Avid Bookshop and the Athens-Clarke County Library invite the public to an author event and book signing with Margaret Renkl in celebration of her book The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year. There will be a signing after the discussion. Margaret will also sign copies of Late Migrations and Graceland, At Last (now out in paperback!).

For accessibility requests, contact events@avidbookshop.com. Please submit your request at least two weeks before the event.

Join Diane Wilson in conversation about her novel The Seed Keeper, a haunting novel spanning several generations. The Seed Keeper follows a Dakota family’s struggle to preserve their way of life, and their sacrifices to protect what matters most.

This event is supported by the Macalester Native and Indigenous (MNI) Initiative.

Refreshments provided.

Join author Priyanka Kumar at the Southwest Word Fiesta.

Stuttering poet and musician JJJJJerome Ellis will perform excerpts from and discuss their new book, Aster of Ceremonies. This will be the first public offering of the Poetry Foundation’s Crip Talks, a series of workshops and artist talks by disabled writers, artists, and activists organized by the Poetry Foundation’s Accessibility Task Force.

This is a hybrid event, which will be offered in-person and via livestream.

Guests are encouraged to register here.

Join author Scott Chaskey in conversation about his book Soil and Spirit.

Join Jennifer duBois in conversation about her novel The Last Language.

Join for an Author Talk with local farmer and author, Scott Chaskey. He will be discussing his latest book, Soil and Spirit : Cultivation and Kinship in the Web of Life.

This program will be held in the Community Room. Registration is required. For questions contact Kimberly Parry at kimberlyparry@amagansettlibrary.org.

Join Milkweed author Priyanka Kumar as she reads her poetry from the New Mexico Poetry Anthology.

Two hundred original, previously unpublished poems explore themes such as community, culture, history, identity, landscape, and water. From a diverse group of poets, the poems are introspective and personal; reflective and astute; steady and celebratory. Including poignant, unique, even humorous perspectives on life in New Mexico influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic, this collective of voices serves as a welcome remedio to all aspects of post-pandemic life, for ears aching for words of beauty…

Bookworks and the Leopold Writing Program welcome Priyanka Kumar to celebrate her acclaimed book, Conversations with Birds.

Join the Sundance Nature Alliance in welcoming author and filmmaker Priyanka Kumar to discuss her new essay collection, Conversations with Birds, called “Elegant and evocative” by the New York Times.