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Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed delivers the 2010 Mayor’s Annual State of the City Business Breakfast address, hosted by the Atlanta Committee for Progress (ACP). -
Jonathan Alter, senior editor at Newsweek, discusses his new book, The Promise: President Obama, Year One. He provides a fast-paced inside account of the breakneck speed with which Barack Obama... -
Mike Luckovich, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonist, talks about the "hows" and "whys" of his art. -
Salman Rushdie reads from his newest novel, Luka and the Fire of Life, a follow-up to the much beloved Haroun and the Sea of Stories. This new novel centers on Luka, Haroun's younger brother... -
Best-selling author Ken Follett discusses his new epic novel "Fall of Giants" with WABE’s Valerie Jackson at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library. Valerie interviews Follett before a live audience for her program “... -
Writer Pat Conroy tells the story of his life in the South. He tells about writing his new book, The Death of Santini, about his father's death.
Georgia Center for the Book Lectures
Decatur, GA
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.
