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Books+Bites 2026

Cover of Unstuck book by Stephanie Stuckey.

In March 2026, Books+Bites fea­tured Stephanie Stuck­ey, CEO of Stuck­ey’s and her book Unstuck: Rebirth of an Amer­i­can Icon. Stephanie shared the sto­ry of how she came to take over the com­pa­ny her grand­fa­ther found­ed. She also shared pho­tos from the Stuck­ey’s archive and her trav­els to Stuck­ey’s locations. 

Stack of When We Were Briliant books.

In Jan­u­ary, 2026, Books+Bites helped launch Lynn Cul­len’s new book, When We Were Bril­liant which chron­i­cles the friend­ship and work­ing rela­tion­ship between Mar­i­lyn Mon­roe and pho­tog­ra­ph­er Eve Arnold. Lynn shared the inspi­ra­tion for writ­ing this book. She also shared pho­tos from the pho­tog­ra­ph­er Eve Arnold. She con­clud­ed her talk with a quiz for the audi­ence to iden­ti­fy which pho­tos were tak­en by Eve Arnold! 

Books+Bites 2025

Three photos left to right: a person is sitting behind a table displaying books and interacting with a woman standing on the other side; Hannah S. Palmer holding her book titled 'The Pool is Closed'; two people are talking to Hannah S. Palmer who is sitting behind a table

In June, local author Han­nah S. Palmer dis­cussed her recent book, The Pool is Closed: Seg­re­ga­tion, Sum­mer­time, and the Search for a Place to Swim with a packed crowd at the Callan­wolde Fine Arts Cen­ter. She shared local pool his­to­ry and poli­cies, as well as images of var­i­ous pools past and present from her exten­sive research. 

Two photos left to right: Matt Hogan standing in front of a book display table holding his book Foot in Mouth Disease: Musings of an Unfiltered Physician; Matt Hogan seated behind a table interacting with fans

The first Books+Bites event of 2025 with Matt Hogan, author of Foot in Mouth Dis­ease: Mus­ings of an Unfil­tered Physi­cian, is fea­tured in The Cham­pi­on. Read the sto­ry about Matt Hogan and the Books+Bites event in The Cham­pi­on.

Books+Bites 2024

Three photos left to right: author Lynn Cullen (seated) with guests standing behind her holding her book The Woman with the Cure; author Kate Kennedy speaking at a podium; author Sara A. H. Butler signing a book for a fan

Thanks to a part­ner­ship with the Callan­wolde Fine Arts Cen­ter, the DeKalb Library Foun­da­tion host­ed three Books+Bites author events in 2024. In June, Lynn Cullen, author of The Woman with the Cure, shared the often over­looked sto­ry of Dorothy Horstmann and her role in the race for the polio cure. In August, Sara A. H. But­ler recount­ed an intrigu­ing scan­dal involv­ing Asa Can­dler as she talked about her book For­tune and Fol­ly: The Weird and Won­der­ful Life of the South’s Most Eccen­tric Mil­lion­aire. In Octo­ber, Kate Kennedy, author of Once Upon a School: A Sto­ry of Dream­ing Big, Falling Hard, and Bounc­ing Back, reflect­ed on her time start­ing a school for the unhoused and the ups and downs asso­ci­at­ed with that endeav­or. More than 50 peo­ple attend­ed each event which also fea­tured small bites and drinks. Sup­port­er Beth G. attend­ed all three events and expressed her appre­ci­a­tion for the Foun­da­tion host­ing such pro­grams: ​“I enjoy hear­ing direct­ly from authors about their lat­est work,” she said. ​“And these events are always fun with a live­ly audi­ence who ask insight­ful ques­tions.” Read our fall newslet­ter to learn more.