Hey, look who’s the first writer in a decade to make the cover of Time Magazine!

Click here to view the list of area bookstores where can pick up your 2 free tickets to Franzen’s keynote address at this year’s Decatur Book Festival.

From the Decatur Book Festival blog…

National Book Award winner Jonathan Franzen will be giving the 2010 keynote address. The AJC-Decatur Book Festival is Franzen’s first stop on his international tour for his latest novel, Freedom.

This special event is free, but a ticket is required. You can pick up your ticket at any of the following locations around town:

• Agnes Scott College
• Charis Books
• Blue Elephant Book Shop
• Bound to Be Read
• Eagle Eye Books
• Little Shop of Stories.

The event will begin at 8pm on Friday, 9/3 at Agnes Scott College’s Presser Hall.

Prior to officially announcing Jonathan Franzen as the Decatur Book Festival’s 2010 keynote, Program Director Tom Bell read a brief excerpt from Franzen’s new novel “Freedom” at the festival’s launch event at Eddie’s Attic yesterday.

Breaking…

Decatur Book Festival Program Director Tom Bell just announced at the DBF launch party at Eddie’s Attic, that celebrated author, Jonathan Franzen, will give the keynote address at this year’s Decatur Book Festival over the Labor Day Weekend (9/3-9/5).

Franzen, who’s wildly successful third novel, “The Corrections” won the National Book Award in 2001, will release his fourth book, “Freedom”, on August 31st.

Franzen’s appearance at the Decatur Book Festival will be just his second public event after the release of “Freedom”.