UPDATE: In my ridiculous haste, I thought that I read that tickets went on sale today.  But they actually go on sale NEXT THURSDAY at 10a.  Apologies to all!

The Decatur Book Festival announces that tickets to the keynote and the “kidsnote” will become available starting at 10a next Thursday.

Also, for the planners among you, the full DBF weekend schedule is now available online HERE.  Check it out!

Here are the details on those tickets…

The 2016 Atlanta Journal-Constitution Decatur Book Festival Presented by DeKalb Medical (DBF) will release keynote event tickets to the public at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 4. Cassandra King Conroy, Rick Bragg and other friends and family of late Southern literary icon Pat Conroy will participate in the keynote event, titled “The Life and Works of Pat Conroy,” on Friday, Sept. 2 at 8 p.m. at Emory University’s Schwartz Center for Performing Arts (1700 N. Decatur Road).

Tickets for the keynote event are required, free and limited to two per person. Those seeking tickets to the keynote event can obtain them by visiting the Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, by calling the Arts at Emory Box Office ) or by visiting tickets.arts.emory.edu. Phone and online orders include a $4 processing fee. A limited number of tickets are available at A Cappella Books, Charis Books & More, Eagle Eye Books, Tall Tales Books and Little Shop of Stories.

Tickets also will be available on Aug. 4 for the kidnote address at A Cappella Books, Charis Books & More, Eagle Eye Books and Little Shop Of Stories. The tickets are free but will be limited to four per person. This year’s featured kidnote author will be Dav Pilkey, author of the Captain Underpants and Dumb Bunnies series, who will launch Dog Man, a book about a crime-biting canine who is part dog, part man, at DBF.

The kidnote address will be at Decatur High School’s Performing Arts Center (310 North McDonough Street) and will begin at 5 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 2. Festival-goers are encouraged to take public transportation, walk or bicycle, as on-site parking will be limited because of construction at the high school.