Upcoming Events:

SEPTEMBER

September 8 1:00pm
Write Now! SF Bay’s Local Color Book Party
San Francisco Public Library
100 Larkin Street San Francisco, CA 94102
San Francisco, CA
Reserve a spot here

September 14 4-7:00pm
Asian American Literary Festival Book Fair
Chinese Culture Center
750 Kearny St., 3rd floor
San Francisco, CA

September 27 4:00pm - Alumnae Reading
September 28 4:00pm Presentation: “Bent Twigs and Endless Pages: A Lifelong Connection to Mills”
Mills College Reunion
Mills College
5000 MacArthur Blvd.
Oakland, CA

OCTOBER

October 9 6:00pm
University of Richmond Writers Series
Carole Weinstein International Center Commons
Richmond, VA

October 12 3:00pm
LitHop Literary Festival
Fresno Music Academy & Arts
Vista Theatre, 1296 N. Wishon Ave
Fresno, CA

October 13 4:00pm
Litquake Panel: “Subterfuge and Secrets: Memoirists Who Go Undercover to Learn the Truth”
San Francisco Public Library
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA

October 25
Litquake: Generation Women
Verdi Club
2424 Mariposa Street
San Francisco, CA

October 27

Rooted & Written Keynote Address
The Writers Grotto
1663 Mission Street, Suite 602
San Francisco, CA
Apply by Sept 22, 2024!

Past Events:

2023

Aug 31, 7:00pm
with the Racket Reading Series, curated by Preeti Vangani
“Singing in the Dark: Writing Grief through joy/wonder/gratitude”
The Sycamore at 2140 Mission St., San Francisco

October 7, 8:30am
Cyrus & Susan Mills Society and Amelia Henry Reinhardt Breakfast
Mills College
Oakland, CA
private event

October 21, 2023 8:00-9:00pm
LitCrawl: “Telling Secrets, Unearthing Histories”
NEW VENUE:
Eric Quezada Center for Culture & Politics
518 Valencia
San Francisco, CA
See more about LitCrawl here

Nov 3, 2023 9:45-11:30 CST
Keynote Presentation: “The Arc of Adoption is Long (And So Is Your Story)”
Adoption Knowledge Affiliates 30th Annual Conference (virtual)
Honoring the Past, Treasuring the Present, Shaping the Future
Register here: Adoption Knowledge Affiliates Conference

Nov 4, 2023  7:00pm (doors open 6:30)
Book Launch Party!
In conversation with Lisa Marie Rollins
with Aiko Taiko drumming group
Sponsored by A Great Good Place for Books
Held at Montclair Presbyterian Church
5701 Thornhill Dr, Oakland, CA 94611

November 5th , 3:00pm
In Conversation with Julie Lythcott-Haims
Books Inc
Palo Alto, CA
More details to come!

November 6th, 5:00pm Pacific Time
”Being Secret, Keeping Secrets, Telling Secrets”
Adoption Network Cleveland
Monday Evening Speaker Series

November 8th, 4:00pm PST (7:00pm ET)
In Conversation with Leanna James Blackwell
Baypath University’s MFA in Creative Nonfiction
Friends of Hatch Speaker Series

November 11th, 7:00pm
In Conversation with Angela Tucker
Third Place Books/Ravenna
6504 20th Ave NE, Seattle, WA

November 12th, 2-4:00pm
“Writing About Family”
In Conversation with Tamiko Nimura
at King’s Books, sponsored by Creative Colloquy 
218 St Helens Ave, Tacoma, WA 98402

November 15th, 7:00pm
In Conversation with Faith Adiele
The Booksmith
1727 Haight St., San Francisco, CA

November 18th, 2-3:30pm
In Conversation with Eirinie Carson
sponsored by Point Reyes Books
at the Dance Palace
503 B Street
Point Reyes Station, CA
Register here for a ticket!

December 2, 2:00pm
Author Talk at the Alameda Free Library
Main Branch/Stafford Room
1550 Oak St.
Alameda, CA

December 3, 12:00pm PST -VIRTUAL
(2pm Central (USA)/8pm GMT (UK/London)
Transatlantic Book Party and Author Talk
with Lizzie Harvey, author of Unspoken: The Silent Truth Behind My Lifelong Trauma as a Forced Adoptee
Sponsored by Adoptees United (USA) and Adult Adoptee Movement (UK)

December 9, 5:30pm
Babylon Salon Reading Series
at The Sycamore
2140 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA

December 10, 2:00-3:00pm
Craft & Career Series
Demystifying Writing Groups: Tips on Finding and Maintaining Your Writing Community
with Audrey Ferber
The Writers Grotto
1663 Mission St., Suite 600
San Francisco, CA
Register here!

2024

Thursday, January 11, 2024 5:00pm
Book reading & reception
hosted by Jerome Joseph Gentes
with complementary appetizers & drinks
Palm Springs, CA

Saturday, January 13, 2024 11:15am -1:15pm
”Imagine Little Tokyo”
Writing Workshop with Naomi Hirahara (free)
in-person and virtual options available!
Japanese American National Museum
Los Angeles, CA

Sunday, January 14, 2024, 4:00pm
In Conversation with Erika Hayasaki
Bel Canto Books
inside KUBO LB 3976 Atlantic Ave.
Long Beach, CA

Tuesday, January 16, 2024 5:00pm
In Conversation with Elmaz Abinader
Mills Hall Living Room, Mills College
5000 Macarthur Blvd.
Oakland, CA

February 7-10, 2024
Associated Writers & Writing Programs Conference, Kansas City

BOOK SIGNING:
Friday, February 9th at 2:00pm
Ohio State University Press Booth # 1407
AWP Bookfair

February 13, 2024 6:30pm
In Conversation with Gayle Brandeis
The Book Stall
Winnetka, IL
February

February 26, 2024 6:30pm
Asian American Diasporic Writers Series
In Conversation with Curtis Chin
420 Hamilton Hall
Columbia University
New York, NY

February 27, 2024 6:00pm
In Conversation with Gretchen Sisson
(book launch for Gretchen’s book, Relinquished: The Politics of Adoption and the Privilege of American Motherhood)
Manny’s
San Francisco, CA
March

March 3, 2024 12:00pm noon PST
Adoptee Book Club - ADOPTEES ONLY
sponsored by the UK Adult Adoptee Movement
Virtual
Register here!

March 14, 2024 6:30pm
Constellation: A Reading Series at Tin House
with Alice Stephens, Sam Roxas-Chua, Angela Tucker, and Shannon Gibney
Portland, OR
Register here!

March 20, 2024 6:30pm
National Book Critics Circle Finalist Reading
The New School, Starr Foundation Hall 63 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY
Register here: free and open to public

March 21, 2024 6:30pm
2023 National Book Critics Circle Awards Ceremony
The New School Auditorium 66 West 12th St,
New York, NY
Register for ceremony & reception here

March 30, 2024 2:00pm
In Conversation with Patricia Wakida
J-Sei
Emeryville, CA

April 2, 2024
San Mateo County Library - VIRTUAL EVENT
San Mateo, CA
Pick up your complementary copy at any branch library!
Register here!

April 4-6, 2024
Alliance for the Study of Adoption & Culture conference (ASAC)
*Panel on Adoptees & Aging April 5, 2024 from 2:30pm-3:45pm EST
Brown University
Providence, RI

April 7, 2024 5:00pm
In Conversation with Karen CL Anderson
Bank Square Books
Mystic, CT
Details here!

April 8, 2024 7:00pm
In Conversation with Tony Corsentino
Large Meeting Room,Winchester Public Library
80 Washington St, Winchester, MA, 01890
Details here!

April 9, 2024 12:00pm
Northeastern University
909 Renaissance Park (Hybrid)
Boston, MA
Register here for in-person
Register here for virtual

April 11, 2024 6:00pm
In Conversation with Marie Myung-Ok Lee
Yu & Me Books
44 Mulberry Street
New York, NY

April 12, 2024 5:30pm
Barnes & Noble Books
634 NJ-Route 17
Paramus, NJ

April 13, 2024 2-4:00pm
For Adoptees Only
Reading & Conversation with Alice Stephens
Lost Lit
Brooklyn, NY
sold out!

April 14, 2024 (evening, stay tuned for details)
In Conversation with Katharyn Machan
Odyssey Bookstore
115 West Green St.
Ithaca, NY
Details coming

April 17, 2024 6:00pm
In Conversation with Sari Botton
Oblong Books
Rhinebeck, NY

April 22-28, 2024
Memoir Workshop
O’ahu Writers Retreat
Waialua, HI

June 10, 2024 6:00pm
In conversation with Alice Stephens
People’s Book
7014-A Westmoreland Avenue
Takoma Park, MD

June 15, 2024 10:00am PT/12:00pm CT/1:00pm ET
The Starlings Collective Adoptee Book Club
VIRTUAL
Register here: (for BIPOC Adoptees only)

June 18, 2024 6:00pm
Montclair Branch, Oakland Public Library
1687 Mountain Blvd.
Oakland, CA
co-sponsored by Friends of the Montclair Library, books will be sold by A Great Good Place for Books

July 27 2:00pm
Reading sponsored by Writers in Kyoto
Ryokoku University
Kyoto, Japan