Name: Who Lies Better Than Writers? Two Truths and a Lie with Sibylline Press
Start: 2026-10-24T17:00:00-0700
End: 2026-10-24T18:00:00-0700

One of the most anticipated literary nights of the year, Lit Crawl San Francisco is a massive, one-night literary pub crawl through San Francisco’s Mission District on Saturday, October 25th from 5:00-9:00pm. Join us to cap off another great festival, and don’t miss out on the afterparty at Drawing Room Annex!

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Who Lies Better Than Writers? Two Truths and a Lie with Sibylline Press

Saturday October 24, 2026 5:00pm - 6:00pm PDT

Et al. etc. (2831a Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94110)

This fast-paced, fun literary twist on the classic "two truths and a lie" game will introduce you to eleven great new books by fabulous women over fifty. Guess who’s lying and take home a free book!

Authors & Performers

Elaine Elinson

Elinson, former editor of the ACLU News, is coauthor of Wherever There’s a Fight, Gold Medal winner in the California Book Awards and Development Debacle, which was banned by the Marcos dictatorship. Elinson’s writing has appeared in a wide variety of publications from The Nation... Read More →

Marianne Lonsdale

Marianne Lonsdale’s debut novel, When The Road Curves, was published by Sibylline Press in 2026. Her personal essays and poetry have appeared in several print anthologies and various online publications including The New York Times, Literary Mama and Pulse. She’s committed to... Read More →

Jordan Rosenfeld

Author, Sibylline Press

Jordan Rosenfeld is author of 11 books, most recently Writing Through the Pause: Mining Midlife for Powerful Writing and the novel Fallout. She’s published widely, from the Atlantic to Scientific American and many more. Learn more about her freelance writing, developmental editing... Read More →

Lesley Miles

Architect Lesley Miles read her first story A London Love Story on a KQED Perspectives segment. It gave her the impetus to start writing about her experiences in Guatemala in the late 1970s that led to genocide in the early 80s. Her book All Things Hidden: A Witness to Paradise Lost... Read More →

Jean Gordon Kocienda

A former geopolitical risk analyst and history researcher, Jean Gordon Kocienda speaks and reads Japanese fluently. Her debut novel, Girl in a Box, based on the life of Japanese poet Yosano Akiko (1878-1942), is filled with her original tanka poetry translations. She co-hosts the... Read More →

Pam Troy

Pam Troy is the author of THE NEWCOMERS, a magical realism historic fiction novel and the first in the series “The Chronicles of Touperdu.” She is a longtime resident of San Francisco.

Helen Gladden

Helen Gladden is a retired high school and middle school principal, as well as a former English teacher. She was born and raised in the East Bay, where she currently lives with her husband of forty-two years and their two Golden Retrievers. She enjoys traveling, taking long walks... Read More →

Valerie Saul

Valerie Saul had an unconventional healthcare career in the U.S., New Zealand, South Korea and Singapore, before writing her debut novel, The Badass Widows, a Mystery. (Sibylline Press, 2026) When she’s not writing stories about gutsy older women, she can be found rowing a racing... Read More →

Saturday October 24, 2026 5:00pm - 6:00pm PDT
Et al. etc. (2831a Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94110) 2831a Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA

PHASE 1

Audience 18+
Genre mixed genre, audience participation, women of a certain age

Lit Crawl San Francisco 2026