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■ Dunwoody Farmers Market. 10 a.m. to noon Saturday. Dunwoody United Methodist Church, 1548 Mount Vernon Road, Atlanta. Open for preorders and pickups only. Most orders need to be placed by today or Friday. Vendors will ot be on-site until July 11 when the market returns to Brook Run Park in Dunwoody. 404-9194422, DunwoodyFarmersMkt. com/2020-vendors
■ Online: AJC Decatur Book Festival — “Writing from Chaos: An Author Talk.” 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday. Free. Join AJC Decatur Book Festival Director Joy Pope as she interviews authors Sue William Silverman, author of “How to Survive Death and Other Inconveniences,” and Jessica Handler, author of “Braving the Fire: A Guide to Writing about Grief and Loss.” Following the interview, the authors will present prompts for attendees to practice writing about their own observations and experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. Register: crowdcast.io/e/ dbf-live-author-talk-writing-fromchaos/register
■ Online: AJC Decatur Book Festival — “Writing About Trauma: Creating Memoir from within the Era of COVID-19.” 1-3 p.m. Saturday. $10. After the “Writing from Chaos” event from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, join author Jessica Handler (author of “Braving the Fire: A Guide to Writing About Grief and Loss”) for a prompt-driven workshop — open to writers of all levels. Elements will be examined from renowned trauma memoirs and undertaking writing exercises that will help with understanding how sorrow and joy are put to work in creative nonfiction. Learn how to write a nonfiction story from emotionally difficult material. Register: crowdcast. io/e/dbf-writing-about-traumaa-writers-toolkit/register
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