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    Bay Area Book Festival Podcast

    Between audio books? Curious about the writers themselves? Listen to full-length sessions from the Bay Area Book Festival, where readers and writers meet each year in Berkeley, CA, to engage with their favorite authors, including Pulitzer Prize winners, chefs, and activists, to discuss writing, race, love, mystery, and more.

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    Not So Polite After All: Canadian Writers Challenge the Status Quo Dec 26, 2019
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    Award-winning Canadian writers converge on one stage to recount their adventures in literary risk-taking and rule-breaking. Hear from Esi Edugyan ("Washington Black"), Sheila Heti ("Motherhood") and André Alexis ("Days By Moonlight"). With the support of the Consulate General of Canada, San Francisco/Silicon Valley.

    Nordic Noir Dec 19, 2019
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    One of the Festival's most popular sessions is back, featuring some of Scandinavia's most scintillating mystery writers. With the support of Iceland Naturally, the Icelandic Literature Center, the Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation, the Consulate General of Sweden in San Francisco, SWEA San Francisco, the Norway House Foundation and NORLA. With ASL interpreter.

    No Happy Endings, No Easy Answers: Seeking Truth Through Trauma Dec 12, 2019
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    How do we reckon with what haunts us most? These writers pick apart trauma to understand its source, pushing past reductive conclusions and condemnations in pursuit of a fuller truth. Moderated by associate professor at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) and a facilitator of restorative justice. Sponsored by the California Institute of Integral Studies.

    Mystery and Tragedy in Tibet: Interview with Bestselling Author Eliot Pattison Dec 05, 2019
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    Eliot Pattison's work, which uses the lens of mystery fiction to illuminate the harsh treatment of Tibetans under Chinese rule, has earned him both literary and humanitarian honors. Pattison joins us upon the publication of the final book in the bestselling Inspector Shan Tao Yun series.

    When Reality Meets Science Fiction Dec 04, 2019
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    Large-scale, far-in-the-future stories tend to get most the glory in the sci-fi canon. But what happens when reality already feels like science fiction? Like George Orwell's '1984,' near-future narratives exploit current technology, politics, and fears to explore what life could be like in 10 years, one year, or even a hour. Our panelists consider how to predict the tantalizing possibility of what might be.

    The Lies That Bind: Kwame Anthony Appiah on Identity Nov 28, 2019
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    Through history and philosophy, Kwame Anthony Appiah, weekly columnist for The New York Times, explores the compulsion to define and gather around identity. How do groups struggling for justice use, or misuse, identity? Can a more nuanced understanding bring us together? Carlos Lozada, 2019 Pulitzer Prize winner and nonfiction book critic for The Washington Post, will interview.

    Enough Is Enough: Fighting Economic Injustice Nov 21, 2019
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    Anger about economic injustice drives political change. Anand Giridharadas ("Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World") speaks with Robert Reich ("The Common Good"), to reveal how the uber wealthy are impoverishing you, yours and democracy itself. Moderated by the CEO and co-founder of Beneficial State Bank. Sponsored by Beneficial State Bank.

    Facing the World Through Fantasy: An Interview with Justina Ireland Nov 14, 2019
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    In "Dread Nation," Justina Ireland explores an alternate Civil War where zombie-slaying biracial teenager Jane McKeene finds herself in a desperate fight for her life. Ireland talks with author and YA librarian Alexandria Brown about how she employs planet-hopping Star Wars characters and half-god assassins to dig into complex questions about capitalism, science, racism and inequality.

    Horizon: Interview with Barry Lopez Nov 07, 2019
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    Taking us from pole to pole and across decades, "Horizon," the latest by celebrated humanitarian Barry Lopez, glimmers with insights on our place in this world and on writing as a way of living and seeing. Lopez will be in conversation with John Freeman, writer, editor and prominent literary critic.

    Critic's Choice: Three Young 21st Century Writers Rocking the Literary World Oct 31, 2019
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    The former president of the National Book Critics Circle talks with Bay Area authors you won't want to miss: a National Book Award finalist for a poignant collection of short stories, a debut author who ignited the book world with her incendiary first book and another debut author who clinched the Caine Prize for African writing.

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