| '09-'10: Pic 1: Great mems from the Litquake Brews and Laureates event at the SFPL in '09 Pic 2: An outdoor reading from Soho Press author Henry Chang Pic 3: Michael Horowitz, Patti Smith, and Winona Ryder at the tribute to Lawrence Ferlinghetti Pic 4: Tobias Wolff at a fundraising house party on the Peninsula Pic 5: Devorah Major, poet Pic 6: ROCK ON with Lynnee Breedlove at Litquake '10! Pic 7: Comedians Marc Maron and Lewis Black at the Back in Black Show '09 Pic 8: Prison Throwdown '10 Pic 9: Spark the love for writing young at Kidquake! |
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Litquake's Literary Pub Trivia
Monday July 29 · 7pmÂ
Gilman Brewing Company · 912 Gilman St Berkeley, CA 94710
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Has your Norton Anthology been gathering dust since your undergrad days? Have you forgotten the difference between an anapest and a trochee (if you ever knew)? It's time to hit the books and brush up on your knowledge of literature: from A.A. Milne to ZYZZYVA.
Form a team with up to six players (or we'll match you up with some other Dickensian Orphans if you're coming solo), and compete for prizes from Litquake, San Francisco Public Library, Green Apple Books, Oakland Ballers, Saintsbury Winery, and many more! Our host for the evening is journalist, author, public speaker, and game show fan Jeneé Darden.
Prizes will be awarded to the three highest-scoring teams, as well as the team with the best team name. Tickets will support the Litquake Foundation in our 25th year of presenting literary events throughout the Bay Area. Food and beverages will be available for purchase from Gilman Brewing and Joyride Pizza. $20 per person |
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My Dinner with Jane Smiley
Saturday August 3 · 6–9 pm
A private home in Berkeley
My Dinner With is a series of intimate dinners to support Litquake in our 25th anniversary year. We promise delicious food, dazzling conversation, delectable wine provided by Saintsbury Winery, and lots of laughs—all in support of the Litquake Foundation.
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In prior novels, Pulitzer Prize winner Jane Smiley has taken readers from an Iowa farm to the heart of Paris, from nineteenth-century Monterey to twenty-first century Hollywood. Now, in Lucky, Smiley invites readers onto the tour bus with folk rocker Jodie Rattler, in a gorgeously adventurous coming-of-age story that’s infused with romance and the 1970s music scene. We can’t wait to hear the dinner music playlist for this one! $250 includes dinner and a signed copy of the book. ($175 is tax deductible) |
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An Evening with the Institute of American Indian Arts: Litcast Episode #142 In early April, we celebrated IAIA with a reading from students, alumni, and faculty at Green Apple Books on the Park. You’re gonna hear from Tracey Abeyta, a current Institute student pursuing a MFA in Fiction; alumna Jennifer Elise Foerster; recent IAIA graduate, Ibe Liebenberg; and Deborah Jackson Taffa, the director of the MFA Creative Writing program at IAIA. |
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Jenny Slate: LIFEFORM Tour
Sunday October 27 • 7:30pm Â
Palace of Fine Arts · 3601 Lyon St, San Francisco, CA 94123
Spend an evening of nearly impossible-to-describe strangeness, whimsy, and hilarity with the one and only Jenny Slate. As she reads you pieces from Lifeform—her brand new book of essays—join Jenny on a journey through all of the relatable phases of life from heartbreak to true love to pregnancy, parenthood, not to mention all of the tiny, odd details that make up a life.
The actor, comedian, co-creator of Marcel the Shell, and New York Times bestselling author will host an evening complete with a live reading, a moderated conversation, and an audience Q&A. Tickets to this event will also include a signed copy of Lifeform.
Access Book Festival Presale NOW with LIFEFORM24 |
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 | | 25 Years of Litquake! We never imagined in 1999 when Litquake kicked off its first one-day festival in Golden Gate Park that we’d be here 25 years later… bigger, better, stronger, more diverse, reaching readers and writers from kindergarten through elders. |
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