Long Novel Weekend
October 10-11, 2026
Every year, the San Francisco Council devotes one event to multiple discussions about a single long work of fiction.
A Novel Development
Each year, usually in the late summer or fall, we gather for a weekend of discussion sessions to dig into a long work of fiction.
In 2026 we'll gather on October 10-11, on Zoom, to discuss William Faulkner’s masterpiece, The Sound and the Fury.
Robert Penn Warren wrote, “For range of effect, philosophical weight, originality of style, variety of characterization, humor and tragic intensity, Faulkner’s works are without equal in our time and country.” Please join Lillian Dabney and Louise DiMattio as we attempt to plumb the depths of one of Faulkner’s greatest novels. There is a registration charge of $40.00. We'll be reading from the Vintage International edition.
Information about how to register will be published soon.
Long Novel Weekends in the recent past have featured discussions of The Country Girls trilogy, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Wuthering Heights, A Tale of Two Cities, and The Master and Margarita.
Questions? Please send email to greatbooks.longnovel@gmail.com.
