The Festival has earned a reputation as a world-class literary event that brings together some of the most acclaimed authors from the Bay Area, nation, and world. Two days of lively discussion, literary celebration, and fun activities for both adults and children offer a wealth of opportunities for media coverage.

We provide press passes to credentialed media. Our Festival Director and many of the presenters are available for interview. If you’d like to attend the Festival or need more information, please contact Lorna Garano.

• General Festival Press Release
• Highlights: Children, Teens and Family Interest Press Release
• Program Focus: Black Interest Press Release
• Program Focus: Immigration Issues Press Release
• Program Focus: Incarceration Issues Press Release
• Highlights: Women’s Interest Press Release
• Q&A with Festival Director
• 2019 Bay Area Book Festival Marketing Toolkit
• Press Kit Gallery

We’ve also broken down the festival’s programming into areas of interest, which may help with story angles. They include:

Activism; Families and Relationships; Food and Cooking; Graphics and Comics; Health and Spirituality; History and Economics; Immigrants, Refugees, Citizenship, and Belonging; Incarceration; International; Music; Mystery, Crime and Thrillers; Native Issues; Nature, Environment, and Science; Poetry; Race and Identity; Slavery; Speculative Fiction; Technology, Culture, and Media; Women, Gender, and Motherhood; Writer to Writer Series; and Writing and Publishing, Wunderbar Together – a celebration of German Literature

You can download all of the special interest programming guides here.

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