ATL Bookmarks: MJCCA Book Fest touts celeb authors October 31 2011
News and bits about Atlanta’s authors and books
>> Grant Jerkins reads from his second novel, At the End of the Road, at the Decatur Library this week. Gina Webb reviews the book for the AJC, writing that Jerkins, “successfully grafts a bogeyman of skin-crawling proportions onto a poignant coming-of-age story set in the rural Georgia of his youth.”
>> Open Face Sandwich founding editor and GSU grad student Benjamin Solomon has a story, “Who Cycles Into Our Valley,” in the latest issue of One Story, one of the cooler literary magazines going these days.
>> A new zine, Hyde ATL, is launching on Friday with the release of the first issue, “Cool Kids vs. Hot Mess.” Heather Buzzard, Kory Oliver, Christen Conger, April Leigh, Jayne O’Connor, Mike Baireuther, Winston Ward, Jessica Mason, and Thomas Ward are set to read at the launch party at MINT Gallery. Speaking of, did you hear that hipsters are going to save print media?
>> The MJCCA Book Festival kicks off this weekend. The authors getting top billing - Regis Philbin, Joe Lieberman, Dyan Cannon, Chris Matthews - are better known for their accomplishments aside from writing books. The sprawling, month-long schedule should have a little something to please everyone, though.