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A Cappella hosts events featuring local authors and books of local interest. Outside of the shop we sponsor appearances by nationally renowned authors at venues such as The Carter Center, The Rialto Theater, Seven Stages and The Variety Playhouse. We’re also the official bookseller of the acclaimed Poetry at Tech series.

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Once again Atlanta's Creative Loafing has voted A Cappella Books a "Best Of" pick for 2007. This year we take the title of "Best Place for an Author Reading/Signing." We're thrilled and very proud, to say the least. Thank you Creative Loafing!



The Ballroom Book Bash at the Highland Inn, co-sponsored by The Chattahoochee Review, is a celebration of a newly-released books selected each quarter. At the intersection of literature and fun you will experience live music and adult refreshments in the newly refurbished historic ballroom of The Highland Inn, in Atlanta's Poncey-Highland neighborhood. Whether it's Irvine Welsh, author of Trainspotting telling humorous tales of sexual love gone wrong or Atlanta's own bestselling author, Karen Abbott (Sin in the Second City) offering up anecdotes from the lives of bygone prostitutes to the tunes of Bernadette Seacrest, The Ballroom Book Bash is always interesting, never dull and full of surprises.

Left: Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh signing books at the very first Ballroom Book Bash in honor of his book, The Bedroom Secrest of the Master Chefs.

Right: Atlanta author Karen Abbott discusses her book, Sin in the Second City at the second Ballroom Book Bash.



September

Monday, September 8, 7 p.m.
Hanif Kureishi
Something to Tell You
Michael C. Carlos Museum Reception Hall
Emory University
571 South Kilgo Circle
Atlanta, GA 30322

One of the leading writers of our time, Hanif Kureishi will discuss his life and work and read from his new novel, Something To Tell You

Kureishi is author of such noted novels as The Buddha of Suburbia and Intimacy and screenwriter of such films as My Beautiful Launderette and Venus.

This public event is sponsored by Emory University, including The Office of the Provost  Luminaries in the Arts and Humanities Lecture Series; Creativity & Arts Strategic Initiative, and  Emory College Center for Creativity & Arts.

Directions and Parking for Emory Kureishi Event

If you cannot attend the reading but would like to reserve a signed copy of Something to Tell You you can do so with this shopping cart.





Sunday, September 14, 2p.m.
Linda Robertson
What Rhymes with Bastard?

A Cappella Books/The Opal Gallery

Linda Robertson, "Ms.Accordion San Francisco 2004" performs and reads from, discusses and signs copies of her hilarious new memoir, What Rhymes with Bastard?

If you cannot attend the reading but would like to reserve a signed copy of What Rhymes with Bastard? you can do so with this shopping cart.

 

 





Thursday, September 18, 7p.m.
David Williams
Bitterly Divided: The South's Inner Civil War

A Cappella Books/The Opal Gallery

David Williams, Valdosta State professor of Georgia History and the Civil War discusses and signs copies of his new book, Bitterly Divided: The South's Inner Civil War.

Bitterly Divided tells--for the first time--the full story of the internal rift within the Confederacy, which tore apart the South during the Civil War. A fascinating look at a hidden side of the South's history, Bitterly Divided shows the powerful and little-understood impact of the thousands of draft resisters, Southern Unionists, fugitive slaves, and other Southerners who opposed the Confederate cause.

Williams thoroughly debunks the idea of Southern unity or Confederate identity, showing that the divisions inside the Confederacy were as significant as the differences between North and South. From worker strikes to guerilla raids by rogue officers to food riots across the South, these are the stories that shatter the myth of wartime Southern unity.

If you cannot attend the reading but would like to reserve a signed copy of Bitterly Divided: The South's Inner Civil War you can do so with this shopping cart. 





Monday, September 29, 7p.m.
Bob Schieffer
Bob Schieffer's America
The Day Chapel of The Carter Center
441 Freedom Parkway
Atlanta, Georgia  30307-1498

Host of CBS' "Face the Nation" Bob Schieffer discusses and signs copies of his new memoir, Bob Schieffer's America. Tickets are $10 or FREE for Friends of the Carter Library or with the purchase of the book from A Cappella Books. Available online, by phone or at A Cappella Books.

Tickets can be purchased using the shopping cart below or by calling (404) 681-5128, or at A Cappella Books (484-C Moreland Ave).  Tickets will also be available at the door prior to the event. 

If you cannot attend the reading but would like to reserve a signed copy of Bob Scheiffer's America you can do so with this shopping cart.







Monday, September 29, 7:15 p.m.
Annette Gordon-Reed
The Hemingses of Monticello
Decatur Library
215 Sycamore Street
Decatur, GA  30030

A Cappella Books and The Georgia Center for the Book present Annette Gordon-Reed as she discusses and signs copies of her new book, The Hemingses of Monticello.

If you cannot attend the reading but would like to reserve a signed copy of The Hemingses of Monticello you can do so with this shopping cart.

 

 





Tuesday, September 30, 7 p.m.
Diane Wilson
Holy Roller: Growing Up in the Church of Knock Down, Drag Out; or, How I Quit Loving a Blue-Eyed Jesus
The Existentialist Congregation of Atlanta
470 Candler Park Dr., NE
Atlanta, GA 30307

Georgia for Democracy, The Atlanta Chapter of WAND and A Cappella Books present Diane Wilson, author of An Unreasonable Woman, reading from, discussing and signing copies of her new memoir, Holy Roller: Growing Up in the Church of Knock Down, Drag Out; or, How I Quit Loving a Blue-Eyed Jesus.

If you cannot attend the reading but would like to reserve a signed copy of Holy Roller: Growing Up in the Church of Knock Down, Drag Out you can do so with this shopping cart.

 





October

Thursday, October 2
Dexter Filkins
The Forever War
Decatur Library
215 Sycamore Street
Decatur, GA  30030

 A Cappella Books and The Georgia Center for the Book present award-winning New York Times correspondent Dexter Filkins as he discusses and signs copies of his new book The Forever War, which chronicles a remarkable chain of events that begins with the rise of the Taliban in the 1990s, continues with the attacks of 9/11, and moves on to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

If you cannot attend the reading but would like to reserve a signed copy of The Forever War you can do so with this shopping cart.

 





Wednesday, October 8
Dave Zirin
A People's History of Sports in the United States: 250 Years of Politics, Protest, People, and Play
Time and Place TBA

Radical sports commentator and Nation Magazine contributor Dave Zirin returns to Atlanta to discuss his latest book: A People's History of Sports in the United States: 250 Years of Politics, Protest, People, and Play.

 It's going to be the next Ballroom Book Bash!  Stay Tuned for details!

If you cannot attend the reading but would like to reserve a signed copy of A People's History of Sports in the United States: 250 Years of Politics, Protest, People, and Play you can do so with this shopping cart.

 





Thursday, October 9, 7 p.m.
Michael Largo
Genius and Heroin: The Illustrated Catalogue of Creativity, Obsession, and Reckless Abandon Through the Ages
A Cappella Books/The Opal Gallery

A Cappella Books hosts a reception for Michael Largo upon the publication of his latest book: Genius and Heroin: The Illustrated Catalogue of Creativity, Obsession, and Reckless Abandon Through the Ages.

Michael Largo is the author of The Portable Obituary, and Final Exits: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of How We Die (winner of the 2006 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Nonfiction), and three novels.

The son of an NYPD narcotics detective, Largo was the owner and founder of the landmark NYC East Village, St Marks Bar & Grill during the early 80s, where he served an eclectic clientele, including Alan Ginsberg, Joanne Mitchell, Larry Rivers, and Keith Richards, to name a few, allowing an insider’s look and unusual vantage to observe both genius and heroin (creativity and self-destruction)--in all its deviations--and its impact on contemporary culture.

If you cannot attend the reading but would like to reserve a signed copy of Genius and Heroin: The Illustrated Catalogue of Creativity, Obsession, and Reckless Abandon Through the Ages you can do so with this shopping cart.





Monday, October 13, 7 p.m.
Ken Silverstein
Turkmeniscam: How Washington Lobbyists Fought to Flack for a Stalinist Dictatorship
The Jimmy Carter Presidential Library Auditorium
441 Freedom Parkway
Atlanta, Georgia  30307-1498



Washington Editor for Harper's Magazine Ken Silverstein discusses and signs copies of Turkmeniscam: How Washington Lobbyists Fought to Flack for a Stalinist Dictatorship.

If you cannot attend the reading but would like to reserve a signed copy of Turkmeniscam: How Washington Lobbyists Fought to Flack for a Stalinist Dictatorship you can do so with this shopping cart.

 






Thursday, October 16, 7:00 p.m.
Kenneth Hart
Poetry Reading
A Cappella Books/The Opal Gallery

A Cappella Books and Anhinga Press present a night of poetry with Kenneth Hart, winner of the 2007 Anhinga Prize for Poetry. Kenneth Hart received an MFA from Warren Wilson College in 1998.

He teaches writing at New York University, works in the family roofing business.

His poems have been published in Arts & Letters, North American Review, Mississippi Review, Barrow Street, The Bellingham Review, Paterson Literary Review, and Poet Lore, and his book reviews appear regularly in Journal of New Jersey Poets.

He is the 2007 co-winner of the Allen Ginsberg Award, and the recipient of the 2008 editor's prize for New Ohio Review. He lives in Long Valley, NJ, and spends his summers in Alaska.


Monday, October 27, 7 p.m.
Sarah Vowell
The Wordy Shipmates
The Day Chapel of The Carter Center
441 Freedom Parkway
Atlanta, Georgia  30307-1498

Bestselling author and "This American Life" contributor Sarah Vowell discusses and signs copies of her new book, The Wordy Shipmates.

This event is FREE but since we are expecting a capacity crowd, to guarantee a seat, you must reserve tickets in advance online, by calling (404) 681-5128, or at A Cappella Books (484-C Moreland Ave). 

In order to have Ms. Vowell sign any books, you must purchase them at the event from A Cappella Books.

If you cannot attend the reading but would like to reserve a signed copy of The Wordy Shipmates you can do so with this shopping cart.





November

Monday, November 17, 7:00pm
Jon Meacham
American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House
Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater
441 Freedom Parkway
Atlanta, Georgia  30307-1498

 "Every so often a terrific biography comes along that shines a new light on a familiar figure in American history. So it was with David McCullough and John Adams, so it was with Walter Isaacson and Benjamin Franklin, so it is with Jon Meacham and Andrew Jackson. A master storyteller, Meacham interweaves the lives of Jackson and the members of his inner circle to create a highly original book." --Doris Kearns Goodwin, author of Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln.

This event is free and open to the public.

If you cannot attend the reading but would like to reserve a signed copy of American Lion you can do so with this shopping cart.





Monday, November 17, 7:00pm
Michael Wex
Just Say Nu: Yiddish for Every Occasion (When English Just Won't Do)
A Cappella Books/Opal Gallery

Bestselling author Michael Wex discusses and signs copies of Just Say Nu: Yiddish for Every Occasion (When English Just Won't Do).

In his New York Times bestseller, Born to Kvetch, author Michael Wex led readers on a hilariously edifying excursion through Yiddish culture and history. With Just Say Nu, he shows us how to use this remarkable language to spice up conversations, stories, presentations, arguments, and more, when plain English will not suffice (including, of course, lots of delightful historical and cultural side trips along the way).

Michael Wex is a novelist, university teacher, translator, and performer. He is one of the leading lights in the current revival of Yiddish, lecturing widely on Yiddish and Jewish culture. He lives and kvetches in Toronto.

If you cannot attend the reading but would like to reserve a signed copy of Just Say Nu you can do so with this shopping cart.