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Bay Area Book Festival #UNBOUND! Launching May 1 with Exciting Virtual Sessions: Wellness & Health Voting Rights & Fair Elections Science & Medicine Literary Conversations & Interviews Children’s, Family, & YA Programs

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Announcing The Bay Area Book Festival Unbound: a series of world-class virtual literary programming launching on the weekend of May 1-3!

Our Women Lit series is going Unbound, too! Stay tuned for a new virtual event series, Lunch Hour with Women Lit, featuring a stellar lineup of women authors.

The Bay Area Book Festival #UNBOUND

Get a look at our virtual programs coming up in May

Anthony Doerr

Rachel Howzell Hall

Rebecca Nagle

Annie Barrows

Sunita Puri

Viet Thanh Nguyen

Carol Anderson

Chelsea Bieker

Garth Greenwell

Renée Diop

Jesse Wegman

Danielle Evans

Pamela Paul

Lydia Yuknavitch

Ernesto Cisneros

Steve Phillips

RO Kwon

Meg Gardiner

Madeline Levine

Colin Meloy

Ian Haney Lopez

Christine Carter

Keiko Lane

BJ Miller

Lala Wu

“It was perfect. Couldn’t have been better. Thanks so much for giving me the opportunity.”

Robert Reich, Author

“My experience was unbelievable. Each of the panels I attended exceeded my expectations. This Festival was the high point of my year.”

Attendee

“My best festival experience ever.”

Pulitzer finalist Hernan Diaz

“I was incredibly inspired by how this Festival provides so many writers and artists with the opportunity to share their work with such a vibrant community in the Bay Area.”

Attendee

“I was truly impressed by the scope and diversity of the panels, participants, and overall programming.”

Maw Shein Win, Author

“The panelists were clearly selected with care, and in all cases I could have listened to them speak all day.”

Attendee

“All the writers I spoke to expressed their love and admiration for the Festival. I do mean all the writers – every single one.”

Marie Mockett, Author

“I’m pretty sure that everyone who attended will agree that they will be forever changed.”

Elizabeth Rosner, Author

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