Book and literature lovers are set to converge on DeKalb County’s largest city this week for the 2018 AJC Decatur Book Festival. This year’s festival is a page-turner for several reasons, but scroll below to find out the schedule of events.
Always a Labor Day festivity, the Decatur Book Festival will take place August 31 – September 2, 2018. It is one of the largest independent book festivals in the country and features authors, demos, discussions, kids activities, and more.
2018 AJC Decatur Book Festival Highlights from Friday, August 31 include:
Kidnote: A Celebration of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Becky Albertalli
Laurel Snyder
Tony DiTerlizzi
Adam Gidwitz
Nic Stone
Angie Thomas
This will be held at Presser Hall at Agnes Scott College from 5 to 7 p.m.
| Take You Wherever You Go Kenny Leon |
2018 AJC Decatur Book Festival Highlights from Saturday, September 1 include:
| Who Even Am I? T Cooper Allison Glock-Cooper Rachel Gold Will Walton |
YA Stage | 10:00-10:45 |
| The Best Cook in the World: Tales from My Momma’s Table Rick Bragg |
First Baptist Decatur Sanctuary presented by AJC | 10:00-10:45 |
| Travels with Foxfire: Stories of People, Passions, and Practices from Southern Appalachia Phil Hudgins and Jessica Phillips |
First Baptist Decatur Carreker Hall presented by MailChimp | 10:00-10:45 |
| Atlanta Writers Club – YA Tabbatha Bella, Julane Fisher, Afolabi Ashiru, Kimberly Simms |
Decatur City Hall presented by City of Decatur | 10:00-10:45 |
| Project Fire: Cutting-Edge Techniques and Sizzling Recipes from the Caveman Porterhouse to Salt Slab Brownie S’Mores Steven Raichlen |
Culinary Stage presented by Springer Mountain Farms | 10:00-10:45 |
| The Legend of the Black Mecca: Politics and Class in the Making of Modern Atlanta Maurice J. Hobson |
Historic DeKalb Courthouse | 10:00-10:45 |
2018 AJC Decatur Book Festival Highlights from Sunday, September 2 include:
| Maxina Storibrook | Emerging Writers Stage | 12:00-12:05 |
| Are You Scared, Darth Vader? Adam Rex |
Children’s Stage at Decatur Recreation Center presented by Decatur Education Foundation | 12:00-12:30 |
| Agnes Scott College Destiny (Briana) Barnett, Lyrik Courtney, Sigal Kahn, Acacia Salisbury |
Local Poetry Stage presented by Java Monkey | 12:00-12:30 |
| Jason Reynolds and The Great American Read Jason Reynolds |
YA Stage | 12:00-12:45 |
| Flawed and Complicated Characters in Southern Stories David Bottoms and David Joy |
First Baptist Decatur Carreker Hall presented by MailChimp | 12:00-12:45 |
| Atlanta Writers Club – Self Development Susanne Fincher, Candace Long, Shala Nicely, Bethany Rutledge |
Decatur City Hall presented by City of Decatur | 12:00-12:45 |
| American Cookie Anne Byrn |
Culinary Stage presented by Springer Mountain Farms | 12:00-12:45 |
| Longings, Passions, and Heartaches Leesa Cross-Smith, Jamie Quatro, Kathryn Schwille |
Historic DeKalb Courthouse | 12:00-12:45 |
| Collision of Cultures in the Jim Crow South Elaine Orr and Jonathan Rabb |
Decatur Library presented by WABE | 12:00-12:45 |
See the three-day schedule here.
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