UPCOMING EVENTS
7/6/25 3:00pm, Vancouver Book Launch for The Riveter, Chinatown Storytelling Centre, Vancouver, BC
7/10/25, 6:00-8:00pm, Book Launch and Military Exhibition Tour, Chinese Canadian Museum, Vancouver, BC
9/20/25, 1:30pm, Kingston Writers Fest, Kingston, ON
9/24/25, Brockport Writers Forum, SUNY Brockport, Brockport, NY
10/18/25, Victoria Festival of Authors (virtual), Victoria, BC
PAST EVENTS
6/1/25 LitLive Reading Series, Hamilton, ON
5/21/25 “Jack Wang: The Riveter,” Vancouver Public Library, Vancouver, BC
5/11/25 “Group Reading: Six Writers Read Poems, Fiction, Memoir, and Ethnography”, Spring Writes!, Ithaca, NY
5/2/25 “Past as Present” with Gwen Tuinman and Linda McQuaig, Ottawa Writers Festival, Ottawa, ON
4/30/25 “The Journey Prize: A Short Story Conversation” with John Elizabeth Stinzi, Iryn Tushabe, and Shashi Bhat, The Festival of Literary Diversity, Brampton, ON
3/21 & 22/25 Monmouth College, Monmouth, IL
2/21/25 Parthenon Books, Syracuse, NY
2/11/25 New York City Book Launch, Yu & Me Books, New York, NY
2/9/25 Ithaca Book Launch, Buffalo Street Books, Ithaca, NY
1/29/25 Toronto Book Launch, Flying Books, Toronto, ON
5/6-7/23 LITERAsian, Vancouver, BC
2/10/23 Visiting Author Reading Series, Downtown Writers Center, YMCA of Central New York, Syracuse, NY
2/5/23 “Let’s Begin: Strategies for Opening a Story,” The Writer’s Studio, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC
10/21/22 “Holding Attention in Fiction,” Surrey International Writers Festival, Surrey, BC
10/12/22 Event with Melissa Fu, Yu & Me Books, New York City, NY
9/20/22 Canadian Writers in Person, York University, Toronto, ON
8/13/22 Chinatown Storytelling Centre, Vancouver, BC
7/12/22 “Holding Attention in Fiction,” Historic Joy Kogawa House, Vancouver, BC
5/18/22 “Construction of a Story Arc” with Frances Boyle, Sidura Ludwig, and Natasha Deen, The Writers’ Union of Canada Webinars
5/4/22 Kingston Frontenac Public Library / Queens University Library, Kingston, ON
5/2/22 “Keeping It Short” with Kim Fu and Norma Dunning, The Festival of Literary Diversity, Brampton, ON
3/16/22 “A Century of Chinese Migrant Stories” with Doretta Lau, Vancouver Public Library, Vancouver, BC
2/28/22 Literary Forum, SUNY Geneseo, Geneseo, NY
2/12/22 “Holding Attention in the Short Story,“ The Festival of Literary Diversity Academy Webinars
11/7/21 ”The Publication Process: Writer, Editor, and Agent Connect” with Jackie Kaiser, Janie Yoon, and Pamela Mulloy, Wild Writers Literary Festival, Waterloo, ON
10/21/21 Visiting Writers Series, Wells College, Aurora, NY
9/28/21 Red Dragon Reading Series, SUNY Oneonta, Oneonta, NY
8/14/21 Ithaca Is Books, Buffalo Street Books, Ithaca, NY
6/15/21 New Fiction with Nana Nkweti and Emilio Fraia, Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn, NY
6/8/21 US Book Launch, Buffalo Street Books, Ithaca, NY
5/18/21 “The Science of Fiction,” Ottawa Independent Writers, Ottawa, ON
5/7/21 Reading with G’Ra Asim, Spring Writes! Literary Festival, Ithaca, NY
5/7/21 “Collected Work: On Writing Short Forms, and Gathering Them into Book Form” with Leslie Daniels, Emily Fridlund, and Gina Nutt, Spring Writes! Literary Festival, Ithaca, NY
3/4/21 How to Pronounce Knife Book Talk with Souvankham Thammavongsa, Innis College, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
11/18/20 ”The Short Story: Getting In Between Spaces” with Vinh Nguyen and Souvankham Thammavongsa, Wild Writers Literary Festival, Waterloo, ON
11/4/20 “On Holding Attention,” Wild Writers Literary Festival, Waterloo, ON
10/27/20 ”The Immigrant Experience” with Marc Herman Lynch, Toronto International Festival of Authors, Toronto, ON
10/25/20 “The Afternoon Tea” with Caroline Adderson, Francesca Ekwuyasi, Will Ferguson, Michelle Good, and Kevin Spenst, The Vancouver Writers Fest, Vancouver, BC
9/30/20 Victoria Festival of Authors with Amanda Leduc, Catherine Hernandez, and Zsuzsi Gartner, Victoria, BC
9/25/20 “Time Travel” with Kawika Guillermo and Leslie Shimotakahara, Word Vancouver, Vancouver, BC
9/21/20 Canadian Book Launch, Innis College, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
9/10/20 “At the Crossroads” with Kaie Kellough, Words Across Canada / The Word on the Street, Toronto, ON
8/28/20 “Late Bloom: Publishing Later in Life,” Chautauqua Writers' Center Brown Bag Conversation, Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, NY