Decatur Book Festival 2026 - A Keynote Conversation with Brian Goldstone

From the venue:

Join us on Friday, October 2, for a memorable evening featuring a keynote conversation with Brian Goldstone, a former Decatur resident and 2026 Pulitzer Prize winner. The conversation will be moderated by Brea Baker.

Goldstone is a journalist and author of There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America, the 2026 Pulitzer Prize winner in General Nonfiction, a finalist for the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction, and one of the 10 Best Books of 2025 by The New York Times and The Atlantic.

Goldstone's landmark work of journalism exposes a new and troubling trend—the dramatic rise of the working homeless in cities across America. In There Is No Place for Us, Goldstone plunges readers into the lives of five Atlanta families struggling to remain housed in a gentrifying, increasingly unequal city.

This is a FREE event for all! Register now to let us know you're coming and don’t miss this extraordinary literary event! Please register via Eventbrite here.

Books will be available for purchase from Charis Books & More, with a portion of the proceeds benefiting the Decatur Book Festival.

The event will be followed by a book signing with the author.