Press Room
A warm welcome to regional, national, and international credentialed members of the press. Thank you for your interest in the fifth annual Bay Area Book Festival, May 4-5, 2019, in downtown Berkeley.
Women Lit Speaker Series Coverage
- Salon, November 1st 2018, Rebecca Traister on the long history of women’s anger: “There is no peak fury”
General Bay Area Book Festival mentions and coverage
Scroll down for coverage of specific festival years
- The Daily Californian, February 1st 2019, ‘Bridge that distance:’ How Bay Area organizations and publishers are amplifying global literary voices in the U.S.
What Others Are Saying:
“Thank you for keeping book festivals alive!!! So great to listen to authors wander among REAL books and pick up something I wasn’t searching for.”
“Caution: The Bay Area Book Fest has been known to seize the mind and engender pellucid perceptual processes that cause creative paradigm shifts.”
“The Bay Area Book Festival is a wonderful addition to our community! See you all there.”
“Yay Book Festival! Looking forward to another thrilling weekend bursting with good books and authors.”
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