Leslie Katz, Bay City News | Piedmont Exedra

Authors, readers to converge at 11th Bay Area Book Festival in Berkeley

With the theme “Changing the Narrative,” this Book Festival comes to downtown Berkeley on May 31 and June 1, with something for everyone.

Oakland Theater Project’s “Ironbound” continues through May 25 at Flax in Oakland.

“The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” runs through June 21 at San Francisco Playhouse.

Historical novels, memoirs, science fiction and fantasy by acclaimed and emerging California and visiting writers are on the agenda for May.

Don't miss longtime Piedmont High administrator, Rich Kitchens, at Kingfish pub on April 25th for the launch of his second novel.

The four authors of varied topics and wildly different approaches to storytelling appear at the Hillside Club in Berkeley on March 3.

New titles released by Bay Area and Northern California writers.

Pulitzer Prize winners and finalists, debut novelists, memoirists, celebrity authors, and of course, local writers on tap around the Bay this month.

Featuring: Chris Hayes, Martin Yan, Geraldine Brooks, Allegra Goodman, Kevin Fagan, Cory Doctorow and more

Production runs February 12 through March 9 at the Orpheum Theatre in SF.