Queens Read Celebrity Autobiographies!

Literary Speakeasy returns to Oasis on October 15 with another evening of “Queens Read Celebrity Autobiographies!”

Join us as we celebrate the most scandalous, most outrageous, and most ludicrous books ever penned by celebrities! You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll wonder how these books ever got published. Some of the best Bay Area queens will be putting on their reading glasses to roast and honor these absurd literary masterworks. From A-list film icons to D-list reality stars, no celebrity is safe!

Your hosts for the evening are Elsa Touche and James J. Siegel

With readings from :

Bebe Sweetbriar

Fauxnique

Jubilee

J.A. Valentine

Piranha Psychotronica

Vanilla Meringue

General Tickets $25, Premium Runway Seating $30. Proceeds from ticket sales will benefit Litquake’s Kidquake programming. Purchase of a runway ticket includes a raffle ticket to win fabulous prizes. Raffle ticket sales will benefit local queer organizations.

Doors open at 6PM, show beings at 7PM.

Literary Speakeasy is a monthly literary show at Martuni’s piano bar. The show, which has been going strong for over eight years, is held on the last Thursday of every month at 7PM and showcases the best Bay Area writers, poets, and songwriters. Literary Speakeasy is hosted and curated each month by San Francisco-based poet James J. Siegel.

“Queens Read Celebrity Autobiographies” got its start at

Martuni’s, but soon outgrew the space due to standing-room only audiences. The show soon moved to Oasis nightclub.

Since 1999 Litquake has hosted 10,500 authors for 275,000 attendees and distributed 12,000 free books to San Francisco schoolchildren. With over 225 literary partners, Litquake functions more than ever as an umbrella organization stitching together the Bay Area’s literary scene. In its lively, diverse and inclusive celebration of San Francisco’s thriving contemporary literary scene, Litquake seeks to foster an interest in literature, perpetuate a sense of literary community, and provides a forum for Bay Area writing as a complement to the city’s music, film, and cultural festivals.