Litquake 2026, San Francisco's literary festival, was held from October 4 to 24, 2026, across the Bay Area. The festival featured a variety of events, including readings, panels, literary drag shows, and pub crawls. On October 4, Locus participated in the Small Press Book Fair at Yerba Buena Gardens, which included poetry readings, live music, and an interactive book-making activity organized by We Are Stories.
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Some notable authors and editors featured during the festival were Linda D. Addison, Olivie Blake, Ellen Datlow, Brian Evenson, Jeffrey Ford, R.F. Kuang, Kim Stanley Robinson, Kristina Ten, and Maggie Tokuda-Hall.
Photographers Graham Todd and Tommy Lau captured the event highlights, which also included topics like queerness in the material realm and discussions focused on R.F. Kuang's novel, Taipei Story.
–Eleanor Trombla