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Georgia Center for the Book

Founded in 1920, the Georgia Center for the Book, based at the DeKalb County Public Library, is the statewide affiliate of the Library of Congress with a mission of serving libraries, literacy and literature. We sponsor two popular literary competitions for students, develop and encourage programming for and other literary-related organizations and sponsor some 90 literary programs each year, bringing more than 125 authors to metro Atlanta and the state for free public events.

http://www.georgiacenterforthebook.org

  • Bill Briggs: The Third Miracle

    Thu, Feb 3, 2011
    Bill Briggs, a veteran journalist and writer for MSNBC.com discusses his fascinating new book, *”The third Miracle: An Ordinary Man, a Medical Mystery, and a Trial of Faith.”* Part detective story and part courtroom drama, the book exposes for the first time ”the secret rituals and investigations the Catholic Church today undertakes in order to determine sainthood.” Briggs gives us a rare insider’s look at one of the very foundations of the church and one of its most closely held secrets. It is a book that examines the clash between faith and science.
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  • Joshilyn Jackson: Backseat Saints

    Tue, Jun 29, 2010
    Joshilyn Jacson was a finalist for the Townsend Award for Fiction, and her wonderful novel *The Girl Who Stopped Swimming* was selected as one of the Center for the Book’s 2010 ”25 Books All Georgians Should Read.” She talks about her brand new novel, *Backseat Saints*. It’s a can’t-put-it-down story about love, survival and shedding the past that features a memorable new voice: the tough, passionate and funny Rose Mae Lolly. She’s arguably the best character Jackson has ever come up with and is perfect for a book that is both high spirited and darker than her previous novels *Gods in Alabama* and *Between Georgia*.
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  • June Hall McCash: Almost to Eden

    Mon, Aug 16, 2010
    June Hall McCash, the author of three very popular and informative coastal histories *The Jekyll Island Club*, *The Jekyll Island Cottage Colony* and *Jekyll Island’s Early Years*, discusses her new historical novel, *Almost to Eden*. The setting is Jekyll Island and nearby Brunswick, and it is a story about an Irish immigrant, Maggie O’Brien, who comes to the Georgia coast hoping for freedom and a new life and who finds herself caught up in the lives of coastal residents. McCash has taught at Emory University and is the 1996 Outstanding Alumna Award winner from Agnes Scott College in Decatur.
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  • James C. Cobb: The South and America Since World War II

    Mon, Nov 15, 2010
    Jim Cobb from UGA, the premier historian of the contemporary South, discusses his new book, *The South and America Since World War II*. This book, published by Oxford University Press, is the first major comprehensive history of the South, capturing an era of dramatic change within the region and in its relationship with the rest of America. Cobb perceptively and entertainingly examines the region’s colorful past from the post-Roosevelt, Jim Crow era to the rise of Republicanism and its economic, political and cultural growth. Cobb is one of the country’s most honored historians, currently the Spalding Distinguished Professor of History at UGA.
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  • Susan Spain and Elizabeth Dulemba: 12 Days of Christmas in Georgia

    Sat, Dec 11, 2010
    Susan Spain, the delightful children’s book author, and Elizabeth Dulemba, the wonderful illustrator, combine for a program featuring their colorfully appealing new book, *The Twelve Days of Christmas in Georgia*. The book is a cheery romp by two cousins through the Peach State based on the song, "The Twelve Days of Christmas". It includes fun visits to some of Georgia’s best-known sites, among them the King Center in Atlanta and a jaunt along the Appalachian Trail. []
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  • Rosalynn and Jimmy Carter

    Rosalynn Carter: Equal Partner in the White House

    Mon, Jan 28, 2008
    Scott Kaufman, historian and co-author of *The Presidency of Jimmy Carter*, gives us a new, comprehensive biography of Mr. Carter's wife in his new book, *Rosalynn Carter: Equal Partner in the White House*. He depicts a hard-working, energetic, ambitious First Lady who remains one of the most admired women in the world. He also examines how she became a lightning rod for controversy by taking on roles that many people considered inappropriate.
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