The Bay Space Ebook Competition is kicking off its tenth anniversary occasion a month early, with a brand new occasion devoted to households who share a love for literature.
The pageant’s new Household Day is about for Might 4 at Berkeley Public Library, with a lineup of actions together with kids’s storytime readings, interactive panels, giveaways and extra. Among the many day’s featured authors are Oakland-raised New York Instances bestseller Mac Barnett, 2023 Oakland Youth Poet Laureate Nairobi Barnes and 2020 Nationwide Ebook Award honoree Traci Chee.
A month later, the primary pageant is scheduled to happen June 1-2, and can embrace 10 free writers’ workshops, 4 outside phases for guide discussions and signings. This marks the primary version with out founding director Cherilyn Parsons,
Particular occasions embrace Bay Space musician, artist and activist Joan Baez, who additionally headlined final yr’s occasion, in dialog with author, professor and Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria tribal chief Greg Sarris; Naomi Klein, creator of “Doppelganger: A Journey into the Mirror World,” in dialog with creator and writer Brooke Warner; and “Web page to Display: A Dance Between Phrases and Photos,” that includes Piper Kerman, Alka Joshi and UC Berkeley alum and novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen, whose 2015 novel “The Sympathizer” has been tailored into a brand new HBO collection debuting Sunday, April 14.
Every talking engagement has been curated to offer a name to motion for festivalgoers, interim program director Aya de León famous, including that she paired authors with group organizers “who will share methods and alternatives to interact.”
Bay Space Ebook Competition: Household Day. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Might 4. Free. Berkeley Public Library, 2090 Kittredge St., Berkeley. baybookfest.org/familyday • Competition. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. June 1-2. Free. Civic Heart Park, 2151 Martin Luther King Jr. Manner, and surrounding Berkeley venues. • Joan Baez in dialog with Greg Sarris. 5:30 p.m. June 1; Naomi Klein in dialog with Brooke Warner. 7:30 p.m. June 1; “Web page to Display: A Dance Between Phrases and Photos.” 5:30 p.m. June 2. $20. Freight & Salvage, 2020 Addison St., Berkeley. baybookfest.org
“In 2024, our world is at a special stage of disaster than it was a decade in the past,” León stated. “The well-being of our democracy and the survival of our species is at stake. I consider that now’s the time for artwork to assist mobilize our communities to take part in creating the futures they need to see.”
The annual pageant, sponsored by the Chronicle, begins with Writers’ Day, a day at Berkeley Public Library providing free writing classes on nonfiction and poetry to publishing and pitching. Attendees are required to RSVP to workshops resulting from restricted area.
The ultimate day will see daytime creator occasions, together with panels, signings and an outside truthful, which is about to characteristic greater than 100 literary exhibitors, a meals court docket and exercise areas.
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