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Thursday, October 11
 

10:00am PDT

Kidquake: Upper Elementary Koret Auditorium, San Francisco Public LibraryJill Diamond • Mikaela Dunitz • Alexis E. Fajardo • Gwen Minor • Mae Respicio • Susan Terence
 
Friday, October 12
 

10:00am PDT

Kidquake: Early Elementary Koret Auditorium, San Francisco Public LibraryCarmen Bogan • Alexandria Giardino • Naomi Lau • Florencia Milito • Tony Piedra • Maggie Tokuda-Hall

6:30pm PDT

Literary Citizenship: Readings and Discussion with Left Margin LIT Left Margin LitZoe Fitzgerald Carter • Alan Chazaro • Laleh Khadivi • Lauren Markham • Hannah Michell

7:00pm PDT

In Concept: Jonathon Keats on Art, Books, and the Future ModernismJonathon Keats • Michael McElligott Strong Medicine: The Poetry of Addiction San Francisco Center for the BookKim Addonizo • Lynn Emanuel • Owen Lewis • Dawn McGuire • sam sax
 
Saturday, October 13
 

12:00pm PDT

Words Around the World: A Sense of Place Swedish American HallLucy Jane Bledsoe • Carol Bensimon • Ófeigur Sigurðsson

1:00pm PDT

David Harris: The War Over California's RedwoodsLIMITED San Francisco Botanical GardenDavid Harris • Kristin Kaye Fresh Looks: Oakland's First Lit & Beauty Fair Classic Cars West

1:30pm PDT

Words Around the World: Ireland's Stinging Fly Magazine Swedish American HallDeclan Meade • Wendy Erskine • Jessica Traynor

3:00pm PDT

Family Matters: Stories of Love, Courage, and Immigration Book Passage Ferry BuildingMary Volmer • Lauren Markham • Kristina McMorris • Debbie Clarke Moderow • Mary Monroe • Brianna Wolfson

3:30pm PDT

Marx-athon: 200 Years of Karl Marx Goethe-InstitutMaddy and Alex (FR333) • Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz • Elaine Elinson • Mighty Mike Mc Gee • Alejandro Murguia • Kal Spelletich

7:00pm PDT

Bodies and What to Do with Them: Virgie Tovar & Daniel Handler StrutDaniel Handler • Virgie Tovar Up All Night: The Page-Turner San Francisco Center for the BookBarbara Lane • Lucy Jane Bledsoe • Julia Dixon Evans • Bonnie Monte • Kate Jessica Raphael

8:00pm PDT

Grace Notes: Poets at Grace Cathedral Grace CathedralShauna Hannibal • Conor O’Callaghan • Charif Shanahan • Monica Sok
 
Sunday, October 14
 

12:00pm PDT

Words Around the World: Family Swedish American HallJack Boulware • Emer Martin • Kagiso Lesego Molope • Jaap Robben

1:00pm PDT

Zombies in Nature: A Conversation with Matt Simon San Francisco Botanical GardenSusan Freinkel • Matt Simon

1:30pm PDT

Words Around the World: War & Espionage Swedish American HallDavid Corbett • Mary Jo McConahay

3:00pm PDT

Words Around the World: Belonging Swedish American HallLaura Goode • Sisonke Msimang • Kim Sagwa

4:00pm PDT

FULL! North Beach Beat Walking Tour Beat MuseumJerry Cimino

6:00pm PDT

Metaphors in the Mission: Poetry at Alley Cat Books Alley Cat BooksJason Bayani • MK Chavez • Heather Gibbons • Brian Laidlaw • Susie Meserve • Aaron Shurin • Kathleen Winter Women Poets of North Beach Caffe TriesteJudith Ayn Bernhard • Jennifer Barone • Kristina Brown • Sharon Doubiago • Agneta Falk-Hirschman • Jessica Loos • Rosemary Manno

7:00pm PDT

Craving: Esther Gerritsen & Alice Sebold San Francisco Center for the BookEsther Gerritsen • Alice Sebold
 
Monday, October 15
 

5:30pm PDT

Rags to Riches: The Bonanza King and Nevada’s Comstock LodeLIMITED Book Club of CaliforniaKevin Hunsanger • Gregory Crouch

6:00pm PDT

New Native Voices: A Place of Many Nations McEvoy Foundation for the ArtsJulian Talamantez Brolaski • Heid E. Erdrich • Jennifer Elise Foerster • Greg Sarris

7:00pm PDT

Energy: A Human History with Richard Rhodes San Francisco Center for the BookRalph Lewin • Richard Rhodes Loaded: A History of Guns in America Mechanics' Institute LibraryAlejandro Murguia • Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz You Steal the Words: A Poetry Game Show Terroir Wine Bar & MerchantJonathan Brown • Casey Gardner • Daphne Gottleib • Yume Kim • Mike Taylor • The Poet –i–
 
Tuesday, October 16
 

12:30pm PDT

Poetic Tuesday: Yerba Buena Gardens Festival Yerba Buena Gardens EsplanadeJason Bayani

6:00pm PDT

Here in Berlin: An Excavation with Cristina Garcia Latino Hispanic Community Meeting RoomCristina Garcia

7:00pm PDT

Future Presence: Decoding Virtual Reality Mechanics' Institute LibraryScott James • Peter Rubin Doubling Down: A Conversation on Writing, Publishing, and Art San Francisco Center for the BookBridget Quinn • Bridget Watson-Payne Unlikeable Female Luckyduck Bicycle CafeKate Folk • Lydia Kiesling • Margaret Ross • Jenny Xie • C Pam Zhang

7:30pm PDT

Power: John Freeman with Rebecca Solnit City Lights Booksellers & PublishersJohn Freeman • Rebecca Solnit Straight, No Chaser: Writers at the Bar Vesuvio CafeT.J. English • Danny Gardner • Lisa Locascio • Misha Rai • Rebecca Skloot • Alia Volz
 
Wednesday, October 17
 

11:00am PDT

Elder Project All-Stars Bethel Lutheran ChurchLisa Galloway

12:00pm PDT

Wesley Yang: The Souls of Yellow Folk Mechanics' Institute LibraryTom Pyun • Wesley Yang

7:00pm PDT

Ben Fountain & Adam Hochschild - Beautiful Country Burn Again / Lessons from a Dark Time and Other Essays Book Passage Corte MaderaBen Fountain • Adam Hochschild 977 Days in Captivity: Michael Scott Moore's The Desert and the Sea Mechanics' Institute LibraryJeanne Carstensen • Michael Scott Moore An Evening with Counterpoint Press San Francisco Center for the BookJack Shoemaker • Sylvia Brownrigg • Cristina Garcia • Margaret Wilkerson Sexton
 
Thursday, October 18
 

6:00pm PDT

Teenquake: Under 21 Open Mic 826 Valencia Tenderloin

6:30pm PDT

The City Is Already Speaking: The Sound of Calle 24 Bird & Beckett Books and RecordsJosiah Luis Alderete • Simon Crafts • Flavia Elisa • E.K. Keith • Thea Matthews • Linda Noel • Raul Ruiz • Kim Shuck • Denise Sullivan • Ricardo Tavarez

7:00pm PDT

Word for Word: Octavio Solis Elbo RoomOscar Villalon • Sheila Balter • Octavio Solis
 
Friday, October 19
 

6:30pm PDT

Lit by the Lake at the Library: Making Connections Oakland Public LibraryHolly Brown • Jasmine Guillory • Laleh Khadivi • Cornelia Nixon • Brontez Purnell • Dashka Slater

7:00pm PDT

Afterwords: Short Books About Great Books Classic Cars WestAdam Colman • Alden Jones • Stephanie Reents • Irena Yamboliev Global Fiction: The Novel and the World San Francisco Center for the BookJudy Juanita • Michael David Lukas • Nayomi Munaweera • Ethel Rohan • Sarah Stone

7:30pm PDT

Paul Madonna and Glen David Gold Are Drunk: What Better Way to End the Festival? The BinderyGlen David Gold • Paul Madonna

8:00pm PDT

Queer As Us: A Night with Lambda Literary StrutLisa Galloway • Juliana Delgado Lopera • Annalee Newitz
 
Saturday, October 20
 

12:30pm PDT

Lit Crawl Book Fair The Chapel

5:00pm PDT

Lit Crawl San Francisco The Mission
 
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