The AJC Decatur Book Festival begins in only 93 days!!!  This is the largest independent book festival in the country and one of the five largest overall.  Of the many great festivals held in Decatur, it is the crown jewel (in this book lover’s opinion!).

Over the past six years an incredible variety of writers have given the festival’s keynote address.

The AJC Decatur Book Festival Keynote Speakers

2006    Arianna Huffington, author, political columnist, and founder of the Huffington Post
2007    Kinki Friedman, novelist and humorist
2008    Billy Collins, former U.S. Poet Laureate
2009    Sir Harold Evans, author, newspaper editor, and publisher
2010    Jonathan Franzen, novelist
2011    Colin Meloy (frontman for The Decemberists) and Carson Ellis, children’s author and illustrator

Was there any keynote speaker during the past six years who you found particularly engrossing?

Is there someone in particular you would love to see this year?  (This should be someone who has a book published this year prior to August 31st.)

This Week

Jeff Shaara, author of A Blaze of Glory: A Novel of the Battle of Shiloh, Wednesday, May 30th, 7pm, The Atlanta History Center, free.

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