This just in: Litquake has released 140 more tickets for their in-conversation evening with Chelsea Handler, host of E!'s popular (and chronically hit-or-miss) Chelsea Lately. She makes her first Litquake appearance on Thursday, October 13 at Z Space (450 Florida Street). Tickets range from $40 to $45 and you can purchase them via Litquake.org or brownpapertickets.com. more ›

Noted comedian, vodka mainliner, and best-selling author Chelsea Handler will appear at San Francisco's esteemed Litquake fall festival. Litquake co-founder Jane Ganahl will appear with the Chelsea Lately host for an "intimate" one-on-one chat at Z Space in the the city's boutique Mission district. more ›

Jeffrey Eugenides, Susan Orlean, James Ellroy, Mary Roach, Ishmael Reed, Adam Mansbach, Jane Smiley, Chris Adrian, Thomas McGuane, Christopher Moore, Daniel Woodrell, Deepak Chopra, Cyra McFadden, and Guillermo Gomez-Peña are just a few of the authors scheduled to read at this year's Litquake Festival. "Er, like, what's Litquake," you derp? Well, Litquake is the city's annual festival of literature devoted to the printed word. Lots of words. Dangerous words. more ›

There’s sex, love, and betrayal in the Fall Paris Review. Prepare to be seduced. by Naomi Kirsten more ›

by Naomi Kirsten Litquake’s most riveting event just may be its most violent. At least in theory. Literary Death Match co-creator and Opium magazine founding editor Todd Zuniga reveals why literature could use a serious smackdown—and why this Wednesday’s LDM100 may change your life. more ›

The lineup for this year's Litquake, San Francisco's tribute to the written word, looks like a smashing one. Why? Because it vboasts a special appearance by a very special cinematic legend and infamous felons. Of course, we're talking about Winona Ryder. The actress and sometimes San Francisco resident will appear as part of a tribute to Lawrence Ferlinghetti and City Lights Bookseller. Sure, other stellar names will also help out (guitarist Lenny Kaye, Michael McClure, New Yorker cartoonist Eric Drooker, Ishmael Reed, former San Francisco Poet Luareates Jack Hirschman and devorah major, the rad Beth Lisick, Michelle Tea, and the Marcus Shelby Quart), but we are saving our pennies and holding our breath for Ryder. more ›

The 20th anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake was also the 10th anniversary of Litquake's Lit Crawl through the Mission. Here are a few pictures from the festivities, with more here. more ›

In addition to marking the 20th anniversary of the Loma Prieta quake, Saturday also marks the annual Litquake Lit Crawl, a three-phase bar crawl through the Mission featuring a great many writer types reading while others listen and drink. Herewith, we give you a few highlights to check out, assuming you won't be checking out the headliners who'll be going on right about then at Treasure Island. more ›

This just in: Project Runway winner Christian Siriano (author of Fierce Style: How to Be Your Most Fabulous Self) has canceled his Litquake event tonight in Corte Madera. Why? Because, sadly, he "won't cross the Golden Gate bridge in the bad weather." . more ›

The annual week-long Litquake festival starts tonight, featuring a daunting line-up of events. Below is a list of our picks featuring one event per day (otherwise this post would take us all weekend). Check out SF Weekly, SF Appeal, and Mercury News for their highlights. more ›

Litquake is celebrating their 10th anniversary tonight with a fundraiser called, "Cocktails with Canin." Author Ethan Canin, who is currently promoting the paperback release of his epic novel, America America, which was described by the late John Updike as “a complicated, many-layered epic of class, politics, sex, death, and social history,” will be sharing cocktails and conversation onstage with former San Francisco Chronicle book editor Oscar Villalon and the audience. more ›

Litquake -- San Francisco's annual ode to print writing, serious novelists, and other assorted literary notables from the Bay Area -- kicks off their 2008 festival tomorrow night. To start the celebration, the formidable Beth Lisick and Arline Klatte will put on a very special episode of Porchlight: a Storytelling Series titled "Suckered: Writers Confess a Profound Lack of Judgment," wherein a sundry of scribes get up in front of an audience to prattle on about their own personal humiliations, lack of common sense, and moments of desperation. more ›

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As part of its upcoming literary arts festival, Litquake is throwing a big and-- dare we say it-- bad Between the Bridges opening night to-do this Friday October 6 at 8 p.m. The rockin' fun will be at the Regency Center Grand Ballroom, 1290 Sutter Street (Van Ness at Sutter). And we've got two tickets to give away! more ›

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