Bay Area Book Festival
Sat, May 30
|Berkeley
Liza will be on a panel at the Bay Area Book Festival, "Writing the Future."
Time & Location
May 30, 2026, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
About the event
Liza is honored to be a panelist for "Mindful Democracy," May 30, from 11am - 12pm, at The Freight in Berkeley. Books sales and a signing will follow. This (free) session is part of the Democracy Dialogues at the Bay Area Book Festival.
Session info is here: https://www.baybookfest.org/session/mindful-democracy/
Festival info is here: https://www.baybookfest.org/bay-area-book-festival/
Inspired by the visionary legacies of Octavia Butler and James Baldwin, this year’s theme "Writing the Future," challenges us to move beyond reacting to crisis and toward imagining what liberation, justice, and collective courage actually look like.
Over three days in downtown Berkeley, we’ll come together for:
⭑ 300+ authors ⭑ 120+ programs ⭑ 21 stages ⭑ 15 free writing workshops ♡ 25,000+ readers & neighbors + a Friday night launch headliner!