Georgia Center for the Book (GCB) Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Georgia Center for the Book (GCB)

Join us in the Decatur Library Auditorium on Thursday, July 14th, for a conversation between Vanessa Riley and Nicki Salcedo! They'll be discussing Vanessa's brand new book Sister Mother Warrior. Register here: https://t.co/BE4YRNdbRl. @NickiSalcedo @VanessaRiley @eagleeyebooks

Georgia Center for the Book (GCB)

Join us for an evening with Georgia poets Ilya Kaminsky and Katie Farris. Farris will read from her new collection Standing in the Forest of Being Alive, and they will discuss their work of translating poems by Ukrainian writers. Registration requested. https://t.co/OFww192x0z https://t.co/3qflTABUn6

Georgia Center for the Book (GCB)

Join us for our outdoor, in-person events at the library! First up we partner with @lilshopostories to welcome Dan Santat (The Aquanaut) on Wednesday. Read our newsletter for details and more about all the exciting events we have coming up. - https://t.co/34yNKujFsI https://t.co/4a5UGevnwh

Georgia Center for the Book (GCB)

Announcement: The Keynote Speaker for the 2022 Decatur Book Festival will be Pete Souza, the Chief Official White House Photographer for Barack Obama! Tickets are free, but required, & available beginning noon Aug. 29, 2022, so mark your calendars now! https://t.co/E5Uysri3ny https://t.co/M9Mk9JlCvr

Georgia Center for the Book (GCB)

Join us tonight on the top floor of the Decatur Library parking lot for an in-person event with Robert Gwaltney! He'll be talking about his book The Cicada Tree with Candice Dyer. Read more and register here: https://t.co/Wl2Y7gXv9f.

Georgia Center for the Book (GCB)

Join us for Georgia author and poet Megan Volpert (Straight Into Darkness: Tom Petty as Rock Mystic) in conversation with Erin Keane, critic, poet, essayist, journalist (Runaway: Notes on the Myths That Made Me). Learn more and register: https://t.co/TDS8kNba6B

Georgia Center for the Book (GCB)

Watch last night's wonderful event with Destiny O. Birdsong and Chantal James in conversation with Nicki Salcedo, here: https://t.co/SLI4Nqp5dN, and then pick up copies from @acappellabooks! Nobody's Magic: https://t.co/8QFRUmyjKk None But the Righteous: https://t.co/C1FN7sXr3l https://t.co/jmKwBYCkT8

Georgia Center for the Book (GCB)

Watch last night's wonderful event with Destiny O. Birdsong and Chantal James in conversation with Nicki Salcedo, here: https://t.co/SLI4Nqp5dN, and then pick up copies from @acappellabooks! Nobody's Magic: https://t.co/8QFRUmyjKk None But the Righteous: https://t.co/C1FN7sXr3l https://t.co/jmKwBYCkT8

Georgia Center for the Book (GCB)

Join us Nov. 9th, 2022, to celebrate Ross Gay's memoir Inciting Joy. In these gorgeously written and timely pieces, the prize-winning poet and author considers the joy we incite when we care for each other. Learn more and register here: https://t.co/ONaHRfSvsS @thebravething https://t.co/wipU9Cv1kS

Georgia Center for the Book (GCB)

The National Book Festival is this weekend! We would like to highlight our Adult Readers’ Selection for the Roadmap To Reading: Great Reads from Great Places. We chose Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker, Edited by Valerie Boyd. https://t.co/ZlwKvNJEx0 https://t.co/7tRD1WTBy6