September 4-6, 2009

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The AJC Decatur Book Festival Presented by DeKalb Medical

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Schedule

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8 p.m.

The DeKalb Medical Story

206 Bones

Books, Bourbon, 'Bama

Walk the Walk

Sublime Southern Stories

The Big Dirt Nap

An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith

Who Wrote the Bible

The Future of Newspapers

Blows Against the Empire: Publishing After the Fall of the Giants

How to Read a Poem

The Enigma of Iran: Faith, Fundamentalism, and Fiction

Exit to Freedom

Women & The New South

Elizabeth Dulemba

Judy Schachner

Jon Scieszka

Robyn Hood Black + Donna Bowman

Ted Dunagan and Adrian Fogelin

Alan Gratz

Katie Davis, Donny Seagraves, Laurel Snyder

Locomotion

All Hail the Lunch Lady

Pete The Cat: I Love My White Shoes

My Jesus Year

A Life of Flannery O'Connor

Holistic Parenting

Obama: The Prequel

Hell!

Lillian Smith Book Awards

Unparalleled Belles

A Wayward Guide to the South

Mysteries: Meredith Cole and Megan Abbott

The Future of the Book

Fantasy Freaks & Gaming Geeks

Mental Floss Quiz Show

  • Will Pearson

Kenyan Black-Eyed Peas and Mexican Potlikker: Exploring Atlanta's Edible International Cultures

2 Good 2 Be 4 Gotten

Fear of a Black Marker: Race, Humor, Politics and Cartooning

Samuel Johnson: A Biography

God, Sex, and Coming of Age

The Making of Modern South Carolina

The Healthy Skeptic

Poetry at High Noon

New Musings From Old Friends

The Armchair Birder

BlazeVOX Attitude

Sunday Afternoon Poetry

Teen Literary Salon

Shrimp and Grits

Eat Like There’s No Tomorrow

Marjory Wentworth

Joe Milford

Robert and Arianna Soloway

Alice Shapiro

Alice Teeter

Anne Webster

Deborah Bailey

Rosemary Daniell

Robert E. Wood

Christine Swint

Blake Leland

Julie Bloemeke

Franklin Abbott

Guerin Asante

Karen Head

Collin Kelley

Amy Pence

  • Amy Pence

Dustin Brookshire

Lisa Allender

Cleo Creech

Ginger Murchinson

Katie Chaple

Sharan Strange

Java Monkey Speaks

Jay Starkman

Marie Dunkle

Jennifer Shannon

Jonathan Maxwell

Debbie Unterman

Nefertari Imani Baraka

  • Nefertari Imani Baraka

Tony Burton

Mary Jane Mahan

Carol Fulwiler Jones

Mary Jane Holt

Tripp Bowden

Whit Perry

Xanthe Jolanda Johnson

Arden Baila

Jim Simpson

  • Jim Simpson

Dana Evan Kaplan

Ciara Anderson

Mark Ellingsen

Jabari Williams

Forrest Smith

  • Forrest Smith

Evil Ways

Rudy Waldner

At the End of the Bus Ride

T. S. Jones

Daisy Byrd

Dee Thompson (Emerging Authors Stage)

Donnell Duncan (Emerging Authors Stage)

Melissa & Arden Baila

Xanthe Jolanda Johnson (Emerging Authors Stage)

Kevin Prochaska

Philip Paul Sacco

Dana Evan Kaplan (Emerging Authors Stage)

Jay Starkman (Emerging Authors Stage)

Randy Cox

Diane Cuttino

Sy Alexander

Peter Wallace (Emerging Authors Stage)

Mary Jane Mahan (Emerging Authors Stage)

Linda Sands

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