| '07-'08: Pic 1: Early fest collaborator Alan Black at the '07 Closing Party Pic 2: Lit Crawl '07 Pic 3: Some authorial show-and-tell at Kidquake 2008 Pic 4: A packed bar room at Lit Crawl '07 Pic 5: Joyce Maynard, lit up Pic 6: Reading at Lit Crawl '07 Pic 7: Lars Ulrich of Metallica at Between Bridges '08 Pic 8: Alejandro Murguia, former SF Poet Laureate Pic 9: Lewis Buzbee signing books for antsy readers Pic 10: Frank, who wants YOU to enjoy Litquake events, from '07 to '24! |
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SongWriter Live with W. Kamau Bell and Las Cafeteras
Wednesday July 10 · 7pm
The Commons · 2601 Mariposa St San Francisco, CA 94110
co-presented by KQED
This edition of SongWriter features live storytelling by Emmy- and Peabody-winning television host and producer, comedian and bestselling author W. Kamau Bell, which will be transformed into original music by the Chicano band Las Cafeteras. Together with SongWriter host Ben Arthur and social psychologist Shira Gabriel, they craft an evening about identity, home and collective effervescence through a thrilling exchange of story, ideas and music. $29 |
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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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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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