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Saturday, January 19
 

1:00pm PST

Resolve to Write a Novel in 2019! Mechanics' Institute Board RoomGrant Faulkner
 
Sunday, January 20
 

4:00pm PST

Audible presents: The Indignities of Being a Woman (SF Sketchfest) Swedish American HallLaraine Newman • Megan Koester • Merrill Markoe
 
Saturday, January 26
 

7:30pm PST

Selected Shorts: Too Hot for Radio (SF Sketchfest) Marine's Memorial TheaterAparna Nancherla • Hope Davis • John Cameron Mitchell • Neil Patrick Harris
 
Wednesday, January 30
 

7:00pm PST

Tracy K. Smith, Poet Laureate of the United States Jewish Community Center of San Francisco, Kanbar HallTracy K. Smith
 
Saturday, February 2
 

8:00pm PST

What If: The Fiction of the Future San Francisco Public Library, main branch, 1st Floor Deaf Services CenterNilgun Bayraktar • Charlie Jane Anders • Meg Elison
 
Friday, February 15
 

TBA

SUBMISSIONS OPEN!
 
Saturday, February 16
 

12:00pm PST

Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People (JFI: Winterfest) Alama Drafthouse & Cinema at New Mission

8:15pm PST

Untogether (JFI: Winterfest) Alama Drafthouse & Cinema at New Mission
 
Wednesday, April 3
 

7:30pm PDT

Evan James / Cheer up, Mr. Widdicombe The BinderyEvan James
 
Saturday, April 13
 

12:30pm PDT

The Art of Flash Fiction Z BelowThaisa Frank • Kim Magowan • Jane Ciabattari • Kara Vernor • Nancy Au

2:15pm PDT

The Art of the Short Story Z BelowRita Bullwinkel • Kim Addonizio • Ethel Rohan • Yang Huang • Kate Folk

4:00pm PDT

The Art of the Novel Z BelowMelanie Abrams • Hannah Michell • Namwali Serpell • Laleh Khadivi • Lucy Jane Bledsoe

8:00pm PDT

Grace Notes: Poets at Grace CathedralBrenda Hillman • Henri Cole • Marcelo Hernandez Castillo • Paola Capó-García • Robert Hass • D.A. Powell • Barbara Jane Reyes
 
Sunday, April 14
 

12:30pm PDT

Tried and True: What's So Great About Traditional Publishing Z BelowNatalie Baszile • Trisha Low • Ted Weinstein • Anna Ghosh • Pamela Feinsilber

2:15pm PDT

Debut Authors: Fame and Fortune in Five Easy Steps Z BelowSarita Cannon • Lauren Markham • Huda Al-Marashi • Rebecca Gomez Farrell

4:00pm PDT

The Author Hustle: Finding Readers in the Interwebs and Beyond Z BelowJanine Kovac • Melinda Mullin • Hilary Zaid • Devi S. Laskar • Leslie Carol Roberts
 
Saturday, May 4
 

4:30pm PDT

L'HOMME DU LARGE (SF Silent Film Festival)Guenter Buchwald • Frank Bockius • Paul McGann

9:15pm PDT

L'INFERNO (SF Silent Film Festival)Paul McGann • Matti Bye Ensemble
 
Tuesday, May 14
 

12:30pm PDT

Poetic Tuesday–May Yerba Buena Gardens EsplanadeBaruch Porras Hernandez • Natalia M. Vigil • Katherine Agard • Imani Sims • Luna Merbruja • Azuah

7:00pm PDT

Julie Orringer & Michael Chabon at JCCSF Jewish Community Center of San Francisco, Kanbar HallJulie Orringer • Michael Chabon
 
Wednesday, May 15
 

6:30pm PDT

Namwali Serpell at MoAD Museum of African DiasporaNamwali Serpell
 
Tuesday, June 11
 

12:30pm PDT

Poetic Tuesday–June Yerba Buena Gardens EsplanadeLourdes Figueroa • Sanjana Shukla • Baruch Porras Hernandez • Maggie Tokuda-Hall • Josiah Luis Alderete • Camilo Villa
 
Wednesday, June 12
 

6:30pm PDT

The White Devils’ Daughters: The Women Who Fought Slavery in San Francisco’s Chinatown Mechanics' Institute SalonJulia Flynn Siler • Bonnie Tsui
 
Saturday, June 29
 

1:00pm PDT

The All-Important Rewrite: Befores and Afters with Laurie R. King Mechanics' Institute Board RoomLaurie R. King
 
Tuesday, July 9
 

12:30pm PDT

Poetic Tuesday–July Yerba Buena Gardens EsplanadeNazelah Jamison • Amanda Muñiz • Vernon Keeve III • Thea Matthews • Gabi Díaz-Hernández
 
Sunday, July 14
 

12:30pm PDT

Lit Crawl Jr.Shannon Price • Katy Rose Pool • Tony Piedra • Naomi Lau • Aida Salazar • Kalyn Josephson
 
Tuesday, July 16
 

7:00pm PDT

LQ@20–20 Years of San Francisco’s Literary Festival Make-Out RoomAlan Black • Merle Kessler • Vata & the Vine • Heather Bourbeau and Raman Osman • Tongo Eisen-Martin & Steven Gray • Delco (A Delaware Corporation) • The Deadliners • Tamim Ansary • devorah major • April Sinclair
 
Thursday, July 18
 

6:00pm PDT

The Godfather: A Benefit for Litquake's 20th Anniversary **SOLD OUT** Italian Athletic ClubOrchestra Nostalgico • Word for Word
 
Thursday, July 25
 

TBA

Standing Up, Falling Down Multiple Venues
 
Sunday, July 28
 

TBA

What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael Multiple Venues
 
Wednesday, July 31
 

TBA

Safe Spaces Multiple Venues
 
Tuesday, August 13
 

12:30pm PDT

Poetic Tuesday–August Yerba Buena Gardens EsplanadeBaruch Porras Hernandez • Raina León • Preeti Vangani • Tanea Lunsford Lynx • Lauren Wheeler • Jade Way
 
Saturday, August 17
 

1:00pm PDT

Writing Nonfiction Like a Novel with T.J. Stiles **SOLD OUT** Mechanics' Institute Board RoomT.J. Stiles
 
Saturday, August 24
 

1:00pm PDT

Finding the Funny in Facts with Mary Roach **SOLD OUT** Mechanics' Institute Board RoomMary Roach
 
Saturday, September 7
 

1:00pm PDT

Writing Nonfiction Like a Novel with T.J. Stiles **SOLD OUT** Mechanics' Institute Board RoomT.J. Stiles
 
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    • Alama Drafthouse & Cinema at New Mission
    Italian Athletic Club
    Jewish Community Center of San Francisco, Kanbar Hall
    Make-Out Room
    Marine's Memorial Theater
    Mechanics' Institute Board Room
    Mechanics' Institute Salon
    Multiple Venues
    Museum of African Diaspora
    San Francisco Public Library, main branch, 1st Floor Deaf Services Center
    Swedish American Hall
    The Bindery
    Yerba Buena Gardens Esplanade
    Z Below