Oakland Book Festival
The Oakland Book Festival is an ongoing, weekly discussion in the history ideas. Debate. Celebrate.
Oakland Book Festival
Sunday, May 21, 2017, 11am – 6pm
Oakland City Hall, 1 Frank Ogawa Plaza, Oakland CA
Free and open to the public
Read. One day – Seven Hours – 145 Writers – 70 Events
Inside City Hall, more than 100 novelists, poets, historians, philosophers, journalists, and activists will engage event-goers in panels, interviews, and open debate. Children’s Area – Music – Booksellers – Foo
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Occupy Wall Street: Legacies for Labor, Culture, and American Democracy OWS opened socio-political frontiers in American life during 2011. Discuss its legacy and future with a writer who was there for it all.
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This Saturday at Clio's: Lappland is weird in the summertime. Come find out why and how.
Fishing for the Little Pike: Juhani Karila at Clio's Books Finnish author Juhani Karila at Clio's to celebrate the release of his new novel, "Fishing for the Little Pike."
RIPCMC.
Your books will live as long as humans read.
06/06/2023
Tonight at Clio’s. Join us!
05/19/2023
What do Greek aphorisms, Hemingway stories, your twitter feed, and the parables of Jesus, Kafka, or Nietzsche have in common? They are brief. They operate under constraints of brevity, and any force they project is a direct result of those constraints. Join Nancy Stohlman, Larry Smith, and Grant Faulkner to discuss the art and practice of writing short, and shorter—then work on the craft with them directly at Clio's.
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Arts of Brevity: drabbles, parables, six word stories Three writers of flash fiction and six word stories will discuss the genre and guide you to producing your own brief masterpiece. Fun!
05/18/2023
Come and see! Saturday May 20, 4-8pm, visit with writers Grant Faulkner, Larry Smith, and Nancy Stohlman.
A ‘cabinet of curiosities’ bookstore is coming to Oakland The subterranean bar and cafe Clio’s Bookshop will offer an intellectual kaleidoscope of books organized by era and an array of literary events.
05/16/2023
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Read. Write. Repeat. A novel can be written on a postcard. A story needs only six words for the telling. (“For Sale. Baby shoes. Never worn.”) Please join three contemporary masters in the arts of brevity at Clio's to experience the joys and challenges of writing short. In a tradition that has roots in ancient ap...
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Where scholars become children, and children scholars.
01/03/2023
Discuss.
There Is No Right Side of History I’m a political progressive. The idea that “history” is on our side—which we’re sure to hear during this 118th Congress—is a dangerous myth.
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The OBF is back. And it's better than ever. Stay tuned here.
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