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What's Next at GCB

What’s Next at GCB

Learn more about and reg­is­ter for our upcom­ing events!
The Book As Art

The Book As Art

Dis­cov­er The Book As Art v.11: Myth & Mag­ic, which is open Sep­tem­ber 7th — Octo­ber 30th, 2023, on the Fourth Floor of the Decatur Library, and learn more about pre­vi­ous exhi­bi­tions as well.
Georgia Poetry in the Parks

Geor­gia Poet­ry in the Parks

Vis­it the online home of Geor­gia Poet­ry in the Parks, a cel­e­bra­tion of Geor­gia poets and Georgia’s green spaces. Look out for some excit­ing news about the future of this project soon.
Fine Arts Exhibition

Fine Arts Exhibition

Admire the work in the 2023 Fine Arts Exhi­bi­tion, part of the Decatur Arts Fes­ti­val, online. The show was held in the new­ly ren­o­vat­ed 4th Floor Gallery of the Decatur Library, from May 4 to June 16. The theme was ​“Small Changes,” and the art­work on dis­play was no larg­er than 24 inch­es in any direc­tion. Learn more here. Infor­ma­tion on next year’s exhi­bi­tion will be avail­able soon.
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 2023, states picked both a Young Read­ers’ Selec­tion and an Adult Read­ers’ Selec­tion. The Young Read­er’s Selec­tion is Mama’s Home by Shay Young­blood, illus­trat­ed by Lo Harris.
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 2023, states picked both a Young Read­ers’ Selec­tion and an Adult Read­ers’ Selec­tion. The Adult Read­er’s Selec­tion is Bress ​‘n’ Nyam: Gul­lah Geechee Recipes from a Sixth-Gen­er­a­tion Farmer by Matthew Raiford (with Amy Paige Condon).

BOOKS ALL GEOR­GIANS SHOULD READ

Books All Georgians and Young Georgians Should Read 2023

Books All Georgians and Young Georgians Should Read 2023

Check out the 2023 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 2023 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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