Philip Rafshoon, former owner of Midtown’s much-loved Outwrite Bookstore and Coffeehouse, has moved into a new role with another local literary institution. This month he became program director of the Decatur Book Festival.
Rafshoon ran Outwrite for 19 years and has served on the advisory committee of the American Booksellers Association. He’s been a familiar face in Atlanta from the pages of books to politics and has received a number of business/public relations and humanitarian awards from the Atlanta Mayor’s office, AID Atlanta and the Atlanta Gay Chamber of Commerce. He’s also won the Ivan Allen Alumni Legacy Award from Georgia Tech.
Rafshoon takes over from author Terra Elan McVoy, who was program director for two years. His plans include continuing to grow and diversify the popular Labor Day weekend event, which is sponsored by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and one of the largest of its kind in the nation. For more on the festival, click HERE.
