2026 Bay Area Book Festival

Bay Area Book Festival
Berkeley, CA
May 29-31, 2026
Bay Area Book Festival
info@baybookfest.org
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The Bay Area Book Festival unites readers, writers, and changemakers through three cornerstone programs—the flagship Bay Area Book Festival, the Merritt Dialogues, and the Affinity Lit Collectives.

The goal is to build genuine relationships among communities that foster understanding, resilience, and collective action, and we stand for social justice and equity by centering urgent conversations and nurturing emerging leaders in the field of literature.

The theme of 2026’s festival, Writing the Future, is more than a slogan. It’s a call to action—a challenge for all of us as stewards of this festival and as members of a community navigating extraordinary times.

2026 Bay Area Book Festival
Sun, 5/31/2026 – All Day
Place:
David Brower Center
2150 Allston Way
Berkeley, CA 94704

Join Pegasus Books at the 2026 Bay Area Book Festival in Downtown Berkeley on Sunday, May 31st for a day packed with author programming at the David Brower Center, right by Downtown Berkeley BART.

The Pegasus 2026 author lineup includes Julian Brave NoiseCat, Greg Sarris, Terria Smith, Caroline Tracey, Susan Straight, and many more, each with talks on writing across genres of fiction, memoir, history, and more.

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