-05/01/08 Sarah Dessen, Thursday, May 1, 2008, 7 pm

 
Text Box: This event will be at the Decatur, GA Library, 215 Sycamore Street. Hugely popular teen novelist Sarah Dessen is back with Lock and Key. In Dessen’s latest, Ruby is sent to live with her older, married sister in a beautiful neighborhood. She now attends private school, but will her life become easier? This is a rare appearance by Dessen, also the author of This Lullaby, Dreamland and The Truth About Forever. Admission is free.

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Text Box: Prize-winning journalist Tony Horwitz delivers A voyage Long and Strange, which seeks to understand what happened in the New World between Columbus’ landing and the Pilgrims’ arrival on the Mayflower. With wit, intelligence and insight, Horwitz enables us to see the gap between what we call history and what we forget. Horwitz is also the author of Confederates in the Attic. He lives with his wife, Geraldine Brooks, on Martha’s Vineyard. Doors open at Margaret Mitchell’s House open at 6 pm for a reception. Lecture begins a 7 pm. Admission is $10 RSVP:770-578-3502 or www.gwtw.org. Text Box: National Book Award-winning novelist Ellen Gilchrist examines the impact of the Iraq War on the women of the Hand family in A Dangerous Age. For Olivia, Winifred, and Louise Hand, struggle and sadness are known quantities, but when the Iraq War jumps from the newspapers into their lives, they begin to realize that they are closer to devastation than they ever thought they would be. Gilchrist is the author of several novels and short stories including, The Annunciation, Nora Jane: A Life in Stories and Starcarbon: a Meditation on Love. Doors open at the Margaret Mitchell House a 6 pm for a reception—Lecture begins at 7 pm. Admission is $10 RSVP: 770-578-3502 or www.gwtw.org

-05/14/08 Tony Horwitz, Wesdnesday, May 14, 2008, 7 pmm.

-05/20/83 Ellen Gilchrist, Tuesday, May 20, 2008, 7 pm.

-05/22/08 Alexandra Fuller, Thursday, May 22, 2008, 7 pm
Text Box: The Legend of Colton H. Bryant is the true story of an unlikely American hero living in the raw, windswept beauty of Wyoming. Colton Bryant lives according to a simplistic motto: Mind over matter; I don’t mind, so it don’t matter. His story is moving, tough, and quintessentially American. Fuller is also the author of Don’ Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight. Doors at the Margaret Mitchell House open at 6 pm for a reception—Lecture begins at 7 pm. Admission is $10 RSVP: 770-578-3502 or www.gwtw.org

-05/28/08 Publication Celebration and Reading

Come join the group and celebrate the publication of their books, and signing by the authors. Sponsored by Georgia Highlands College, the Rome Area Council for the Arts, 100 Black Men of NW GA, and Rome-Floyd Communities in Schools. Schools represented are Anna K. Davie & West Central Elementary Schools. The location for the Readings is Joy Life Center at Lovejoy Baptist Church 436 Branham Ave. The event begins at 6:00 p.m., Monday, April 28, 2008

-05/29/08 Poetry Reading at Schroeder’s New Deli
Text Box: Rome Area Council for the Arts and Schroeder’s New Deli on Broad Street will host “Poetry Night” in the Courtyard of the Deli. Those interested in reading their own poetry may contact RACA at 706-295-2787 or Ray Marsocci by email at PRB1313@Juno.com. The public is invited.