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Friday, October 6
 

7:00pm PDT

Festival Opening Night: Litquake Turns 18! Cafe Du Nord
 
Saturday, October 7
 

7:15pm PDT

Literary Death Match: Litquake Edition Elbo RoomMolly Giles • JiaJing Liu • Luna Malbroux • Jane Smiley • Beth Spotswood • Maggie Tokuda-Hall • Irene Tu

8:00pm PDT

Raw and Savvy: Chris Kraus and the Life of Kathy Acker Swedish American HallDodie Bellamy • Chris Kraus
 
Sunday, October 8
 

6:00pm PDT

How a Mountain was Made: Greg Sarris and Steve Wasserman San Francisco Center for the BookSteve Wasserman • Greg Sarris

7:00pm PDT

Coding, Crunching, Changing the World: Silicon Valley’s Early Years American Bookbinders MuseumBrad Stone • Leslie Berlin • Ellen Ullman Pounded in the Ear: An Erotic Tribute to Dr. Chuck Tingle Make-Out RoomJesús U. BettaWork • Wonder Dave • Marcus Ewert • Allison Mick • Natash Muse • Baruch Porras-Hernandez • Irene Tu
 
Monday, October 9
 

7:00pm PDT

Heating Up and Doubling Down: Strategies for Global Warming American Bookbinders MuseumMark Hertsgaard • Carl Pope You Can't Write That: Writing from Privilege San Francisco Center for the BookMaisha Z. Johnson • Faith Adiele • Vanessa Hua • Chad Koch • Kaitlin Solimine

8:00pm PDT

Heroes: A Night of Stories with Porchlight Swedish American HallOwen Egerton • Cleve Jones • Laleh Khadivi • Typewriter Rodeo • Amber Tamblyn • Carvell Wallace • Norman Antonio Zelaya
 
Tuesday, October 10
 

6:00pm PDT

The Extraordinary Rise and Fall of Actor M.B. Curtis Museum of Performance + DesignRichard Schwartz

6:30pm PDT

First Fiction: The Ties That Bind Mechanics' Institute LibraryMeghan Ward • Rachel Khong • Margaret Wilkerson Sexton

7:00pm PDT

Naked on the Page: Six Memoirists Bare All San Francisco Center for the BookNancy Davis Kho • Andrea Avery • Julie Barton • Elizabeth Farnsworth • Betsy Graziani Fasbinder • Edward Guthmann • Juan Alvarado Valdivia

8:00pm PDT

Liner Notes: Loudon Wainwright III with Chuck Prophet Swedish American HallLoudon Wainwright III • Chuck Prophet
 
Wednesday, October 11
 

6:30pm PDT

Maximum Punch, Minimum Words: The Short Fiction of Barry Gifford Mechanics' Institute LibraryTom Barbash • Barry Gifford

7:00pm PDT

M is for Marriage (and Mayhem) American Bookbinders MuseumDavid Corbett • Michelle Richmond
 
Thursday, October 12
 

6:30pm PDT

Gotta Get Outta Here: Why We Love Science Fiction and Fantasy Mechanics' Institute LibraryMeg Elison • Jonathon Keats • Nick Kanas M.D. • Pat Murphy • Ransom Stephens

7:00pm PDT

A Night with Best American Essays American Bookbinders MuseumKendra Atleework • Richard M. Lange • Angela Morales • Karen Palmer • Jose Antonio Vargas • Alia Volz Harlem of the West: San Francisco's Jazzy Fillmore Doc's LabElizabeth Pepin Silva

8:00pm PDT

Parsing the President: Experts Discuss the Behavior of Donald J. Trump Swedish American HallDavid Talbot • Barbara Boxer • Will Durst • Dee Mosbacher • Geoffrey Nunberg
 
Friday, October 13
 

7:00pm PDT

SF Stories: When You Love A City, But It Doesn't Love You Back Make-Out RoomDee Allen • Patsy Creedy • Kelly Dessaint • John Goins • Raluca Ioanid • Michael Koch • Victor Krummenacher • Alison Faith Levy • Sylvia J Martinez • Alvin Orloff • Tony Robles • Shizue Seigel • Don Skiles • Barbara Stauffacher Solomon • Denise Sullivan SOLD OUT! She Persisted: Readings by Women Who Refuse to Sit Down American Bookbinders MuseumCarina Chocano • Amy Dresner • Lynn Freed • Jane Ganahl • Janine Kovac • Elizabeth Podolinsky • Carolina De Robertis

9:00pm PDT

Waiting for the Punch: Marc Maron and Brendan McDonald Alamo Drafthouse Cinema at New MissionMarc Maron • Brendan McDonald
 

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  • Tickets: Free
  • Wheelchair Accessible
    • Alamo Drafthouse Cinema at New Mission
    Alley Cat Books
    American Bookbinders Museum
    Bird & Beckett Books and Records
    Book Club of California
    Book Passage, Corte Madera
    Books Inc., Opera Plaza
    Cafe Du Nord
    California Institute of Integral Studies
    Center for Sex and Culture
    City Lights Booksellers & Publishers
    Contemporary Jewish Museum
    Dept. of Make Believe and Chapter 510
    Doc's Lab
    Elbo Room
    Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse
    Grace Cathedral
    Historic Offices of San Francisco Bulletin
    Koret Auditorium, San Francisco Public Library
    Latino/Hispanic Room A, San Francisco Public Library
    Make-Out Room
    Mechanics' Institute Library
    Mix Teen Center, SFPL Main
    Mollusk Surf Shop & Gallery
    Museum of Performance + Design
    Museum of the African Diaspora
    Napa Bookmine
    Oakland Public Library
    Octopus Literary Salon
    Odin Room, Swedish American Hall
    Omni Oakland Commons
    San Francisco Center for the Book
    San Rafael Public Library
    Strut
    Swedish American Hall
    The Bindery
    The Mission
    Vesuvio Cafe
    Yerba Buena Gardens Esplanade
    Z Space