Hordes of book-lovers enjoy the Decatur Book Festival well into the afternoon.
Diana Gabaldon talks with a fan while autographing a copy of her book after delivering a lecture on her Outlander series at the Decatur Presbyterian Sanctuary Stage.
Laura Ramirez (left) and Casey Weeks (center) talk with Sara Manavian (right) while waiting in line to meet Diana Gabaldon.
Penny Adams (right) discusses Diana Gabaldon’s upcoming Outlander book with Roz Dewart (left) and Pat Thorpe (center).
Amirah Howard (left) and Drew Robinson (right) browse books outside the Decatur County Public Library.
Stephanie Bond, writer of “sexy mysteries,” signs copies of her books at the booth for Georgia Romance Writers.
Melia Lesko reclines on the steps of Decatur Square to have a laugh with daughters Madeline and Bailey.
Nancy Banks (right) strolls through the local bookstore during the Decatur Book Festival.
Jackie Wallace, from Gainesville, reads a sign in front of the Margaret Mitchell House tent, masking a cutout of Scarlett.
Shani and Deb Vickery read over some information while baby Emerson relaxes in his stroller.
Mallory Morton plays with a plastic lei after getting her face painted.
Laura Magner reads to her daughter, Erin, after finishing up some lunch.
Patricia Coleman takes a break from the festivities to eat some lunch with her children, Marcus and Marti, and their friend, Jameria Brown, as something distracts them in the distance.
A balloon artist makes an animal for a child as one of the festival’s many pieces of entertainment.
The Wren’s Nest’s Akbar Imhotep tells a story to a group of enraptured children.
Stephanie Murphy browses some of Peachtree Publishers’ titles.
Peachtree Publishers, the independent book company, showed off some of its works in its tent.
Adriana Chavez, Sofia Zook (center), and Alex Chavez browse the fairy books at Bobbie Hinman’s tent as the author explains her stories to another young girl while wearing a pair of fairy wings.
Bookworms milled about Decatur Square throughout the day.
Tibetan prayer flags adorned a tent that gave the festival’s literary nomads another shot at tranquil peace of mind.
Wanderers found respite at the Books that Heal tent.
Some passersby stopped to learn about the Peach State capital’s history at the Atlanta History Center’s tent.
People leafed through books at the large Better World Books tent on Ponce de Leon Avenue.
Atlantans came from all over the city to enjoy the Decatur Book Festival, filled with tents featuring different genres of books.
Gigi and Nicky Taylor read a book about trains while E.L. Taylor enjoys a more colorful book featuring an elephant.
