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Thursday, October 10
 

10:15am PDT

Kidquake: Upper Elementary San Francisco Public Library Koret AuditoriumBo Lu • Bettina Pauly • Jason Shiga • 826 Valencia • Nidhi Chanani • Mae Respicio

7:00pm PDT

Booksellers Ball Club Fugazi ExperiencesVera Hannush • Elsa Touche • Lead Teddy • Joe Wadlington
 
Friday, October 11
 

10:15am PDT

Kidquake: Lower Elementary San Francisco Public Library Koret AuditoriumJeni Swerdlow / DRUMMM • Stephanie Lucianovic • Jamey Williams • JaNay Brown-Wood • Minnie Phan

6:00pm PDT

The Literature of War and Peace: A Symposium, Part One Feldman's BooksMartin Lesinski • Joe Lamb • Bonnie Bonner • Madeline Aliah • Geneffa Jahan • Bob Golling • Zoe Sameth • Sean Mclain Brown

7:00pm PDT

Paola Ramos on Defectors: The Rise of the Latino Far Right KALWAngie Coiro • Paola Ramos Foglifter Issue Launch Party Strutsienna fereshteh • Amal Amer • Amalee Bea • Eden Nobile An Evening with Booker Prize Winner Paul Lynch Unitarian Universalist Church of BerkeleyEthel Rohan • Paul Lynch

7:30pm PDT

Sweet and Lowdown: Poets at the Bar Make-Out RoomKim Addonizio • Danusha Laméris • Sarah Ghazal Ali • Zeina Hashem Beck • Charif Shanahan
 
Saturday, October 12
 

12:30pm PDT

Behind the Veil: Ghostwriting 101 San Francisco Public Library Saroyan GalleryBrooke Warner • Felice Laverne • Hilary Swanson • Annie Tucker

2:00pm PDT

Radical Creative Womanist Workshopping and Reflection in Community San Francisco Public Library Saroyan GalleryEllen Barry • Andrea Canaan • Lisa Clapper • Natalie Devora • Juli C. Lasselle • Jessica Millett • Suma Nagaraj

3:30pm PDT

Black Poetics, Black Worldbuilding San Francisco Public Library Saroyan GalleryLyn Patterson • Vincente Perez • Ashia Ajani • Darius Simpson • Nefertiti Asanti

7:30pm PDT

Irregular Feedback: Writers on Music Make-Out RoomMicheal Foulk • Hieu Minh Nguyen • Anna Held • José Vadi • Phoebe Cakes • Safia Elhillo

8:00pm PDT

Poetry Nap: The Enchanting Secret of the Opalescent Moon Chabot Space & Science Center PlanetariumRobert and Jodie Wyald

9:00pm PDT

SF Neo-Futurists Present: The Infinite Wrench, Litquake Edition 447 Minna StHannah Cantor • Wallace Yan • Krys Seli • Joe Peña • Sam Bertken
 
Sunday, October 13
 

12:30pm PDT

FilBookFest Keynote with Elaine Castillo San Francisco Public Library Koret AuditoriumElaine Castillo ZYZZYVA Movie Matinee with Ingrid Rojas Contreras and Kaveh Akbar Roxie TheaterOscar Villalon • Ahmad Kiarostami • Ingrid Rojas Contreras • Kaveh Akbar

1:00pm PDT

How Mighty Is the Small, Independent Press? San Francisco Public Library Saroyan GalleryTania Malik • Carol LaHines • Grace Loh Prasad • Nina Schuyler

2:00pm PDT

Mayor of the Tenderloin: Del Seymour's Fight to End Homelessness in San Francisco KALWDel Seymour • Alison Owings • Skywatchers

2:30pm PDT

Is Nonfiction Literature? Exploring the Intersection of Fact and Art San Francisco Public Library Saroyan GalleryJason Roberts • Tom Barbash • Lindsey Crittenden • Glen David Gold • Rachel Howard

3:30pm PDT

Double Feature: Film Noir/Comics Noir 4 Star TheaterJustin Hall • Robert Mailer Anderson • Peter Hoey

4:00pm PDT

Subterfuge and Secrets: Memoirists Who Go Undercover to Learn the Truth San Francisco Public Library Saroyan GallerySusan Ito • Grace Loh Prasad • Margaret Juhae Lee • Leslie Absher

7:00pm PDT

Celebrating Defiance, Resisting Silence SAGRADAEirinie Carson • Sabina Khan-Ibarra • Christopher Cook • Rowena Leong Singer • Jesus Francisco Sierra

8:15pm PDT

Modern Magic with Michelle Tea The Lost ChurchMK Chavez • Julia Halina Hadas • Diana Helmuth • Rana Tahir • Michelle Tea
 
Tuesday, October 15
 

7:00pm PDT

New Encounters of the Weird Kind: Fresh Voices in Sci-Fi and Fantasy Telegraph Hill BooksIsaac Fellman • Julia Vee • Evette Davis • Kemi Ashing-Giwa • Hana Lee Portrait of the Artist: Midlife Edition Club Fugazi ExperiencesTom Barbash • Daniel Handler • Adrian Tomine • Carson Ellis

7:30pm PDT

Queering Myths: Caro De Robertis and Navid Sinaki City Lights Booksellers & PublishersJasmin Darznik • Caro De Robertis • Navid Sinaki Porchlight Storytelling: Touched by an Angel Swedish American HallArline Klatte • Beth Lisick • Jack Boulware • Nico Lang • Adam Nimoy • Eugene Rodriguez • Dawn Silva • Christina Vo
 
Wednesday, October 16
 

6:00pm PDT

World Food Day: Savoring Stories Mechanics' InstituteHenry Hsu • Viola Buitoni • Maria Finn • Soleil Ho • Tu David Phu • Linda Shiue

6:30pm PDT

Shortcomings Screening and Q&A with Adrian Tomine The New Parkway TheaterAndrew Farago • Adrian Tomine

7:00pm PDT

Are Writers of Color Allowed to Not Write about Race? Clio'sPia Chatterjee • Yalitza Ferreras • Vanessa Hua • Dominic Lim California's Fiercely Independent Literary Culture City Lights Booksellers & PublishersNastia Voynovskaya • Paul Yamazaki • Steve Wasserman • Jack Boulware • Beth Spotswood Fall of the Florios: Stefania Auci with Sara Marinelli Telegraph Hill BooksSara Marinelli • Stefania Auci The Women Behind the Door: Roddy Doyle with Dave Eggers BATS Improv TheatreRoddy Doyle • Dave Eggers KQED Forum presents I Heard There Was a Secret Chord: Music as Medicine KQEDAlexis Madrigal • Daniel J. Levitin
 
Thursday, October 17
 

6:30pm PDT

Left Margin Lit(quake) Left Margin LITMaw Shein Win • Brynn Saito • Tomas Moniz Read for Filth: Queer Erotica Fabulosa BooksLead Teddy • Baruch Porras Hernandez • Polly Amber Ross

7:00pm PDT

In the Distance: Hernan Diaz Gilman Brewing CompanyHernan Diaz Bone-Chilling Nordic Noir: An Interview with Thomas Enger Telegraph Hill BooksRandal Brandt • Thomas Enger Runway Stories: Litquake Edition Radium RunwayDhaya Lakshminarayanan • Mas Masumoto • Dominic Lim • Beau Davis • Don Reed • Tina Horn • Kimberli Joy • Sarah Thornton

7:30pm PDT

Creation Lake: Rachel Kushner with John Freeman Verdi ClubJohn Freeman • Rachel Kushner
 
Friday, October 18
 

6:00pm PDT

The Literature of War and Peace: A Symposium, Part Two Feldman's BooksPolina Barskova • Ulia Gosart • Patrick Hunt • Jess Semaan • Tobias Wolff

7:15pm PDT

Unforgettable Sleuths The Lost ChurchVera Chan • Ramona Emerson • Thomas Enger • Nina Simon • Michelle Chouinard

7:30pm PDT

Alta Presents the California Book Club Verdi ClubJohn Freeman • Jaime Cortez • Andrew Sean Greer • Maxine Hong Kingston The Ache for Ancestral Healing: The Roadmap Back SAGRADAVenise Wagner • Sandhya Jha • Alie Jones • Rebecca Sanders • Shanthi Sekaran • Atava Garcia Swiecicki
 
Saturday, October 19
 

11:00am PDT

Out Loud: West Coast Prophecies & War Cries Yerba Buena GardensLourdes Figueroa • Mimi Tempestt • Tori Gesualdo • soledad con carne Litquake's Small Press Book Fair Yerba Buena Gardens

12:45pm PDT

Out Loud: When The Smoke Comes: The Ballot Won’t Save Us Yerba Buena GardensHernan Ramos • María Esquinca • Darius Simpson • Meilani Clay

2:30pm PDT

Out Loud: Escape Yerba Buena GardensRAWdance

4:00pm PDT

The Rise of the Book Ban & the Freedom to Read KQEDBrian Watt • Maggie Tokuda-Hall • Maia Kobabe • Michael Lambert • Becka Robbins

7:00pm PDT

Poetry World Series: Litquake Edition Make-Out RoomDaniel Handler • Brynn Saito • Andrew Sean Greer • Armen Davoudian • Luiza Flynn-Goodlett • Cindy Ok • Joseph Rios • Mimi Tempestt • Dāshaun Washington

7:30pm PDT

How to Get Free: Healing in the USA 111 Minna Gallery and Event SpaceTraci Thomas • Morgan Parker • Carvell Wallace • sam sax
 
Sunday, October 20
 

12:00pm PDT

Out Loud: A Celebration of Queer Poetics Yerba Buena GardensMK Chavez • Jessica Ke’mani • Lourdes Figueroa • Hilary Cruz Mejía • Baruch Porras Hernandez • Syd Staiti • Yeva Johnson • Evelyn Donají & Camellia Boutros

1:00pm PDT

Teenquake Write-In Black Bird Bookstore and CaféAnna Gabriella Casalme

1:45pm PDT

Out Loud: Finding Home Yerba Buena GardensSerena Chan • Denise Masiel • Papi Grande • Lorrie Chang • Rhea Joseph

3:30pm PDT

Out Loud: Nor Do I Wish to Speak: A Storytelling and Poetry Picnic Yerba Buena GardensNoor Khashe Brody • Tehmina Khan • Dina Omar

7:00pm PDT

Mind Games: Dark Arts & the Future of Democracy Gray Area / Grand TheaterMichael Montgomery • Kelly Clancy • Annalee Newitz • Trevor Paglen
 
Monday, October 21
 

7:00pm PDT

Cellophane Bricks: Jonathan Lethem with Rita Bullwinkel City Lights Booksellers & PublishersJonathan Lethem • Rita Bullwinkel Atlas Obscura’s Wild Life: An Explorer's Guide to the World's Living Wonders Jewish Community Center of San FranciscoMarissa Ortega-Welch • Amy Gotliffe • Cara Giaimo Word for Word Off the Page: Lauren Groff’s “Annunciation” Z BelowWord for Word Page Street Presents Golden State: Stories about Life on the Left Coast Page StreetJanis Cooke Newman SWOLE: The Meaning of Muscle Panel + Party The StudGods Lil Princess • Michael Brodeur • Hands • Piss E. Sissy • Katherine Bickford • VivvyAnne ForeverMORE
 
Tuesday, October 22
 

7:00pm PDT

Literary Speakeasy Presents: Dragging Celebrity Autobiographies OASISJames Siegel • Elsa Touche • Vanilla Meringue • Polly Amber Ross • SNJV • Lucinda Puss • Bebe Sweetbriar • J. A. Valentine Saint The Terrifying: Joshua Mohr with Peter Maravelis Make-Out RoomJoshua Mohr • ​​​​Peter Maravelis
 
Wednesday, October 23
 

7:00pm PDT

A Story of Football, Rivalry, and Revolution: Mike Silver with 49ers Legend Steve Young Jewish Community Center of San FranciscoMichael Silver • Steve Young Tough Broads Clio'sAmy Appelhans Gubser • Caroline Paul Love In All Its Forms: Hanne Ørstavik with Kristin Keane Telegraph Hill BooksKristin Keane • Hanne Ørstavik Greetings, from Queer Mountain: Maybe Today, Satan Gilman Brewing CompanyJulian Morris • Micheal Foulk • Michael Brodeur • R. O. Kwon • Amy Estes

7:30pm PDT

Grace Notes: Poets at Grace Cathediral Grace CathedralPreeti Vangani • D.A. Powell • A. Van Jordan • Dorianne Laux • Ruben Quesada • Alice Templeton
 
Thursday, October 24
 

6:00pm PDT

The Forgetters: Greg Sarris and Leslie Carol Roberts Book Club of CaliforniaLeslie Carol Roberts • Greg Sarris Locker Room Talk: A Woman's Struggle to Get Inside Mechanics' InstituteMelissa Ludtke • Ann Killion Apocrypha Press at Golden Sardine Golden SardineLauren Parker • Andrew Paul Nelson • Caitlyn Skye Wild • Scott Bird • Brandon Loberg African Book Club: The Road to the Salt Sea with Samuel Kọláwọlé Museum of the African DiasporaFaith Adiele • Samuel Kọláwọlé

7:00pm PDT

Mojave Ghost: Forrest Gander with Jane Hirshfield City Lights Booksellers & PublishersForrest Gander • Jane Hirshfield The Art/Craft/Work of Translation The Writers GrottoGiovanna Lomanto • Andrew Leong • May Huang • Sabrina Jaszi
 
Friday, October 25
 

6:00pm PDT

APAture Literary Showcase: Return Arc Studios and GalleryMaw Shein Win • Noelani Piters • Megan Noble

7:00pm PDT

Where Is Literary Criticism Headed? An Interactive Roundtable Conversation Page StreetHeather Scott Partington • Jane Ciabattari • Anita Felicelli • Jonathan Leal • Oscar Villalon Taboo Autofiction: Christine Angot with Cécile Alduy Telegraph Hill BooksCecile Alduy • Christine Angot

7:30pm PDT

Generation Women: Plot Twists Verdi ClubSamantha Schoech • Eirinie Carson • Susan Ito • Rachel Levin • Giovanna Lomanto • Jenny Pritchett • Jane Smiley RAWdance: Escape ODC Theater
 
Saturday, October 26
 

2:00pm PDT

Atlas of Perfumed Botany: Jean-Claude Ellena with John McMurtrie and Jane Marchant San Francisco Botanical Gardens, Fragrance GardenJohn McMurtrie • Jane Marchant • Jean-Claude Ellena

5:00pm PDT

Lit Crawl San Francisco
 
Sunday, October 27
 

TBA

Aftershocks Events: October 27–November 17Amanda Hawkins • Agnes Lee • Hana Lee • Manjula Martin • Sophia Raday • Vanessa Saunders • Nina Schuyler • Terry Tierney

7:00pm PDT

Une Famille (A Family) Screening, Q&A with Christine Angot and Zoë Elton 4 Star TheaterZoë Elton • Christine Angot

7:30pm PDT

Lifeform: Jenny Slate Palace of Fine ArtsJenny Slate
 
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