The Sentimental Touring Club

UGA Main Library 320 S Jackson Street, Athens, United States

Enjoy the annual reading series by graduate students in the Creative Writing Program. 6 p.m. FREE! www.english.uga.edu

Bogart Bookies

Bogart Library 200 S. Burson Ave., Bogart, GA, United States

Pick up a copy of Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen by Susan Gregg Gilmore and discuss it with the group. 1–2 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart

Book Swap

Athentic Brewing Co. 108 Park Ave., Athens, GA, United States

Browse free books to take home or settle in to read in the front lounge. Donating books is encouraged but not required. 5–10 p.m. FREE! www.athenticbrewing.com

Recurring

Book Discussion

Unity Athens Church 580 Tallassee Rd., Athens, Georgia

Join the group meeting led by Sharon Duncan and Martha Cook to discuss the book A Course of Love. Wednesdays, 10 a.m. FREE! www.unityathens.com

Word of Mouth

The Globe 199 N Lumpkin St, Athens

Athens’ longest-running spoken word open mic, with this month’s featured theme being “Poems for the Planet.” 6 p.m. (sign-ups), 7 p.m. (poetry). FREE! www.facebook.com/athenswordofmouth

Author Talk

ACC Library 2025 Baxter St., Athens, GA, United States

Author Elizabeth Barks Cox will discuss her book Reading Van Gogh: An Amateur’s Search for God. 7 p.m. FREE! www.avidbookshop.com

Author Talk & Book Signing

UGA Main Library 320 S Jackson Street, Athens, United States

UGA creative writing program’s 2024 Diann Blakely Visiting Poet Ana Božičević will read from her works. 6 p.m. FREE! english.uga.edu

Odum Environmental Ethics Lecture

UGA College of Environment & Design 285 S. Jackson St., Athens, GA, United States

Reformed landscape designer, author and founder of “We are the ARK” Mary Reynolds will discuss her practical groundswell movement that shifts the focus of gardening to a environmental movement. 5:30 p.m. FREE! www.ced.uga.edu/eecp

 

UGA Congress Week

UGA Special Collections Library 300 S Hull St, Athens, GA, United States

Former U.S. Representative Steve Driehaus and USG Chancellor Emeritus Steve Wrigley will discuss empowering citizens and government in different areas. 6 p.m. FREE! libs.uga.edu

Author Talk

ACC Library 2025 Baxter St., Athens, GA, United States

Enjoy conversation between Deirdre Sugiuchi and author Ellen Ann Fentress for her book The Steps We Take: A Memoir of Southern Reckoning. 7 p.m. FREE! www.avidbookshop.com/event/southernwomen

Thinking Green: Botany, B-Movies, and Body-ody-ody

UGA Fine Arts Building 255 Baldwin St., Athens, GA, United States

This panel featuring faculty from plant sciences, film studies and women’s studies will be moderated by the Little Shop of Horrors dramaturg Sloan Elle Garner. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www.ugatheatre.com

Three Rivers Poets Poetry Reading

Emmanuel Episcopal Church 498 Prince Ave, Athens, GA, United States

Athens-area poets Melisa Cahnmann-Taylor, Clela Reed, Lee Ann Pingel, Rebecca McCarthy, Rebecca Baggett, and Sara Baker will share their work followed by a reception. 3 p.m. FREE! www.emmanuelathens.org

Book Talk & Signing

ACC Library 2025 Baxter St., Athens, GA, United States

Editors and contributor Dave “Mac” Marquis, Moira Marquis, and Valerie Surrett will discuss their book Books Through Bars: Stories from the Prison Books Movement. 7 p.m. FREE! www.avidbookshop.com/event/booksthroughbars