The University of Georgia Press will be at the Decatur Book Festival this weekend, and you should be too, if you can at all swing it, as it is free and amazing.
As Publishers Weekly notes, "In its sixth year, the Decatur (Ga.) Book Festival is bigger than ever, but also running more smoothly than ever—at least, that's how it seems just days ahead of the September 2 keynote address that kicks off two very full days of readings, signings, panels, performances, and even parades."
Books from the press will be featured at our booth, #501-502, on Ponce de Leon near the old courthouse, just behind the AJC's booth.
New press books will be featured at three festival events:
Saturday 10 am
Decatur Presbyterian Church
DAMN GOOD DOGS!
Sonny Seiler and Kent Hannon
Saturday 1:45 pm
Eddie's Attic Stage
Allen Tullos (ALABAMA GETAWAY) and Charles Reagan Wilson (FLASHES OF A SOUTHERN SPIRIT) with Jake Adam York and moderator Hank Klibanoff
Saturday 5:30 pm
Decatur Conference Center Stage (Ballroom B)
DRIFTING INTO DARIEN
Janisse Ray
Several authors with backlist titles at the press will also be featured at the festival:
Saturday 4:15 pm
Old Courthouse
Nikky Finney (THE RINGING EAR: BLACK POETS LEAN SOUTH)
Sunday 12 noon
Cook's Warehouse Stage
Nathalie Dupree (NEW SOUTHERN COOKING, NATHALIE DUPREE'S SOUTHERN MEMORIES)
Sunday 1:15 pm
First Baptist Decatur Sanctuary Stage
Rebecca Burns (RAGE IN THE GATE CITY)
Sunday 3:45 pm
Decatur Presbyterian Church
Natasha Trethewey (BEYOND KATRINA)
Sunday 3:45 pm
Decatur Conference Center Stage (Ballroom A)
Lawrence P. Jackson (RALPH ELLISON)
