(MENAFNEditorial) Online PR News 15-August-2017 Atlanta, GA From 1 to 3 September 2017, , author of the piece will be joining this year's AJC Decatur Book Festival, a community-based, non-profit event and largest independent festival in the country. Being renowned as one of the five largest festivals in the country, DBF continues to gather world-class authors as well as hundreds of thousands of festival-goers to enjoy book signings, author readings, panel discussions, an interactive children's area, live music, parade, cooking demonstrations, poetry slams, writing workshops, and others. These activities will be happening in and around the historic downtown Decatur square.
"We always knew Atlanta had a thriving writing and book community, but it needed a centerpiece to bring all the parts together," Tom Bell points out as he recalls the history of DBF. It was when Daren Wang hatched a hare-brained idea to establish a festival celebrating the spoken/written word that brought the other dreamers and believers together. Tom Bell founding program director, Linda Harris, Richard Lenz, Alice Murray, Bill Starr and Judy Turner then began brewing the magic.
The DBF got rave reviews shortly after 18 months of hard work and dedication in volunteering full-time, until its commencement over Labor Day weekend back in 2006, which was attended by over 100 authors and 50, 000 people. The success of the event was contributed by the combination of supportive local businesses and restaurants, eager and able volunteers, and the ability to walk easily from venue to venue.
Khaled H. Fayyad is a poet and writer who immigrated to the United States from Lebanon at the age of eighteen. He published A Child from Gaza a piece written back in 2008 which was translated into numerous languages around the globe. He is also a dedicated member of his community, he teaches and coaches sports and this made him bring the Champion of Character Award in Fairfax County. Being a fervent advocate of piece, he has been vigilant in warning the community with the dangers of militant religious extreme. After the success of his first book, he now brings another exceptional piece-Love and Promise. The story commences when Michael, a middle-aged man stands at a crossroads. His recent divorce with his wife leads him to finding distraction from the pain. Michael finds himself playing an online card game with a girl named Anna, a woman living a thousand miles away. He becomes attached to her until his pain vanishes. A love story blossoms and Michael sees himself believing in a brighter tomorrow once again. Until an event tests them, and puts Michael back at the crossroads. Will Michael fight for their love? Or will he surrender. . .This is a unique love story. Its provocativeness makes this piece hard to put down.
BookBlastPro will represent the author at the AJC Decatur Book Festival. The festival-goers and other authors will have the opportunity of getting first-hand information about Fayyad and his piece, Love and Promise. They will also get bookmarks and an opportunity of photo documentation which will be released after the event. The book selling will be announced at the event.
AJC Decatur Book Festival Bookzilla, Khaled H. Fayyad's book and the rest of the fun activities will make this event a literary powerhouse that will delight the attendees and will make this annual event a huge success, as what Tom Bell expressed: "That's what the festival does best."
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