Beast Crawl Literary Festival

Oakland’s longest running literary festival

1st annual

Holiday Book Fair

sunday, december 6th

at Gilman Brewing Company

Join Beast Crawl for the 1st Annual Holiday Book Fair Fundraiser! Slide through for a holiday literary gathering featuring indie authors, bookstores, publishers, and organizations from across the East Bay. Purchase holiday gifts, support local businesses, sign up for our open mic, and help us reach our goal of $2,500 to help cover the operating costs for the anual Beast Crawl Literary Festival.

Every ticket guarantees entry into the event and one raffle ticket. Raffle prizes include: books, gift cards, vouchers for services, and plenty more!

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open call for Vendors

Every ticket guarantees entry into the event and one raffle ticket. Raffle prizes include: books, gift cards, vouchers for services, and plenty more!

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Oakland’s Longest Running Literary Festival

Beast Crawl was founded in 2012 by a group of writers (Paul Corman-Roberts, Youssef Alaoui, Missy Church, Andrew J. Thomas, and Heather HK Rainey) who wanted to create a space for the East Bay's diverse literary community to come together and celebrate their work. The first Beast Crawl was held in Uptown Oakland with the help of Hollie Hardy and Scott B. Stokes, and featured 20 performers and took place at bars, restaurants, bookstores, and even a sex shop for some extremely memorable performances

The mission of Beast Crawl is to promote the literary arts in the East Bay and to provide a platform for diverse voices to be heard. The festival is committed to providing a space for writers, poets, and other artists to share their work with the community, and to fostering a sense of community among the East Bay's literary community.

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Make a Donation

We know times are tough, and if you consider donating monthly, the funds do ad up, and allow for us to keep a majority of our events free to the public. Every act of generosity—big or small—helps the Beast Crawl Team plan for year round for the Literary Festival.