Join the YWCA Berkeley/Oakland at the DoubleTree by Hilton, Berkeley Marina for the 28th Annual Festival of Women* Authors on Saturday, April 2nd, 2022
Join us for authors and their stories.
If you have any questions or concerns about registration, please refer and email to info@ywca-berkeley.org. Thank you.
We appreciate your continued support of this fundraising event for our YWCA. Additional tax deductible donations accepted. Please consider purchasing books online via our homepage.
*Our use of “girls” and “women” is inclusive of all cis and trans women, non-binary, gender non-conforming, gender queer, and any female-identified folks.
All our Festival of Women* Authors in Past Years
Bebe Moore Campbell
Anne Lamott
Joanne Meschery
Belle Yang
Octavia Butler
Ursula Hegi
Adair Lara
Marcia Muller
Marybeth Bond
Dorothy Bryant
Terris Grimes
Gail Tsukiyama
Chitra Divakaruni
Regina Marler
Frances Mayes
Sister Carol Anne O’Marie
Margaret Cuthbert
Ruthanne Lum McCunn
Caroline Paul
Judith Merkle Riley
Ella Leffland
Emmy Werner
Terry McMillan
Laurie King
Dorothy Allison
Liza Dalby
Elizabeth Kim
April Sinclair
Marion Cunningham
Terry Ryan
Rebecca Walker
Ayelet Waldman
Wendy Lesser
Ruth Ozeki
Susanne Pari
Lalita Tademy
Iris Chang
Elizabeth Fishel
Jane Juska
Joyce Carol Thomas
J. California Cooper
Debra Ginsberg
Tess Uriza Holthe
Regina Louise
Carol Field
Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston
Linda Peterson
Karen Joy Fowler
Grace Caroll
Elizabeth Rosner
Lisa See
Joanne Weir
Opal Palmer Adisa
Firoozeh Dumas
Cara Black
Emily Rapp
Helen Zia
Marta Acosta
Clair Hope Cummings
Marie Simmons
Dorothy Clemens
Bonnie Tsui
Michelle Richmond
Vivienne Sosnowski
Dana Whitaker
Carolina De Robertis
Sara Houghteling
Vicki Ward
Jacqueline Winspear
Bo Caldwell
Belva Davis
Nafisa Haji
Peggy Orenstein
Patricia Powell
Susan Snyder
Sonia Taitz
Penny Warner
Patricia Bracewell
Kelly Corrigan
Anjuelle Ford
Liz Jasper
Katie Hafner
Yang Huang
Yiyun Li
Ann Parker
Julia Flynn Siler
Adrienne McDonnell
Renee Swindle
Gail Tsukiyama
Frances Dinkelspiel
Caille Millner
Terry Gooch Ross
Canyon Sam
Faith Adiele
Dr. Arlie Russell Hochschild
Shanthi Sekaran
Mary Volmer
Julie Lythcott-Haims
Vanessa Hua
Joyce Maynard
Anna Rabkin
Paulette Boudreaux
Yangsze Choo
Elizabeth Farnsworth
Lauren Markham
Megan Stielstra
Meredith May