Meet the festival’s speakers and authors
Jussi Adler-Olsen 1 Jussi Adler-Olsen: Denmark’s #1 Crime Writer: Noon June 4, Magnes Museum Jon Agee
1 Writers and Artists Whose Books You Love, Part 1: A Picture Book Extravaganza: 11 a.m. June 3, Chronicle Stage in the Park 1 Jon Agee Presents Life on Mars: 3 p.m. June 3, Showtime Stage Charlie Jane Anders 1 The Lessons of History, Alternate or Otherwise: 11:45 a.m. June 4, Brower, Goldman Theater
1 Tor Books Presents Science Fiction and the Resistance!: 3:15 p.m. June 4, Alta Stage, Freight & Salvage Ana Aranda
1 Writers and Artists Whose Books You Love, Part 1: A Picture Book Extravaganza: 11 a.m. June 3, Chronicle Stage in the Park 1 Ana Aranda Presents The Chupacabra Ate The Candelabra: 1:15 p.m. June 3, Showtime Stage Lesley Nneka Arimah
1 Writing from Africa: 10 a.m. June 3, Brower, Tamalpais Room
1 Living in Two Worlds: Crossing Borders and Identities to Create Home: 2 p.m. June 4, Magnes Museum Laura Atkins 1 How to Speak Up: A Story of Courage: 5 p.m. June 3, Hotel Shattuck, Boiler Room Aaron Bady
1 Writing From Africa: 10 a.m. June 3, Brower, Tamalpais Room Colin Barrett 1 First Books: What It Took to Get There: 10 a.m. June 3, Hotel Shattuck, Boiler Room
1 New Irish Fiction: 10 a.m. June 4, Hotel Shattuck, Crystal Ballroom William Bauer
1 Witness and Testimony: The Past and Present of Native America: 10 a.m. June 3, Alta Stage, Freight & Salvage Monika Bauerlein 1 Activism at a Crossroads: 11:45 a.m. June 3, Alta Stage, Freight & Salvage Andrew Behar 1 Putting Your Money Where Your Heart Is: 3:15 p.m. June 4, Brower, Goldman Theater Gregory Benford 1 The Lessons of History, Alternate or Otherwise: 11:45 a.m. June 4, Brower, Goldman Theater Mysti Berry 1 Noir at the Bar: 5:15 p.m. June 3, Cornerstone Cara Black 1 Jussi Adler-Olsen: Denmark’s #1 Crime Writer: Noon June 4, Magnes Museum Becky Bond 1 Activism at a Crossroads: 11:45 a.m. June 3, Alta Stage, Freight & Salvage Emily Brady 1 The State of Cannabis: 1:45 p.m. June 4, Cornerstone Michael Branch 1 The Great Outdoors, Urban and Otherwise: 11:45 a.m. June 3, Brower, Tamalpais Room Randal Brandt 1 Noir at the Bar: 5:15 p.m. June 3, Cornerstone Tony Broadbent 1 Noir at the Bar: 5:15 p.m. June 3, Cornerstone Clair Brown 1 Putting Your Money Where Your Heart Is: 3:15 p.m. June 4, Brower, Goldman Theater Sylvia Brownrigg 1 Trippin’ with Ayelet Waldman: 10 a.m. June 3, Hotel Shattuck, Crystal Ballroom 1 The Ferocity of Love: 1:30 p.m. June 4, Hotel Shattuck, Boiler Room Mat Callahan
1 The Long 60s: The Counterculture’s Influence in Contemporary America: 1 p.m. June 3, Cornerstone S. Katherine Campbell 1 Putting Your Money Where Your Heart Is: 3:15 p.m. June 4, Brower, Goldman Theater Mauro Javier Cárdenas 1 The Legacy of Juan Rulfo: 11:15 a.m. June 3, BAMPFA, Barbro Osher Theater Michael Chabon 1 Kingdom of Olives and Ash: 1:30 p.m. June 4, Alta Stage, Freight & Salvage Enrique Chagoya 1 The Legacy of Juan Rulfo: 11:15 a.m. June 3, BAMPFA, Barbro Osher Theater Jeff Chang
1 Radical Hope: 7 p.m. June 3, Alta Stage, Freight & Salvage
Traci Chee 1 Worlds We Create: Young Adult Fantasy Writers: 3:15 p.m. June 3, Hotel Shattuck, Boiler Room Gennifer Choldenko
1 Writers and Artists Whose Books You Love, Part 1: A Picture Book Extravaganza: 11 a.m. June 3, Chronicle Stage in the Park
1 Post-Picture Books: Fantastic Fiction for Elementary School Readers: 1:30 p.m. June 3, Hotel Shattuck, Boiler Room Jane Ciabattari 1 The Legacy of Juan Rulfo: 11:15 a.m. June 3, BAMPFA, Barbro Osher Theater Kristin Elizabeth Clark 1 Reality Bites: Fiction About Teens’ Real Lives: 11:45 a.m. June 4, Hotel Shattuck, Boiler Room Martha Cooley 1 The Facts of Life: Love, Loss, What Comes Next: 10 a.m. June 4, Brower, Tamalpais Room Kim Culbertson 1 Reality Bites: Fiction About Teens’ Real Lives: 11:45 a.m. June 4, Hotel Shattuck, Boiler Room Aya de Leon 1 From Every Angle: Women Writing About the Body: 11:45 a.m. June 3, Berkeley City College, Auditorium
Sane, 1 Radical Awake, Hope: and Staying Engaged in Dangerous Times: 7 p.m. June 3, Alta Stage, Freight & Salvage 1 Feminist Activism Through Popular Fiction: Noon June 4, Cornerstone Carolina De Robertis
1 Radical Hope: 7 p.m. June 3, Alta Stage, Freight & Salvage
1 Living in Two Worlds: Crossing Borders and Identities to Create Home: 2 p.m. June 4, Magnes Museum J. K. Dineen 1 Absurd and Hilarious: Stories about Money: 11:45 a.m. June 3, Hotel Shattuck, Boiler Room Frances Dinkelspiel 1 Radically Brief: 5:30 p.m. June 4, Cornerstone Sandhya Dirks
1 Hidden Stories: Three Fiction Writers on Telling the Truth: 10 a.m. June 3, Berkeley City College, Auditorium Cory Doctorow 1 When Reality Meets Science Fiction: 10 a.m. June 4, Brower, Goldman Theater 1 Tor Presents Science Fiction and the Resistance!: 3:15 p.m. June 4, Alta Stage, Freight & Salvage Dale Dougherty 1 Makers!: 3:15 p.m. June 3, Brower, Goldman Theater David Downs 1 The State of Cannabis: 1:45 p.m. June 4, Cornerstone
Geoff Dyer
1 Stalker: 7 p.m. June 1, BAMPFA, Barbro Osher Theater 1 Wanderlust: Essaying Forth: 3 p.m. June 3, Cornerstone 1 Beyond Travel Writing:
Journey and Meaning: 3:15 p.m. June 4, Chronicle Stage in the Park Karl Newsom Edwards 1 Karl Newsom Edwards Presents I Got a New Friend: Noon June 3, Showtime Stage Oddný Eir 1 Collecting the Pieces: Fiction and Trauma: Noon June 3, Magnes Museum 1 Wanderlust: Essaying Forth: 3 p.m. June 3, Cornerstone Meg Elison 1 When Reality Meets Science Fiction: 10 a.m. June 4, Brower, Goldman Theater 1 Feminist Activism Through Popular Fiction: Noon June 4, Cornerstone Deirdre English
1 Understanding the Other: How Emotion Shapes Politics: 11:45 a.m. June 3, Brower, Goldman Theater Jerker Eriksson (aka Erik Axl Sund) 1 Nordic Noir: 3:30 p.m. June 3, Magnes Museum
1 The Art of Investigation: Journalists Meet Crime Writers: 1:15 p.m. June 4, BAMPFA, Barbro Osher Theater John W. Evans 1 The Facts of Life: Love,