Location: Atlanta, GA, United States

Temple Grandin is one of the world’s best-known adults with autism. With a PhD in animal science, six bestselling books to her credit and a selection by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential oeple of the year, she is an accomplished figure who is in demand for lectures around the country. Her work has been noted in major newspapers and magazines, and the HBO movie about her life received seven Emmy Awards. We are pleased to have her make a special appearance for the Georgia Center for the Book. We’ll have more details about her free event posted here shortly. (jasbro)… (more)

Author Tracee McDaniel, is the CEO and Founder of Juxtaposed Center in Atlanta, Georgia. Tracee’s life and mission provides her with the insight to advocate for all transgender and gender non-conforming people. “Transitions” is her journey. Tracee moves us intricately through her labyrinth of life challenging experiences. She brings us up close and personal to our opinions and perceptions of the transgender community; she enlightens us to the common inherent in us all. This is a From Margin to Center Literary Program; Suggested Donation is $5

Location: Street: 1189 Euclid Ave NE City: Atlanta, Province: Georgia Postal Code: 30307-1509 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Charis and Cliterati pair up to present an inviting and fierce open mic & reading series on the 3rd Thursday of every month. Hosted by the anarchic spoken word team of Karen G and Theresa Davis, members of the Art Amok Slam Team, this series cultivates the voices of authors, novices and an assortment of poets, songstresses and storytellers. This month the spotlight turns to Amber Hasan Author, Actress, and Activist Amber Hasan is the author of a collection of poems "Drowning in My Own Spit,” a deeply personal diary of poetry. This is a Charis Circle From Margin to Center Literary Event; the suggested donation is $5.

Location: Street: 1189 Euclid Ave NE City: Atlanta, Province: Georgia Postal Code: 30307-1509 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Join us in welcoming author Sherry Burton Ways as she shares tips and tricks from her new holistic home book, Feel Good Spaces. Feel Good Spaces was written with the stressed and depressed person in mind, who yearns for an environment that escapes them from their daily routine. That place, be it home or office, is visually beautiful, but more importantly it rejuvenates the body, mind, and spirit to awaken positive energy. “Everybody’s Feel Good Space will be different, but they will all have that ‘home’ feeling, and a feeling of warmth and acceptance for the person who inhabits it. It will provide a relaxing moment in time that takes the person back to themselves, elevates their mood, and empowers them for the rest of their life,” says Burton Ways. Burton Ways credits Iyanla Vanzant, Dr. Wayne. Dyer, Marianne Williamson, and Sanaya Roman for inspiring her to create spaces that comes from a deeper place. Burton Ways presents design concepts from which the reader can personally explore colors, fabrics, scents, and tastes that will appeal to their feelings. Bring your design questions and enjoy!

This is a Charis Circle Urban Sustainability and Wellness Program. The Suggested Donation is $5.

Location: Street: 1189 Euclid Ave NE City: Atlanta, Province: Georgia Postal Code: 30307-1509 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Charis is pleased to announce “Yoga At Charis:” a new, weekly, all levels, donation based, yoga class facilitated by a rotation of yoga instructors. “Yoga At Charis“ is a practice for the people by the people. It welcomes the community to a yoga practice that ensures comfortability to even the newest practitioner. Practitioners are guided through a series of yoga poses that inspires wellness via the body, mind, and spirit. “Yoga At Charis” reconnects the body to the spirit and clears the mind from accumulated life stressors. Practitioners will leave feeling recharged and ready for the week ahead. Why Yoga At Charis?: To build relationship among community members To encourage community to be active and whole To connect to the physical self with the spiritual self To encourage reconnection with the body To ease oneself from the world’s stressors

This event is co-sponsored by Charis Circle's Urban Sustainability Series. Suggested donation is $5.

Location: Street: 1189 Euclid Ave NE City: Atlanta, Province: Georgia Postal Code: 30307-1509 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

This facilitated group is open to writers of fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction who want a serious group to provide constructive criticism, motivational exercises, and interpersonal accountability to keep their writing on track. Writers are encouraged to bring copies of their work to share for critique. If it is your first time attending the group, just bring a pen and paper and an open mind. For more information, please contact Elizabeth at Elizabeth@Chariscircle.org. This event is part of Charis Circle's From Margin to Center Literary Program and there is a suggested donation of $5.

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Location: Street: 1189 Euclid Ave NE City: Atlanta, Province: Georgia Postal Code: 30307-1509 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Dorothea Benton Frank dissects a successful marriage in a tale of wit, charm, and Southern atmosphere. Leslie Carter is The Last Original Wife among her husband’s group of cronies. They have all traded in their first wives for younger, blonde, and more enhanced models. Leslie is proud of the longevity of her marriage, until she is golfing with her husband and slips into a manhole … and nobody realizes she is gone. Recognizing the sham of her life, Leslie sets out reclaim the strong, vibrant, sexy woman she was meant to be.

Frank is the New York Times-bestselling author Sullivan’s Island; Plantation; Isle of Palms; Folly Beach; and Porch Lights. She is an avid cook, enjoys fly fishing, reading and travel, and is a frequent speaker on the creative process for students of all ages. She divides her time between the South Carolina Lowcountry and New Jersey. (jasbro)… (more)

Harry by the Sea by Gene Zion, Margaret Bloy Graham (Illustrator)
Sneakers, the Seaside Cat by Margaret Wise Brown, Anne Mortimer (Illustrator)

Storytime The world is a thousand wonders as Sneakers explores his seaside domain in Margaret Wise Brown's Sneakers the Seaside Cat. Life is always an adventure for Harry -- especially when he is mistaken for a huge sea serpent in Gene Zion's Harry by the Sea. (added from Barnes & Noble)… (more)

Kick off Stonewall Weekend with Charis Books, Atlanta Pride, and the Friends School of Atlanta as they gather to present a very special event with author and LGBT family activist Zach Wahls. It has been almost two years since Zach Wahls (then 19 years old) bravely stood up in front of the Iowa House of Representative and defended gay marriage and his family. Wahls proudly proclaimed, "The sexual orientation of my parents has had zero effect on the content of my character,” and his speech instantly went viral and became YouTube’s #1 political video of 2011.

In My Two Moms, Zach offers a stirring and brave defense of his family. Raised by two moms in a conservative Midwestern town, Zach’s parents instilled in him values that families everywhere can embrace—values driven home by his journey toward becoming an Eagle Scout. Zach’s upbringing couldn’t have been more mainstream—he played sports, was active in Boy Scouts, and led his high school speech and debate team—yet, growing up with two moms, he knows that it’s like to feel different and fear being bullied, or worse. My Two Moms also delivers a reassuring message to same-sex couples, their kids, and anyone who's ever felt like an outsider: "You are not alone."

This all-ages event is co-sponsored by Charis Circle's From Margin to Center Literary Program. The suggested donation is $5, but no one will be turned away.

Thank you to our program partners: Atlanta Pride and the Friends School of Atlanta.

Books and signing provided by Charis Books and More.

This event will take place in the Friends School Sanctuary located at 862 Columbia Drive, Decatur, GA 30030. Parking at the school and adjacent lots is free.

The space is wheel chair accessible.

For other questions/concerns, please contact elizabeth@chariscircle.org.

Location: Street: 862 Columbia Drive City: Decatur, Province: Georgia Postal Code: 30030 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Charis and the Crunk Feminist Collective join to celebrate Robin Boylorn's new book: Sweetwater. Sweetwater: Black Women and Narratives of Resilience is a multi-generational story of growing up black and female in the rural South. This book captures the artistry, strength, hope, sound, language, and creativity shared by first-hand accounts of black women in a familial village community in North Carolina. Sweetwater is about the black female experience as it relates to friendship, family, spirituality, poverty, education, addiction, mental illness, romantic relationships, raising children, and everyday survival. Written from field notes and memory, the author combines narrative and autoethnography to weave her own experiences as a rural blackgirl into the story, revealing the complexities of black women's lived experiences and exposing the communicative and interpersonal choices black women make through storytelling. Narrative inquiry and black feminism are offered as creative educational tools for discussing how and why black women's singular interior lives are culturally and globally significant.

Click here to watch the Sweetwater book trailer!

This is a Charis Circle From Margin to Center Literary Event. The Suggested Donation is $5.

Location: Street: 1189 Euclid Ave NE City: Atlanta, Province: Georgia Postal Code: 30307-1509 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Charis and the Crunk Feminist Collective join to celebrate Robin Boylorn's new book: Sweetwater. Sweetwater: Black Women and Narratives of Resilience is a multi-generational story of growing up black and female in the rural South. This book captures the artistry, strength, hope, sound, language, and creativity shared by first-hand accounts of black women in a familial village community in North Carolina. Sweetwater is about the black female experience as it relates to friendship, family, spirituality, poverty, education, addiction, mental illness, romantic relationships, raising children, and everyday survival. Written from field notes and memory, the author combines narrative and autoethnography to weave her own experiences as a rural blackgirl into the story, revealing the complexities of black women's lived experiences and exposing the communicative and interpersonal choices black women make through storytelling. Narrative inquiry and black feminism are offered as creative educational tools for discussing how and why black women's singular interior lives are culturally and globally significant.

Click here to watch the Sweetwater book trailer!

This is a Charis Circle From Margin to Center Literary Event. The Suggested Donation is $5.

Location: Street: 1189 Euclid Ave NE City: Atlanta, Province: Georgia Postal Code: 30307-1509 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Harry by the Sea by Gene Zion, Margaret Bloy Graham (Illustrator)
Sneakers, the Seaside Cat by Margaret Wise Brown, Anne Mortimer (Illustrator)

Storytime The world is a thousand wonders as Sneakers explores his seaside domain in Margaret Wise Brown's Sneakers, the Seaside Cat. Life is always an adventure for Harry -- especially when he is mistaken for a huge sea serpent in Gene Zion's Harry by the Sea. (added from Barnes & Noble)… (more)

Saturday June 29, 2013

Join us from 1-3pm for a special signing event with three local authors!

Layton Green

The Diabolist

In this gripping thriller, the bizarre murder of a Satanic priest in San Francisco draws Dominic Grey and Viktor Radek, private investigators of cults, to the scene. Witnesses claim a robed figure, seemingly able to appear and disappear at will, set fire to the priest. When the leader of another Satanic cult in Paris dies under similar circumstances, the case only grows stranger… and more dangerous. Convinced that a charismatic New Age prophet is behind the murders, the investigators undergo a perilous journey into the world of the occult as they try to penetrate the prophet’s inner circle. From the catacombs of Paris to London’s nefarious East End, from the haunted walls of York to a monastic fortress in the Sicilian wilderness, the case plunges Viktor and Grey into a vortex of black magic, ancient heresies, and the dark corners of their own pasts. The Diabolist is a chilling novel that not only pulsates with action and suspense, but also mines a trove of fascinating historical, philosophical, and paranormal research to probe some of our closest held beliefs. From the opening pages to the astonishing conclusion, this latest installment in one of today’s most original new thriller series is not to be missed.
We will also have copies of The Summoner and The Egyptian , the first two books in the Dominic Grey series, available for purchase at The Book Worm

Kay Hall

Here Comes Dot Com

A new superhero is born and her name is Dot Com. On a stormy night in Washington, D.C. Tommy Golden is working late when suddenly the power goes out in his office. After locating a flashlight, he is startled by the most beautiful girl he has ever seen. She has mysteriously escaped from the computer and is standing before him. When she tells him her name is "Dot Com," he can't help but laugh. The new friends tour Washington, D.C. Using her super computer power, Dot soon discovers a plot to blow up the Pentagon at noon on the 4th of July. The drama of the story continues as Dot and her friends seek help from the President of the United States, Dragonfly Lizards, General Wingspan, Flighty, and all of the American People. Can Dot Com and her friends prevent this disaster? There's only one way to find out.

Patricia Sprinkle

Preserve the memories of why you treasure certain family
possessions so future generations will treasure them, too.

We also have copies of Patricia's Southern Mysteries series as well as general fiction titles available at the store as well as some of her non fiction titles.

Come join the fun on June 29th! We're looking forward to hosting our authors, and seeing all of you! (shopthebookworm)… (more)