkerström in Conversation with Wanda Morris
This event takes place in person at Charis and on Crowdcast, Charis' virtual event platform. This event is free, but registration is required for virtual attendance. Click here to register to attend virtually. Please read th...
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Celebrate Charis’ 51St Birthday!
Saturday November 8, 2025 10:00 AM EST
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Cost: Free/Donation
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Celebrate Charis’ 51st Birthday!
You're invited to help us ring in our 51st year with an all-day celebration of books, feminism, and community. Everything in the store will be 10% off and there will be cake and new Charis merch (muscle tees! hoodies! t-shirts!). Join us in the evening for Lolá Á...
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The Five Blessings Of Ifá: Reclaiming Black Futures Through Afro-Indigenous Spirituality -- Gabrielle Felder In Conversation With Juju Bae
Thursday November 6, 2025 07:30 PM EST
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Cost: Free/Donation
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The Five Blessings of Ifá: Reclaiming Black Futures Through Afro-Indigenous Spirituality — Gabrielle Felder in Conversation with Juju Bae
This event takes place on Crowdcast, Charis' virtual event platform. This event is free, but registration is required. Register here.
Charis welcome... [click here for more]Authentic: The Myth Of Bringing Your Full Self To Work -- Jodi-Ann Burey In Conversation With Deesha Philyaw
Wednesday November 5, 2025 07:30 PM EST
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Authentic: The Myth of Bringing Your Full Self to Work -- Jodi-Ann Burey in Conversation with Deesha Philyaw
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Authentic: The Myth of Bringing Your Full Self to Work — Jodi-Ann Burey in Conversation with Deesha Philyaw
This event takes place in person at Charis and on Crowdcast, Charis' virtual event platform. This event is free, but registration is required for virtual attendance. Click here t...
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Gender-Creative Parenting Collective
Wednesday November 5, 2025 07:00 PM EST
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Cost: Free
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This group is designed to support the ongoing development of parents and educators of self-identified genderqueer and/or trans children, teens, or young adults, as well as children who are “gender creative,” gender non-conforming, or who express themselves in ways that society deems non-normative. T...
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If you're in a band, an artist, run a venue, or keep your organization's calendar, we'd love to have your event on the site. Submit your event here and we'll get you on Atlanta's most comprehensive listing of events.
Arts
Community
Food & Drink
Film
Nightlife
Music
184 S Candler St
Decatur, GA 30030
(404) 524-0304
Decatur, GA 30030
charisbooksandmore.com
Decatur/Oakhurst, GA
#decaturga
Book Store
Hours
Monday: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Tuesday: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Wednesday: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Thursday: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Friday: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Saturday: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Sunday: 12:00 – 6:00 PM
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Charis Books & More, Decatur, 184 S Candler St