SF’s Bookstores and Readings Reflect a Lively Literary Scene

Litquake’s own Jack Boulware, as quoted in The New York Times, Dec. 1, 2010:

“There isn’t an enormous publishing and entertainment industry in San Francisco,” said Jack Boulware, a journalist and author who is one of Litquake’s founders. “If you’re a…

LitCrawl, Phase 1: Saturday, Oct. 17

Phase 1: 6-7 pm

Lit Crawl launches Phase 1 with readings from local lit orgs, reading series, and indie publishers; themes of food, transgressive lit, spirituality, and online writing; Bomb magazine’s BOMB-aoke!; and our annual Clarion Alley madness!

Access a printable Litquake 2009 Crawl Map.

One City One Book: Doug Dorst Event October 13

In conjunction with the S.F. Public Library’s One City One Book celebration, Litquake presents an evening with Alive in Necropolis author Doug Dorst and Adam Johnson at the Library’s Koret Auditorium. Admission is free!

Dorst’s new thriller, set in the city of San Francisco…

SF Weekly Weighs in on Litquake 2009

Amy Tan’s characters are so formulaic, she makes Dan Brown look like William Burroughs. Pow! Tan better get used to it: She’s the guest of honor at Litquake’s Amy Tan Tribute/Roast, which means elite scribes like Andrew Sean Greer, Michael Krasny, and Ben Fong-Torres will pay homage to the beloved…

Amy Tan Tribute/Roast October 14

amy-tan-photoLitquake’s third annual Barbary Coast Award for contribution to the Bay Area literary community is presented to Amy Tan, international bestselling author of The Joy Luck Club and The Bonesetter’s Daughter, and member of the all-author band Rock Bottom Remainders. Join us for this highly entertaining tribute-roast with special guests…

James Ellroy, author of Blood’s a Rover

Thursday, October 15
7:30 p.m.
Admission:  Free

Summer, 1968. Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy are dead. The assassination conspiracies have begun to unravel. A dirty-tricks squad is getting ready to deploy at the Democratic Convention in Chicago. Black militants are warring in southside L.A. The Feds are…

Subterranean SF: Hard-Boiled Writing with an Edge

Go to 2011 Subterranean SF

An evening of readings exposing San Francisco’s sinister underbelly. Join a darkly inspired roster of literary and crime fiction masters as they delve into the shadowy realms of mayhem, murder, and much more.

Hosted by San Francisco Noir 1 & 2…

Litquake Schedule: Friday, Oct. 9

Litquake and Kepler’s whet your literary appetite with Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Berkeley Breathed, live and in person at the Kepler’s store in Menlo Park. The festival then launches with Black, White, and Read: Litquake’s Book Ball at the Herbst Theatre, our only-in-SF mashup of recession elegance, literary hijinks and smarty-pants schmooze! …

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