San Francisco’s legendary literary festival is returning to the Oshman Family JCC on Sunday, March 13. Expect all the rollicking literary fun of great authors, ideas and conversation. We’ll have activities for kids and teens, too!
Keynote Speaker Just Announced:
Joyce Carol Oates
National Book Award Winning Novelist, Poet, Playwright and Essayist
Overview of the event:
3:00-3:50 PM – Author Readings, Workshops for Kids
3:30-4:20 PM – Teen Programming: DIY Books! Self-Published Teen Authors
4:00-4:50 PM – Author Salons, Workshops for Kids
4:30-5:20 PM – Teen Programming: YA Authors Get Real!
5:00-5:50 PM – Author Salons, Guest Author/Illustrator Lisa Brown (for ages 8+)
6:00-6:50 PM – Blues, Booze and Schmooze with Music, Wine and Beer, and Finger Food
7:00 PM – Headliner: Joyce Carol Oates, National Book Award-Winning Novelist, Poet, Playwright and Essayist.
More About our Headline Event
Guests include:
- Yangsze Choo – The Ghost Bride
- Nancy L. Cohen – Breakthrough: The Making of America’s First Female President
- Daniel Handler (Lemony Snicket)
- J. Kenji López-Alt – The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science
- Joyce Maynard – Under the Influence
- Bich Minh Nguyen – Pioneer Girl: A Novel
- Kevin Sessums – I Left It on the Mountain: A Memoir
