Book and art lovers can get together on Nov. 2 as the Piedmont College Barnes & Noble Bookstore in Demorest holds a signing party for five local authors at the adjacent Mason-Scharfenstein Museum of Art. The free event from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the museum at 551 Georgia St. features authors Emory Jones, John Kollock, Heidi Peaster, Denise Weimer and Barbara Woodall. In addition to meeting the local writers, visitors can view the museum’s permanent collection and two traveling exhibits of works by Alabama artist Sloane Bibb and a collection by six noted realist painters.