Dear Friend of the Festival,
We do it “to live twice,” as Anais Nin wrote. Her paramour Henry Miller recommended it “to give our souls a chance to luxuriate.” Gustave Flaubert called it “a perpetual orgy.” Ian McEwan said…
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Are the next festival’s dates on your calendar yet? April 28-29, 2018!
We’ve gone through some dark times recently in the Bay Area, the skies literally darkening, and so many people have faced devastation. We want to offer some solace…
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Next Festival: April 28-29, 2018!
Hello!
We know you’ve been staring longingly at your 2017 Bay Area Book Festival program since June. We appreciate the love, but we’re here to tell you to snap out of it because we’re back…
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By Cherilyn Parsons, Bay Area Book Festival Founder and Director
Literature is one of the most powerful tools for social change because it shapes the most potent force that humankind has: hearts and minds. When hearts and minds are mobilized,…
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The easiest way to travel to a far-off land is by reading a book.
Literature offers a deep dive into foreign places and people from backgrounds very different from our own. It is the next best thing to going there in person. And yet…
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Writer Samin Nosrat worked for several years at Chez Panisse, and Alice Waters described her as “America’s next great cooking teacher.”
Now Nosrat has published Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking, combining…
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Interested in putting your money where your heart is, and making financial decisions that are in line with your values?
On Sunday, June 4, you’ll have the opportunity to hear from two leading authors on the topic — Andy Behar and Clair…
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In these uncertain and turbulent times, how do you hold onto hope, optimism, and courage?
For Carolina De Robertis, the answer lay in Radical Hope, a book she conceived of three days after the election.
The essays in Radical Hope are…
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As the Washington Post points out in its article 38 Books We Can’t Wait to Read in Spring, there are plenty of exciting new releases on the horizon. Among them are highly anticipated new books from Roxane Gay and Scott Turow, both of whom…
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If you’re looking for a good book for Women’s History Month (or beyond), look no further than the stellar list of authors who’ll be appearing at the Bay Area Book Festival this year. Many have recent releases that are more than relevant…
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Festival Newsletter: November 2017
Festival Newsletter: October 2017
Festival Newsletter: September 2017
How Literature Is an Activist Force
Want to Travel the World Without Leaving Home?
Former Chez Panisse Chef with New Cookbook to Appear at the Festival
Holding Corporations Accountable, with Authors Andrew Behar and Clair Brown
New Book, ‘Radical Hope,’ Offers Ways to Find Hope in Uncertain Times
Highly Anticipated New Releases This Spring
Women’s History Month: Bay Area Book Festival Authors to Read Right Now