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Friday, September 1

• Georgia Antiquarian Bookseller's Association 15th Annual Atlanta Antiquarian Book Fair. Conference Center, 6–9 p.m. *PAID EVENT.

• Keynote Address—Arianna Huffington. Presser Hall at Agnes Scott College, 8–9 p.m.

Saturday, September 2

• Children’s parade: “It’s All About The Cat!” Parade with The Cat in the Hat. Line-up at Library at 9 a.m. Parade begins at 9:30 a.m.

• Georgia Antiquarian Bookseller's Association 15th Annual Atlanta Antiquarian Book Fair. Conference Center 10 a.m.–6 p.m.

• Ellis Paul, Tommy Womack, and Marshall Chapman performance at Eddie’s Attic. Doors open at 7 p.m. Show begins at 8:30 p.m. *PAID EVENT.

• Blue Mother Tupelo performance on the bandstand. Show begins at 7:30 p.m.

• Book Market on the Square, open 10 a.m.–6 p.m.

• Adult Poetry Slam at Java Monkey. Sign-Up at 7 p.m., Slam at 8 p.m.

Verb Stage

Courthouse

Lenz
Stage

City Hall

Georgia Center
for the Book Stage

DeKalb
County
Public Library

Scottie Stage

Decatur
Conference
Center

Target Children's Stage

Cook's Warehouse

Eddie's
Attic

Bandstand

10:00

10–10:45
"Murder in the ATL" David Fulmer, Walter Sorrells and Patricia Sprinkle

10–10:45
"Writing History in the South" Catherine Clinton and Erskine Clarke

10–10:45
Ron Rash

10–10:45
Diana Gabaldon

10–10:30
"Green Eggs and Ham" reading

10–10:45
Susan Puckett and Jeanne Besser

10:15

10:30

10:30–11
Chris Raschka

10:45

11:00

11:15

11:15–12
"Poets of the South I": Stephen
Corey, David
Bottoms, Beth Ann Fennelly,
and Megan Sexton

11:15–12
“Editing the Nation” with Victor Navasky

11:15–12
David Fairbank White

11:15–12
Pearl Cleage

11:30

11:30–12
“Cheese and Peas” Elizabeth O. Dulemba and Danny Schnitzlein

11:45

12:00

12–1:15
Scott Peacock

12–12:15
Emily & Don Saliers

12:15

12:15–1:15
Arlington Priest

12:30

12:30–1:15
"Poets of the South II": Ryan Van Cleave, Thomas Lux, and Natasha Trethewey

12:30–1:15
Mary Kay Andrews

12:30–1:15
Clyde Partin, Sr.

12:30–1:15
Robert Olen Butler

12:30–1:15
“Live Music at Lunchtime” with Henslee and Kenslee

12:30–1:15
Emily and
Don Saliers Reading

12:45

1:00

1:15

1:15–1:30
Ellis Paul

1:30

1:30–2
N. E. Bode

1:30–2:30
Kristin Markiton

1:45

1:45–2:30
Michael Connelly

1:45–2:30
"Mexico After Magical Realism: Ignacio Padilla"

1:45–2:30
"Tricksters of the New South" Roy Blount, Jr., George Singleton, and John Egerton

1:45–2:30
Nicholas Basbanes

1:45–2:30
Ellis Paul Reading

2:00

2–3:15
Marvin Woods

2:15

2:30

2:30–3
Deborah Wiles

2:30–2:45
Tommy Womack

2:45

2:45–3:45
Dianne Durrett

3:00

3–3:45
"Male's Tales" Sonny Brewer, Jack Pendarvis and Tom Franklin

3–3:45
Julianna Baggott

3–3:45
"The Rough South of Joshilyn Jackson, N.M. Kelby and Elizabeth Cox"

3–3:45
Karin Slaughter

3–3:45
Tommy
Womack Reading

3:15

3:30

3:30–4:15
“Making it Real: Kid’s Nonfiction” Rick Spears, Kelly Milner Hall and Vicki 
Alvear Shecter

3:45

3:45–4
Marshall Chapman

4:00

4–5:15
Shirley Corriher

4–5:15
Rebecca Zapen

4:15

4:15–5
Steve Berry

4:15–5
"Bringing a Southern Legend to Life: Robert E. Lee" Roy Blount

4:15–5
“Best of the AJC Panel” Mark Bixler, Suzanne Van Atten, Ken Foskett, Ron Martz, and Mike Luckovich

4:15–5
Tourê

4:15–5
Marshall Chapman Reading

4:30

4:30–5
“From Words to WOW!” Illustrator Panel with Chris Raschka, Elizabeth Dulemba, Michael Montgomery, and Mike Lester

4:45

5:00

5:15

5:30

5:30–6:15
Mike Luckovich

5:30–6:15
"Place and Voice in Southern Literature", Elizabeth Dewberry, Barbara Robinette Moss, and Brian Jay Corrigan

5:30–6:15
"The Atlanta Race Riots of 1906: A Centennial View" Paul Hudson, Rebecca Burns, and Lisa Tuttle

5:30–6:15
“Voices in Contemporary Fiction” Lisa Teasley and Tayari Jones

5:30–6:30
Youth Poetry Slam

5:45

6:00

6:15

6:30

6:45

7:00

7–9:30
Blue Mother Tupelo

7:15

7:30

8:00

8:15

8:30

8:45

9:00

9:15

9:30

Sunday, September 3

• Georgia Antiquarian Bookseller's Association 15th Annual Atlanta Antiquarian Book Fair. Conference Center 11 a.m.–5 p.m.

• Tom Kimmel and John Wesley Harding performance at Eddie’s Attic. Doors open at 7 p.m. Show begins at 8 p.m. *PAID EVENT.

• Book Market on the Square, open 11 a.m.–5:30 p.m.

• FIREWORKS! 9 p.m.

Verb Stage

Courthouse

Lenz
Stage

City Hall

Georgia Center
for the Book Stage

DeKalb
County
Public Library

Scottie Stage

Decatur
Conference
Center

Target Children's Stage

Cook's Warehouse

Eddie's
Attic

Bandstand

12:00

12–12:45
Mark Bixler

12–12:45
Tom Franklin

12–12:45
"Books and Belles" Dorothea Benton Frank and Patti Callahan Henry

12–12:45
"Half/Life: Stories of Interfaith Families" Laurel Snyder and Terry Barr

12–12:30
“Storytelling with Carmen Agra Deedy”

12–1
Virginia Willis

12:15

12:30

12:45

12:45–1
Paul
Hemphill

1:00

1–1:30
DeKalb Historical Society Storyteller Fran Frantz

1–2
Mike Killeen

1:15

1:15–2
Tina McElroy Ansa

1:15–2
Anthony Grooms

1:15–2
Melissa Fay Greene

1:15–2
“Public Lives, Private Faith” with Cathleen Falsani

1:15–2
Paul Hemphill, Tracy Laird, and Slim Chance with Dave Weil

1:30

1:30–2
“Zootales with Donald Moore”

1:45

2:00

2–2:30
“Home and School Stories” Mary Ann Rodman and Hester Bass

2–3:15
Nathalie Dupree and Cynthia Stevens Graubart

2–2:15
Tom Kimmel

2:15

2:15–3:15
Chip Houston

2:30

2:30–3:15
Ray Suarez

2:30–3:15
Deidre Knight

2:30–3:15
"A Gathering of Georgia Writers" Jack Riggs, Brian Jay Corrigan, and Janisse Ray

2:30–3:15
Edward P. Jones

2:30–3:15
Tom Kimmel

2:45

3:00

3–3:30
“Kartooning for Kids” Art Roche

3:15

3:15–3:30
John Wesley Harding (Wesley Stace)

3:30

3:30–4:45
Heather Luttrell

3:45

3:45–4:30
"African- American Portraits" Carrie Dumas, Valerie Boyd, Lawrence Jackson. Moderated by Julius Thompson

3:45–4:30
Diane Thomas

3:45–4:30
Ferrol Sams

3:45–4:30
Timothy Johnson

3:45–4:30
Wesley Stace (John Wesley Harding)

4:00

4–4:30
“Writing for Young Adult Readers” Lauren Myracle, Alan Gratz, and Elizabeth Lenhard

4–5:15
Rebecca Lang

4:15

4:30

4:45

5:00

5–5:45
Terry Kay

5–5:45
"Clarence Thomas and Strom Thurmond: Black, White, and Gray" Jack Bass and Ken Foskett

5–5:45
“Writing Around the Edges of Southern Foodways” John T. Edge, John Egerton, and Marcie Cohen Ferris

5–5:45
River Jordan

5–5:30
“Writers of the Future Writing Now” High School Literary Arts Competition Winners

5:15

5:30

5:45

6:00