Museum and Park Passes: The Computer Museum of America

Recently my family and I visited the Computer Museum of America in Roswell, Georgia. The museum houses one of the world’s largest collections of artifacts from the digital era including rotary photos, transistor radios, personal computers, a World War II cipher computer called the Enigma machine, and playable classic video games like Asteroids and Donkey Kong. If you enjoy old school technology like I do, you can even type up a letter on a typewriter. 

Literary Road Trips: The Savannah Book Festival

Last weekend I attended the Savannah Book Festival. The event is a real treat for book lovers, with over forty authors sharing their stories and signing books in Savannah’s beautiful historical district.

Marjan Kamali, Author 

In the beautiful sanctuary of the Lutheran Church of the Ascention on Wright Square, Marjan Kamali, author of The Lion Women of Tehran and The Stationery Shop, talked about her childhood in Iran and her love of books.

Historical fiction author Chanel Cleeton spoke about her family’s Cuban heritage and her books The House on Biscayne Bay, When We Left Cuba, and The Last Train to Key West.

Unreadable: Podcast Transcript - February 2025

In this episode of Unreadable, Ross speaks with Shelby Van Pelt about her novel Remarkably Bright Creatures, this year's Forsyth Reads Together selection. Van Pelt’s debut novel, published in 2022, remains a New York Times bestseller and features the unique perspective of Marcellus the octopus as a narrator. Van Pelt spoke with Ross about how she developed her characters, some based on true life and others based on people (and marine life) watching at the Georgia Aquarium, and she shared her excitement about the upcoming film adaptation.

An Evening with Shelby Van Pelt is Mar 11, 2025 at the Forsyth Conference Center. The event is ticketed and currently full; however, there are a plethora of events related to the book taking place at all the Forsyth County Public Library branches. You can find out more in our event calendar.