The First Ever Temescal Alley Book Festival

Schedule

Sat Jul 18 2026 at 12:00 pm to 09:00 pm

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Location

Womb House Books | Oakland, CA

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The First Ever Temescal Alley Book Festival

470 49th St. Oakland


Saturday, July 18th 12pm - 6pm
Afterparty at

Please join us for the first ever Temescal Alley Book Festival, featuring vendors in the alley all day Saturday, July 18th, 12pm - 6pm, with a reading party to follow at Womb House Books.

This event is free and open to the public. Support your Temescal Alley shops!

After-party will begin at 6:30pm at Womb House Books. 40 seats are available with registration, other admission is standing room only.


Vendors:

Transit Books

Two Lines Press

Zyzzyva Magazine

TBW Books

Parapraxis Magazine

Heyday Books

Double Negative Press

Oakland Review of Books


Alleycats:

Sophie Tivona Paper

Curbside Creamery

Contact Records

Atelar Studio

Mira Flores

Understory

Drawling

XO Mojo


Party Readers:

Carvell Wallace

Tomas Moniz

Kate Folk

Amanda Montei

Nina Renata Aron



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Womb House Books, Temescal Alley, Oakland, United States

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