November Book Festival to Feature Over 40 Major Authors

Over 40 popular authors and personalities will visit the Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta’s 23rd annual Book Festival this November, and organizers estimate over 10,000 attendees.

The festival will be held at the MJCCA in Dunwoody at 5342 Tilly Mill Road, and visitors may purchase tickets online or by calling (678) 812-4005.

See the lineup below for more information about the festival events, programs, and activities.

• Saturday, November 1, 8:15 pm – (Member: $18 / Community: $24 / Premier: $50)
• BOB SAGET, Dirty Daddy: The Chronicles of a Family Man Turned Filthy Comedian
• Sunday, November 2, 1:00 pm – (Member: $9 / Community: $14)
• OLIVER HOROVITZ, An American Caddie in St. Andrews: Growing Up, Girls, and Looping on the Old Course
• Sunday, November 2, 3:30 pm – (Member: $9 / Community: $14)
• KOSTYA KENNEDY, Pete Rose: An American Dilemma
• LEO MAZZONE, Tales from the Mound
• Sunday, November 2, 7:30 pm – (Member: $13 / Community: $18)
• MARK BITTMAN, How to Cook Everything® Fast! A Better Way to Cook Great Food
• Monday, November 3, 12:00 pm – (Member: $9 / Community: $14)
• JOSEPH BERGER, The Pious Ones: The World of Hasidism and Their Battles With America
• Monday, November 4, 7:45 pm – (Member: $28/Community: $33/prices include book)
• ANNA QUINDLEN, Still Life With Bread Crumbs (BOOK CLUB PICK)
• Wine and Cheese pre-event Reception with Anna Quindlen for Book Club Members only, 6:30 – 7:30 pm.
• Reception only: Member $20 / Community $25 -- Book Event & Reception: Member $40 / Community $45
• Tuesday, November 4, 12:00 pm (Member: $9/Community: $14)
• HANK PHILLIPPI RYAN, Truth Be Told (BOOK CLUB PICK)
• JULIA DAHL, Invisible City (BOOK CLUB PICK)
• Tuesday, November 4, 7:30 pm (Member: $13/Community: $18)
• SCOTT COWEN, The Inevitable City: The Resurgence of New Orleans and the Future of Urban American
• Wednesday, November 5, 12:30 pm (Member: $9/Community: $14)
• JONATHAN EIG, The Birth of the Pill
• Wednesday, November 5, 6:30 pm (Member: $13/Community: $18)
• LISA BLOOM, Suspicion Nation: The Inside Story of the Trayvon Martin Injustice and Why We Continue to Repeat It
• Wednesday, November 5, 8:15 pm (Member: $13/Community: $18)
• BOB MANKOFF, How About Never, Is Never Good For You?
• Thursday, November 6, 10:30 am (Free to the Community)
• TIM TOWNSEND, Mission at Nuremberg: An American Army Chaplain and the Trial of the Nazis
• Thursday, November 6, 12:30 pm (Member: $9/Community: $14)
• AYELET WALDMAN, Love & Treasure (BOOK CLUB PICK)
• Thursday, November 6, 7:30 pm (Member: $13/Community: $18)
• DR. EBEN ALEXANDER, The Map of Heaven: How Science, Religion, and Ordinary People Are Proving the Afterlife century.
• Friday, November 7, 12:00 pm (Member: $9/Community: $14)
• SUSAN JANE GILMAN, The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street (BOOK CLUB PICK)
• Saturday, November 8, 8:00 pm (Member: $18/Community: $24/Premier: $50)
• Eva & George Stern Lecture (Presented in Loving Memory by Their Children & Grandchildren)
• WALTER ISAACSON, The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
• Sunday, November 9, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm (Member Child: $10/Community Child: $13, Parents free/Children six months old and younger free / Additional $3 per child when purchased on day of event.)
• MJCCA’s Family Reading Festival - Presented by PJ Library® and the Atlanta Hawks®
• 11:00 am PJ LIBRARY SPOKESPERSON RICK RECHT IN CONCERT!
• KID CRAFTING WITH AMANDA KINGLOFF, author of Project Kid: 100 Ingenious Crafts for Family Fun
• Sunday, November 9, 3:00 pm (Member: $9/Community: $14)
• JOSH FATTAL, A Sliver of Light: Three Americans Imprisoned in Iran
• Sunday, November 9, 7:00 pm (Free to the Community)
• 7:00 pm Kristallnacht Commemoration
• Sunday, November 9, 7:45 pm (Member: $13/Community: $18)
• RON SUSKIND, Life Animated: A Story of Sidekicks, Heroes, and AutismIn Conversation with CNN Senior Medical Correspondent Elizabeth Cohen / Presented by Lisa & Ron Brill
• Monday, November 10, 12:00 pm (Member: $9/Community: $14)
• ALYSON RICHMAN, The Garden of Letters (BOOK CLUB PICK)
• PAM JENOFF, The Winter Guest (BOOK CLUB PICK)
• Monday, November 10, 7:30 pm (Member: $18/Community: $24)
• Presented in Part by Chabad of North Fulton; Given in Loving Memory of Rashi Minkowicz
• RABBI JOSEPH TELUSHKIN, Rebbe: The Life and Teachings of Menachem M. Schneerson, the Most Influential Rabbi in Modern History
• Tuesday, November 11, 12:00 pm (Member: $9/Community: $14)
• GERALYN LUCAS, Then Came Life
• Tuesday, November 11, 7:30 pm (Member: $13/Community: $18)
• STEVEN PRESSMAN, 50 Children: One Ordinary American Couple’s Extraordinary Rescue Mission into the Heart of Nazi Germany
• MARTIN GOLDSMITH, Alex’s Wake: A Voyage of Betrayal and a Journey of Remembrance
• Wednesday, November 12, 12:30 pm (Member: $9/Community: $14)
• EDDIE SHAPIRO, Nothing Like A Dame
• BARBARA ISENBERG, Tradition! The Highly Improbable, Ultimately Triumphant
• Wednesday, November 12, 7:30 pm (Member: $18/Community: $24)
• PATRON & SPONSOR NIGHT - Presented by Greenberg Traurig / In partnership with the Consulate General of Israel to the Southeast
• DANIEL GORDIS, Menachem Begin: The Battle for Israel’s Soul
• Thursday, November 13, 10:30 am (Free to the Community)
• ILANA DANNEMAN, A Tale of Two Souls
• Thursday, November 13, 12:30 pm (Member: $9/Community: $14)
• RABBI CHARLES SHERMAN, The Broken and the Whole
• REBECCA ALEXANDER, Not Fade Away: A Memoir of Senses Lost and Found
• Thursday, November 13, 7:30 pm (Member: $13/Community: $18)
• DR. EZEKIEL EMANUEL, Reinventing American Health Care In Conversation with Gail Evans, Former CNN Executive Vice President
• Friday, November 14, 12:00 pm (Member: $9/Community: $14)
• JOSHUA MAX FELDMAN, The Book of Jonah (BOOK CLUB PICK)
• BORIS FISHMAN, A Replacement Life (BOOK CLUB PICK)
• Saturday, November 15, 8:00 pm (Member: $18/Community: $24/Premier: $50)
• ANDY COHEN, The Andy Cohen Diaries: A Deep Look at a Shallow Year In Conversation With Mara Davis, Atlanta Media Personality
• Sunday, November 16, 12:00 pm (Member: $9/Community: $14)
• KAI BIRD, The Good Spy: The Life and Death of Robert Ames
• Sunday, November 16, 3:00 pm (Member: $13/Community: $18)
• In Conversation with Bestselling Author Pat Conroy
• BERNIE SCHEIN, Famous All Over Town
• Sunday, November 16, 6:30 pm (Member: $13/Community: $18)
• CARL HOFFMAN, Savage Harvest
• Sunday, November 16, 8:15 pm (Member: $13/Community: $18)
• DAN HARRIS, 10% Happier

• Monday, November 17, 8:00 pm (Member: $13/Community: $18)
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• MITCHELL BARD, Death to the Infidels: Radical Islam’s War Against the Jews
• Wednesday, November 19, 7:30 pm (Member: $13/Community: $18)
• TRACEY DAVIS, Sammy Davis Jr: A Personal Journey With My Father

Visit the MJCCA website for more information.

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