SF Reads

Once you’ve finished reading Alive in Necropolis, San Francisco’s 2009 One City One Book selection, get prepared for a fall filled with literary events.

One City One Book joined forces this year with Litquake and Friends of the San Francisco Public Library’s Big Book Sale in collaborating on SF Reads, a citywide celebration of the written word and the remarkable literary community in our midst.

SF Reads offers three diverse ways to be involved: a citywide book club; the West Coast’s largest literary festival; or the biggest book sale this side of the Mississippi.

The One City One Book program runs September through October. Among the key events is an evening with Alive in Necropolis author Doug Dorst in conversation with local writer Adam Johnson on Tuesday, Oct. 13 in the Koret Auditorium at the Main Library. Other featured events include guided Colma Cemetery walks, history exhibitions and programs for teens and adults at branch libraries.

This year marks the 45th Annual Big Book Sale and will be the largest sale to date. It will be held at Fort Mason’s Festival Pavilion Sept. 24– 27, 2009, with a member’s preview on Sept. 23. All books are $5 or less! All proceeds from the sale benefit the Library.

It’s also a big anniversary for Litquake. The literary festival founded by Bay Area writers marks its 10th year in 2009 with a nine-day literary spectacle for book lovers, Oct. 9-17. Litquake will present nearly 500 authors in a variety of venues including theaters, bars, bookstores, galleries & museums, alleys and even a cathedral. Litquake events at SFPL include Kidquake, Teenquake and the Koret Reading Series.