chapter 510 at the bay area book festival!
SATURDAY, MAY 30, 2026 | 10:30 AM – 3:00 PM In front of the Berkeley Public Library (Central Branch) 2090 Kittredge Street (at Shattuck), Berkeley, CA 94704
SUNDAY, MAY 31, 2026 | 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park2151 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Berkeley, CA 94704
We’re thrilled to be part of Bay Area Book Festival’s YouthLit this year!
On Saturday, May 30, join us just outside the Berkeley Public Library where we’re creating a “living room” of youth-centered activities in partnership with Storyland Collective and the Social Justice Children’s Book Fair. Families can drop in anytime from 10:30 AM–3:00 PM for hands-on creative activities for all ages, plus prizes (who doesn’t love prizes), including tickets to an upcoming Roots game. You can also explore the full indoor YouthLit schedule here.
Saturday from 12:30pm–1:00pm, student authors from our latest publication, When the Stars Bloom in Oakland will read and sign books.This gathering is one of several celebrations for this release!
On Sunday, May 31, you’ll find us near the Youth Stages with books for sale, creative activities, and more!
Come celebrate these incredible young poets and spend the weekend surrounded by stories, imagination, and community.
ABOUT THE BOOK
When the Stars Bloom in Oakland is a portrait of twilight and daybreak. It holds what the young people in our city are thinking about and imagining. The poets featured in this anthology are the first cohort of Chapter 510’s Young Oakland Poets Expedition, a program that advances the poetry writing experience for fourth graders across Oakland. Their work is the starlight in these pages. Read this in daylight or under the covers with a flashlight—these poems invite us to look a little closer at our everyday lives and to dream with a sense of unlimited possibility.