DearFriend, Since 1999, Litquake has been at the core of San Francisco's literary life. At the heart of our mission is the belief that reading and writing and storytelling in all its forms are a fundamental part of being human. Stories are inherent to how we understand ourselves, each other, and our community.
Letās engage. Letās connect. Join us in celebrating our past 25 years and welcoming whatās to comeādonate today.
Since the very first festival with only a dozen writers and a few hundred people in attendance, Litquake has hosted as many drag queens as investigative journalistsā we believe everyone deserves to tell their story and in the way they want to.
Continuing to reinvigorate and reinvent the Litquake you love after 25 years, we remain dynamic yet grounded by our hard-fought ethos. Under new leadership, this yearās 25th festival was everything we hoped it could be: a resounding reminder that we are a community created again and again through these connections.
Loud, joyous, this yearās festival was full of what Litquake is essentially about: YOU. Your stories, poems, luminous words. Your readiness to listen, to be moved, to discover, to celebrate.
In our 25-year journey together, weāve come to know this vital source of connection. Stories and storytelling are essential to how we process and understand the world around us, our place in it, and who we are to one another. And through this work, letās continue to build a more enlightened, empowered, and inclusive community, now and for the future.
For the love of words. Thank you! Norah Piehl, Executive Director
PS. As one festival-goer told us, āLitquake is one of the most dynamic, inventive, community grounded festivals Iāve ever attended.ā Help us start off the new year on the good footādonate today. The Bay Area thanks you.
About Litquake Litquake seeks to foster interest in literature, perpetuate a sense of literary community, and provide a vibrant forum for Bay Area writing as a complement to the city's music, film, and cultural festivals. 2024 Dates: Oct. 10-26. www.litquake.org
Litquake is grateful for the support of the following funders who help make our programming possible. Institutional Giving: Alta: Journal of Alta California, Amazon Literary Partnership, Bernard Osher Foundation, California Arts Council, California Humanities, Craig Newmark Philanthropies, Center for the Art of Translation, Grants for the Arts, Government of Ireland Emigrant Support Programme, HarperOne, Hawthornden Foundation, Joseph and Vera Long Foundation, Margaret and William R. Hearst III Foundation, Mary A. Crocker Trust, Miner Anderson Family Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Rock Foundation, Norway House, Sam Mazza Foundation, San Francisco Grants for the Arts, Zellerbach Family Foundation; Individual Giving: Jared Bhatti, Lisa Brown and Daniel Handler, Frances Dinkelspiel and Gary Wayne, Karyn DiGiorgio and Steve Sattler, Scott James and Gerald Cain, Nion McEvoy and Leslie Berriman, Greg Sarris, and Ellen Ullman Media Sponsors: San Francisco Chronicle, Publishers Weekly, 7x7, KALW, KEXP, KQED, SF Arts Monthly, Bay Area Reporter, Johnny Funcheap.
