With the Decatur Book Festival just days away, it seems like you can’t even get in your first cup of coffee this week without being accosted by some from of DBF press in these final days. (The Book Festival has a distinct advantage of more free press over other festivals since it can play off journalists love of writing about themselves and their “craft.”)

• This morning, DBF program director Tom Bell sat down with WABE to discuss what’s in store for attendees of this year’s festival.

• Over on Creative Loafing, they’re posting a Poem-A-Day during the countdown to the event.

• And probably one of the most interesting pieces I’ve yet seen on the Festival: over on the great blog/online journal “Like the Dew”, Lenz’s Alice Murrary chronicles the very beginnings of the festival when it was just a couple neurons suspended in Daren Wang’s head.  A great read.
• Mingie World Arts is featured in today’s AJC selling “fanciful and colorful” folk art figures from Oaxaca, Mexico all reading books.  20% of proceeds benefit the town of La Union.  Ann reports that the figures are flying off the shelves.
• As Scott mentioned in the comments, the AJC has a profile of Little Shop author Terra McVoy.  She’s speaking at 1:30p on Saturday on the Teens “Escape” stage.

And while we’re on the topic of the Book Festival, has anyone planned their schedule for the weekend yet?  While there are already many authors I already consider “can’t miss”, I’m finding that filling in the holes in my schedule is a rather daunting task.

Who are your “can’t miss” authors for the festival?