Press Releases
2023
2017
- Litquake Announces Full 2023 Schedule in a Year of Big Change for the Festival
- Litquake Ramps Up Its 2023 Schedule in a Year of Big Change for the Festival
- Litquake Appoints Its First New Director Since Being Founded in 1999 by Jack Boulware and Jane Ganahl
- September 6, 2022: San Francisco’s Litquake 2022 Full Schedule Is Now Online
- August 9, 2022: San Francisco’s Litquake 2022 Puts The Lit Back In Literature!
- September 2, 2021: Litquake 2021 Steams (and Streams) into Port!
- July 6, 2021: Born to Read: Litquake Returns in 2021
- October 14, 2020: File Under Lit Crawl 2020: Eleanor of Aquitaine and The Black Girl Magic Files (Among Others) Would Like to Have a Word With You …
- September 12, 2020: Litquake 2020 Schedule Now Live: Tom Perrotta, Amy Tan, Tommy Orange, Kevin Kwan,
and Joy Harjo Among Those Headlining This October 8-24 - August 12, 2020: Tom Perrotta, Amy Tan, Tommy Orange and Joy Harjo Lead the Litquake 2020 Charge of 150 Authors in 60 Events Over the Course of 16 Days This October
- July 24, 2020: File Under: The Show Must Go On—Litquake Announces 2020 Dates!
- May 28, 2020: Litquake on Lockdown: The Sequel
- January 24, 2019: Litquake Goes Into That Good Night (of Ideas, That Is)
- June 25, 2019: Litquake Turns an Improbable 20 Years Old!
- September 6, 2018: Bay Area Litquake Warning in Full Effect Starting October 11 Through October 20
- April 5, 2018: Litquake Rolls Out Spring Series of Events
2017
- October 4, 2017: Litquake Begins Friday October 6 While the Closing Night Lit Crawl Through the Mission Looms the Following Saturday, October 14
- July 14, 2017: San Francisco’s Litquake Looks To Combine Literature With the F Word (as in fun)
- at 2017 Festival This Fall
- March 7, 2017: Litquake Announces Spring 2017 Collection of New Looks!
2016
- August 9, 2016: Warning: Chance of a Major Litquake in San Francisco This Fall Upgraded to 100%
- July 7, 2016: Litquake Adds 8 New Categories to Festival’s Annual Barbary Coast Awards Coming This October
- January 12, 2016: Litquake Moves its Monthly Epicenter Series to Alamo Drafthouse at New Mission and Announces Appearance Schedule Through Spring + 2016 Festival Submission Dates
2015
2014
- August 7, 2014: Release: San Francisco's Litquake Turns 15 and Announces 2014 Festival Schedule
- July 1, 2014: News: Litquake Presents Less Than Zero_ An Homage to ‘80s Lit, Big Hair & Distressed Denim
- June 2, 2014: Litquake's digi-lit 2014
- April 28, 2014: Litquake Presents Summer of Ecstatic Love Fundraiser
2013
- November 19, 2013: Litquake 2013 Packs Them In and Increases Attendance at Main Festival
- July 11, 2013: Litquake Announces 2013 Fall Festival Lineup
- May 16, 2013: News: Litquake Loads Marquee with Experts in Debut of digi.lit
- March 26, 2013: News: Regreturature Round III
- January 30, 2013: Release: Litquake Unveils Plans for 2013 Including digi.lit
2012
- October 8, 2012: Release: Litquake 2012 Comes to Close Gangnam Style (well not really) with Chris Elliott + Lit Crawl
- September 21, 2012: Release: Litquake Lets Its Food Flag Fly
- August 21, 2012: Release: Something Litquake This Way Comes — Festival Schedule Announced
- August 1, 2012: Release: Trainspotting Author Irvine Welsh Comes to SF for Litquake Warm-Up
- June 19, 2012: Release: Litquake Rallies Literary Forces Against 18th Amendment
- May 2, 2012: Release: Savory Thymes and Litquake Bring Gatsby West for One Afternoon Only
- April 25, 2012: Release: Litquake Awarded Its First NEA Grant
- April 18, 2012: Release: First Litquake Takes Brooklyn, Then Manhattan
- March 12, 2012: Release: Litquake Announces 2012 Barbary Coast Award at Jardinière Fundraiser
- March 8, 2012: Release: Literature + Regret = Regreturature
- January 26, 2012: Release: Litquake Takes On Love, Lust, and Valentine's Day
2011
- September 20, 2011: Release: Authors From Mexico Come to San Francisco for Litquake 2011
- September 7, 2011: Release: Litquake Goes Totally Gay For 2011 (well, in a manner of speaking)
- August 25, 2011: Release: Litquake Imports Some Fine Irish Whiskey, Err, Writers to San Francisco For 2011 Festival
- August 16, 2011: Release: Chelsea Handler Added to Litquake Schedule
- August 10, 2011: Release: Litquake Brings Tsunami of 23 Authors to Sausalito Houseboats
- July 28, 2011: Release: Litquake Brings Author Dennis Lehane to San Francisco for Exclusive Public Interrogation
- July 8, 2011: Release: Litquake Announces 2011 Festival, October 7-15
- June 16, 2011: Litquake Welcomes The New Literary Vanguard to San Francisco
- June 10, 2011: Bastille Day Gets the Litquake Treatment
- April 14, 2011: Litquake and ACT present Thoroughly Modern Maupin
- March 22, 2011: Literature + Regret = Regreturature
2010
- September 29, 2010: Tom Waits to Appear at Litquake 2010
- September 21, 2010: Litquake Adds Some Hollywood Heft to Lineup
- August 24, 2010: Litquake a Comin'
- August 3, 2010: San Francisco's Litquake Brings It To NYC This September
- June 29, 2010: Literary Seismic Alert--Litquake 2010
- May 19, 2010: Litquake Wants to Send Someone to Tuscany
- March 2010: Litquake & The Believer Fundraiser: You're a Horrible Person But I Like You
- March 2010: Eddie Izzard in SF One Night Only in Litquake Fundraiser