Emory to Sponsor Decatur Book Fest

signed on this week as a major sponsor to the Decatur Book Festival, the largest independent book festival in the country.

"It is Emory's presence in the Atlanta region and the Decatur community that helped set the stage for the AJC Decatur Book Festival,” festival director Daren Wang said in a statement.

Many departments at Emory will take part in the sponsorship including Emory Libraries, Barnes & Noble at Emory, Arts at Emory with the Schwartz Center for Performing Arts and the Michael C. Carlos Museum.

“Working together with a broad group across the university who provide a variety of artistic, cultural and educational offerings for the community will add to our efforts to create awareness of Emory as a center for literary excellence among the expected 80,000 festival attendees,” Julie Delliquanti, gallery director and associate curator of exhibitions for Emory Libraries, said.

The seventh annual AJC Decatur Book Festival is set for Aug. 31 to Sept. 2 in Decatur Square. Emory’s Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts will serve as the venue for the festival’s keynote presentation Friday evening.

Featured authors for the event will be announced in early summer.

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