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This could be you! 🤩
We’re so excited for our upcoming events at the gorgeous Swedish American Hall.

🎶 Sep 15: Jens Lekman + David Levithan w/ Andrew Sean Greer
📝 Oct 11: U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón

🎟️ Tix + info: www.litquake.org/upcoming-events

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Can't wait!

📢 New episode drop!
🎧 Search “Litquake’s Lit Cast” wherever you get your podcasts.

Episode #154: Modern Magic with Michelle Tea

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Litquake Out Loud | Litquake A pre-fest series highlighting Bay Area’s BIPOC & LGBTQ+ writers and thought leaders, curated by Giovanna Lomanto.

✨PRE-FESTIVAL AMUSE-BOUCHE FINALE: Litquake Out Loud!
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Join us on 9/28 at Yerba Buena Gardens for a day of readings and live music. Featuring BIPOC & LGBTQ+ writers hand-picked by our guest curators.

🔗More info: bit.ly/45lsRGO
📍In conjunction with our Small Press Book Fair
🆓 Free & open to all!

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Litquake's Small Press Book Fair | Litquake Our book fair is back, with a whole new lineup of the Bay Area's best small presses and journals!

PRE-FESTIVAL AMUSE-BOUCHE PT IV: Small Press Book Fair🤩

We're so excited to revive the Small Press Book Fair at Yerba Buena Gardens. Come browse the best in local literature set to a day of poetry readings from Litquake Out Loud. FREE!

📅Sep 28, 11–4
➡️Participating vendors: bit.ly/44P1jJN

Tickets for Songs for Other People’s Weddings: David Levithan and Jens Lekman Find tickets for David Levithan, Jens Lekman, Andrew Sean Greer, Litquake showing at the Swedish American Hall - San Francisco, US Monday Sep 15, 7:00PM Tickets starting at $26.24

✨AMUSE-BOUCHE PT III: Songs for Other People’s Weddings

Join Jens Lekman + David Levithan for a night of story, song, and bittersweet romance—hosted by Andrew Sean Greer.

📍Swedish American Hall
🕖 Sep 15, Doors at 7
🎟️ tix: bit.ly/4nY7aUB

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✨AMUSE-BOUCHE PT II: How They Did It — Imagining a Future California

Join 5 brilliant writers on Sun 9/7 at Page Street Berkeley for a convo on speculative fiction + the future of CA.
🎟️Tickets: bit.ly/44WLT4Z

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✨First up in our Amuse-Bouche series: ZYZZYVA Movie Matinee!

Join us at The Roxie for The Earrings of Madame de... (1953), selected by @alexanderchee.bsky.social and in conversation w/ author @ingridrojasc.bsky.social & @ovillalon.bsky.social

🎟️Tickets: bit.ly/451A3H0

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Yes, chef! Litquake’s pre-fest “Amuse-Bouche” is live 📢✨
More info, plus ticketing and RSVPs at litquake.org/upcoming-events

... P.S: tix going fast for Ada Limón!

✨Check out our new podcast episode!
Episode #153: How to Get Free Healing with Morgan Parker, Sam Sax, and Carvell Wallace

🎧 Search “Litquake’s Lit Cast” wherever you get your podcasts.

We had a blast at Gilman Brewing Company for literary pub trivia! Big cheers, lots of laughs, and a few classic head smacks. Huge thanks to our host @jeopardamy.bsky.social , co-presenter @berkeleyside.org , and all who came out. We’re so grateful for this brilliant community! 🤩

NEW PODCAST EP!📢
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Episode #152 - Atlas Obscura’s Wild Life: An Explorer’s Guide to the World’s Living Wonders

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❗Calling all literary lovers❗
We’re so excited for this year’s festival, we couldn’t wait to celebrate! 🥳

Get ready for a vibrant lineup of pre-festival events happening all September long.

📅 Full pre-fest schedule drops July 22—stay tuned!

Please join us in wishing a mighty happy birthday to @profjoshlandy.bsky.social, co-host since 2017 and four-time guest before that, including "How Fiction Shapes Us" recorded live at @litquake.org in 2012.

More at www.philosophytalk.org/shows/how-fiction-shapes-us. #PhilSky #philosophy

Podcast drop!📢
🎧 Search “Litquake’s Lit Cast” wherever you get your podcasts.

Episode #151 - Mayor of the Tenderloin: Del Seymour's Journey from Living on the Streets to Fighting Homelessness in San Francisco (ft. a special performance by Skywatchers)

📢 Litquake’s Lit Cast is back! This season kicks off with Paola Ramos on her book Defectors: The Rise of the Latino Far Right.
🎧 Search “Litquake’s Lit Cast” wherever you get your podcasts.

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We had a great time at Page Street Writers chatting with 5 authors about their queer-led fiction. What a lovely way to celebrate Pride and add a few more books to our summer list🌞 Thank you to everyone who came out!

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On June 26, Brando Simeo Starkey joins Sunni Khalid to discuss Their Accomplices Wore Robes—a sharp look at the Supreme Court’s role in upholding America’s racial caste system. FREE, 7–9PM @ 220 Montgomery St. bit.ly/3HLeBxO

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We’re celebrating Pride with a special “How They Did It” featuring queer authors & their latest must-reads. Join us June 22, 3–5PM at Page Street Writers.
📍297 Page St
🎟️ 2-for-1 ticket sale: bit.ly/4jGLnxl

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My Dinner with Alka Joshi | Litquake Intimate dinner with bestselling novelist Alka Joshi, author most recently of Six Days in Bombay

📚✨ Join us July 12, 6–9PM for an intimate dinner with bestselling author Alka Joshi! Enjoy Saintsbury wines & get a signed copy of Six Days in Bombay—all in support of Litquake.
📍Private SF home
🎟️ Tix: bit.ly/45kNgfS
🍷 Dinner, wine & book included

🏳️‍🌈☀️Let’s celebrate Pride! Join us June 22, 3-5PM at Page Street Writers for a conversation with queer authors & their perfect beach reads. Prosecco, books & good vibes await!
📍297 Page St
🎟️ Tickets: bit.ly/4jGLnxl
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📢 LAST CALL! 📢 Join us Saturday for a sunny afternoon at Saintsbury Winery with authors Jasmine Guillory & Majula Martin to chat books, life & love. Tix include a book, wine/NA bevs & 20% off bottles! 💗📖🍷
🔗bit.ly/4lUT6u4

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What a night!✨
Ocean Vuong’s reflections on vulnerability, identity, dignity, and boyhood (among much more) made for an unforgettable evening.

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“The dignity is not radical. The archive is already rich with it.”

We spent Friday night with Ocean Vuong, Samin Nosrat, and all of you wonderful readers who showed up for such a reflective evening. It was truly something special!

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Join us in Napa on 6/8 for a refreshing afternoon with authors Jasmine Guillory & Manjula Martin. We'll be talking life, love, and books!
📚Tickets include wine, snacks, a signed copy of Flirting Lessons, & more!
🎟️ Register here: bit.ly/4lUT6u4

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As more corporations and institutions pull away from diversity, equity, and inclusion, Litquake is continuing to lean in.
We gather writers, readers, and dreamers from every walk of life—to center joy, equity, and truth-telling.

Help us keep going.
🔗 litquake.org/donate

Wine + romance in Napa? Yes please! 🍷✨ Join Litquake & Saintsbury Winery on 6/8 for an afternoon with Jasmine Guillory & Manjula Martin. Tickets include wine, snacks, a signed copy of Flirting Lessons, & more! 📚💕
Register here: bit.ly/4lUT6u4

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Hear the voices of our Bay Area elders! The Elder Project presents original fiction, poetry & memoir written in retirement community workshops.
📅 May 23, 2025 | 🕔 5–7 PM
📍3160 21st St, SF
FREE event w/ refreshments. No RSVP needed.
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