Upcoming Events:

Past Events:

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!
JANUARY 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