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2020 Bay Area Book Festival Coverage
- Local News Matters, December 9: The perfect, pandemic-proof gift for the woman in your life
- Mercury News, September 24: Interview with Patti Smith for October 8 Women Lit event
- San Francisco Book Review, July 21: What We’re Reading This July Column
- Book Riot, July 21: Virtual Events You Won’t Want to Miss This Summer
- KALW, July 15: Dr. Louise Aronson Wants Us To Redefine Aging
- SF Chronicle Datebook, July 1: Summer offers screen time with acclaimed authors
- Diablo Magazine Dish, July 1: Food for Thought: Will Restaurants Survive?
- Edible East Bay, June 29: Food for Thought: Will Restaurants Survive?
- Berkeleyside Nosh, 25: Food for Thought: Will Restaurants Survive?
- KQED Do List, June 24: The Bay Area Book Festival Asks, Will Restaurants Survive?
- San Francisco Book Review, June 19: What We’re Reading This June Column
- San Francisco Chronicle, June 17: Bay Area political events: Equity in the black community, young adult voting rights
- San Francisco Chronicle Datebook, June 5: Black authors discuss George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and the revolutionary power of poetry
- Pacific Sun/Bohemian, June 5: Join the Conversation With These Timely Online Discussions
- The Sacramento Observer, June 5: Overview of #UNBOUND Festival and highlight of The Witness We Bear
- The Berkeleyside Sit List, June 4: 5 Things You Can Do to Support The Black Community
- KPFA’s Women’s Magazine, June 1: Interview with Carol Anderson
- LA Review of Books: The Online Pivot: California’s Cultural Institutions Adjust to the New Reality
- San Francisco Chronicle, May 23: Coronavirus pandemic intensifies fight over voter access
- Pacific Sun/North Bay Bohemian, May 21: 5 Ways To Stay Connected in the North Bay This Weekend
- San Francisco Book Review, May 21: What We’re Reading This May Column
- Bay Area Reporter, May 19: Bay Area Book Festival’s online author events “Sex, Art and Power” with Garth Greenwell and Lidia Yuknavitch
- SF Bay View, May 10: As shelter-in-place extensions continue, the literary arts scene moves online
- Chicago Now, May 10: Chicago Book Events Coming To You
- KQED’s The California Report, May 1: As Economy Stalls, Renters Organize for Relief
- Diablo Magazine, May 1: Bay Area Book Festival #UNBOUND
- Literary Arts, May 1: Upcoming Literary Events and Connections
- Bookbub.com, May 1: 12 Virtual Book Events You Can Attend from Your Couch in May
- Berkeleyside, The Sit List, May 1: Five things to do while staying largely at home
- Bay City News Service, April 30: Regional: Bay Area Book Festival Goes Virtual With Thought-Provoking Programs (was also syndicated to SF Gate)
- Berkeleyside, April 30: Bay Area Book Festival returns with #UNBOUND, a virtual author conversation series
- Bay Area Newsgroup, April 29:
- *Mercury News: Bay Area Book Fest relaunches with online programs
- *East Bay Times: Bay Area Book Fest relaunches with online programs
- License to Drift, April 29: #UNBOUND By Our New Normal, Bay Area Book Festival Pivots to Virtual
- The Pulitzer Prizes, April 28: Pulitzer Authors Featured at Bay Area Book Festival: #Unbound
- KPFA’s Letters & Politics, April 28: How the Pandemia is Affecting Immigrant Workers in the U.S. & Voting at Home
- SF Chronicle Datebook, April 24: Bay Area Book Festival looks to rebound with #Unbound
- San Francisco Book Review, April 24: The Bay Area Book Festival Monthly: WHAT WE’RE READING
- San Francisco Book Review, April 21: Bay Area Book Festival #Unbound: Chat with Authors from Your Living Room
- Bookriot.com, April 21: Virtual Book Events You Can Attend From Home
- Daily Californian, April 14: Bay Area Book Festival forges new paths in light of COVID-19 cancellation
- SF Chronicle, Bay Area Book Festival canceled in response to coronavirus fears
- Berkeleyside, Berkeley’s Bay Area Book Festival canceled due to coronavirus concerns
2019 Festival Coverage
- C-SPAN Video, click here for C-SPAN’s coverage of the festival
- Berkeley High Jacket, Book Festival Unites Berkeley Residents
- LitHub, May 15, Stories, social consciousness, and CBD: Jane Ciabattari reports from the Bay Area Book Festival
- KALW, May 2, Interview with Festival Director Cherilyn Parsons (left her job to start book festival now in its fifth year)
- The Stanford Daily, May 10, Reflections from the Bay Area Book Festival
- The Daily Californian, May 9, A communion of interiorities: At Bay Area Book Festival, readers and writers make personal, social discourses heard
- The Daily Californian, May 9, At Bay Area Book Festival’s ‘On Not Mothering,’ talk of freedom, lack of direction
- The Daily Californian, May 9, Bay Area Book Festival honors local powerhouse at ‘Lawrence Ferlinghetti at 100: A Tribute’
- San Francisco Chronicle, May 6, ‘8 years ago I was selling candy on the subway:’ chef Kwame Onwuachi on race, James Beard and fame
- KPFA’s Womens Magazine, May 6, Four Non-Moms (and one who is)
- Zeit Online, May 5, Takis Würger und Nora Krug bei US-Buchfestival
- KQED, May 5, PHOTOS: Bay Area Book Festival Brings Together Authors, Publishers and Readers
- Focus.de, May2, Autor Takis Würger bei US-Buchfestival
- KQED Forum, May 2, ‘Uninhabitable Earth’ Explores a Looming Climate Catastrophe
- Berkeleyside, May 2, Have piano, will travel: John Brothers Piano Company plays the Book Festival
- SFGate, May 2,Bay Area Book Festival Set To Return In Downtown Berkeley
- Berkeleyside, May 2, The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley, weekend of May 3-5
- East Bay Times, May 2, 7 super SF Bay Area things to do this weekend, May 3-5
- SFWeekly, May 1, Yes, Moby Touched Donald Trump with His Penis (But There’s So Much More to His Memoir)
- India Current, April 30, Ticket Giveaway for Bay Area Book Festival!
- Datebook, April 29, How to navigate the Bay Area Book Festival
- 510families.com, April 29, 12 children’s authors that will be at the Bay Area Book Festival in Berkeley
- KPFA’s Sunday Show, April 28, Interview with Caitlin Rosenthal
- The Mercury News, April 26, This year’s Bay Area Book Festival has a foodie element, too
- KQED’s The Do List, April 25, Incarceration Takes Center Stage at the Bay Area Book Festival
- Times-Herald, April 25, Author uncovers surprise cultural Napa history
- KPFA, April 25, Bookwaves: The Bay Area Book Festival
- Localnewsmatters.org, April 24, ‘The power of literature’: The Bay Area Book Festival set to return in downtown Berkeley
- Astral projection Radio Hour, April 23, Interview with BABF Program Manager Claire Calderón
- KQED Arts,April 23, How It ‘Fell Apart’: Moby Talks New Memoir, Addiction and Trauma
- KPFA’s “Women’s Magazine”, April 22, Who Gets to Be Seen as an Artist?
- KALW, April 21, In “Bitterroot,” a Native transracial adoptee explores identity, race, and belonging
- The Daily Californian, April 17, Bay Area Book Festival to highlight socially conscious comic books
- The Daily Californian, April 17, Bay Area Book Festival prepares to blow out 5 birthday candles
- Marin Independent Journal, April 6, Author gives voice to Wine Country’s underrepresented people
- Berkeleyside, March 22: Book festival features wide array of authors exploring many of today’s most complex issues
2018 Bay Area Book Festival Coverage
- San Francisco Chronicle, March 14: Bay Area Book Festival Announces Lineup for its Fourth Year
- Berkeleyside, April 11: Bay Area Book Festival is back in Berkeley, April 28-29, for fourth year
- The Daily Californian, April 11: Bay Area Book Festival’s Women Lit hosts author Leïla Slimani at Berkeley Repertory Theatre
- The Daily Californian, April 15: ‘An optimistic act’: Charlie Jane Anders talks future of science fiction before Bay Area Book Festival
- San Francisco Chronicle, April 18: Special Edition: Cherilyn Parsons on her most treasured book
- San Francisco Chronicle, April 21: Bay Area Book Festival in Berkeley: Literary resistance
- The Daily Californian, April 22: ‘Hippie Food’ author Jonathan Kauffman knows why you eat so much tofu
- KQED, April 22: The Bay Area Book Festival Serves Literature with a Side of Activism
- The Jewish News of Northern California, April 23: Pioneering underground comics artist Aline Kominsky-Crumb has nothing to hide
- KPFA/Radio Wolinsky, April 23: The Bay Area Book Festival 2018: Cherilyn Parsons
- East Bay Express, April 25: The Bay Area Book Festival Returns to Berkeley with Conversations that Go Beyond Literature
- KQED, April 25: A Whole World of Books at Berkeley’s Bay Area Book Fest
- The Daily Californian, April 26: Animating light: Local filmmaker Robert Kondo on ‘The Dam Keeper’
- The Daily Californian, April 27: Literature as travel, travel as transformation: An interview with Pico Iyer
- San Francisco Chronicle, April 27: Authors offer antidotes to democracy’s despair
- The Daily Californian, April 30: Saturday programming of Bay Area Book Festival uplifts marginalized voices
- The Daily Californian, May 1: Sunday programming of Bay Area Book Festival highlights expository power of literature
- The San Francisco Chronicle, May 5: Discussion on male entitlement ends with evidence
- Inflection Point, May 9: (Interview with Festival Speaker) Do haters deserve our compassion? Sally Kohn, Author of “The Opposite of Hate”
- Literary Hub, May 10: The Bay Area Book Festival in Five Acts
Selected 2017 Bay Area Book Festival Coverage
- Lit Hub, June 11: Radical Hope: The Bay Area Book Festival in Four Acts
- Los Angeles Times, July 26, “Writing Advice and F.L.O.W.: This week’s picks from the literary Web,” featuring Lit Hub’s video of Bay Area Book Festival writers’ advice: https://youtu.be/MCcHeyGKtYo
- Daily Californian, June 8: Beyond the Book: Celebrating Literary Activism at the Bay Area Book Festival. Plus, a photo essay.
- 7×7, June 2: Bay Area Book Festival Returns This Weekend
- KQED Arts, June 1: Good Old-Fashioned Berkeley Activism, By the Book
- San Francisco Chronicle, May 31: Star presents a new look at 1949 film about a lynching
- Huffington Post Books, May 31: Women Writers Face Major Hurdles, Especially in Bestselling Genres
- San Francisco Chronicle, May 31: ‘Love letters’ in turbulent political times
- Book Riot, May 30: Things to See and Do at the Bay Area Book Festival
- Marin magazine, May 30: Strong Marin Representation at Upcoming Bay Area Book Festival
- Red Tricycle, May 29: A Literary Extravaganza with 10,000 Free Kids Books
- SF Weekly, May 25: Trans-Genre: Geoff Dyer at the Bay Area Book Festival
- East Bay Times, May 24: Bay Area Book Festival a weekend dedicated to all things literary
- San Jose Mercury News, May 16: Bay Area Festivals 2017: Art, wine, cars, culture, and county fairs
- Berkeleyside.com, May 15: In its third year, Bay Area Book Festival to focus on literary activism
- San Francisco Chronicle, May 14: The Bay Area is still a literary haven from the mad digital world
- San Francisco Chronicle, April 17: Bay Area Book Festival to focus on ‘Literary Activism’
Selected 2016 Bay Area Book Festival Coverage
- LitHub, June 9, 2016: A Book Festival by the Bay, in Three Acts
- San Francisco Magazine, June 2, 2016: Authors’ Choice: Three Picks for the Bay Area Book Festival from Local Writers
- Oakland Magazine, June 1, 2016: A Bigger, Better Bay Area Book Festival
- East Bay Express, May 31, 2016: Rebecca Solnit on Sense of Place and Writing for Social Change
- SF Gate, May 31, 2016: Cherilyn Parsons risked it all on Bay Area Book Festival
- SF/Arts, May 29, 2016: Bay Area Book Festival
- East Bay Times, May 17, 2016: Berkeley: Bay Area Book Festival plans to pump up the volumes
- San Francisco Chronicle, May 12, 2016: Milosz Documentary Highlighted in Literary Film Series
- AFAR, March 31, 2016: 6 Literary Festivals Around the World You Can’t Miss
- San Jose Mercury News, April 5, 2016: Bay Area Festivals: 2016
- San Francisco Chronicle, April 15, 2016: Bay Area Book Festival back in Berkeley
- Berkeleyside, April 15, 2016: Bay Area Book Festival announces 2016 schedule
- AAA, April 27, 2016: A Berkeley Demonstration
Selected 2015 Bay Area Book Festival coverage
- RT Question More, October 24, 2015: French City Launches Literary Vending Machines…
- Publisher’s Weekly, June 12, 2015: Bay Area Spotlight 2015: The Bay Area’s Literary Landscape
- Berkeleyside, June 9, 2015: First Bay Area Book Festival in Berkeley a soaring success
- ShelfAwareness.com, June 8, 2015: First Bay Area Book Festival Triumphs in Berkeley
- San Francisco Chronicle, June 7, 2015: At The Bay Area Book Festival
- SFGate.com, June 6, 2015: A Bubbly Toast to the Latest Entry in Bay Area book festival scene.
- India Currents, June 2, 2015: Eye on India Festival
- San Francisco Chronicle, June 1, 2015: Temple of books to connect readers
- Inside Bay Area, May 31, 2015: Berkeley author bringing ‘Amelia’ children’s series to a close
- The Sacramento Bee, May 31, 2015: Black Book Fair, Bay Area Book Festival ahead
- Anime News Network, May 29, 2015: Viz Media Announces Participation in 2015 Bay Area Book Festival
- Lodi News, May 28, 2015: Visit the Bay Area Book Festival for a reading feast
- Daily Democrat News, May 27, 2015: Berkeley briefs: Book Festival table space available to authors; Fire Department offers steps to prevent wildfire danger; Rising Stars gala honors youth perseverance
- San Jose Mercury News, May 27, 2015: Berkeley: 8-year-old author will lead workshop at Bay Area Book Festival
- Contra Costa Times, May 25, 2015: Berkeley: Voluminous structure to be book festival centerpiece
- Geek Dad, May 20, 2015: Bay Area Book Festival 2015
- UC Berkeley News Center, May 19, 2015: Readers rejoice: Bay Area Book Festival to open in Berkeley
- The Daily Californian, May 12, 2015: Downtown Berkeley to host inaugural Bay Area Book Festival
- San Francisco Chronicle, May 6, 2015: Get early access to the first Bay Area Book Festival in Berkeley
- CBS SF Bay Area, May 3, 2015: Weekend Magazine: Earth’s Lawyers, Book Lovers’ Dream, And Youth Speaks
- SFGate.com, May 1, 2015: 300 authors to attend inaugural Bay Area Book Festival in June
- Twitter, May 1, 2015: 300 authors to attend inaugural Bay Area Book Festival in June
- The Bay Bridged, April 24, 2015: The Octopus Literary Salon is open!
- City Lab, April 1, 2015: The Bay Area Plans a Free Library Built out of Books
- Seattlepi.com, March 31, 2015: A library built with 50,000 free books hopes to debut at the Bay Area Book Festival
- Bustle, March 28, 2015: A Library Made Entirely Of Books Is Coming to Bay Area Book Festival
- Galley Cat, March 27, 2015: Library Made of Books Will be Built at Bay Area Book Festival
- San Jose Mercury News, March 18, 2015: Berkeley to host free Bay Area Book Festival downtown
- Publisher’s Weekly, December 7, 2014: Bay Area Book Fest Launches Indiegogo Campaign
- Leah Garchik via SFGate.com, June 25, 2014: Revving up for a literary fiesta in Berkeley
- Berkeleyside, June 23, 2014: Bay Area Book Festival to launch in Berkeley in 2015
- SFGate.com, June 22, 2014: Bay Area Book Festival to launch in 2015
General Bay Area Book Festival mentions and coverage
- The Daily Californian, February 1st 2019, ‘Bridge that distance:’ How Bay Area organizations and publishers are amplifying global literary voices in the U.S.
Women Lit Speaker Series
- C-SPAN, March 3, Coverage of Gloria Steinem and Favianna Rodriguez
- Shelf Awareness, March 1st: Image of the Day with BABF staff and Gloria Steinem
- Salon, November 1st 2018, Rebecca Traister on the long history of women’s anger: “There is no peak fury”
- The Daily Californian, April 11, 2018, Bay Area Book Festival’s Women Lit hosts author Leïla Slimani at Berkeley Repertory Theatre