| '11-'12: Pic 1: Jane Ganahl and Chelsea Handler at Z Space Theater in '11 Pic 2: Mariachi musician from Litquake 2011's opening night Pic 3: A 'moving' performance from Kidquake '11 Pic 4: Merch table for 2011 Barbary Coast Award recipient, Ishmael Reed Pic 5: Jack Boulware and emcee W. Kamau Bell, also at the 2011 BCA Ishmael Reed show Pic 6: 2012 Lit Crawl in the Big Apple! Pic 7: Author Joshua Mohr reading at Way Behind the Music event in 2012 Pic 8: Kathy Kamen Goldmark at Porchlight '12 Pic 9: A Great Gatsby event and decadent throwback to the roaring 20s! |
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Litquake's Literary Pub Trivia
Monday July 29 · 7pm
Gilman Brewing Company · 912 Gilman St Berkeley, CA 94710
Has your Norton Anthology been gathering dust since your undergrad days? Have you forgotten the difference between an anapest and a trochee (if you ever knew)? It's time to hit the books and brush up on your knowledge of literature: from A.A. Milne to ZYZZYVA.
Form a team with up to six players (or we'll match you up with some other Dickensian Orphans if you're coming solo), and compete for prizes from Litquake, San Francisco Public Library, Green Apple Books, Oakland Ballers, Saintsbury Winery, and many more! Our host for the evening is journalist, author, public speaker, and game show fan Jeneé Darden.
Prizes will be awarded to the three highest-scoring teams, as well as the team with the best team name. Tickets will support the Litquake Foundation in our 25th year of presenting literary events throughout the Bay Area. Food and beverages will be available for purchase from Gilman Brewing and Joyride Pizza. $20 per person |
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Write Together: August
Saturday August 3 · 6-9pm
Page Street Co-Working SF · 279 Page Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
Co-presented by Lit Camp
We'll gather at 10:30 am to set intentions, write together in silent community for 90 minutes, then check in with each other to see how we did. Coffee & tea will be provided. You are also welcome to bring beverages and snacks. FREE |
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My Dinner with Jane Smiley
Saturday August 3 · 6–9 pm
A private home in Berkeley
My Dinner With is a series of intimate dinners to support Litquake in our 25th anniversary year. We promise delicious food, dazzling conversation, delectable wine provided by Saintsbury Winery, and lots of laughs—all in support of the Litquake Foundation.
In prior novels, Pulitzer Prize winner Jane Smiley has taken readers from an Iowa farm to the heart of Paris, from nineteenth-century Monterey to twenty-first century Hollywood. Now, in Lucky, Smiley invites readers onto the tour bus with folk rocker Jodie Rattler, in a gorgeously adventurous coming-of-age story that’s infused with romance and the 1970s music scene. We can’t wait to hear the dinner music playlist for this one! $250 includes dinner and a signed copy of the book. ($175 is tax deductible) |
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My Dinner with Annalee Newitz
Thursday August 22 · 6–9 pm
A private home in Berkeley (note this event will be held out of doors)
My Dinner With is a series of intimate dinners to support Litquake in our 25th anniversary year. We promise delicious food, dazzling conversation, delectable wine provided by Saintsbury Winery, and lots of laughs—all in support of the Litquake Foundation.
You might know Annalee Newitz as a bestselling science fiction author, but they’re also an award-winning journalist. Their riveting new work of political history and analysis bridges both those realms, as Newitz traces how, throughout American history and up to the present day, techniques of storytelling have been employed as tools of psychological warfare. Newitz’s Stories Are Weapons is essential reading for those interested in understanding the context of today’s disinformation culture—and what we can do to prepare ourselves for the 2024 election and beyond. $250 includes dinner and a signed copy of the book. ($175 is tax deductible) |
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| How They Did It: High-Stakes Memoir: Litcast Episode #143 Writing anything for public consumption is an act of bravery, but writing memoir and autobiography requires next-level courage. How can you share a true story that demands to be told—even if it might harm relationships, revisit trauma, unearth secrets—and portray your own life honestly and vulnerably, without the benefit of an Instagram filter? In the this “How They Did It” conversation, co-presented by Litquake and LitCamp and recorded at Page Street Co-Working, we’ll hear from five intrepid authors of recent memoirs, all of whom took the heroic step of committing their fascinating stories to the page. Eddie Ahn (Advocate), Sylvia Brownrigg (The Whole Staggering Mystery), Margaret Juhae Lee (Starry Field), Susan Lieu (The Manicurist's Daughter), and Carvell Wallace (Another Word for Love) bravely unfurl stories of family, memory, ambition, healing, and love. Our moderator is Rachel Howard, author of the memoir The Lost Night. What did they risk on the page? What, if anything, do they regret? And how can they stir other would-be memoirists to take up the mantel of bravery and write their stories, no matter the stakes? |
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Jenny Slate: LIFEFORM Tour
Sunday October 27 • 7:30pm
Palace of Fine Arts · 3601 Lyon St, San Francisco, CA 94123
Spend an evening of nearly impossible-to-describe strangeness, whimsy, and hilarity with the one and only Jenny Slate. As she reads you pieces from Lifeform—her brand new book of essays—join Jenny on a journey through all of the relatable phases of life from heartbreak to true love to pregnancy, parenthood, not to mention all of the tiny, odd details that make up a life.
The actor, comedian, co-creator of Marcel the Shell, and New York Times bestselling author will host an evening complete with a live reading, a moderated conversation, and an audience Q&A. Tickets to this event will also include a signed copy of Lifeform.
Access Book Festival Presale NOW with LIFEFORM24 |
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 | | 25 Years of Litquake! We never imagined in 1999 when Litquake kicked off its first one-day festival in Golden Gate Park that we’d be here 25 years later… bigger, better, stronger, more diverse, reaching readers and writers from kindergarten through elders. |
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