Africa­town: NICK TABOR in con­ver­sa­tion with Antho­ny Grooms

April 3, 7:00pm

Decatur Library

Join us for an evening with Nick Tabor who will dis­cuss his new book, ​“Africa­town” in con­ver­sa­tion Antho­ny Grooms.

GET­TING TO GOOD FRI­DAY with Mar­i­lynn Richtarik and Geral­dine Higgins

April 6, 7:00pm

Decatur Library

Join us for an evening in con­ver­sa­tion with Geral­dine Hig­gins for Mar­i­lynn Richtarik ​‘s ​“Get­ting To Good Friday”

Half-Life of a Secret: Emi­ly Strass­er in con­ver­sa­tion with Han­nah Palmer

April 12, 7:00pm

Decatur Library

Join us for an evening in con­ver­sa­tion with Han­nah Palmer for Emi­ly Strasser’s ​“Half-Life Of A Secret: Reck­on­ing with a Hid­den History.”

DEAR OUT­SIDERS: Poets Jen­ny Sadre-Orafai and Valerie A. Smith

April 17, 7:00pm

Decatur Library

Join us for an evening of poet­ry with poets Jen­nifer Sadre-Orafai and Valerie A. Smith.

Charles Fra­zier dis­cuss­es his lat­est nov­el, ​“The Trackers”

April 25, 7:00pm

Decatur Library

Geor­gia Cen­ter for the Book and A Capel­la Books wel­come Charles Fra­zier to dis­cuss his new nov­el ​“The Track­ers” at the Decatur Library!

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah and Tayari Jones dis­cuss ​“Chain-Gang All-Stars”

May 4, 7:00pm

First Baptist Church Decatur

Adjei-Brenyah & Jones dis­cuss this explo­sive, hot­ly-antic­i­pat­ed debut nov­el from the New York Times best­selling author of ​“Fri­day Black.”

Health Sto­ry­telling Author Q & A Series

In part­ner­ship with the Cen­ter for the Study of Human Health at Emory Uni­ver­si­ty (Find more infor­ma­tion here.)

In the Fourth Floor Gallery 

Vis­it the Fourth Floor Gallery in the Decatur library dur­ing gallery hours for a range of shows through­out the year.

“Mys­tery Out­side the Frame: The Lit­er­ary Land­scape of William Gay” will be on dis­play from Feb­ru­ary 17 — March 25, 2023. Gallery hours for this exhib­it will be Thurs­days, Fri­days, and Sat­ur­days, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. ET. Learn more here.