Bay Area Book Festival 2022
Saturday and Sunday, May 7-8
Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park, and various Berkeley venues
Outdoor festival is free to attend. Purchase Author Event tickets here
In-person author events will fill multiple Downtown Berkeley venues, with many events viewable online. The Outdoor Fair, with adult program stages, a robust children’s area, and more than 200 exhibitors and food vendors runs Saturday and Sunday at Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park. Visit our Pegasus booth on Bookstore Boulevard at the corner of Allston and Milvia, as well as our Pegasus Downtown bookstore, just blocks away from the festival!
Check out these fabulous festival events! Asterisk indicates event for which Pegasus will sell books:
Becoming Story, Writing the Land: Obi Kaufmann and Greg Sarris on California Dreaming Obi Kaufmann, Greg Sarris
Black Panthers: Inherit the Revolution Kekla Magoon, Jetta Grace Martin, Waldo Martin Jr.
Secrets and Revelations, Lies and Love: Family Legacies in Fiction Daniel Black, Gabriela Garcia, Devi Laskar, Monica West
*“Tell Me the Story of Your Body”: Emily Rapp Black and Jan Grue on Creativity and Disability Emily Rapp Black, Jan Grue
Conversation with Jokha Alharthi, International Booker Prize Winner Jokha Alharthi, John Freeman
What Has Oakland Taught Us?: A History of Disruptive Development and New Visions for Urban Planning Majora Carter, John Kamp, James Rojas, Mitchell Schwarzer
*Keep Calm and Go Quietly Mad Molly Giles, Leslie Kirk Campbell, Sarah Moss
Building a Literary Community Janis Cooke Newman, Grant Faulkner, Rebecca Phelps
Writer to Writer: Written on the Body Alyssa Songsiridej, Shruti Swamy
I Am the Dream: Voices of a New Generation on Word Power Stage
World as Lover, World as Self: Joanna Macy on Hope, Healing, and Connection in a Suffering World Wendy Johnson, Joanna Macy
Total SF Book Club Live: Urban Hiking in San Francisco with Alexandra Kenin Peter Hartlaub, Alexandra Kenin, Heather Knight
Revolution and Resilience: Global Politics in Fiction Uzma Aslam Khan, NoViolet Bulawayo
The Secrets of Being an Extraordinary Woman: Three Authors on Ambition, Adventure, and Equality Lara Bazelon, Mia Kankimäki, Eliza Reid
*Cultures and Complexities: California’s Hidden Stories in History, Fiction, Poetry and Memoir William J. Bauer, Jr., Deborah A. Miranda, Susan Straight
The Fierce Voice of Nature: Three Astonishing New Novels from Around the World Maja Lunde, Matsatsugo Ono, Irene Solà
Relationships, Reckonings & Remembrances: A Reading by Three California Poets Mai Der Vang, Amanda Moore, Christine No
Fear and Loathing in San Francisco: Hunter S. Thompson’s Savage Journey to Gonzo Sam Quinones, Peter Richardson
*Let Her Tell It: Black Women Writing on the Body and Mind Kira Lynne Allen, Jenee Darden, Natalie Devora, Kelechi Ubozoh, adrienne danyelle oliver
Native Voices: Essayists from the 2022 Graton Student Writing Program on the Word Power Stage
2-Minute Reads: The Plot Twist hosted by Janis Cooke Newman
Rebecca Solnit on Orwell’s Roses Geeta Anand, Rebecca Solnit
From the Window Seat: Travel the World with Aminatta Forna Aminatta Forna, Traci Thomas
“We Read in Order to Come to Life”: Grief, Joy, and the Magic of Literary Form Claire-Louise Bennett, Victoria Chang, Pik-Shuen Fung
*What It Means to Be Human: Memoirs Rooted in Nature Litt Woon Long, Suzanne Roberts, Marco Wilkinson
Celebrating Cannabis Melanie Abrams, Monica Lo, Larry Smith
America in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth: Sam Quinones’s Chronicle of a Crisis Cecilia Lei, Sam Quinones
Writer to Writer: Karen Joy Fowler and Lee Kravetz on Art and Life Karen Joy Fowler, Lee Kravetz
*Werewolves and Monster Slayers: Transforming Horror in YA Lily Anderson, Maggie Tokuda-Hall
Radical Imagination: New Voices, New Visions from San Francisco State University Matthew Clark Davison, Stacy D. Flood, Shruti Swamy
Nordic Noir Thomas Enger, Carin Gerhardsen, Camilla Sten
What’s New in Native American Literature for Kids Jen Ferguson, David A. Robertson, Cynthia L. Smith, Traci Sorell
Historical Fiction: China and California Carol Edgarian, Vanessa Hua, Jenny Tinghui Zhang
The High Sierra: A Love Story (A Journey with Kim Stanley Robinson) Kim Stanley Robinson
National Book Foundation Presents: Hanif Abdurraqib and Douglas Kearney Hanif Abdurraqib, Douglas Kearney
Not All Is Lost: New Visions for Conservation Christina Conklin, Jessica Hernandez, John W. Reid
*Talking Single Motherhood, Community, and Black Girl Magic with Novelist Jayne Allen Jayne Allen, Justin Phillips
Picturing a Life: Graphic Memoirs Maureen Burdock, Rhea Ewing, Laura Gao, L. John Harris
Natasha Miller: Relentless Natasha Miller
*YA: Rumors and Lies Dhonielle Clayton, E Lockhart
Noir at the Bar Cara Black, Thomas Enger, Carin Gerhardsen, Tod Goldberg, Gary Phillips, Camilla Sten
Wander the Coast with Obi Kaufmann Obi Kaufmann
Birds in Your Backyard Jack Gedney, Alex Harris
Crime: True and Imagined Jessica Garrison, Tod Goldberg, Paul Holes
125 Years of the New York Times Book Review: A Blockbuster Tour Tina Jordan
Cataclysm or Cure-All?: Fiction Writers Engage with the Promises and Perils of Our Tech Future Kate Folk, James Kennedy, Claire Stanford, Vauhini Vara
New Writing from Ireland Colin Barrett, Claire-Louise Bennett, Sarah Moss
*Motherhood, the Glorious Earthquake Jokha Alharthi, Jazmina Barrera, Chloé Cooper Jones
The Last Wild Horses: Maja Lunde on Her “Climate Quartet” Maja Lunde
The Art of Translation Christina MacSweeney, Megan McDowell, Achy Obejas
“Castles, Canals, and Freeways: Historical Mysteries of the Twentieth Century” Cara Black, Rhys Bowen, Laurie R. King, Gary Phillips
Revolution Then and Now: Four Authors Talk about Radical Change from the 1960s to Today Judy Gumbo, David Talbot, Margaret Talbot
*YA: Growing Up Queer Then and Now Jen Ferguson, Laura Gao, Carly Heath
Women in the Wild Lauren DeLaunay Miller, Diana Helmuth, Silvia Vasquez-Lavado
Shine Bright: Black Women in Pop Music Mariecar Mendoza, Danyel Smith
Writer to Writer: Nadifa Mohamed and Douglas Stuart Nadifa Mohamed, Douglas Stuart
How to Write a Mystery Dale Berry, Steve Hockensmith, Catriona McPherson, Gary Phillips
The End of Everything: Geoff Dyer and David Thomson on Aging and Other Disasters Geoff Dyer, David Thomson
*Publishing: Who Calls the Shots? Jayne Allen, Angela Engel, John Freeman, Traci Thomas
The Poetry of Exile Victoria Chang, Shangyang Fang, Achy Obejas, Brian Tierney
The Ruptures of Leaving: Women Writers on Migration Gabriela Garcia, Masha Rumer, Shugri Said Salh
No Man’s Land: Writing the Story of Displacement Carol Edgarian, Paisley Rekdal
Jasmine Guillory: By the Book Jasmine Guillory, Taj McCoy
*Writing a Path Out of Darkness: Writers on Mourning Pik-Shuen Fung, Kristin Keane, Litt Woon Long
Short Stories: In Search of Belonging Colin Barrett, Meron Hadero
Red Carpet: China, Hollywood, and the Global Battle for Cultural Supremacy Orville Schell, Erich Schwartzel
Science Fiction: In Search of Hope Charlie Jane Anders, Mike Chen, John Scalzi
Mother, Daughter, Collaborators (Plus the Book That Changed the World of Food): The Lappés Anna Lappé, Frances Moore Lappé
Lightfast: An Immersive Sensory Journey with Live Cello, Words, and Images Sylvia Brownrigg
*Claiming Space for the Self: Limitation and Liberation Jan Grue, Chloé Cooper Jones
Writer to Translator: Chilean Poet Megan McDowell, Alejandro Zambra
*Collective Book Studio Presents: Mother’s Day Meredith Rose Essalat, Raquel Kelley, Josephine Wai Lin, Kaitlin Soulé
Engaging with Evolution Elizabeth Shreeve, Pamela Turner
Young (Adult) Love Kate Marchant, Casey McQuiston, Suzanne Park, Sajni Patel
Buster Keaton and the Dawn of Cinema Dana Stevens, David Thomson