Author Talks

Join the Consulate General of Switzerland in Atlanta for a conversation with Swiss author Elisa Shua Dusapin whose first novel 'Winter in Sokcho' was recently released in the United States. Elisa has won several prizes for her novels, among them the Swiss “Robert Walser-Prize” and “Prix Alpha” and French “Prix Régine Deforges”. The conversation will […]

Global Atlanta’s Authors Amplified series highlighting Georgia voices continues with a virtual interview with Dr. Pablo Palomino, Assistant Professor of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Mellon Faculty Fellow at Oxford […]

Global Atlanta’s Authors Amplified series highlighting Georgia voices continues with a virtual interview with Dr. Jagdish N. Sheth, Charles H. Kellstadt Professor of Business at Emory University Goizueta Business School, and author of the recently released book, The Global Rule of Three. About the Book: In our increasingly digital, mobile, and global world, the existing […]

A remarkable, sweeping historical novel based on the incredible true-life story of Dorothy Kirwan Thomas, a free woman of color who rose from slavery to become one of the wealthiest and most powerful landowners in the colonial West Indies. Get Tickets Tickets are $10 for not-yet-members, $5 for members, free for Insiders. Born into slavery […]

Global Atlanta’s Authors Amplified series highlighting Georgia voices continues with an in-person interview with Dr. Kirk S. Bowman, professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at the Georgia Institute […]

As a teen, Anna Qu is sent by her mother to work in her family’s garment factory in Queens. At home, she is treated as a maid and suffers punishment […]

Global Atlanta’s Authors Amplified series highlighting Georgia voices continues with an in-person interview with J.T. Way, professor of history at Georgia State University, on his recently released book, Agrotropolis: Youth, Street, and Nation in […]

Peter Martin joins the Atlanta Global Studies Center for a discussion on his book, "China's Civilian Army: The Making of Wolf Warrior Diplomacy," which charts China's transformation from an isolated and impoverished […]

Join the Alif Institute and Dr. Hani Khoury for an exciting discussion over the inspiring story of his experiences coming to the United States found in his newest book: "Giving […]

Today, Venezuela is a country of perpetual crisis—a country of rolling blackouts, nearly worthless currency, uncertain supply of water and food, and extreme poverty. In the same land where oil—the […]

How far would you go for a piece of the American dream? A magical realist coming-of-age story, Gold Diggers by Sanjena Sathian skewers the model minority myth to tell a […]

Join the Atlanta History Center for an author talk on "Korean American," a cookbook paying homage to what it means to be Korean American, with delectable recipes that explore how […]

New York Times staff writer Eric Kim grew up in Atlanta, the son of two Korean immigrants. Food has always been central to his story, from Friday-night Korean barbecue with his […]

Join the Japan-America Society of Georgia (JASG) for a special book talk with author Robert Whiting as he outlines how Tokyo transformed during the 1964 Olympics to one of the […]

Join the Atlanta History Center for an in-person Author Talk with Bill Browder, author of Freezing Order: A True Story of Money Laundering, Murder, and Surviving Vladimir Putin's Wrath. Following […]