The annual Library Laureates Dinner, sponsored by Friends of the San Francisco Public Library, will take place on April 20, 2007. Among this year’s thirty-plus local authors are Bharati Mukherjee, Amy Tan, Ben Fong-Torres, Dave Eggers, , Vikram Chandra, Richard North Patterson, Peter Coyote, Joyce Maynard, Orville Schell, ZZ Packer, Sean Wilsey, and yours truly.

From the Friends:

Join us as we celebrate the 40th anniversary of San Francisco’s Summer of Love with an evening that promises fine food, delightful company, and stimulating conversation with outstanding writers. Individual tickets are $400 and tables start at $5,000.

That’s a lot of moolah, but it is, as they say, a good cause. I happen to be a huge fan of the SFPL: if you have friends with deep pockets who are lovers of literature in general, and San Fran literature in particular, please pass the info along.