The country’s largest Filipino American literary festival, with readings, panels and signings, and a great chance to find Filipino and Filipino American children’s books. Programs at the Main Library run Saturday 10am–5:30pm and Sunday noon–5:30pm, all drop-in with no registration (per SFPL). The festival marketplace runs both days and closes at 5:30pm, per SFPL’s program pages; see the festival’s schedule for individual sessions.
Correction, 12 October 2026: this listing gave the marketplace hours as Saturday 11am–5:15pm and Sunday 12:15–5pm. SFPL’s program pages now list different marketplace times, with the marketplace closing at 5:30pm on both days.
Getting There
- MMarket St & Larkin StF Market & Wharves streetcar · 127 m, about 2 min walk
- MCivic Center StationMuni Metro J K L M N · 0.1 mi, about 3 min walk
- BCivic Center / UN Plaza BART0.2 mi, about 4 min walk
Transit directions, including buses
Nearest Muni Metro, streetcar and cable car stops and BART stations, from SFMTA and BART published stop data. Distances are straight-line, and walking times are our estimate. Buses aren’t listed here.
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Getting there by Muni
Nearest BART: Civic Center / UN Plaza, about 2 min walk.
Straight-line distance from the venue; check SFMTA for times and service changes. From our Events by Muni data, October 12, 2026.
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Cite this page: Project SF, “Filipino American International Book Festival”, projectsf.com/events/filipino-american-international-book-festival/ (updated ).