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IT’S ALMOST HERE!🤩 Can’t wait to see you tomorrow. www.litquake.org/litcrawl

Join us for our final six events tomorrow (not counting Lit Crawl)!! For full details and ticket links: www.litquake.org/2026-schedule @carvell.bsky.social @alix-perry.bsky.social

Couldn't have asked for better vibes last week at Irregular Feedback: Writers on Music !! Curated by Micheal Foulk💫 Thank ya'll for coming, and a special thanks to our group of writers and Make-Out Room for hosting

More photos from Min Jin Lee & Andrew Sean Greer!! It's always amazing to see a room full of readers🤩 @greenapplebooks.bsky.social @sfcalpres.bsky.social

Hernan Diaz & Ed Yong!! Thank you all for coming out, and a special thanks to BATS Improv for hosting/co-presenting 💗

We can't wait! For the full schedule: www.litquake.org/2026-schedule @brianevenson.bsky.social @dickowalexander.bsky.social @sturkle.bsky.social @benehrenreich.bsky.social

A few of the happenings this weekend! For the full schedule: www.litquake.org/2026-schedule @syr.bsky.social @sumikoska.bsky.social @vanlieshoutstudio.bsky.social @nadinetakvorian.bsky.social

Small Press Book Fair!!!♡ We loved having Stories Make Us join us this year. Thank you to all of the local presses that were involved and to all of you literary folks who came to browse

SF really gave a warm welcome to Min Jin Lee this past weekend!! Every seat in the house was full, and we couldn't have asked for a better interviewer than the one and only Andrew Sean Greer 💫 A special thanks @greenapplebooks.bsky.social, @sfcalpres.bsky.social, and Kearny Street Workshop!

Johnson continues to practice their fearless form of truth-telling, this time in their first memoir for adults. In conversation with children’s and young adult author Maggie Tokuda-Hall. 🗓️Nov. 12 | 6:30 PM 📍Marcus Books, Oakland 🎟️ FREE | RSVP at www.eventbrite.com/e/and-if-i-d...

That's a wrap on Writers Weekend!📝 Thank you all for showing up and showing out! Special thanks to Britta Stromeyer & Janine Kovac for organizing, 447 Minna for hosting, and, of course, all of our amazing panelists💗 @brittastromeyer.bsky.social @jilanne.bsky.social @khanwong.bsky.social

Here’s a sampling of what’s going on the next few days. For the full schedule: www.litquake.org/2026-schedule @mayleechai.bsky.social @janeciab.bsky.social @mvddm.bsky.social @kochinarude.bsky.social @zanopticon.bsky.social @DashkaSlater.bsky.social

We’re thrilled to welcome Biedermann to San Francisco to discuss his bestselling debut novel! 🗓️Nov. 9 | 7:00 PM 📍Telegraph Hill Books, SF 🎟️Pay what you can to guarantee a seat | www.eventbrite.com/e/nelio-bied... @beezee.bsky.social @telhilit.bsky.social @catranslation.org

NEXT WEEK! ZYZZYVA Movie Night with Ingrid Rojas Contreras returns.... but make it matinee! Join us on 10/17 for a screening & discussion of Amarcord - author Andrew Sean Greer's selection. 🗓️Oct 17 · 12:30PM 📍The Roxie, SF 🎟️tix: buff.ly/Xvf0u94 @zyzzyvamag.bsky.social @ingridrojasc.bsky.social

Mark your calendars! Lit Crawl is in just two weeks. See you on 10/24 — schedule at www.litquake.org/litcrawl 🤩📖

Join us on Oct. 14 & 16 for these FREE events! Writing the Body: Sports and Identity 🗓️ Oct. 14 | 6:30pm 📍Sports Basement Bryant, SF www.eventbrite.com/e/writing-th... Peter King: The Game 🗓️ Oct. 16 | 4:30pm 📍Sports Basement Berkeley 🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/peter-king...

Just a few of the events we have for ya this weekend! For the full schedule: www.litquake.org/2026-schedule

Join us at this magical venue🤩 Oct.16 | 8:15p Generation Women: Wins & Losses buff.ly/wyKCpEE Oct.21 | 8:15p All Hallows Eve: An Evening w/ Ellen Datlow & Friends buff.ly/7oYEJMy Oct.22 | 8:15p Chad Harbach: The Brightness buff.ly/1RTNXuQ Oct.23 | 8:15p Playlist Storytellers buff.ly/Ku7vAqP

San Francisco! My only upcoming US talk is in ONE WEEK at @litquake.bsky.social

Two days! I repeat... TWO DAYS! Full schedule and ticketing at www.litquake.org/2026-schedule @jsiraganian.bsky.social @rebeccafoust.bsky.social @kristinaten.bsky.social

We're so excited for this... A 24th Street poetry crawl celebrating three Mission reading series integral to this neighborhood’s deep literary history! Curated by Josiah Luis Alderete. See ya Saturday!🤩

Each year we host (free!) events at this wonderful shop! We'd love to see ya there. Oct. 17 | 7pm Picturing the Past: Graphic Novelists on History and Memory FREE | buff.ly/g0djjd1 Oct. 20 | 7pm Memoirs: Writing Against Silence or Erasure 🎟️ FREE | buff.ly/uHHz2Zw

Alain Damasio+Alexander Dickow in convo w/Edward Gauvin, Telegraph Hill Books, 1501 Grant Ave, San Francisco, 7-8:30pm Tues Oct. 20. Litquake event. Link for tickets/RSVPs (space limited). Ty! @telhilit.bsky.social @catranslation.org @litquake.bsky.social litquake2026.sched.com/event/2WFKH/...

If a moody Hollywood gothic sounds like your kinda thing (and how could it not?), join me and @olivieblake.bsky.social for a convo and celebration of her new book, DREAMLAND, the opening Friday of @litquake.bsky.social. Oct. 9 at Gilman Brewing in Berkeley: litquake2026.sched.com/event/2VQwA/...

Poetry World Series @litquake.bsky.social MakeOut Room, 3225 22nd Street, SF Sat, Oct 10, 7-9PM $15 adv / $20 door Featuring #BhionAchimba, @rhonierika.bsky.social, #SafiaElhillo, #PrageetaSharma, #AngelDominguez, #BenGucciardi, @randallmann.bsky.social, @danielhandler.bsky.social & #KatiePeterson.

@litquake.bsky.social's Menopause Extravaganza Gray Area Theater, 2665 Mission Street, SF Sun, Oct 18, 3pm (doors at 2:30pm) 
$10 adv / $15 door Featuring #LouannBrizendine, @kelidailey.bsky.social, #SarahIsquick, #AleciaGreenlee, @lasarafirefoxallen.bsky.social. Presented w/ @grayarea.org.

Writing to inspire activism. Looking forward to having a convo with Safia Elhillo, Khan Wong, Savala Nolan, and Jane Ganahl for Writers Weekend at Litquake! #writingcommunity

Excited to be part of this! Join us next weekend!

💫 Save the date and join our upcoming 10/14 event in partnership with @litquake.bsky.social and San Francisco Center for the Book. 
An evening showcasing the sculptural books of Bay Area artist Servane Briand. +

We're grateful to have the iconic @citylightsbooks.bsky.social as a bookstore partner! There are a handful of events they're co-presenting with us on the Festival schedule... check them out at buff.ly/YzE74ng

We <3 @sfpubliclibrary.bsky.social !! This year, we have five events across two branches. We'd love to see ya there! 🔗Schedule: litquake2026.sched.com @vinita-goyal.bsky.social @jsweber.bsky.social

TOMORROW! Small Press Book Fair and Litquake Out Loud! Join us at Yerba Buena Gardens to browse the best in local literature set to a day of poetry readings from Litquake Out Loud. FREE 🗓️Oct. 4, 11am–4pm 📍Yerba Buena Gardens | 750 Howard St 🌟Full list of vendors: www.litquake.org/bookfair

Join us for Writers Weekend! A FREE mini-conference tailored to aspiring writers. buff.ly/7eSOtS9 Sponsored by Yerba Buena Partnership @endgamesimprov.bsky.social @jilanne.bsky.social @khanwong.bsky.social @brittastromeyer.bsky.social @tdorabji.bsky.social @wendyjohnsonmd.bsky.social

Our annual 'Dragging Celebrity Autobiographies" is in just 5 days! (Oct. 10) Dragging Celebrity Autobiographies buff.ly/YwqVxco (Oct. 22) Hieu Minh Nguyen & Friends buff.ly/3gZ1IHb (Oct. 23) Queerly Beloved: A Celebration of LGBTQ+ Writing in Foglifter buff.ly/STmozr1

The energy for R.F. Kuang's new book, Taipei Story, was incredible! Thank you to R.F. Kuang and Maggie Tokuda-Hall for a great conversation, to @sfcalpres.bsky.social for hosting, to @greenapplebooks.bsky.social for co-presenting, and for all of YOU who showed up to celebrate this release!

We still have volunteer slots open for Lit Crawl on Oct. 24!! We need your help to pull off Litquake's grand finale—the year's biggest literary party! Sign up here: volunteer.bloomerang.co/volunteer/#/...

In case ya didn't know: we have merch! Including limited edition 2026 designs and other all-new styles. All purchases benefit Litquake's festival and year-round programs. 🔗 shop.litquake.org

Schedule drop for one of the most anticipated literary nights of the year!! Join us on Saturday, October 24th for this massive, one-night literary pub crawl through SF's Mission District🤩 Check out the schedule here: litcrawlsf2026.sched.com

A night of readings and drag performances that highlight the power and resonance of stillness. Hieu Minh Nguyen & Friends 🗓️Oct. 22 | 8 PM - 10 PM 📍The Stud, SF 🎟️FREE, $10-15 suggested donation @hieuminh.bsky.social @herawynnsf.bsky.social

Kick off the 2026 festival at the Booksellers Ball on 10/8, our big opening night bash! 🎟️ buff.ly/ypZiVKe The Litquake community will come together to fête San Francisco’s independent bookstores at the former home of the legendary Paper Doll, an underground LGBTQ supper club active 1941-1969

Chad Harbach: The Brightness From the bestselling author of The Art of Fielding comes an urgent, deeply felt story of friendship, art, love, and grief, following two young women on the brink of irrevocable change. 🗓️ Oct. 22 | 8:15 - 9:45PM 📍The Lost Church, SF 🎟️ Tix at buff.ly/ORtkMzP

Nafissa Thompson-Spires: The Four Wives and Five Deaths of Richard Milford 🗓️Oct. 21 | 6 PM - 7:30 PM 📍Museum of the African Diaspora, SF 🎟️FREE, $10-$15 suggested donation Co-presented with Museum of the African Diaspora @nafissa.bsky.social

Meet your curators!! In addition to our annual Litquake Out Loud curators, this year we launched a Litquake Festival Curator Residency—an opportunity to combat an often homogenous and culturally inequitable literary landscape. We're so happy to have them on board!

ZYZZYVA Movie Night with Ingrid Rojas Contreras returns.... but this time make it a matinee! Join us on 10/17 for a screening & discussion of Amarcord - author Andrew Sean Greer's selection. 🗓️Oct 17 · 12:30PM 📍The Roxie, SF 🎟️tix: buff.ly/Xvf0u94 @zyzzyvamag.bsky.social @ingridrojasc.bsky.social

Jon Ronson: Adventures in a World of Unraveling Men 🗓️Oct. 14 | 7:30PM - 9:00PM 📍JCCSF Kanbar Hall 🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/jon-ronson... ($20 gen admission / $42 with signed book) Sponsored by @48hills.bsky.social Co-presented with JCCSF Book sales: @greenapplebooks.bsky.social

The Savage Mind: An American Legacy with David Treuer 🗓️Oct. 11 | 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM 📍Grace Cathedral | 1100 California St, SF 🎟️FREE, $10-$15 suggested donation Co-presented with Grace Cathedral’s The Forum @gracecathedral.bsky.social

Claudia Rankine: Triage Rankine’s work is unfailingly expansive—broadening readers’ understanding of race, social conscience, and the limits of genre. 🗓️Oct 10 | 7 - 8:30 pm 📍 First Presbyterian Church of Oakland 🎟️ buff.ly/fyBckB0 Pay-what-you-can for guaranteed seat; FREE to walk-ups

NEXT WEEK! On 9/17, we're watching Songs of Earth - author Rebecca Solnit's pick for ZYZZYVA Movie Night with Ingrid Rojas Contreras. 🗓️September 17 · 6PM – 8PM 📍Roxie Theater, SF 🎟️ roxie.com/film/zyzzyva... @zyzzyvamag.bsky.social @ingridrojasc.bsky.social @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social

We couldn't do this without you! Volunteering is a great way to attend events, get free Litquake swag, and otherwise gain our undying gratitude. (P.S. high-demand spots fill up fast, so the earlier the better!) More info and registration at: buff.ly/aF6lrvx

Litquake Festival 2026 schedule + ticketing are now LIVE! 🥳 www.litquake.org/2026-schedule Poster designed by @breenache.bsky.social