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Activities In-Depth:

• Antiquarian Book Fair
• Barbeque and Fireworks
• Children's Activities
• Cooking Authors and Demonstrations
• Food, Beer, and Wine
• Keynote Address
• Live Music and Poetry
• Panel Discussions and Book Signings
• Writer's Conference
• DBF Stages
• Event Schedule

Panel Discussions and Book Signings

During the festival, mingle with your favorite authors during a book signing, reading, or panel discussion.

Panel Discussion Topics:

• “Murder in the ATL” David Fulmer, Walter Sorrells, and Patricia Sprinkle
• “Storytelling in Poetry” David Bottoms, Beth Ann Fennelly, and Ryan Van Cleave
• "Poets in the Peach State" Natasha Trethewey, Thomas Lux, and Stephen Corey
• "Male's Tales" Sonny Brewer, Jack Pendarvis, and Tom Franklin
• "Bringing a Southern Legend to Life: Robert E. Lee" John Inscoe and Roy Blount
• "Writing History in the South" Catherine Clinton and Erskine Clarke
• "Place and Voice in Southern Fiction" Barbara Robinette Moss, Elizabeth Dewberry, and Brian Jay Corrigan
• "Tricksters of the New South" Roy Blount, Jr., George Singleton, and John Egerton
• "Best of the AJC" Mark Bixler, Suzanne Van Atten, Ken Foskett, Ron Martz, and Mike Luckovich
• "The Atlanta Race Riots of 1906: A Centennial View" Paul Hudson, Rebecca Burns, and Lisa Tuttle
• “Voices in Contemporary Fiction” Lisa Teasley and Tayari Jones
• "African-American Portraits" Carrie Dumas, Valerie Boyd, and Lawrence Jackson
• "Clarence Thomas and Strom Thurmond: Black, White, and Gray" Jack Bass and Ken Foskett
• "Books and Belles" Dorothea Benton Frank and Patti Callahan Henry
• "A Gathering of Georgia Writers" Jack Riggs, Brian Jay Corrigan, and Janisse Ray
• "Half/Life: Stories of Interfaith Families" Laurel Snyder and Terry Barr
• "Public Lives, Private Faith" Cathleen Falsani
• "The Rough South" Joshilyn Jackson, N.M. Kelby, and Elizabeth Cox
• "Mexico After Magical Realism" Ignacio Padilla
• “Editing the Nation” with Victor Navasky
• “Writing Around the Edges of Southern Foodways” John T. Edge, John Egerton, and Marcie Cohen Ferris.
• “Public Lives, Private Faith” with Cathleen Falsani

See the event schedule for panel discussion participants, times, and locations.