THIS WEEK’S LITERARY EVENTS

Tena Williams,“Finding Peace,” and Blossom Rogers,

“From Under a Bridge.” Two authors present their memoirs of abuse and healing. 3 p.m. July 21. Signing. Free. Tall Tales Book Shop, Toco Hill Shopping Center, 2105 LaVista Road N.E., Atlanta, 404-636-2498, talltalesatlanta.com/events. html Ricki Schultz,“Switch and

Bait.” The author of“Mr. Right-Swipe” returns with her trademark irreverent humor and wry insight into the absurdities of modern dating in her funny and genuinely moving new novel. 2 p.m. July 22. Cocktail tea, signing. Free. RSVP. Bookmiser-Roswell, 4651 Sandy Plains Road, Roswell, 770-993-1555, bookmiser. net Also appearing: 7:15 p.m. July 23. Talk, signing. Free. 215 Sycamore St., Decatur, 404-370-3070, Ext. 2285, georgiacenterforthebook. org/ Carapace: FORBIDDEN. Bring a five- to seven-minute story built around the no-no, the line you crossed, the transgression, whether it’s regretted or relished. In love, work, or family, a place you went that you“shouldn’t” have gone? What did you see or hear that they would rather you hadn’t? Which codes did you, or someone you know, violate? Cris Gray hosts. 7 p.m. July 24. Storytelling. Free. Manuel’s Tavern, 602 N. Highland Ave., Atlanta, 404525-3447, manuelstavern. com/ Julie Hedgepeth Williams, “Three Not-So-Ordinary Joes: A Plantation Newspaperman, a Printer’s Devil, an English Wit, and the Founding of Southern Literature.” When the Civil War ended his access to New York publishers, it dawned on eccentric plantation owner Joseph Addison Turner that he could throw a newspaper press into an outbuilding on his Georgia estate. His newspaper, The Countryman, was one of the most widely read in the Confederacy. 7 p.m. July 24. Talk, signing. $10. Margaret Mitchell House, 979 Crescent Ave. N.E., Atlanta, 404-814-4150, atlantahistorycenter.com