Ryan sends in this press release…
Tickets to the 2012 keynote address of the AJC Decatur Book Festival, featuring U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey, are now available.
Tickets are free, but are first come first served. They are available at the Schwartz Center for Performing Arts at Emory box office, Little Shop of Stories in Decatur, Eagle Eye Bookshop in Decatur, and Charis Books & More in Little Five Points.
The keynote address is Friday, Aug. 31, at 8 p.m. at the Schwartz Center for Performing Arts at Emory.
More details available at www.decaturbookfestival.com, http://www.facebook.com/DecaturBookFestival, and on Twitter, @DBookFestival.

Hello Natasha! Got my tickets–Super-Yay!
We will be coming from Columbia, SC for the Book Festival. Will we need tickets for the Michael Connelly event? I would like to know as soon as possible. Thanks!