This year we are celebrating the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birthday with a massive book giveaway, author visits, film screenings, book club discussions and other festivities that highlight her life and works!
Author and History Channel’s Pawn Stars rare book specialist, Rebecca Romney, discusses her book, Jane Austen’s Bookshelf.
Friday, August 1
All Branches
Free Austen novels giveaway begins
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Stitch & Tell Book Club
Churches in Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey – A visual and historical journey through the churches that shaped Jane Austen’s life and novels.
The Jane Austen Society by Natalie Jenner
Hamilton Mill Book Club
Atlanta Historical Dance presents regency fashion, a dance performance & instruction
Tuesday, October 7 | 6 pm
Lilburn Branch
Death Comes to Pemberley by PD James
Lilburn Fiction Book Club
Monday, October 20 | 11 am
Five Forks Branch
The Other Bennet Sister by Janice Hadlow
Murder with a Twist – Mystery/Fiction Book Club
Author Ibi Zoboi discusses her novel, Pride
Wednesday, October 29 | 6 pm
Snellville Branch
Persuasion by Jane Austen
Genre Jumpers Book Club
Monday, November 10 | 11 am
Five Forks Branch
Unmarriageable by Soniah Kamal
Murder with a Twist – Mystery/Fiction Book Club
Monday, November 17 | 4 pm
Grayson Branch
A Fortune Most Fatal by Jessica Bull
Trouble’s Brewing Mystery Book Club
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