Books and Authors

6+ day, 18+ hour ago   (542+ words) Prologue Late summer, 1914 In and around a battlefield in Belgium, near the French border, around Christmas Scene one – December 23, late afternoon A horrific battle is fought between the Germans and the French and Scottish. An attempt by the French and…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (525+ words) Local news for Atlanta and beyond Tracey Grant, the vice-chair of the 35th Book Festival of the MJCCA, which runs from Nov. 1-22, said that, after growing up going to the event, she has been “beyond thrilled to be involved” as part…...

6+ day, 23+ hour ago   (275+ words) Local news for Atlanta and beyond Brian Goldstone has spent much of his career examining the lives of people too often overlooked in America’s economic and political narratives. His Pulitzer Prize-winning There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless…...

6+ day, 23+ hour ago   (193+ words) The Decatur Book Festival returns Oct. 2-3 for its 21st annual celebration of books, bringing more than 80 national, regional… The post Decatur Book Festival returns with more than 80 authors first appeared on The Atlanta 100. The post Decatur Book Festival returns with more…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (341+ words) Candler Park is about to get loud, colorful and pumpkin-strewn this weekend as the neighborhood's signature fall festival returns for its 25th year. Candler Park Fall Fest runs Saturday and Sunday, October 3-4, with free admission, more than 130 artisan vendors, live music,…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (169+ words) The Grant Park Gateway is finished, ready for occupancy, and completely empty — a 7,050-square-foot blank shell sitting atop one of Atlanta's most celebrated pieces of civic architecture, and still without a single tenant more than five years after the building…...

4+ week, 17+ hour ago   (18+ words) Read The places that forget us: Deerhunter’s ‘Halcyon Digest’ by Wendell G. Kensey, Megan Anderson for SaportaReport here....