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Bay Area Book Festival Podcast

Release Date: 08/06/2025

Short Cuts - Bushwick Book Club Oakland: opening for all headliners of 2026 show art Short Cuts - Bushwick Book Club Oakland: opening for all headliners of 2026

Bay Area Book Festival Podcast

BABF Short Cuts is a Podcast of the Bay Area Book Festival where we introduce some of the authors and partners who will join us for the 2026 Festival in Berkeley from May 29–May 31.  Bushwick Book Club Oakland (BBCO) is a community event series co-produced by Claire Calderón, Nikki Bonsol, and Mia Pixley where Bay Area musicians from a wide range of genres compose and debut brand new original songs inspired by books. They will contribute to the Bay Area Book festival by opening up each headline event with a specially composed song inspired by the headliners.  find our more about...

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Short Cuts: Boutique Book Retreats - A Romance Renaissance at BABF! show art Short Cuts: Boutique Book Retreats - A Romance Renaissance at BABF!

Bay Area Book Festival Podcast

BABF Short Cuts is a Podcast of the Bay Area Book Festival where we introduce some of the authors and partners who will join us for the 2026 Festival in Berkeley from May 29–May 31.  In this episode, you get to meet Tiina and Lauren who talks to us about the renaissance in romance fandom and how they came to help us curate some romance panels for the forthcoming festival. You can find more 2026 festival authors and upcoming events at www.baybookfest.org.  Please support our work! #romancebooks #BayArea #Literature #Podcast #BookFestival #booktok #booktube #romantasy...

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Short Cuts: MK Chavez - Poetry Stages show art Short Cuts: MK Chavez - Poetry Stages

Bay Area Book Festival Podcast

BABF Short Cuts is a Podcast of the Bay Area Book Festival where we introduce some of the authors and partners who will join us for the 2026 Festival in Berkeley from May 29–May 31.  In this episode, you get to meet MK Chavez who talks to us about her process of curating programs for bith of our poetry stages for the Festival. She is also the leader of the Mixed race Affinity lit Group for the Bay Area Book festival.  You can find more 2026 festival authors and upcoming events at www.baybookfest.org.  Please support our work! https://givebutter.com/writingthefuture #MKChavez...

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Short Cuts: Terria Smith - I Love You So Many show art Short Cuts: Terria Smith - I Love You So Many

Bay Area Book Festival Podcast

BABF Short Cuts is a Podcast of the Bay Area Book Festival where we introduce some of the authors and partners who will join us for the 2026 Festival in Berkeley from May 29–May 31.  In this episode, you get to meet Terria Smith who talks to us about her forthcoming novel I Love You So Many, which will be on early sale at the Bay Area Book Festival!  You can find more 2026 festival authors and upcoming events at www.baybookfest.org.  Please support our work! #TerriaSmith #BayArea #Literature #Podcast #BookFestival #booktok #native  #memoir #travel

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Short Cuts: Jeremy Engels - On Mindful Democracy show art Short Cuts: Jeremy Engels - On Mindful Democracy

Bay Area Book Festival Podcast

BABF Short Cuts is a Podcast of the Bay Area Book Festival where we introduce some of the authors and partners who will join us for the 2026 Festival in Berkeley from May 29–May 31.  In this episode, you get to meet Jeremy Engels who is talking to us about his book On Mindful Democracy: A Declaration of Interdependence to Mend a Fractured World https://www.parallax.org/product/on-mindful-democracy/ You can find more 2026 festival authors and upcoming events at www.baybookfest.org.  Please support our work! https://givebutter.com/writingthefuture #JeremyEngels #BayArea #Literature...

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Short Cuts: Renee Swindle - Francine's Spectacular Crash and Burn show art Short Cuts: Renee Swindle - Francine's Spectacular Crash and Burn

Bay Area Book Festival Podcast

BABF Short Cuts is a Podcast of the Bay Area Book Festival where we introduce some of the authors and partners who will join us for the 2026 Festival in Berkeley from May 29–May 31.  In this episode, you get to meet Renee Swindle who is talking to us about her book .  You can find more 2026 festival authors and upcoming events at . 

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Short Cuts: Introducing the 2026 Festival & new BABF podcast Hosts show art Short Cuts: Introducing the 2026 Festival & new BABF podcast Hosts

Bay Area Book Festival Podcast

BABF Short Cuts is a Podcast of the Bay Area Book Festival where we introduce some of the authors and partners who will join us for the 2026 Festival in Berkeley from May 29–May 31.  In this first episode, you get to meet our new podcast hosts, hear about some of the authors booked for the 2026 festival, find out more about what we do year around and how you can support all of this work! Upcoming events: Social Justice Children' Book Fair https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-social-justice-childrens-book-fair-tickets-1967246325717?aff=oddtdtcreator Pints and Pages...

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Short Cuts: Nico Lang show art Short Cuts: Nico Lang

Bay Area Book Festival Podcast

Nico Lang is joining us for an event at Kepler's books on September 9th, 2025. Get your tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/trans-narratives-of-america-tickets-1485118843439 Join us for a timely evening at Kepler’s Books as acclaimed authors Carolina De Robertis (So Many Stars: An Oral History of Trans, Nonbinary, Genderqueer, and Two-Spirit People of Color) and Nico Lang (American Teenager: How Trans Kids Are Surviving Hate and Finding Joy in a Turbulent Era) come together for a dynamic conversation about the vital importance of preserving and honoring the lives and voices of trans...

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Narrating the Mother show art Narrating the Mother

Bay Area Book Festival Podcast

Join the Bay Area Book Festival and Litquake for an intimate (virtual) conversation with Iman Mersal and Kate Briggs, two writers who reshape our understanding of motherhood and the art of living. Mersal, acclaimed Egyptian-Canadian poet and essayist who most recently authored Motherhood and Its Ghosts, excavates the invisible labor and haunting absences of motherhood, blending irony, empathy, and unsparing honesty as she searches for lost women and lost selves. Her work is a bridge between personal memory and cultural critique, always aware of what remains unsaid. Briggs, Rotterdam-based...

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So Many Stars: A Celebration of Trans, Nonbinary, Genderqueer, and Two-Spirit People of Color show art So Many Stars: A Celebration of Trans, Nonbinary, Genderqueer, and Two-Spirit People of Color

Bay Area Book Festival Podcast

Join us for an insightful conversation surrounding So Many Stars: An Oral History of Trans, Nonbinary, Genderqueer, and Two-Spirit People of Color by Caro De Robertis. In this groundbreaking work, De Robertis brings together the voices of trans, nonbinary, genderqueer, and two-spirit elders of color, offering an intimate look into their personal stories, struggles, and triumphs. This event will include an introductory conversation between De Robertis and acclaimed author Nayomi Munaweera, followed by conversation with narrators from the book—iconic artists and activists Crystal Mason, Tina...

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