Join us in conversation with Matt Haig on his upcoming tour for his new book, The Midnight Train!
📅June 8 | 7pm-8:30pm
📍Jewish Community Center of San Francisco
🎟️ Tickets at link in bio or on our website under “upcoming events”
We’ve partnered with @kalwpublicmedia to bring you these three (free) author talks! Details below
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Young King: The Making of Martin Luther King Jr.
📅May 26 | 7pm
📍KALW | 220 Montgomery St., SF
🎟️FREE | RSVP at link in bio or on our website
Migrant Heart: Essays About Things I Can’t Forget
📅June 30 | 7pm
📍KALW | 220 Montgomery St., SF
🎟️FREE | RSVP at link in bio or on our website
Dad Brain: The New Science of Fatherhood and How It Shapes Men’s Lives
📅July 21 | 7pm
📍KALW | 220 Montgomery St., SF
🎟️FREE | RSVP at link in bio or on our website
Calling all Deadheads! In this new episode of Litquake’s Lit Cast, experts, intimates, and fans gathered to share the memories and spread the love.
🎧Click the link in bio to listen or search ‘Litquake’s Lit Cast’ wherever you get your podcasts.
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Like all things Litquake, a striving to gather people in the warm embrace of books and story is at the heart of two of our most beloved programs: Kidquake and Elder Project.
Over the last 20 years, Kidquake has inspired tens of thousands of young readers, mostly low-income students of color, by bringing them into close contact with authors and illustrators who look just like them.
With Elder Project, we bring free writing and storytelling workshops to a half-dozen senior centers across the Bay Area, building much-needed community in this often overlooked population. Inspiring people of all ages to embrace reading and writing is what we do.
Help us build on those feelings of belonging in 2026 by donating at the link in bio or on our website. 💗
As 5th grade teacher Ms. Saidawi found out, students thrive after Kidquake: “When we returned to school that day, students raced to discover which books we received…I had to create a ‘reading order’ that nearly all 27 of my students’ names were on. Students were even reading at recess and asked for more time to read during the school day!”
As Elder Project students often find, this community is a place of deep connection to creativity and to each other during critical times: “I’m not at all sure I would have survived the pandemic years without this program and these classes and my fellow writers and teachers. My gratitude is boundless.”
As a fan of the written word, we know you can relate—donate today! 💗 Link in bio or on our website.
(PS: Thanks to your past support, we’ve slowly but surely expanded these programs. Kidquake has quadrupled in size in five years and Elder Project is now reaching seniors at seven sites across Oakland and San Francisco!)
Limited time offer and availability ➡️ Donate at the link in bio or on our website before 5/11. Details below!
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We know you’re not in it (just) for the perks, but here’s one for you anyways! This week, our friends at Saintsbury Winery are offering a special incentive for early donors—the first five people to make a new or renewed online donation of $250 or more before May 11th can receive a pair of tickets to join other Litquake supporters at their Midsummer Night’s Dream party on June 20th in Napa—that’s a $240 value!
TONIGHT May 6th, 7pm at JCCSF! FREE!
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Join us for an evening with Portia Elan, Bay Area author, as she launches her debut novel, a time-spanning story about grief, belonging, and the human search for connection. In conversation with @zoeoyoung ✨
📅 May 6 | 7-8:30pm
📍Jewish Community Center of San Francisco
🎟️ FREE | rsvp at link in bio
Every bit helps!💗 Donate at the link in bio or on our website
“Words can empower or break a person, a community, a nation. But when we share stories with one another, we are reminded of our shared humanity.” — Shugri Salh
Join us in celebrating Matt Haig, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the global phenomenon The Midnight Library, as he discusses his magical new novel — The Midnight Train. 🚂✨
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📅June 8 | 7pm-8:30pm
📍Jewish Community Center of San Francisco
🎟️ Tickets at link in bio or on our website under “upcoming events”
The energy at Gen Blend is always so special! Who's joining us for the next one at Ruth's Table on Thursday (May 7)? 🎤
FREE | Every First Thursday | 5:30 - 7:30pm
📍Ruth's Table
📸 Sarah Lewington
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🌱🥲We had a great time at the Climate Action Youth Summit! It was amazing to see the student involvement and to hear their questions at our Authors Corner lecture.
A special thank you to our panelists for sharing their stories with us!
