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Litquake announces late-July author events, parties
Edited Press release
Litquake, San Francisco's annual literary festival, announced several
author and book-related events and opportunities for book fans to
mingle with Litquake cognoscenti that include cocktails parties,
socials, entertainment and readings at public and private venues across
the City from tonight through late July.
Tonight (Sunday,
July 18) a social will be hosted by Angus Martin & Gabrielle
Ekedal, where attendees can hear work by L.J. Moore and Joshua Citrak
and sip wine (at a reduced Epicenter price) from Heart Wine Bar.
Co-hosted by literary magazine Instant City & Litquake, in
conjusction with retail wonderland Gypsy Honeymoon. The event happens
at 1266 Valencia Street, from 6-8 pm. Info about the event and venue is
here.
Join Litquake on July 21 as it celebrates the Bay Area's non-fiction
masters in a midsummer cocktail party at the beautiful Cole Valley home
of author Terry Gamble. With Po Bronson (Nurture Shock, What Should I
Do With My Life?), Pulitzer and National Book Award winner T.J. Stiles
(The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt), IBA Book of
the Year winner Frances Dinkelspiel (Towers of Gold: How One Jewish
Immigrant Named Isaias Hellman Created California), New York Literary
Lion finalist Stephen Elliott (The Adderall Diaries), Pulitzer winner
Katherine Ellison (Buzz: A Year of Paying Attention), and California
Book Award winner Rebecca Solnit (A Paradise Built in Hell: The
Extraordinary Communities that Arise in Disaster). Soiree is from 6:30
to 9 pm, and includes beverages and "hearty appetizers." Cost is $125,
for tickets click here.
Then on July 24 there's a show "Christopher Moore Plays the Fool with
Litquake and A.C.T." This staged reading from Moore's bestselling novel
Fool provides a twisted and delirious revisit of Shakespeare's King
Lear, told from the perspective of the Fool. Co-presented by Litquake,
American Conservatory Theatre and Christopher Moore. Book sales and
author signing will follow the performance. Proceeds benefit Litquake
2010. Tickets are $22.50 advance, $25 at the door; for more info or to
purchase seats click here.
About Litquake
Litquake, San Francisco's annual literary festival, was founded by Bay
Area writers in order to put on a week-long literary spectacle for book
lovers, complete with cutting-edge panels, unique cross-media events,
and hundreds of readings since its founding in 1999. Litquake
Foundation is a 501c3 nonprofit registered in the state of California.
Litquake 2010 takes place from October 1-9, 2010.
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