Picks of the Week: The weather’s hot, and so are these album drops
This is a short week, but it will probably feel longer than a normal week. So take Tuesday to ease back into the swing of things.
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Tag Archives: Bay Area Book Festival
Sunday programming of Bay Area Book Festival highlights expository power of literature
Through female and LGBTQ+ panelists as well as panelists of color, the festival proved itself to be a celebration of everything literature can do.
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Saturday programming of Bay Area Book Festival uplifts marginalized voices
While it may only be the fourth annual Bay Area Book Festival, the festival is already a mainstay in Berkeley. It’s no wonder why.
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Animating light: Local filmmaker Robert Kondo on ‘The Dam Keeper’
Robert Kondo was hired at Pixar straight out of art school. He worked on major projects such as “Ratatouille” and “Monsters University.”
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Literature as travel, travel as transformation: An interview with Pico Iyer
“I try to walk, walk, walk as much as possible…letting the place introduce itself to me,” Pico Iyer said in a phone interview with The Daily Californian.
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‘An optimistic act’: Charlie Jane Anders talks future of science fiction before Bay Area Book Festival
Charlie Jane Anders may be known for her Hugo and Nebula Award-winning stories, but her title as an author is just one of the many hats she wears.
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Bay Area Book Festival’s Women Lit hosts author Leïla Slimani at Berkeley Repertory Theatre
In a preview event for the Bay Area Book Festival, the new literary program Women Lit hosted Leïla Slimani for a discussion on Sunday.
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Downtown Berkeley hosts 3rd annual Bay Area Book Festival
Over the weekend of June 3 and 4, the Bay Area Book Festival took place throughout Downtown Berkeley. The festival featured carnival rides, author talks, book giveaways and other opportunities for writers and readers to connect.
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Beyond the Book: Celebrating literary activism at Bay Area Book Festival
Last Saturday and Sunday, Downtown Berkeley played host to the annual Bay Area Book Festival, which featured hundreds of authors and exhibitors.
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Bay Area Book Festival engages public with theme of literary activism
The third annual Bay Area Book Festival captivated readers this weekend, as more than 200 authors from around the world met with readers and activists to achieve the common goal of literary activism.
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