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What's Next at GCB

What’s Next at GCB

Learn more about and reg­is­ter for our upcom­ing events!
Fine Arts Exhibition

Fine Arts Exhibition

Explore the 36th annu­al Fine Arts Exhi­bi­tion, which is open from May 2 — June 13, 2025. This year’s theme is ​“Cat & Mouse.” The work explores the mean­ing of the game of ​“Cat and Mouse” in all its aspects: his­tor­i­cal, polit­i­cal, and moral.
HOME Exhibition

HOME Exhibition

The Decatur Arts Alliance and the Decatur Land Trust are part­ner­ing with the Geor­gia Cen­ter for the Book and the Decatur Library to present a pow­er­ful art show, ​“Gimme Shel­ter: Redefin­ing and Reimag­in­ing the Place we call ​‘Home.’ ” We invite pro­fes­sion­al and stu­dent artists of all medi­ums – painters, sculp­tors, pho­tog­ra­phers, mixed media artists, and more – to lend their cre­ative voic­es to this impor­tant cause.
The Book As Art v.13: Mixed Messages

The Book As Art v.13: Mixed Messages

Explore the Call for Entry for The Book As Art v.13: Mixed Mes­sages, open now. The show will be Sep­tem­ber 12th — Octo­ber 25th, 2025, on the Fourth Floor of the Decatur Library. 
Revival: Lost Southern Voices

Revival: Lost Southern Voices

Check out Revival: Lost South­ern Voic­es, a fes­ti­val for read­ers, that cel­e­brates his­tor­i­cal­ly exclud­ed, erased, or mar­gin­al­ized South­ern voices.
GCB on YouTube

GCB on YouTube

Explore the dig­i­tal archive of our pre­vi­ous vir­tu­al or hybrid events on our YouTube channel.
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Roadmap to Reading: Great Reads from Great Places
Roadmap to Reading: Great Reads from Great Places

Every year, a list of books rep­re­sent­ing the lit­er­ary her­itage of the 50 states, the Dis­trict of Colum­bia, Puer­to Rico and the U.S. Vir­gin Islands is dis­trib­uted by the Library of Congress’s Cen­ter for the Book dur­ing the Nation­al Book Fes­ti­val. For 2025, states picked both a Young Read­ers’ Selec­tion and an Adult Read­ers’ Selec­tion. The Young Read­er’s Selec­tion is The Peanut Man by Mo Netz.
Roadmap to Reading: Great Reads from Great Places
Roadmap to Reading: Great Reads from Great Places

Every year, a list of books rep­re­sent­ing the lit­er­ary her­itage of the 50 states, the Dis­trict of Colum­bia, Puer­to Rico and the U.S. Vir­gin Islands is dis­trib­uted by the Library of Congress’s Cen­ter for the Book dur­ing the Nation­al Book Fes­ti­val. For 2025, states picked both a Young Read­ers’ Selec­tion and an Adult Read­ers’ Selec­tion. The Adult Read­er’s Selec­tion is There is No Place for Us by Bri­an Goldstone.

BOOKS ALL GEOR­GIANS SHOULD READ

Books All Georgians and Young Georgians Should Read 2024

Books All Georgians and Young Georgians Should Read 2024

Check out the 2024 lists of Books All Geor­gians and Books All Young Geor­gians Should Read!
Monthly Featured Books & Resources

Monthly Featured Books & Resources

Learn more about and find resources for our fea­tured books each month (from Feb­ru­ary to Novem­ber) from the 2024 Books All Geor­gians and Young Geor­gians Should Read!
Previous Books All Georgians Should Read Lists

Previous Books All Georgians Should Read Lists

Explore lists of Books All Geor­gians Should Read from pre­vi­ous years.
Previous Books All Young Georgians Should Read Lists

Previous Books All Young Georgians Should Read Lists

Dis­cov­er Books All Young Geor­gians Should Read from years past.
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