The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
AUTHOR EVENTS JUNE 19-25
Trina Greene Brown, “Parenting for Liberation: A Guide for Raising Black Children.” Brown will be joined by Denene Millner, author of “My Brown Baby,” for a conversation about how black families can imagine methods of parenting rooted in liberation. 7:30 p.m. June 19. Discussion on Crowdcast. Free with registration. Donations welcome. Charis Books & More hosts. charisbooksandmore.com
Lindsey Rogers Cook, “How to Bury Your Brother.” Cook’s sharply spun debut follows a sister’s search for truth about her family’s past after finding her long-dead brother’s sealed, unsent letters. 7 p.m. June 22. Reading, talk on Zoom. Free with registration. Georgia Center for the Book hosts. georgiacenterforthebook.org
Stephanie Scott, “What’s Left of Me Is Yours.” Set in modernday Tokyo and inspired by a true crime, Scott’s gripping debut charts a young woman’s search for the truth about her mother’s life — and her murder. In conversation with Karen White (“All the Ways We Said Goodbye”). 5 p.m. June 23. Talk on Zoom. Free with registration. Fox Tale Book Shoppe hosts. foxtalebookshoppe.com/ events/
Elise Hooper, “Fast Girls,” and Susie Orman Schnall, “We Came Here to Shine.” In her third novel,
Hooper (“The Other Alcott”) explores the gripping, reallife history of female athletes, members of the first integrated women’s Olympic team, and their journeys to the 1936 Berlin summer games in Nazi Germany. Schnall’s novel, set during the 1939 New York World’s Fair, explores the friendship between two young women: an actress hoping to make her way back to Hollywood via the heralded Aquacade synchronized swimming spectacular; and an aspiring journalist who ends up as the single female reporter at a pop-up publication covering the fair. 6:30 p.m. June 23. Discussion on Zoom. Free with registration. Fox Tale Book Shoppe hosts. foxtalebookshoppe.com/events/