Revival: Lost South­ern Voic­es, a fes­ti­val for read­ers, is a col­lab­o­ra­tion between the Geor­gia Cen­ter for the Book and Geor­gia State — Perime­ter Col­lege. The annu­al con­fer­ence cel­e­brates his­tor­i­cal­ly exclud­ed, erased, or mar­gin­al­ized South­ern voices.

Explore the 36^th annu­al Fine Arts Exhi­bi­tion, which is open from May 2 — June 13, 2025. This year’s theme is ​“Cat & Mouse.” The work explores the mean­ing of the game of ​“Cat and Mouse” in all its aspects: his­tor­i­cal, polit­i­cal, and moral.

The Geor­gia Cen­ter for the Book is pleased to part­ner with First Bap­tist Church Decatur and oth­ers in the Decatur area to host pub­lic dia­logues that engage the minds and con­nect the spir­its of our com­mu­ni­ty for our Con­ver­sa­tions series.

Explore the Call for Entry for The Book As Art v.13: Mixed Mes­sages, open now. The show will be Sep­tem­ber 12^th — Octo­ber 25^th, 2025, on the Fourth Floor of the Decatur Library.

This annu­al stu­dent art and poet­ry com­pe­ti­tion is a col­lab­o­ra­tion between Geor­gia Project Wet and the Geor­gia Cen­ter for the Book.

Geor­gia Poet­ry in the Parks is a col­lab­o­ra­tion between the Geor­gia Cen­ter for the Book, the DeKalb Library Foun­da­tion, and Geor­gia Poet Lau­re­ate Chelsea Rath­burn. This pro­gram is made pos­si­ble by the Acad­e­my of Amer­i­can Poets with funds from the Andrew W. Mel­lon Foundation.

This annu­al sum­mer read­ing series is a part­ner­ship between the Decatur Book Fes­ti­val, the Geor­gia Cen­ter for the Book, Joshi­lyn Jack­son, and Nic­ki Salcedo.

This series is a part­ner­ship with local doc­u­men­tary film­mak­er Hal Jacobs. The Decatur Short Docs Fes­ti­val show­cas­es short doc­u­men­taries about peo­ple and places in our com­mu­ni­ty and the South. We look for films with the heart, art, and soul of this diverse region.

The Big Read is a pro­gram run by the Nation­al Endow­ment for the Arts (NEA), designed to revi­tal­ize the role of read­ing in Amer­i­can cul­ture by expos­ing cit­i­zens to great works of lit­er­a­ture and encour­ag­ing them to read for plea­sure and enrich­ment. The Geor­gia Cen­ter for the Book part­ners with 7 Stages to cre­ate pro­gram­ming for this annu­al selection.

This author series is a part­ner­ship between the Geor­gia Cen­ter for the Book and Read SC — The South Car­oli­na Cen­ter for the Book, designed to cel­e­brate authors from both sides of the border.