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See Your Photos from the 2014 AJC Decatur Book Festival

About 90,000 bookworms showed up in Decatur Square last weekend for the country's largest independent book festival.

More than 600 authors and 90,000 book lovers gathered in Decatur Square over the Labor Day weekend for the 2014 Atlanta Journal-Constitution Decatur Book Festival.

“It was another record-setting year for the Decatur Book Festival, and our hundreds of events went off without a hitch,” said DBF Programming Director Philip Rafshoon in a news release.

“From our Keynote and Kidnote addresses on Friday, until the last book was signed on Sunday night, we had larger crowds than ever before and a solid, quality lineup across the entire literary spectrum,” Rafshoon said.

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Festival-goers were also able to enjoy the arts and culture showcases.

“Every year the AJC DBF tries to outdo and redefine itself,” said Daren Wang, festival executive director and co-founder. “This year, our author lineup was phenomenal and we brought in new types of programming with art|DBF, the Decatur Makers Tent and our outdoor cooking stage.”

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Wang says the 2014 AJC Decatur Book Festival had the largest, most diverse and engaged audience of any Decatur Book Festival to date.

Here’s a roundup of pictures posted on social media of the 2014 AJC Decatur Book Festival.

>>2014 AJC Decatur Book Festival. Credit: Decatur Book Festival Website



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