“Lit by the Lake” Festival | Oakland

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Litquake 2026: SF’s Literature Festival w/ 170+ Events + 600 Authors (Oct. 8-24)

Litquake, San Francisco’s Literary Festival runs October 8-24, 2026 with satellite events running from September through January. 170+ events, 600+ authors and performers, all over the Bay Area, and almost ALL for FREE!

Visit litquake.org or see the full schedule and tickets.

And it’s capped by the epic “Lit Crawl” on Saturday, October 24, 2026 – with 50+ authors and close to 5,000 fans for the world’s largest free pop-up literary event.

Litquake, San Francisco’s annual literary festival, was founded by Bay Area writers in order to put on a week-long literary spectacle for book lovers, complete with cutting-edge panels, unique cross-media events, and hundreds of readings. Litquake seeks to foster interest in literature, perpetuate a sense of literary community, and provide a vibrant forum for Bay Area writing as a complement to the city’s music, film, and cultural festivals.

 

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Friday, October 19, 2018
Litquake 2026: SF’s Literature Festival w/ 170+ Events + 600 Authors (Oct. 8-24)

Celebrate this variety of literary talent in the East Bay in a special after-hours event at Oakland’s Main Library. Enjoy a glass of wine and meet six top local authors as they examine the connections that exist between us—ones we nurture and cultivate, unexpected ones, regretful ones, bonds we try to evade but cannot escape.

With Holly Brown, Jasmine Guillory, Laleh Khadivi, Cornelia Nixon, Brontez Purnell, and Dashka Slater.

Disclaimer: Please double check event information with the event organizer as events can be canceled, details can change after they are added to our calendar, and errors do occur.