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Tue, Jun 03
|Book Society
[POSTPONED] Tilt Talk: Shaking Things Up
**Postponed due to family emergency** Earthquakes in fiction and IRL! Book Society welcomes Emma Pattee about her debut novel Tilt. Joining her in conversation will be Savvas Marcou from the Berkeley Seismology Lab, where he’s part of the real-time seismology and earthquake early warning group.
Time & Location
Jun 03, 2025, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Book Society, 2945 College Ave, Berkeley, CA 94705, USA
About the event
**This event has been postponed due to a family emergency**
Join Book Society for a powerful evening exploring the fault lines between fiction, science, and survival.
We’ll begin with a reading from Tilt, the gripping debut novel by climate journalist Emma Pattee. Called “a moving adrenaline rush that also manages to be very funny” by The New York Times Book Review, Tilt follows Annie, 37 weeks pregnant, as she journeys across a post-earthquake Portland—on foot—navigating the upheaval of both her city and her own impending motherhood. Equal parts heart-pounding and heartfelt, it's a story that explores what happens when the ground shifts beneath our feet—literally and emotionally.
Following the reading, Emma will be joined in conversation by Savvas Marcou, a third-year PhD candidate at the Berkeley Seismology Lab and member of Professor Richard Allen’s earthquake early warning group. Savvas brings a compelling perspective on the science of seismic activity, using real-time…