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The City Lights Bookstore, one of the event venues. Litquake is San Francisco's annual literary festival. Originally named Litstock, the festival events took place in a single day in Golden Gate Park in the spring of 1999. It now has a two-week run in mid-October, as well as year-round programs and workshops.
A literary festival, also known as a book festival or writers' festival, is a regular gathering of writers and readers, typically on an annual basis in a particular city. A literary festival usually features a variety of presentations and readings by authors, as well as other events, delivered over a period of several days, with the primary objectives of promoting the authors' books and ...
Leatrice "Elle" McKinney, better known by her pen name L.L. McKinney, is an American writer of young adult literature. Her debut novel, A Blade So Black , was released in September 2018. McKinney created the PublishingPaidMe Twitter hashtag in June 2020 to highlight racial disparities in writers' advance payments.
Out of the committee was born Staunton's first citywide literary event, the Queen City Word Fest, a celebration of words and literature. The event will take place Saturday, Oct. 19 from 11 a.m. to ...
Jun. 13—JOHN BRANDON — St. Paul-based author launches his book "Ivory Shoals: A Novel" in conversation with Will McGrath. 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 15, presented by Magers and Quinn. $5. Go to ...
The festival was inaugurated in 2010, where it was part of the celebration of the 20th anniversary of The Hindu ' s Literary Review. [1] In 2011 the Lit for Life became an independent one-day event. It has over the years developed into a three-day festival of literature and thought, featuring notable authors and speakers from all over the world.
In 2019 it was announced that a "Book of the Year" Literary Award "to honour and celebrate the best in Indian literature", would be presented for the first time at the 2020 festival, with a cash prize of Rs 5 lakh being given to the best work of fiction published in English.
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