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Thursday
, October 11
Koret Auditorium, San Francisco Public Library
10:00am •
Kidquake: Upper Elementary
University Club
8:00pm •
The Hobnob: Litquake Festival Opening Night
Friday
, October 12
Koret Auditorium, San Francisco Public Library
10:00am •
Kidquake: Early Elementary
Left Margin Lit
6:30pm •
Literary Citizenship: Readings and Discussion with Left Margin LIT
Modernism
7:00pm •
In Concept: Jonathon Keats on Art, Books, and the Future
San Francisco Center for the Book
7:00pm •
Strong Medicine: The Poetry of Addiction
Swedish American Hall
8:00pm •
Immigration and Community: Elaine Castillo & Shanthi Sekaran
Saturday
, October 13
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema at New Mission
7:00pm •
Black Klansman: Race, Hate, and the Undercover Investigation of a Lifetime
Book Passage Ferry Building
3:00pm •
Family Matters: Stories of Love, Courage, and Immigration
California College of the Arts, Writers' Studio
1:00pm •
The Art of the Mystery (Tickets Now Available Only at Door )
2:30pm •
The Art of the Short Story (Tickets Now Available Only at Door)
4:00pm •
The Art of the Novel (Tickets Now Available Only at Door)
Classic Cars West
1:00pm •
Fresh Looks: Oakland's First Lit & Beauty Fair
Goethe-Institut
3:30pm •
Marx-athon: 200 Years of Karl Marx
Grace Cathedral
8:00pm •
Grace Notes: Poets at Grace Cathedral
San Francisco Botanical Garden
1:00pm •
David Harris: The War Over California's Redwoods
LIMITED
San Francisco Center for the Book
7:00pm •
Up All Night: The Page-Turner
Strut
7:00pm •
Bodies and What to Do with Them: Virgie Tovar & Daniel Handler
Swedish American Hall
12:00pm •
Words Around the World: A Sense of Place
1:30pm •
Words Around the World: Ireland's Stinging Fly Magazine
The Laundry
6:00pm •
The Big Disruption: Jessica Powell and her Totally Fictional but Essentially True Silicon Valley Story
LIMITED
Sunday
, October 14
Alley Cat Books
6:00pm •
Metaphors in the Mission: Poetry at Alley Cat Books
Beat Museum
4:00pm •
FULL! North Beach Beat Walking Tour
Caffe Trieste
6:00pm •
Women Poets of North Beach
California College of the Arts, Timken Auditorium
11:00am •
NEW VENUE! Pursuit of Publishing: Getting Past the Gatekeepers
LIMITED
12:30pm •
NEW VENUE! Pursuit of Publishing: How to Grow Your Own Fan Club
LIMITED
2:00pm •
NEW VENUE! Pursuit of Publishing: An Overnight Success Ten Years in the Making
LIMITED
3:30pm •
NEW VENUE! Pursuit of Publishing: It Takes A Village
LIMITED
Make-Out Room
7:00pm •
Bay Area Pun-Off: Litquake Edition
Museum of the African Diaspora
6:00pm •
Akwaeke Emezi: Selves Are Not Gods or Spirits (TICKETS AVAILABLE AT DOOR)
LIMITED
San Francisco Botanical Garden
1:00pm •
Zombies in Nature: A Conversation with Matt Simon
San Francisco Center for the Book
7:00pm •
Craving: Esther Gerritsen & Alice Sebold
Swedish American Hall
12:00pm •
Words Around the World: Family
1:30pm •
Words Around the World: War & Espionage
3:00pm •
Words Around the World: Belonging
7:00pm •
Of Demons and Dreams: A Night of Memoir
FILLING
Monday
, October 15
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema at New Mission
6:00pm •
Andy Weir: From Silicon Valley to Mars
Book Club of California
5:30pm •
Rags to Riches: The Bonanza King and Nevada’s Comstock Lode
LIMITED
McEvoy Foundation for the Arts
6:00pm •
New Native Voices: A Place of Many Nations
Mechanics' Institute Library
7:00pm •
Loaded: A History of Guns in America
San Francisco Center for the Book
7:00pm •
Energy: A Human History with Richard Rhodes
Swedish American Hall
8:00pm •
Advice: A Night of Stories with Porchlight
Terroir Wine Bar & Merchant
7:00pm •
You Steal the Words: A Poetry Game Show
Tuesday
, October 16
California Historical Society
7:00pm •
Valley of Genius: The Secret History of Silicon Valley
LIMITED
City Lights Booksellers & Publishers
7:30pm •
Power: John Freeman with Rebecca Solnit
Latino Hispanic Community Meeting Room
6:00pm •
Here in Berlin: An Excavation with Cristina Garcia
Luckyduck Bicycle Cafe
7:00pm •
Unlikeable Female
Make-Out Room
7:00pm •
Bad Poetry & Bad Stories: A Celebration of the Awful in All of Us
Mechanics' Institute Library
7:00pm •
Future Presence: Decoding Virtual Reality
San Francisco Center for the Book
7:00pm •
Doubling Down: A Conversation on Writing, Publishing, and Art
Swedish American Hall
8:00pm •
The Residents Present The Brickeaters (A Novel)
Vesuvio Cafe
7:30pm •
Straight, No Chaser: Writers at the Bar
Yerba Buena Gardens Esplanade
12:30pm •
Poetic Tuesday: Yerba Buena Gardens Festival
Wednesday
, October 17
Bethel Lutheran Church
11:00am •
Elder Project All-Stars
Book Passage Corte Madera
7:00pm •
Ben Fountain & Adam Hochschild - Beautiful Country Burn Again / Lessons from a Dark Time and Other Essays
Elbo Room
7:15pm •
Literary Death Match
Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse
12:30pm •
Lifelong Learning: A Berkeley Brown Bag Lunch
Make-Out Room
7:00pm •
Poetry World Series
Mechanics' Institute Library
12:00pm •
Wesley Yang: The Souls of Yellow Folk
7:00pm •
977 Days in Captivity: Michael Scott Moore's The Desert and the Sea
Rudrumandir
8:00pm •
Poetry Nap: An Immersive Storytelling Experience
San Francisco Center for the Book
7:00pm •
An Evening with Counterpoint Press
SF Eagle
7:00pm •
Beefcake: 50 Years of Tom of Finland
Swedish American Hall
8:00pm •
Lou Reed and Me: Michael Imperioli with Tom Barbash
LIMITED
Thursday
, October 18
826 Valencia Tenderloin
6:00pm •
Teenquake: Under 21 Open Mic
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema at New Mission
7:00pm •
Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin: Arwen Curry & Michael Chabon (SOLD OUT!)
Bird & Beckett Books and Records
6:30pm •
The City Is Already Speaking: The Sound of Calle 24
Cafe Du Nord
7:00pm •
Monkee Memoir: Michael Nesmith with Beth Lisick
Contemporary Jewish Museum
6:30pm •
Springfield Confidential: Mike Reiss & The Simpsons
Elbo Room
7:00pm •
Word for Word: Octavio Solis
Make-Out Room
7:30pm •
Rachel Kushner: Voice of Witness
Mechanics' Institute Library
7:00pm •
The Monk of Mokha: Dave Eggers & Mokhtar Alkhanshali
Swedish American Hall
8:00pm •
Noir! Christopher Moore & Susie Bright
Friday
, October 19
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema at New Mission
7:00pm •
One Dumb Guy: Kids in the Hall with Paul Myers
Books Inc., Opera Plaza
7:00pm •
Teenquake & NYMBC Present Tahereh Mafi & Ransom Riggs
Cafe Du Nord
8:00pm •
Word/Jazz
Classic Cars West
7:00pm •
Afterwords: Short Books About Great Books
Make-Out Room
7:00pm •
Botnik Live! A Reckless Night of Literary Experiments
Modernism
6:00pm •
Édouard Louis: History of Violence
LIMITED
Museum of the African Diaspora
6:30pm •
When Rap Spoke Straight to God
Oakland Public Library
6:30pm •
Lit by the Lake at the Library: Making Connections
San Francisco Center for the Book
7:00pm •
Global Fiction: The Novel and the World
Strut
8:00pm •
Queer As Us: A Night with Lambda Literary
Swedish American Hall
7:00pm •
SF Legends: Amy Tan & Armistead Maupin
The Bindery
7:30pm •
Paul Madonna and Glen David Gold Are Drunk: What Better Way to End the Festival?
Saturday
, October 20
The Chapel
12:30pm •
Lit Crawl Book Fair
The Mission
5:00pm •
Lit Crawl San Francisco
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Book Passage Ferry Building
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, October 11
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, October 12
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, October 13
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, October 14
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, October 15
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, October 16
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, October 17
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, October 18
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, October 19
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, October 20
Venue
826 Valencia Tenderloin
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema at New Mission
Alley Cat Books
Beat Museum
Bethel Lutheran Church
Bird & Beckett Books and Records
Book Club of California
Book Passage Corte Madera
Book Passage Ferry Building
Books Inc., Opera Plaza
Cafe Du Nord
Caffe Trieste
California College of the Arts, Timken Auditorium
California College of the Arts, Writers' Studio
California Historical Society
City Lights Booksellers & Publishers
Classic Cars West
Contemporary Jewish Museum
Elbo Room
Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse
Goethe-Institut
Grace Cathedral
Koret Auditorium, San Francisco Public Library
Latino Hispanic Community Meeting Room
Left Margin Lit
Luckyduck Bicycle Cafe
Make-Out Room
McEvoy Foundation for the Arts
Mechanics' Institute Library
Modernism
Museum of the African Diaspora
Oakland Public Library
Rudrumandir
San Francisco Botanical Garden
San Francisco Center for the Book
SF Eagle
Strut
Swedish American Hall
Terroir Wine Bar & Merchant
The Bindery
The Chapel
The Laundry
The Mission
University Club
Vesuvio Cafe
Yerba Buena Gardens Esplanade
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Free
Great Deal!
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Location
Castro
Civic Center
Downtown
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Haight
Mission
Nob Hill
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Potrero Hill
SoMa
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Age Limit
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