Exhibitor spaces for our 2024 outdoor fair are sold out!

Thank you to #baybookfest outdoor fair exhibitors past and present for your participation and support.

To be considered for 2025, sign up for our newsletter at baybookfest.org for updates.

📸 Katherine Briccetti

We're sending some #baybookfest love today to Elaine Tai, who has been essential in planning our upcoming Family Day festivities at Berkeley Public Library on May 4th.

Elaine will be moderating our Middle Grade Graphic Novels panel. Admission is free!

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Thank you SFChronicle Datebook for your coverage of our 2024 #baybookfest !

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This year we’re giving our family programming its OWN day! We’re showcasing it all in a venue that couldn’t be more perfect: Berkeley Public Library in Berkeley, CA

Admission is FREE. Books will be available for sale from Eastwind Books and Books Inc. 📚🌉

Learn more: baybookfest.org/familyday

BIG NEWS! Our 10th anniversary festival lineup has been announced on our website!

For a full list of speakers and activities, visit baybookfest.org.

For the best fest experience of all, join Friends of the Festival! Learn more at baybookfest.org/friends/

#appreciationpost for all of our independent bookstore partners for the 2024 #baybookfest !

#EastwindBooks
#BooksInc
Green Apple Books
Pegasus Books
#SausalitoBooksOnTheBay

Check out their sales locations and signing times at baybookfest.org/get-the-books-…

Two months to go! Our outdoor stages are back for one day only, Saturday, June 2nd, at MLK, Jr. Civic Center Park. Admission is FREE! Want a sneak peek of the featured authors at this year's outdoor festival?

Visit baybookfest.org/2024-sneak-peek for intel 👀

📷Katherine Briccetti

Good news: if you missed the great Max Miller at last year's #baybookfest , his hilarious chat with Brian Watt is available as a podcast. Search 'Bay Area Book Festival Podcast' wherever you listen!

We're announcing the 2024 festival schedule NEXT WEEK! baybookfest.org.

#baybookfest youth programming will look a little different this year.

We're giving youth literature its OWN day!

Family Day will be held at Berkeley Public Library on Saturday May 4th, 11am–5pm.

Admission is FREE!

Info: baybookfest.org

📸: Katherine Briccetti

Volunteers are a crucial part of #baybookfest 's success each year, and it is totally fun! Volunteers help us produce all of our author events during the 2 weekends, plus our free outdoor fair. No experience necessary!

REGISTER: baybookfest.org/volunteer/

Our #baybookfest partner Language Studies International is a school where students of all ages come to learn English.

LSI is seeking homestay families to help these students during their stay in the Bay Area. Contact Rob Ettman, Director of LSI, for info: [email protected]

Join us March 23 for a creative writing retreat at Dominican University in San Rafael! The retreat includes workshops, brunch, outdoor journal writing, and a keynote talk with Kim Culbertson.

Use code BABFDISCOUNT for 50% off of the registration rate!

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Coming up soon!

At #Bioneers2024 we’ll explore innovative solutions to environmental challenges.

As part of the #baybookfest community, you can receive 20% off registration! Use the link and code below.

Register: conference.bioneers.org
Code: BABF20

Exhibitor applications are open for the #baybookfest outdoor fair!

Held on June 2, the Outdoor Fair is a lively experience packed with fun for festival attendees of all ages and interests.

INFO: baybookfest.org/outdoorfair
APPLY: eventhub.net/events/Bay-Are…

📸: Katherine Briccetti

Your 2024 #baybookfest Sneak Peek is here!

Here are just a few of the authors joining our 10th anniversary festival June 1-2.

Learn more: baybookfest.org/2024-sneak-pee…

Joan Baez
R.O. Kwon 권오경
Rosanna Xia
Malcolm Harris
Naomi Klein
Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson 🐙
Cynthia Manick - Poetry & Philanthropy
Manjula Martin ("manjula" on bluesky)
Rebecca Roanhorse

Join us at #Bioneers2024 ! Ticket prices increase on February 22. Register now for the most affordable price of the season.

As part of the #baybookfest community, you can receive 20% off registration! Use the link and code below.

conference.bioneers.org
Code: BABF20

One of our favorite #baybookfest initiatives is our collaboration with the Graton Writing Project, a series of writing workshops for Native students from Sonoma.

Watch baybookfest.org for info about 2024 programming, including youth writing workshops like this one!

Come to #Bioneers2024 and bring your friends! This year, Bioneers is offering multi-ticket discounts to make the event even more accessible.

Our#baybookfest community can receive 20% off registration! Use the link and code below.

Register: conference.bioneers.org
Code: BABF20

Aida Salazar—one of our new Board members—was named in the 2024 Caldecott Honors by American Library Association!

Her book, Jovita Wore Pants: The Story of a Mexican Freedom Fighter, was Illustrated by Molly Mendoza.

Huge #baybookfest congratulations to Aida on this prestigious award!

Read SLJ's starred review for 2024 Caldecott Honor title, 'Jovita Wore Pants: The Story of a Mexican Freedom Fighter' by Aida Salazar & Molly Mendoza ow.ly/4tVo50QtmwS #Caldecott #alayma #LibLearnX24 #alayma 24