Upcoming Events
Memory Piece: Lisa Ko w/ Esmé Weijun Wang
Saturday Mar. 23 · 7pm
Green Apple Books on the Park · 1231 9th Ave San Francisco, CA 94122
Join us and Green Apple Books on the Park for bestseller Lisa Ko's Memory Piece. Moving from the predigital 1980s to the art and tech subcultures of the 1990s to a strikingly imagined portrait of the 2040s, Memory Piece is an innovative and audacious story of three lifelong friends as they strive to build satisfying lives in a world that turns out to be radically different from the one they were promised. FREE (masks required)
Lisa Ko is the author of the nationally bestselling novel The Leavers, which was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction and the PEN/Hemingway Award, and winner of the 2016 PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction. Ko’s short fiction has appeared in The Best American Short Stories and her essays and nonfiction have been published in The New York Times and The Believer.
Saturday Mar. 23 · 7pm
Green Apple Books on the Park · 1231 9th Ave San Francisco, CA 94122
Join us and Green Apple Books on the Park for bestseller Lisa Ko's Memory Piece. Moving from the predigital 1980s to the art and tech subcultures of the 1990s to a strikingly imagined portrait of the 2040s, Memory Piece is an innovative and audacious story of three lifelong friends as they strive to build satisfying lives in a world that turns out to be radically different from the one they were promised. FREE (masks required)
Lisa Ko is the author of the nationally bestselling novel The Leavers, which was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction and the PEN/Hemingway Award, and winner of the 2016 PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction. Ko’s short fiction has appeared in The Best American Short Stories and her essays and nonfiction have been published in The New York Times and The Believer.
Write Together
Saturday April 6 · 10:30am - 12:30pm
Page Street SF · 297 Page St San Francisco, CA 94702
co-presented by LitCamp
Join other Bay Area writers for a free community write-in, co-presented by LitCamp. FREE
Saturday April 6 · 10:30am - 12:30pm
Page Street SF · 297 Page St San Francisco, CA 94702
co-presented by LitCamp
Join other Bay Area writers for a free community write-in, co-presented by LitCamp. FREE
An Evening with IAIA
Monday April 8 · 7pm
Green Apple Books on the Park · 1231 9th Ave San Francisco, CA 94122
Join us and Green Apple Books on the Park when we celebrate the Institute of American Indian Arts with a reading from students, alumni, and faculty. Featuring Jennifer Elise Foerster, Ibe Liebenberg, Tracy Abeyta, and Deborah Jackson Taffa. FREE
Monday April 8 · 7pm
Green Apple Books on the Park · 1231 9th Ave San Francisco, CA 94122
Join us and Green Apple Books on the Park when we celebrate the Institute of American Indian Arts with a reading from students, alumni, and faculty. Featuring Jennifer Elise Foerster, Ibe Liebenberg, Tracy Abeyta, and Deborah Jackson Taffa. FREE
Grace Notes: Poetry at Grace Cathedral
Saturday Apr. 13 · 7pm
Grace Cathedral · 1100 California Street San Francisco, CA 94108
Celebrate National Poetry Month with Litquake, the largest independent literary festival on the West Coast. Returning for our 9th year to this gloriously Gothic space, enjoy a special evening of exalted verse with poetry in the pews from a distinguished roster of poets. Curated and hosted by D.A. Powell and Preeti Vangani, four celebrated poets will share their work: Brenda Hillman, Cathy Park Hong, Dong Li, and Brian Tierney. A book sale and signing will follow the readings. FREE, $5-10 suggested donation.
Saturday Apr. 13 · 7pm
Grace Cathedral · 1100 California Street San Francisco, CA 94108
Celebrate National Poetry Month with Litquake, the largest independent literary festival on the West Coast. Returning for our 9th year to this gloriously Gothic space, enjoy a special evening of exalted verse with poetry in the pews from a distinguished roster of poets. Curated and hosted by D.A. Powell and Preeti Vangani, four celebrated poets will share their work: Brenda Hillman, Cathy Park Hong, Dong Li, and Brian Tierney. A book sale and signing will follow the readings. FREE, $5-10 suggested donation.
How They Did It: High-Stakes Memoir
Sunday April 28 · 3 - 5pm
Page Street San Francisco · 297 Page St San Francisco, CA 94102
co-presented by LitCamp
In the latest “How They Did It” conversation co-presented by Litquake and LitCamp, we’ll hear from five intrepid authors of recent memoirs, all of whom took the heroic step of committing their fascinating stories to the page. Eddie Ahn (Advocate), Sylvia Brownrigg (The Whole Staggering Mystery), Margaret Juhae Lee (Starry Field), Susan Lieu (The Manicurist's Daughter), and Carvell Wallace (Another Word for Love) bravely unfurl stories of family, memory, ambition, healing, and love. Our moderator is Rachel Howard, author of the memoir The Lost Night. What did they risk on the page? What, if anything, do they regret? And how can they stir other would-be memoirists to take up the mantel of bravery and write their stories, no matter the stakes?
We'll gather at the Page Street Co-Working space in San Francisco, where in addition to the conversation, we'll enjoy time for casual networking. We'll be pouring Prosecco, wine, and fancy nonalcoholic drinks. Proceeds from ticket sales will support both LitCamp and Litquake.
Sunday April 28 · 3 - 5pm
Page Street San Francisco · 297 Page St San Francisco, CA 94102
co-presented by LitCamp
In the latest “How They Did It” conversation co-presented by Litquake and LitCamp, we’ll hear from five intrepid authors of recent memoirs, all of whom took the heroic step of committing their fascinating stories to the page. Eddie Ahn (Advocate), Sylvia Brownrigg (The Whole Staggering Mystery), Margaret Juhae Lee (Starry Field), Susan Lieu (The Manicurist's Daughter), and Carvell Wallace (Another Word for Love) bravely unfurl stories of family, memory, ambition, healing, and love. Our moderator is Rachel Howard, author of the memoir The Lost Night. What did they risk on the page? What, if anything, do they regret? And how can they stir other would-be memoirists to take up the mantel of bravery and write their stories, no matter the stakes?
We'll gather at the Page Street Co-Working space in San Francisco, where in addition to the conversation, we'll enjoy time for casual networking. We'll be pouring Prosecco, wine, and fancy nonalcoholic drinks. Proceeds from ticket sales will support both LitCamp and Litquake.
SongWriter Live with Susan Orlean and Diana Gameros
Thursday June 13 · 7pm
The Commons · 2601 Mariposa St San Francisco, CA 94110
co-presented by KQED
Litquake and KQED Live present a night with SongWriter, a podcast that turns stories into songs (featured guests include Questlove, Joyce Carol Oates, David Gilmour of Pink Floyd, Roxane Gay, and Craig Finn of The Hold Steady).
In this special live recording event, bestselling author Susan Orlean (The Orchid Thief, The Library Book) will share a story from her recent collection On Animals, and local songwriter Diana Gameros will play a brand new song written in response. SongWriter’s creator Ben Arthur will host, and engage the artists in a conversation with UC Berkeley researcher Laura Simone Lewis on animal intelligence.
Thursday June 13 · 7pm
The Commons · 2601 Mariposa St San Francisco, CA 94110
co-presented by KQED
Litquake and KQED Live present a night with SongWriter, a podcast that turns stories into songs (featured guests include Questlove, Joyce Carol Oates, David Gilmour of Pink Floyd, Roxane Gay, and Craig Finn of The Hold Steady).
In this special live recording event, bestselling author Susan Orlean (The Orchid Thief, The Library Book) will share a story from her recent collection On Animals, and local songwriter Diana Gameros will play a brand new song written in response. SongWriter’s creator Ben Arthur will host, and engage the artists in a conversation with UC Berkeley researcher Laura Simone Lewis on animal intelligence.
Our Mission
Litquake’s diverse live programs are created with the aim of inspiring critical engagement with the key issues of the day, bringing people together around the common humanity encapsulated in literature, and perpetuating a sense of literary community, as well as a vibrant forum for Bay Area writing.
Litquake’s diverse live programs are created with the aim of inspiring critical engagement with the key issues of the day, bringing people together around the common humanity encapsulated in literature, and perpetuating a sense of literary community, as well as a vibrant forum for Bay Area writing.