AUTHOR EVENTS JUNE 12-18

Tom Matte, “Jesus Goes to Hollywood.” Atlanta author Matte’s memoir, alternately heartbreaking and hilarious, tracks his descent from suburban dad and successful marketing man into drugs, homelessness and prison. 4 p.m. June 14. Talk on Zoom. Free with registration. The Wren’s Nest hosts. wrensnest.org/events/

Poetry Reading: Karen Head and Collin Kelley. In this virtual edition of their popular Call & Response, poets Head and Kelley of Poetry Atlanta Inc. select poems on the fly to find common themes, moods and imagery. 7 p.m. June 15. Reading on Zoom. Free with registration. Georgia Center for the Book hosts. georgiacenterforthebook.org/

Janie Chang, “The Library of Legends.” In Chang’s captivating historical novel, a university student and her classmates who flee China during a brutal war with Japan in 1937, must also safeguard a 500-year-old collection of myths and folklore known as the Library of Legends. 6:30 p.m. June

18. Talk on Zoom. Free with registration. FoxTale Book Shoppe hosts. foxtalebookshoppe.com/events/

William Rawlings, “Six Inches Deeper: The Disappearance of Hellen Hanks.” Rawlings reexamines a 1972 murder in which the remains of a 34-year-old worker who disappeared from Wilcox Advertising in Valdosta, Georgia, weren’t found until 1980. Her boss’s son was then convicted of her murder; in 2008, he was granted parole. 7 p.m. June

18. Discussion on Zoom. Free with registration. Georgia Center for the Book hosts. georgiacenterforthebook.org/

Chris Wallace, “Countdown 1945: The Extraordinary Story of the Atomic Bomb and the 116 Days that Changed the World.” Wallace and co-author Mitch Weiss present an electrifying account of the days, weeks and months leading up to the American attack on Hiroshima. 8 p.m. June 18. Talk, Q&A on Zoom. Free with registration. A Cappella Books and Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta host. acappellabooks.com/ events.php