Clairmont Heights Civic Association

From their website: This Labor Day Weekend, mingle with 150 of your favorite authors, attend a reading or book signing, listen to live music and poetry, enjoy cooking demonstrations and fine wine, and participate in fun activities for the entire family during the fifth annual AJC Decatur Book Festival!  Below is just a sampling of all of the exciting events we have planned for this year. More information coming soon!

Keynote Address: Jonathan Franzen

The opening keynote address, on Friday evening, will be given by National Book Award winner Jonathan Franzen. AJC DBF is the first stop on Franzen's tour for his first novel since The Corrections.

Confederacy of Dunces Events

Theatrical Outfit is premiering this year its original adaptation of John Kennedy Toole's A Confederacy of Dunces. Several events are planned at the AJC Decatur Book Festival to celebrate this.

On Saturday afternoon of the festival, executive artistic director Tom Key and others involved in the adaptation and production of the play will be joined by actors from the play for an event about the story's adaptation. Key and others will read passages from the novel and discuss how they adapted them, then actors will perform the adapted scenes. Other Dunces related events are in the works. Stay tuned for more.

Scavenger Hunt

SCVNGR, an interactive, location based game that will lead players through the festival grounds and nearby Decatur hotspots will also premiere at the Festival. Prizes will include signed books, t-shirts, posters and other goodies.  Read More.