Litquake 2011 - San Francisco's Literary Festival October 7, 2011

Friday October 7 at 8pm through Saturday October 15

Now in its 11th year, San Francisco's Literary Festival adds an international component by bringing in authors from Scandinavia for Nordic Noir, Ireland for Young Ireland as well as writers from Mexico in order to round out 9 days of programming that includes: The Art of Fiction * Lit Flicks * Kidquake * Teenquake * Pro Wrestling Memoirs * Science Vs Spirituality * an evening of Titanias, Oberons, Faeries and Pucks at Buena Vista Park and much more before closing night's notorious Lit Crawl, which as always will present literary mayhem at its finest and most sophisticated.
Authors on tap for this year's festival include: Jeffrey Eugenides, James Ellroy, Mary Roach, Ishmael Reed, Adam Mansbach of "Go the F**K To Sleep" fame, Jane Smiley, Chris Adrian, Daniel Handler, aka Lemony Snicket, Thomas McGuane, Christopher Moore, Daniel Woodrell, Deepak Chopra, Cyra McFadden and approximately 840 more.

Programming highlights include
* Chelsea Handler in Conversation
* Murder, Mayhem and Moxie at the Bubble Lounge
* Porchlight Storytelling Series
* Karen Russel, author of Swamplandia in Conversation.
* East Bay Writing Superstars
* Food Writing
* The Literary Death Match
* Stories on Stage
* Music
* Pro Wrestling Memoirs
* Mystery
* Writers in Recovery
* Words on the Waves on the Houseboats of Sausalito

Official Website: http://www.litquake.org/