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SACHI & Bay Area Book Festival Partnership 2026 – Kaleidoscopic Convergence with 2026 NCBA Fiction Finalists

Date:   Sunday, May - 31, 2026
Time:   4.00pm
Location:   Hotel Shattuck Plaza
Crystal Ballroom
2086 Allston Way
Berkeley
Kaleidoscopic Convergence with 2026 NCBA Fiction Finalists – Moderated by author, editor, and critic Jane Ciabattari, this panel will peer closer into those translucent moments that hold the power to change the course of our past, present, and future.
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SACHI & Bay Area Book Festival, 2026: Catastrophic Catalysis: Women Taking Risks for Humanity

Date:   Sunday, May - 31, 2026
Time:   4.00pm
Location:   Brower Center
Kinzie Room
2150 Allston Way Berkeley
A SACHI sponsored BABF 2026 highlight panel features Catastrophic Catalysis:  Women Taking Risks for Humanity – Moderated by Seema Vennam, this inspiring panel uplifts women’s stories by using change as a catalyst for taking the necessary risks to be their creative and human selves.
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SACHI & Bay Area Book Festival, Panel of Secrets & Suspicion

Date:   Sunday, May - 31, 2026
Time:   1.30pm
Location:   The Marsh Theater
2120 Allston Way, Berkeley
Who Did It?  A Thriller Panel of Secrets and Suspicion –Moderated by Nicholas Louis Baham III, California State University professor and author of The People’s Detective, this electrifying panel will explore how contemporary thrillers confront social tensions and moral ambiguity.

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SACHI & Bay Area Book Festival Partnership 2026 – Artful Solutions:  Middle Grade and YA Graphic Novels

Date:   Saturday, May - 30, 2026
Time:   2.15pm
Location:   Berkeley Public Library Mystery Room
2092 Kittredge Street, Berkeley
Artful Solutions:  Middle Grade and YA Graphic Novels –Perfect for middle and high schoolers, educators, and parents, this panel moderated by librarian Elaine Tai will showcase the rich diversity of the graphic novel genre.
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