Arts Agenda: Book events and signings

Each week, ArtsATL delivers a critic’s short list of the shows, exhibitions, concerts and events we recommend for the coming weeks within one discipline or venue type in the kaleidoscope of Atlanta arts and culture.

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July 19

The Flame Endures: HBCUs and the Literary Legacy is an evening celebrating the power of storytelling, literary excellence and the Historically Black Colleges and Universities voices shaping history and the future with acclaimed authors Pearl Cleage, Tayari Jones and Jericho Brown. It happens from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on July 19 at the Signia by Hilton Atlanta Georgia World Congress Center.

July 21

At 7:30 p.m. on July 21, Charis Books & More welcomes Molly Crabapple in conversation with Adam Horowitz in celebration of Here Where We Live Is Our Country, the dramatic story of the Jewish Bund and its radical vision of solidarity in an age of division. 

July 24

Lisa Scottoline will discuss and sign her newest thriller, This Changes Everything, at The Book Bird in Avondale Estates at 6:30 p.m. on July 24.

July 25

A Cappella Books presents an evening with U.S. Senator Chris Murphy in honor of his new book, Crisis of the Common Good. He’ll appear in conversation with Patricia Murphy, senior political columnist for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution at 7 p.m. on July 25 at Wild Heaven West End Garden Club.

July 28

Karla Montalván will discuss her new novel, The Sun and All the Other Stars, with Juanita Velez at the Atlanta History Center at 7 p.m. on July 28.

August 4

Learn from Joycelyn Wilson how hip-hop functions as a powerful design methodology through remix, storytelling and cultural memory as she discusses her new book, Hacking Hip Hop, at the Atlanta History Center at 7 p.m. on August 4.

August 29

Friends of Sandy Springs Library in Partnership with Bookmiser presents local author Vanessa Riley as she pre-releases Murder in St. James’s Park and discusses her new novel, Fire Sword & Sea, at 2 p.m. on August 29 at the Sandy Springs Library.

September 1

Join author Stephen Berry to hear the long-forgotten story of the man who was a living legend. Berry will discuss The Original Black Panther: Prince Rivers and the Lost City of Hamburg at 7 p.m. on September 1 at the Atlanta History Center.

September 15

Jeremy Redmon, a former Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter, will talk about his new book, Tell the Kids I Love Them, a memoir that uncovers the mysteries of his father’s life and death. He’ll appear in conversation with Hank Klibanoff at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library at 7 p.m. on September 15.

September 16

Wil Haygood will discuss his book, The War Within a War: The Black Struggle in Vietnam and at Home, with Atlanta Journal-Constitution Editor-in-Chief Leroy Chapman at the Atlanta History Center at  7 p.m. on September 16

September 18

Charis Books and the Georgia Center for the Book welcome Marlon James in conversation with Doug Jones for a celebration of The Disappearers, a propulsive novel about the murder of a gay man in 1980s Jamaica and its tragic consequences. The event takes place at First Baptist Church of Decatur at 7 p.m. on September 18.