Writing Workshop for Teens (ages 13-19)
Join Julia Segre and Serena Griffin, the youth poets laureate of Berkeley for a teen writing workshop. No experience necessary. No particular style of writing will be the focus. Instead, teen participants will be offered a series of prompts…
Lightsaber Demonstration with LudoSport
Ever wish you could wield a lightsaber? Come see a sparring demonstration, and learn more about lightsaber combat competitions – because what's May the 4th without lightsabers? Plus there may be some [mock] lightsabers available for participants…
Emotional Life of Boys
It’s never too early to encourage and nurture our boys to get in touch with and express their emotions in constructive, effective ways. Art and creativity are wonderful tools to access, model, and talk about emotions in a way that makes…
Flash Fiction
As the director of the hugely popular worldwide phenomenon National Novel Writing Month, Grant Faulkner knows a thing or two about making creative writing irresistible and accessible for aspiring writers of all ages—including the 100,000 youth…
“Until the Lion Learns to Write”: How to Write Your Story with Cinnamongirl
Cinnamongirl Inc’s Write Your Story program began in 2020 to amplify the voices of Black and Brown girls through writing, inspired in part by the African proverb, “Until the lion learns to write, every story will glorify the hunter.” In…
Grimes & Threets: The Super Duo you didn’t know you needed
Get ready for the powerhouse super-duo of Grimes and Threets. This exciting session brings together New York Times bestselling author and poet Nikki Grimes (A Walk in the Woods), who was inducted into the Black Authors Hall of Fame in 2023…
Graphic Novel Escapades for Everyone
Get a bird’s-eye view into the creativity, imagination, and process of some of the most acclaimed authors working in the hottest and fastest-growing literary genre today: the graphic novel/memoir. Since 2019, sales of graphic novels have jumped…
May the 4th Be With You – with Daniel Jose Older and Thien Pham
What is it like to be part of the Star Wars universe? How much pressure is it to become part of the cannon? Meet Daniel Jose Older, author of various Star Wars: the High Republic titles and one of the Young Jedi Adventures Free Comic Book…
Let my life be a tale
A brilliant Palestinian-American writer shares an enchanting picture book infused with the sights, sounds, traditions, and stories of her family’s ancestral home. In Hannah Moushabeck’s Homeland: My Father Dreams of Palestine, three young…
Authors against Book Bans
From 2021 to 2023, PEN America’s Index of School Book Bans recorded 5,894 instances of book bans across 41 states and 247 public school districts. The bans show no sign of slowing down, and they’re disproportionately aimed at authors of…