BookFest Gwinnett Sponsored by the Atlanta Writers Club, the inaugural BookFest Gwinnett will be a one-day event at the Norcross Cultural Arts and Community Center showcasing the theme of diversity in literature. Festivities will include a keynote address by Kenny Leon; panels including Tayari Jones, Anjali Enjeti, Susan Puckett, and Soniah Kamal; sessions for children, […]
SlowExposures, the annual juried exhibition showcasing photography of the rural American South, returns Pike County for its 17th year. The images of each exhibition capture the complexity of the rural American South. The deadline to submit works is midnight on Sunday, June 16, 2019 for consideration for the main exhibition and satellite exhibitions in September […]
Alice Walker 75 Alice Walker 75 celebrates Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker's 75th birthday. The Georgia Writers Museum is hosting a day's worth of activities in Eatonton, GA, to honor Walker's life and achievements. Walker will attend the festivities and will participate in a public conversation with Valerie Boyd, the editor of Alice Walker's forthcoming […]
28th Edition of the Book Festival of the MJCCA The 28th Edition of the Book Festival of the MJCCA begins October 30, and continues through November 18, 2019. For twenty-seven years, the Book Festival of the MJCCA has provided the community with an exciting lineup of the year's most exceptional authors, celebrities, and influencers. More […]
The 2020 Atlanta Jewish Film Festival Celebrating its twentieth year, the 2020 Atlanta Jewish Film Festival includes forty-eight feature films, sixteen short films, three world premieres, five North American premieres, and two U.S. premieres from seventeen countries around the world. Screenings will be presented at venues across metro-Atlanta, including the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, […]
The Decatur Short Docs Film Festival, presented by the Georgia Center for the Book The Decatur Short Docs Film Festival is a Decatur/Atlanta-based festival series showcase of short documentaries about people and places primarily in the South. The festival provides a platform for filmmakers to showcase their work, and provides a forum for fresh perspectives […]
Flash Here and There Like Falling Stars: The Life and Work of Dr. Pellom McDaniels III In memory of Dr. Pellom McDaniels III, the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library at Emory University will host a virtual discussion of Dr. McDaniels’s life and work as part of the Rosemary Magee Creativity Conversation […]
Unworthy Republic: The Dispossession of Native Americans and the Road to Indian Territory Claudio Saunt, the Richard B. Russell Professor in American History at the University of Georgia, discusses his new book Unworthy Republic: The Dispossession of Native Americans and the Road to Indian Territory, in which he explores how Native American expulsion became national […]
Book Festival of the MJCCA: In Your Living Room The virtual Book Festival of the MJCCA begins October 13, and continues through December 2, 2020. For twenty-eight years, the Book Festival of the MJCCA has provided an exciting lineup of the year's most exceptional authors, celebrities, and influencers. Although this year's festival will be held […]
Dare to Speak: Defending Free Speech for All Suzanne Nossel, CEO of PEN America, the writers’ human rights organization devoted to the celebration and defense of free expression worldwide, will discuss her new book Dare to Speak: Defending Free Speech for All. In an era in which free speech is often invoked as a principle […]
