AJC Decatur Book Festival 2019

2019

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BOOK WORM: The AJC Decatur Book Festival sets up shop Labor Day weekend.
By CL Staff Thursday August 29, 2019 02:03 PM EDT

 

About AJC Decatur Book Festival

Born in downtown Decatur over Labor Day Weekend 2006, the AJC Decatur Book Festival has since grown to be recognized as the largest independent book festival in the country — and the fifth largest in the world. Each year, attendees mingle with hundreds of world-class authors at book signings, readings, and soirées. The list of authors appearances for 2019 has yet to be revealed; however, poets Jericho Brown, James Davis May, and this year’s Georgia Poet Laureate Chelsea Rathburn are already on board for the coming year. Stay tuned for more information regarding tracks for young adult books, cookbooks, political nonfiction, experimental poetry, and a whole lot more.

AJC Decatur Book Festival Events By Day

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Friday August 30, 2019 05:00 PM EDT
Decatur Square & Courthouse Cost: Free
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change.
Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
Arts, Arts::Books, Community
Born in downtown Decatur over Labor Day Weekend 2006, the AJC Decatur Book Festival has since grown ...
Free [click here for more]
CL RECOMMENDS
DBF Art

Saturday August 31, 2019 08:00 AM EDT
Decatur Square & Courthouse Cost: Free
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change.
Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
Arts::Books, Community
Born in downtown Decatur over Labor Day Weekend 2006, the AJC Decatur Book Festival has since grown ...
Free [click here for more]
CL RECOMMENDS
DBF Art

Sunday September 1, 2019 11:00 AM EDT
Decatur Square & Courthouse Cost: Free
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change.
Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
Arts, Arts::Books, Community
Born in downtown Decatur over Labor Day Weekend 2006, the AJC Decatur Book Festival has since grown ...
Free [click here for more]
CL RECOMMENDS
 

Events for Friday, August 30, 2019 - Day One

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Saturday August 31, 2019 08:00 PM EDT
Cost: Free
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change.
Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
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The AJC Decatur Book Festival and Dad’s Garage team up for a night of literature and laughs. Join so...
Free [click here for more]

Events for Saturday, August 31, 2019 - Day Two

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Saturday August 31, 2019 12:30 PM EDT
Cost: Free
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change.
Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
Arts, Arts::Books
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Saturday August 31, 2019 12:30 PM EDT
Cost: Free
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change.
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Arts, Arts::Books
Reverend Willie Maxwell was a rural preacher accused of murdering five of his family members for ins...
Free [click here for more]
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Saturday August 31, 2019 03:00 PM EDT
Cost: Free
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change.
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Arts, Arts::Books
For all of its rigor and science, medicine is full of stories—mysteries—that doctors and research ca...
Free [click here for more]
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Saturday August 31, 2019 04:15 PM EDT
Cost: Free
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change.
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Arts, Arts::Books
Descendants of a prominent slaveholding family, Elizabeth, Grace, and Katharine Lumpkin grew up in a...
Free [click here for more]
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Saturday August 31, 2019 04:15 PM EDT
Cost: Free
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change.
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Arts, Arts::Books
From the Winner of the Whiting Award, an American Book Award, and finalist for a Lambda, Tommy Pico’...
Free [click here for more]
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Saturday August 31, 2019 05:30 PM EDT
Cost: Free
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change.
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Arts, Arts::Books
From the authors of the best-selling and genre-defining cocktail book Death & Co, Six & Co is a comp...
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Events for Sunday, September 1, 2019 - Day Three

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Sunday September 1, 2019 01:00 PM EDT
Cost: Free
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change.
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Arts, Arts::Books
Leah Garcés has committed her career to fighting for the rights of factory-farmed animals. As presid...
Free [click here for more]
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Sunday September 1, 2019 02:30 PM EDT
Cost: Free
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change.
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Arts, Arts::Books
Physician, researcher, and ethics professor Matt McCarthy is on the front lines of a groundbreaking ...
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Sunday September 1, 2019 03:45 PM EDT
Cost: Free
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change.
Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
Arts, Arts::Books
If you were asked when America became polarized, your answer would likely depend on your age: you mi...
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Wednesday June 19, 2013 10:00 AM EDT
2013 Decatur Book Festival keynote speaker and lineup announced | more...

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Thursday September 1, 2011 09:00 AM EDT
Young adult lit gets a seat at the big kids table for this year’s Labor Day literary event | more...

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Thursday August 25, 2011 04:00 AM EDT
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Thursday February 3, 2011 04:39 PM EST
McVoy replaces festival co-founder Thomas Bell | more...

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Monday August 24, 2009 01:00 PM EDT
The colossal literary fest consumes the Decatur Square on Labor Day weekend | more...
 





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