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SEP 2

6:00 PM

SIMON'S ROCK AT BARD COLLEGE

GREAT BARRINGTON, MA

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SEP 25

6:00 PM

GUANGWHA BOOKSHOP

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM

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OCT 16

TBD

SCRIPPS COLLEGE

CLAREMONT, CA

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OCT 18

LAS VEGAS BOOK FESTIVAL

LAS VEGAS, NV

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OCT 21

1:00PM

GREENSBORO PUBLIC LIBRARY

GREENSBORO, NC

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Oct 22

4:00PM

DUKE UNIVERSITY

DURHAM, NC

OCT 27-31

GREAT MICHIGAN READ TOUR

TBD

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NOV 10

6:00 PM

SAN ANTONIO PUBLIC LIBRARY

SAN ANTONIO, TX

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Nov 13

TBD

ASIA SOCIETY HOUSTON

HOUSTON, TX

Nov 18

TBD

NEW YORK UNIVERSITY

NEW YORK, NY

SEP 4

6:00 PM

COSTA MESA DONALD DUGAN LIBRARY

COSTA MESA, CA

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OCT 11

11:30 AM

URBAN HISTORIES CONFERENCE

BILTMORE HOTEL, LOS ANGELES, CA

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OCT 17

3:00 PM

UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA

LAS VEGAS, NV

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OCT 20

TBD

WAKE FOREST

WINSTON-SALEM, NC

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Oct 21

6:30PM

ONE CITY, ONE BOOK: FILMS AND CONVERSATIONS

GREENSBORO, NC

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Oct 25

4:00PM

THROUGH OUR LENS

DETROIT, MI

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NOV 4

ADDIS ABABA BOOK CLUB

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NOV 11

12:45PM

TRINITY UNIVERSITY

SAN ANTONIO, TX

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NOV 13

TBD

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON

HOUSTON, TX

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NOV 19

TBD

NAME 2025 CONFERENCE

NEW ORLEANS, LA

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PAST EVENTS

UNITED STATES

Feb. 7 - Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut, CA
March 3 - Oakton College, Des Plaines, IL
March 4 - University of Illinois, Chicago
March 5 - Notre Dame, South Bend, IN
March 6 - Butler University, Indianapolis
March 12 - University Paris 8, Paris (Zoom)
March 24 - Free Library, (Indepe), Philadelphia
March 25 - Temple University, Philadelphia
March 25 - Sang Kee Peking Duck Restaurant
March 26 - Univ. of Pennsylvania

March 28 & 29 - ASIANetwork Conf. in San Antonio
April 7 - E. Lansing Public Library
April 8 - Hope College, Holland, MI
April 9 - Wayne State University
April 10 - Novi Library, Novi, MI
April 10 - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
April 14 - San Francisco State University (Zoom)
April 23 - A Seat at the Table, Sacramento
April 24 - University of San Francisco
April 26 - Michigan Notable Books

EUROPE

May 8 - University of Amsterdam
May 8 - John Adams Institute
May 9 - University of Antwerp
May 9 - Luddites Books and Wine, Antwerp
May 10 - Red Star Line, Antwerp
May 12 - University of Rouen
May 13 - Columbia in Paris
May 14 - Les Mots & Les Choses, Boulogne-Billancourt
May 15 - Imperial College London
May 18 - Four Bears Lit Fest. (Reading) (with Adrian Raffil)
May 20 - Oxford University
May 21 - Heath Bookshop, Birmingham (with Winnie Liyon)

May 22 - Keele University, Stafford
May 23 - University of Nottingham (with Hongwei Bao)
May 23 - Waterstones, Nottingham
May 26 - Queer Lit / Social Refuge (with Jo Somerset)
May 27 - The Leeds Library
May 28 - University of York (with Tom Houlton)
May 29 - University of Edinburgh
May 30 - University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
June 5 - British Library, London
June 13 – Jean Monnet University, St. Etienne

UNITED STATES

Jan. 14 - Andover Bookstore, Andover, MA
Jan. 15 - Phillips Andover Academy, Andover, MA (closed)
Jan. 16 - Boston College High School, Boston (closed)
Jan. 17 - Clark University, Worcester, MA
Jan. 18 - Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Jan. 19 - University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA
Jan. 19 - Lala Bookstore, Lowell, MA
Jan. 25 - Georgetown University, Washington, DC
Jan. 26 - Tucker Boatwright Festival, Richmond, VA
Jan. 28 - Bookmarks Moveable Feast, Winston-Salem, NC
Jan. 29 - University of NC, Chapel Hill, NC
Jan. 29 - Epilogue Bookstore, Chapel Hill, NC
Feb. 1 - Michigan State University, Lansing, MI
Feb. 2 - Hooked Bookstore, Lansing, MI
Feb. 3 - West Bloomfield Public Library, West Bloomfield, MI
Feb. 4 - Troy Public Library, Troy, MI
Feb. 4 - Detroit Public Library, Detroit, MI
Feb. 5 - Grosse Pointe Library, Grosse Pointe, MI
Feb. 6 - Rochester Hills Public Library, Rochester Hills, MI
Feb. 7 - Washington University, St. Louis, MO
Feb. 7 - Left Bank Books, St. Louis
Feb. 9 - AWP Conference, Kansas City, MO
Feb. 10 - Durwood Film Vault Library, KC Library, Kansas City, MO
Feb. 14 - California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA
Feb. 15 - Queens Public Library, Queens, NY (Zoom)
Feb. 15 - Hana House, Brooklyn, NY
Feb. 17 - Santa Monica Public Library, Santa Monica, CA
Feb. 24 - Monterey Park Public Library, Monterey Park, CA
Feb. 26 - Columbia University, New York, NY
Feb. 27 - Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY (closed)
Feb. 27 - Yu and Me Books, New York, NY
Feb. 28 - Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY
March 3 - da shop, Honolulu, HI with actress Amy Hill
March 4 - University of Hawaii, George Hall 227, Honolulu, HI
March 8-10 - Tucson Book Festival, Tucson, AZ
March 21 - Virginia Festival of the Book, Charlottesville, VA
March 23 - Historical Society of MI, Oakland Univ., Rochester, MI
March 25 - Bloomfield Township Library, Bloomfield, MI
March 26 - University of Maryland, College Park, MD (closed)
March 26 - Oakland Community College (zoom)
March 26 - University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, MI
March 27 - The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
March 27 - Prologue Books, Columbus, OH
March 28 - Cincinnati Public Library, Symmes Township, OH
March 30 - Carmel Public Library, Carmel, IN
March 30 - Tomorrow Bookstore, Indianapolis, IN
April 2 - University of Illinois, Urbana-Champagne, IL
April 3 - Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
April 3 - University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
April 4 - Evanston ASPA, Evanston, IL
April 5 - Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
April 6 - Midwest Asian American Student Union, Ann Arbor, MI

April 9 - Brazos Bookstore, Houston, TX
April 10 - University of Texas, Austin, TX
April 10 - Austin Public Library, Austin, TX
April 12 - Asian American Youth Leadership, Portland, OR
April 12 - Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
April 16 - Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY April 17 - Yale University, New Haven, CT
April 18 - Brown University Bookstore, Providence, RI
April 19 - Boston College, Boston, MA
April 20 - Michigan Notable Books, Lansing, MI
April 22 - Skidmore College, Albany, NY
April 23 - Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
April 23 - Boston University (Zoom)
April 23 - YMCA Downtown Writers Center, Syracuse, NY
April 24 - Monroe Community College, Rochester, NY
April 26 - Association of Asian American Studies, Seattle, WA
April 29 - Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC
May 1 - Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA
May 6 - Weho Reads, West Hollywood, CA
May 8 - Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, CA
May 8 - University of California, Irvine, CA
May 13 - Detroit Pistons
May 14 - Kresge Foundation
May 15 - Ford Motor Company
May 16 - Dennos Museum, Traverse City, MI
May 25 - Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco, SF, CA
May 30 - NCORE Conference, Honolulu, HI
June 4 - Detroit Lions (Zoom)
June 10 - NCAPCD Conference, Chicago, IL
June 10 - Baldwin Library Public Library, Birmingham, MI (Zoom)
June 11 - Lexington Library, Lexington, MA (Zoom)
June 12 - Obama Foundation (Zoom)
June 13 - CISCO (Zoom)
June 20 - Gay Pride Celebration - Zoom
June 27 - Asian Youth Center, Monterey Park, CA
July 1 - American Library Association, San Diego, CA
July 12 - OCA Convention, Philadelphia
July 14 - Columbus Book Festival
July 27 - San Diego Comicon
Aug 10 - Asian American Journalists Association
Oct. 24 - South Dakota State University, Sioux Falls, SD
Oct. 27 - Lao Sze Chuan, Chicago
Oct. 29 - The Peterboro, Detroit
Oct. 28 - DePaul University, Chicago, IL
Oct. 29 - Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees, Detroit, MI
Nov. 7 - Bennington College, Bennington, VT
Nov. 11 - Red Chili, Syracuse
Nov. 14 - American Studies Conference, Baltimore, MD
Nov. 16 - Museum of Chinese in America, New York, NY
Nov. 17 - China Pearl, Boston
Nov. 19 - Yale University, New Haven, CT
Nov. 20 - Hop Kee, New York
Nov 22 - Mei Mei, Tucson
Nov. 23 - Southern Arizona Senior Pride, Tucson, AZ
Dec. 1 - Tai Tung, Seattle
Dec. 3 - Golden Horse, Portland
Dec. 5 - University of California, Davis
Dec. 5 - University of California, Berkeley
Dec. 6 - Far East Cafe, San Francisco
Dec. 7 - Golden Star, San Antonio
Dec. 9 - Din Ho, Austin
Dec. 11 - Tan Tan, Houston
Dec. 17 - Golden Dragon, Los Angeles

ASIA

September 11 – Sogang University (Seoul)
September 12 – Yonsei University (Seoul)
September 13 – Camp Humphrey (Pyeongtaek)

September 17 – Doshisha University (Kyoto)
September 19 – Temple University Tokyo (Tokyo)

UNITED STATES

Feb . 11 - Harvard Law School Conference
Feb. 12 - Pao Arts Center
Feb. 13- MIT
Feb. 14 - Central Connecticut State
Feb. 14 - University of Connecticut
Feb. 15 - Yale
Feb. 16 - Columbia
Feb. 17 - Rutgers (New Brunswick)
Feb. 18 - Crane Community Center (Philadelphia)
Feb. 19 - International Center of Photography
Feb. 21 - Princeton
March 2 - Tucson Chinese Community Center
March 4 - Tucson Book Festival
March 8 - Seattle University
March 10 - Lavender Languages and Linguistics Conference (Zoom/Boise State, Boise)
March 11 - BiPOC POP Conference (Austin, TX)
March 16 - 2nd Anniversary of Atlanta Spa Shootings
March 18 - Asian Film Expo (Boston)
April 2 - ACT Human Rights Festival (Ft. Collins, CO)
April 3 - Colorado State University
April 3 - University of Colorado, Boulder
April 4 - Colorado College of Mines
April 4 - University of Colorado, Denver
April 6 - Association of Asian American Studies (Long Beach)
April 10 - The Roeper School (Birmingham Campus, MI)
April 11 - Cranbrook Academy (Bloomfield Hills, MI)
April 15 - Middle Tennessee State University
April 16 - The Porch (Nashville)
April 17 - Vanderbilt University
April 20 - Multiethnic Literature US Conference (Indianapolis)
April 21 - Asian American / Asian Resource Initiative (New York)
April 22 - Rainbow Book Fair (New York)
April 27 - Asian Pacific Americans in Higher Education (Oakland)
May 1 - Eastern Washington University
May 2 - APIC Spokane
May 23 - DeAnza College, (Cupertino, CA)
May 23 - Chinese American Museum (Los Angeles)
May 24 - University of Colorado (Boulder)
May 24 - AZ AANHPI for Equity (Phoenix, AZ)
May 28 - US Consulate in Shanghai (Zoom)
July 6 & 7 - Asian American Journalists Association
Aug. 3 - East Brunswick Public Library (Dear Corky)
Aug. 13 - Outwrite Literary Conference (Zoom)
Aug. 25 - National Assoc. of Asian American Professionals (Boston)
Sep. 8 & 9 - National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Assoc. (Philadelphia)
Oct. 16 - PRE-LAUNCH KICK-OFF hosted by AAPI Civic Engagement Fund and Run AAPI (Zoom)
Oct. 17 - Strand Bookstore, Manhattan, NYC with Jafreen Uddin
Oct. 18 - Asian Pacific Islander American Health Forum, DC

Oct. 19 - St. Peter's University, Jersey City
Oct. 19 - MLK Library, DC with Ben DeGuzman
Oct. 20 - East Brunswick Library
Oct. 20 - Asian Arts Initiative, Philadelphia, PA with David L. Eng
Oct. 21 - Princeton Library Beyond Words Gala, NJ with A.M. Homes
Oct. 22 - Porter Square Books, Cambridge, MA with Rani Neutill
Oct. 23 - Boston Foundation, Boston
Oct. 23 - Ramsey Library, St. Paul, MN with Katie Chin (Zoom)
Oct. 24 - Boston Atheneum, MA with Amber Payne
Oct. 26 - Cal Poly Pomona, CA
Oct. 26 - Skylight Books, LA, CA with Jeff Yang
Oct. 27 - Stop AAPI Hate at JANM, LA, CA with Manjusha Kulkarni
Oct. 28 - Oakland Asian Cultural Center, CA with Terry Park
Oct. 29 - Books, Inc., Palo Alto, CA with Michelle Tam
Oct. 30 - Green Apple Books, 1231 9th Ave., SF with Dominic Lim
Nov. 1 - Ocean Star Restaurant with Dr. Jang Huh, Seattle, WA
Nov. 2 - Univ. of Wash at Tacoma with C. Miura & T. Velasquez
Nov. 3 - Portland State Univ, OR with Amy Wang
Nov. 5 - Boswell Books, Milwaukee, WI with Z Zakaria
Nov. 6 - North Central College, Naperville, IL with Liz Spencer
Nov. 7 - American Writers Museum, Chicago, w/ G. Chan McKibben
Nov. 8 - Oakland Univ, Rochester Hills, MI with Randiah Green
Nov. 9 - Univ Michigan (Rackham) Ann Arbor, MI with Manan Desai
Nov. 11 - Ann Arbor District Library, MI with Doris Truong
Nov. 12 - Detroit Historical Museum, MI with Jamon Jordan
Nov. 13 - University of Toledo, OH
Nov. 14 - Bowling Green Univ, OH
Nov. 15 - Oberlin College, OH
Nov. 16 - Asian Services in Action, 526 Main Street, Akron, OH
Nov. 16 - Cuyahoga Library, Beachwood, OH
Nov. 16 - NAME Conference, Montgomery, AL (Zoom)
Nov. 17 - Norcross Public Library, GA with Natalie Keng
Nov. 18 - Miami Book Fair, FL
Dec. 6 - Angel Island Immigration Station (Zoom)
Dec. 7 - SF Book Chums
Dec. 7 - Books Inc, Pruneyard, 1875 Bascom, Campbell, CA
Dec. 8 - Changing Hands Books, Tempe, AZ
Dec. 9 - Anythink Lib., Wright Farms, Thornton, CO w/ Gil Asakawa
Dec. 11 - Wolverine Publick House, Ft. Collins, CO
Dec. 12 - Under the Umbrella, Salt Lake City, UT

EUROPE

May 9 - Heinrich Heine University (Dusseldorf, DE)
May 10 - Bochum University (Bochum, DE)
May 11 - University of Amsterdam (Amsterdam, NE)

May 11 - University of Leiden (Leiden, NE)
May 15 - University of Groningen (Groningen, NE)
May 18 - Imperial College (London, UK)

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