2012 Festival Schedule

Welcome to the 13th annual Litquake, featuring 163 events and more than 850 authors. All events are in San Francisco unless otherwise noted. Ticketing links for all events featuring advance tickets are available online.

Looking for more? The schedule for our infamous, glorious closing night Lit Crawl (October 13) now online at  litcrawl.org.

You can download the entire Litquake 2012 Program in PDF format.

Special Discount Package

Most events are still free, but if you do want to attend some of the paid events….

For lovers of the written (and spoken) word, we are offering discounts if you purchase advance tickets for multiple Litquake events (your choice of events, not including those with ticketing managed by Litquake partners). If you have any questions, please email us at [email protected]

Litquake 2012 Festival Schedule

Friday, October 5

Saturday, October 6

12:00 PM: Masters of Flash Part of Off the Richter Scale, Day One

1:00 PM: First Fiction Part of Off the Richter Scale, Day One

2:00 PM: Around the World, On the Page Part of Off the Richter Scale, Day One

3:00 PM: Visionary Women, Extraordinary Work Part of Off the Richter Scale, Day One

Sunday, October 7

12:00 PM: Poet-Fest Part of Off the Richter Scale, Day Two

1:00 PM: SF's Chinatown: A History Part of Words and Pictures: A Cultural Stroll through Yerba Buena
Buy a Litquake Museum Pass for entry to all Words & Pictures events

1:00 PM: Sin & Syntax: On Language & Writing Part of Words and Pictures: A Cultural Stroll through Yerba Buena

1:00 PM: The Facts Without Bounds Part of Off the Richter Scale, Day Two

2:00 PM: The Fantastic Surrounds Us Part of Off the Richter Scale, Day Two

2:15 PM: Comics on Comics Part of Words and Pictures: A Cultural Stroll through Yerba Buena
Buy a Litquake Museum Pass for entry to all Words & Pictures events

3:00 PM: The Brazen Truth: Dangerous Nonfiction Part of Off the Richter Scale, Day Two

3:30 PM: Drawn Out Stories Part of Words and Pictures: A Cultural Stroll through Yerba Buena
Buy a Litquake Museum Pass for entry to all Words & Pictures events

4:45 PM: Art of the Imagination Part of Words and Pictures: A Cultural Stroll through Yerba Buena
Buy a Litquake Museum Pass for entry to all Words & Pictures events

7:00 PM: Michael Ian Black: You're Not Doing It Right Litquake in the Bookstore

Saturday, October 13

1:00 PM: A Kosher Christmas Part of the Berkeley Ramble

2:00 PM: Black Against Empire Part of the Berkeley Ramble

3:00 PM: Chew on This: A Fresh Take on Our Obsession with Food Part of the Berkeley Ramble

4:00 PM: Lyrics & Dirges at Pegasus Books Part of the Berkeley Ramble

4:00 PM: Pints, Poetry & Prose Part of the Berkeley Ramble

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