Daily, Oct. 9–17
Various Bay Area venues
This nine-day festival showcases over 800 worldwide authors from Pulitzer Prize winners to those unpublished in a variety of literary events including author lunches, tastings, book sales, and panels featuring best-selling chefs. The event culminates with the highly anticipated Lit Crawl through bars and cafes, galleries, and even a vibrator store and police station. 415-750-1497, litquake.org
