Tag: books

Writer and author Felicia Feaster is a former HGTV website editor, where she started 11 years ago as the editor-in-chief of a new gardening website called HGTV Gardens. That experience, combined with her own avid gardening, led her to where she is today: the author of The Gothic Garden: The Mystery, Beauty, and Lore of Dark Gardening, which debuted in November. Here, she explains what the concept is and how she wrote the book.

Steve Nygren’s goal with "Start in Your Own Backyard"—and with Serenbe itself—is to encourage healthier, more connected communities. “Our lifestyle is one of the prime reasons for death in the U.S.,” he says. But he believes that small steps can help people reclaim a sense of place and, with it, a deeper connection to each other.

Pushing Hope, an illustrated memoir, is geared toward young adult readers and highlights the importance of hope and resilience in spite of obstacles. Santana, who now splits his time between New York and Atlanta, shares what he hopes readers will take away from the book and reveals how impactful living in Atlanta has been for his growth.

In an era of book bans, Atlanta’s bookstores matter more than ever. A new wave of shops focuses on specific interests and building community—including All the Tropes, Sincerely Yours, The Lavender Bookshop, Books & Brew, and Wild Aster Books.

A slew of Georgia authors have new books out this year, from a moving memoir by Erika J. Simpson to Stacey Abrams’s latest in the Avery Keene thriller series. Get your bookmarks ready for your next favorite read.

Two new books—one a memoir, the other a work of fiction—capture the glamor and grit of the restaurant world and the often-messy lives of the folks whisked up within it.

Great Black Hope has already drawn wide praise from critics, authors, and literary figures alike. “It feels so particular to my observations and obsessions,” Franklin says of his debut novel. “It felt so specific to me. It just felt like a debut. I really like debuts that are an introduction to the writer's style and the author's worldview.”

If former DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond announces in the weeks ahead that he's running for the Democratic nomination for governor, which seems increasingly likely, one of his most important allies on the campaign trail will be a Georgian who died 240 years ago.

What happens when you mix together Atlanta gentrification, escaped venomous snakes, and a drunk narrator nicknamed God? Anarchy that borders on being a little too real.

Tara Roberts, who lives in Atlanta, has spent much of the past six years below the sea, exploring shipwrecks that date back to the transatlantic slave trade. Her new book, Written in the Waters: A Memoir of History, Home and Belonging, is a reflective quest through history, equal parts memoir and narrative reporting, which explores the ocean and the way it bears silent witness to the atrocities of our colonial past.