Litquake and Berkeleyside Literary Pub Trivia: 2026 Double Feature

We're teaming up with Berkeleyside to bring you not one but two Literary Pub Trivia nights in 2026! Join us February 23 and/or July 27 for all-new questions, fantastic music, and our beloved celebrity host: writer, LGBTQ+ advocate, and 40-time Jeopardy! champion Amy Schneider! Purchase tickets for either night, or sign up for both and save 20%!

Co-presented by , each night will feature all-new challenging questions on everything from A.A. Milne to World War Z—plus special questions on Bay Area literary lore.

Ticket proceeds will support the Litquake Foundation.

Form a team with up to six players (or we'll match you up with some other Dickensian Orphans if you're coming solo), and compete for prizes from Litquake, Berkeleyside, and our partners—prize listings coming soon!

Prize packages will be awarded to the three highest-scoring teams, as well as the team with the best team name. Food and beverages will be available for purchase from Gilman Brewing.

Confirmed prizes for the February event include great items from Berkeley Public Library Foundation, Black Bird Bookstore, Bookshop West Portal, Dog Eared Books, Friends of the Berkeley Public Library, Green Apple Books, Litquake, Marcus Books, Mrs. Dalloway's, New Parkway Theater, Oakland Museum of California, San Francisco Public Library, Shotgun Players, Transit Books, and Two Lines Press!

Arrive starting at 6pm to settle in and order food and drinks; the game will start promptly at 6:30.

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Since being founded by Jane Ganahl and Jack Boulware in 1999, has hosted 10,500 authors for 275,000 attendees and distributed 12,000 free books to San Francisco schoolchildren. With over 225 literary partners, Litquake functions more than ever as an umbrella organization stitching together the Bay Area’s literary scene. In its lively, diverse and inclusive celebration of San Francisco’s thriving contemporary literary scene, Litquake, which will produce its 27th annual festival in 2026, seeks to foster an interest in literature, perpetuate a sense of literary community, and provide a forum for Bay Area writing as a complement to the city’s music, film, and cultural festivals.

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is a groundbreaking nonprofit digital news platform in Berkeley, California, reporting on Berkeley and the East Bay. It was founded in October 2009 by journalists Frances Dinkelspiel, Tracey Taylor and Lance Knobel. In collaboration with new partners and leaders, they launched the Cityside Journalism Initiative to bring more great local journalism to the Bay Area. Berkeleyside has been joined by Nosh, providing news about the East Bay’s dynamic food scene, and The Oaklandside, which launched during the pandemic lockdown in June 2020 to serve Oaklanders. Together, those outlets reach more than 500,000 people in the East Bay every month. Richmondside, our third newsroom, launched in June 2024.

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