Berkeley Noir (Akashic Noir)

by editor | Jul 7, 2020

Berkeley, California is just shy of eighteen square miles, a city within a city. There are countless stories in a city such as Berkeley. Berkeley Noir offers an ample serving of stories. In “Hill House,” Mariana is a graduate student with large aspirations...

Berkeley Noir (Akashic Noir)

by editor | Jul 7, 2020

Berkeley, California is just shy of eighteen square miles, a city within a city. There are countless stories in a city such as Berkeley. Berkeley Noir offers an ample serving of stories. In “Hill House,” Mariana is a graduate student with large aspirations...

The Bay Area Book Festival Monthly: WHAT WE’RE READING IN JUNE

by editor | Jun 19, 2020 | Articles, News + Features

The Bay Area Book Festival was founded on principles of social justice. In light of current events, we are proud to claim solidarity with everyone speaking up and doing the work to dismantle a longstanding legacy of racial inequality. Actions may speak louder than...

The Body in the Garden: A Lily Adler Mystery (LILY ADLER MYSTERY, A)

by editor | May 8, 2020

It’s 1815 and Lily Adler is just returning to London society after the mourning period has passed for her husband, who died two years previously. On her first day back, she is invited to a ball thrown by her closest friend where she overhears someone being blackmailed...

The Bay Area Book Festival Monthly: WHAT WE’RE READING

by editor | Apr 24, 2020 | Articles, News + Features

Since its inception in 2015, The Bay Area Book Festival has built a reputation for the quality of its literary programs, its international scope, and its commitment to informed public discourse, empathy, and open-mindedness. Although we’ve had to cancel our...