After a long respite – those two Civil Wars concerts and the Book Fest must have exhausted poor Daren Wang – Eddie & Agnes is back!

On Saturday, December 8th, Eddie Owen returns to Decatur to present Shawn Colvin at Agnes Scott’s Presser Hall!  Colvin is touring in support of her latest album, “All Fall Down”.  Tickets are $30 in advance and $35 at the door and are available for purchase at www.eddieowenpresents.com.

After the jump, a short summary from the release regarding Colvin’s latest effort…

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The Decatur Book Festival inner circle (Bookzilla included, of course) has just come out of the sweat lodge with an attendance estimate for this year’s fest.

According to Festival Executive Director Daren Wang, 75,000-80,000 people attended the event this past weekend.

“Absolutely the biggest ever.”

Congrats Book Fest!!!

A Decatur Metro reader infiltrated an undisclosed location and snapped these photos of the Little Free Libraries that will go up for auction at this year’s Decatur Book Festival.  Oh man, Daren will be so angry!*

Close up pics after the jump.

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The Decatur Book Festival’s Daren Wang sends in the end result of Thursday evening’s “A Great Day in Decatur” photo event with many our city’s published authors.

Back Row: Amber Dermont, Natasha Trethewey, Kevin Young, Paula Bloom

Next:Mickey Baskett, Eileen Cooley, Thomas D Rogers ,Rafael Ocasio, Allan Tullos, Richard Lenz, Brett Gadsden, Joshilyn Jackson, Dan Veach, Ken Foskett, Amanda Kyle Williams, Josh Russell, Mary G. Rolinson,Susan Youngblood Ashmore

Seated: Lee Furey, Tony Martin, Anne Emanuel, Andisheh Nouraee, Susan Puckett, Elizabeth Lenhard, Thomas Mullen, Elizabeth Dulemba, Terra McVoy, Tonio Andrade, Ryan Gainey

Apparently they get together and sit like this every couple weeks, but this is the first time anyone’s ever taken their picture!

BTW, you’ll probably want to click to enlarge.

And now a little good book news.  From Ryan Klee at Lenz…

February 3, 2012 (Decatur) — The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has signed on for a three-year contract as title sponsor of the AJC Decatur Book Festival Presented by DeKalb Medical.

AJC DBF Executive Director Daren Wang said the AJC has been a vital part of the Festival since the early organizational meetings prior to the first event in 2006.

“We are thrilled that the AJC has chosen to continue as a title sponsor. This level of support from our founding partner ensures that the Festival will grow and prosper,” Wang said.

“A three-year commitment is especially important in a challenging fund-raising environment. On behalf of everyone who attends and makes AJC DBF possible, we thank them for their support.”

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