Decatur Book Festival Photos

AQLF hosted a series of events in partnership with the Decatur Book Festival over Labor Day weekend. Here's some photos from the events.

Poets James Allen Hall, left, and C. Dale Young cut up after their reading and signing on Saturday at the Decatur Book Festival.

Poet Dustin Brookshire read on the Local Poetry Stage.

Novelists, from left, Shawn Stuart Ruff, Z Egloff and Collin Kelley during their Q&A session at the Decatur Book Festival.

Collin Kelley reads from his debut novel, Conquering Venus, on the Decatur Conference Center Stage presented by PBA.

Photos courtesy of Julie Bloemeke and Dustin Brookshire

Meet & Greet Your Favorite Lesbian Authors!

AQLF is partnering with Charis Books & More for a special Meet & Greet on Friday, Sept. 4, from 8 to 9:30 p.m. at the store, 1189 Euclid Ave. in Little Five Points. Come and meet your favorite lesbian authors who are in town for the Decatur Book Festival and In the Life Pride Weekend.

Expected to appear: Radclyffe, Fiona Zedde, Skyy, JM Redmann, Z Egloff, Kim Baldwin, VK Powell and D Jackson. They will be signing books and mingling with fans. Feel free to bring books for them to sign, and of course, Charis will have plenty on hand for purchasing if you want to improve your lesbian fiction collection!

AQLF at Decatur Book Festival schedule

AQLF's partnership with the Decatur Book Festival has come to fruition in a big way. The schedule of featured authors includes Sharon Sanders, Franklin Abbott, Z Egloff, Shawn Stuart Ruff, Collin Kelley, Megan Volpert, Amy King, C. Dale Young, James Allen Hall, Radclyffe, Kim Baldwin and J.M. Redmann. See the full schedule at this link. The festival takes place over Labor Day weekend, Sept. 4-6, in Decatur, GA.

AQLF mid-summer update

Thanks to everyone who came out for the Wahoo Dine Out for AQLF in June. It was a modest success, and we plan to have another one on Monday, Sept. 28. Mark your calendars now and plan to join us at Wahoo to support the 2009 festival.

We've added some great authors to the 2009 festival including Terry Galloway, author of the memoir Mean Little Deaf Queer, and Michael Montlack, editor of the critically acclaimed anthology, My Diva: 65 Gay Men on the Women Who Inspire Them.

The full line-up of authors and a schedule of events will be posted here before the end of summer. We'll also have more information about our collaboration with the Decatur Book Festival over Labor Day Weekend, which will feature appearances by C. Dale Young, Amy King, and James Allen Hall.

AQLF 2009 Authors & More!

We are pleased to announce three of our very special guests for the 2009 Atlanta Queer Literary Festival. Our keynote speakers will be poet and activist Staceyann Chin and novelist Manil Suri, along with special slam poet/musical guests Good Asian Drivers. More featured artists will be announced in the coming months so check back often.

We're also pleased to announce Anthony Garcia-Copian as the winner of the 2009 Larry Corse Playwriting Competition for his play, The Book of Revolutions. The play will be produced during AQLF and the author will be in attendance. More about Garcia-Copian (pictured at left) coming soon. 

We'd also like to welcome and thank our new partners and sponsors, including the Decatur Book Festival, Georgia Center for the Book, DeKalb County Public Library and YouthPride. These new partners join our returning sponsors Outwrite Books & Coffee House, Charis Books & More, Emory University, Atlanta-Fulton County Public Library System and First Existentialist Congregation of Atlanta to present the 2009 festival. Links for all our sponsors and partners can be find in the right sidebar.

Our partnership with the Decatur Book Festival, which draws a crowd of 70,000-plus every Labor Day weekend, is especially exciting as we will be programing a series of GLBT readings during this spectacular literary weekend. An announcement of those special guests is forthcoming.

Please also note that we have slightly changed our sponsorship and donation levels in the right-hand sidebar. We know economic times are tough, but please consider making a tax-deductible donation to AQLF via PayPal.