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2026 Headliners

End each Festival day with these brilliant conversations at the Freight.

Events in this collection

  • Building Worlds, Building Power primary image

    Building Worlds, Building Power

    Fri, May 29 • 6:00 PM

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  • Publishing the Future primary image

    Publishing the Future

    Sat, May 30 • 5:30 PM

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  • Hope is a Time Traveler: Globalist Pasts & Potentials primary image

    Hope is a Time Traveler: Globalist Pasts & Potentials

    Sat, May 30 • 7:30 PM

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  • What Haunts Us Still: Surviving and Storytelling primary image

    What Haunts Us Still: Surviving and Storytelling

    Sun, May 31 • 5:30 PM

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  • Black Feminist Futurescaping primary image

    Black Feminist Futurescaping

    Sun, May 31 • 7:30 PM

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Organizer of 2026 Headliners
Do you believe in the revolutionary power of literature? So do we. Since 2015, Bay Area Book Festival has featured the boldest and most brilliant literary voices in conversations about issues that matter, with a focus on justice and diversity. We’re a world-class literary extravaganza taking place each year over two days in Downtown Berkeley.