This week’s literary events

2018 Milton Literary Festival. Meet 90-plus local and national authors, publishers, storytellers, and journalists. The festival features talks, panels, readings, workshops, live music, and kid’s activities. This year’s keynote speaker, Winston Groom, will discuss his newest book,“The Allies: Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin, and the Unlikely Alliance That Won World War II.” 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Nov. 10. Literary festival. Free. Milton’s City Hall Complex, 2006 Heritage Walk, Milton, 678-242-2500, miltonliteraryfestival.weebly. com/ Kiese Laymon,“Heavy: An

American Memoir.” In his powerful new memoir, essayist and novelist Laymon (“How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America”) explores what a lifetime of secrets, lies, and deception does to a black body, a black family, and a nation on the brink of moral collapse. With Joan Morgan, author of“She Begat This: 20 Years of the Miseducation of Lauryn Hill,”and Regina N. Bradley, assistant professor at Kennesaw State University. 6 p.m. Nov. 11. Discussion, signing. Free. Suggested donation $5. Charis Books & More, 1189 Euclid Ave. NE, Atlanta, 404-524-0304, www. charisbooksandmore.com/ Anya Martin,“Sleeping

with the Monster.” In her debut collection of weird tales, the founder, publisher and bloggeress-in-chief of ATLRetro.com writes about 12 women who find 12 horrors disguised as love. 7 p.m. Nov. 13. Book launch party. Free. Eagle Eye Book Shop, 2076 N. Decatur Road, Decatur, 404-486-0307, www. eagleeyebooks.com

Poetry @ Tech. To celebrate the release of the 2018 issue of Terminus Magazine, three poets will read their work: Travis Wayne Denton, associate director of poetry at Tech and McEver Chair in Poetry; Pushcart Prizewinner Kamilah Aisha Moon (“Starshine & Clay”); and Valzhyna Mort, author of “Factory of Tears.”7:30 p.m. Nov. 15. Readings. Free. Georgia Institute of Technology, Kress Auditorium, 500 10th St., Atlanta, 404-894-2000, poetry.gatech.edu/events