Events
UPCOMING EVENTS
conference
AWP Baltimore: Conjuring Home: Women of Color on Exile, Borders & Belonging
March 6, 2026, 10:35-11:50am ET
Room 301, Level 300, Baltimore Convention Center
Nonfiction reading with Sabina Khan-Ibarra, Tara Dorabji, Eirinie Carson, Betty Shamieh, Grace Loh Prasad
PAST EVENTS
Lit Crawl Phase 1: Between Borders and Belonging
October 25, 2025, 5-6pm PT
Red Poppy Art House, 2698 Folsom St., SF
Join the members of 17 Syllables for a reading and collaborative poem: Grace Loh Prasad, Jay Dayrit, Brian Komei Dempster, Lillian Howan, Marianne Villanueva
Writers Grotto: Building Your Author Platform
September 28, 2025, 10-12pm PT
Register for the Zoom link. Cost: $99
2-hour virtual workshop on how to get started building your platform as an author
44th Annual Northern California Book Awards
September 6, 2025, 2pm
San Francisco Main Library, 100 Larkin St.
Event is free and open to the public
virtual class
Tin House Online Craft Intensive: Experimentation in Memoir
September 13, 2025, 10-1pm PT
Register for the Zoom link. Cost: $75
3-hour virtual workshop on Experimentation in Memoir: Exercises to Get Unstuck
In Conversation with Winnie M. Li at Bookshop West Portal
August 21, 2025, 7pm PT
80 West Portal Ave., San Francisco
Winnie M. Li discusses her novel What We Left Unsaid in conversation with Grace Loh Prasad
Book Talk with Grace Loh Prasad, Author of The Translator’s Daughter
May 16, 2025, 5:30pm PT
On Waverly, 162 Waverly Place, San Francisco
In conversation with Jennifer Hu
Meet the Author: Grace Loh Prasad at Redwood City Public Library
May 6, 2025, 6:30pm PT
1044 Middlefield Road, Redwood City
Grace Loh Prasad discusses her memoir The Translator’s Daughter
AWP Los Angeles: The Cost of Assimilation: Asian Diaspora Writers on Losing Their First Language
March 29, 2025, 12:10-1:25pm PT
Room 511AB, Level Two, Los Angeles Convention Center
Nonfiction reading & panel with Grace Loh Prasad, Brian Truong, Geetha Iyer, and Annie Tan
AWP Los Angeles: Offsite Reading: Growing From Our Roots, an Asian Debut Showcase
March 27, 2025, 6pm PT
Art Share L.A. 801 East 4th Pl., Los Angeles
An offsite reading of AAPI writers: Asha Thanki, Tarik Dobbs, Summer Farah, Grace Loh Prasad, Megan Pinto, Jessica Nirvana Ram, Rhoni Blankenhorn, Jimin Seo, Joseph Han, Sophia Terazawa
AWP Los Angeles: Beyond Tiger Moms & Model Minorities: Imagining the Asian American Family
March 27, 2025, 3:20-4:35 PT
Room 501ABC, Level Two, Los Angeles Convention Center
Panel with Kim Liao, Kirstin Chen, Jimin Han, Matthew Salesses, and Grace Loh Prasad
AWP Los Angeles: Offsite Reading: Love in a Time of Crisis
March 26, 2025, 6:45pm PT
1642 Bar, 1642 West Temple St., Los Angeles
An offsite reading of memoir and CNF writers: Annie Liontas, Jackson Bliss, Shze Hui Tjoa, Minelle Mahtani, Grace Loh Prasad, Vanessa Angelica Villarreal
Refusing Silence: Writing Women’s Lives
February 20, 2025, 7pm PT
Womb House Books, Temescal Alley, 470 49th St., Oakland
Reading and panel discussion with three Oakland memoirists: Faith Adiele, Susan Kiyo Ito and Grace Loh Prasad
Meet the Author: Grace Loh Prasad at Millbrae Library
February 19, 2025, 6-7pm PT
1 Library Avenue, Millbrae, CA
Grace Loh Prasad discusses her memoir The Translator’s Daughter in conversation with Sabina Khan-Ibarra
Olufunke Grace Bankole at Green Apple Books on the Park
February 12, 2025, 7pm PT
1231 9th Ave., San Francisco
Olufunke Grace Bankole discusses her novel The Edge of Water in conversation with Grace Loh Prasad
Tin House Online Craft Intensive: Experimentation in Memoir
December 15, 2024, 10-1pm PT
Register for the Zoom link. Cost: $75
3-hour virtual workshop on Experimentation in Memoir: Exercises to Get Unstuck
Writers League of Texas: Unlock Your Memoir with Hybrid Structure
November 23, 2024, 10-1pm CT/8-11am PT
If you’re in the “messy middle” of writing your memoir, this class will help you break out of your rut using hybrid storytelling techniques
Chinese Ancestral Identity in American Literature
November 10, 2024, 2:00-3:30pm PT
San Francisco Main Library, 100 Larkin St.
Grace Loh Prasad in conversation with Cara Lopez Lee, author of Candlelight Bridge
Life After MFA: Debut Author Panel
October 29, 2024, 5-6pm PT
McLaren 251, University of San Francisco, 2130 Fulton St., SF
Four authors (Hayley Dennings, Jon Hickey, Grace Loh Prasad, and Sasha Vasilyuk) discuss their publication journeys, moderated by author and USF professor Kate Folk.
FAIRFAX, VA: Fall for the Book: Navigating Identity Through Language, Space, and Time
October 16, 2024, 1:30pm ET
Wilkins Plaza Tent, George Mason University
In conversation with Ani Gjika, author of An Unruled Body. Moderated by Faith Palermo
Litquake: How Mighty Is the Small, Independent Press?
October 13, 2024, 1-2pm PT
San Francisco Main Library, Saroyan Gallery, 100 Larkin St.
Panel discussion with Tania Malik, Nina Schuyler, Carol LaHines, and Grace Loh Prasad
Litquake: Secrets and Subterfuge: Memoirists Who Go Undercover to Learn the Truth
October 13, 2024, 4-5pm PT
San Francisco Main Library, Saroyan Gallery, 100 Larkin St.
Panel discussion with Leslie Absher, Susan Kiyo Ito, Margaret Juhae Lee, and Grace Loh Prasad
Cosmic Kinship: Asian American Literature Festival SF Bay Area Book Fair
September 14, 2024, 4-8pm PT
Chinese Culture Center, 750 Kearny St., 3rd Floor
Book fair and readings by local Asian American authors, hosted by Kearny Street Workshop in conjunction with the Asian American Literature Festival (Sept. 14-22, multiple cities and online)
Write Now! SF Bay LOCAL COLOR Book Party
September 8, 2024, 1-5pm PT
San Francisco Main Library, 100 Larkin Street
Group reading with Karla Brundage, James Cagney, Jasmine Iolani Hakes, Susan Kiyo Ito, Tureeda Mikell, Shizue Seigel, Kim Shuck, Kimi Sugioka and Maw Shein Win
WTAW Summer Reading Salon
August 1, 2024, 5pm PT
Register for the Zoom link
Group reading with Molly Giles, Terese Svoboda, and Zack Rogow
Stranger Than Fiction Reading Series
July 21, 2024, 2pm PT
Specs Bar, 12 William Saroyan Place, North Beach, SF
Group reading with Kim Addonizio, Alan Black, Joe Loya, Naomi Goldner, Natacha Ruck
PHILADELPHIA: Big Blue Marble Bookstore
June 22, 2024, 11:15am ET
551 Carpenter Lane, Philadelphia
In conversation with Leigh Hopkins
NEW YORK: Cafe Philo: Exile & Belonging in the Taiwanese Diaspora
June 21, 2024, 6:30pm ET
440 Lafayette St., Room 4C, NY
Book talk & presentation for the Taiwanese diaspora community
NEW YORK: Yu & Me Books
June 18, 2024, 6pm ET
44 Mulberry St., NY
In conversation with Melissa Hung; cosponsored by Asian American Writers Workshop
Babylon Salon Reading Series at The Sycamore
June 15, 2024, 5:30pm PT
2140 Mission St, SF
Group reading with Katie M. Flynn, Elizabeth Stix, and Sasha Vasilyuk
LONG BEACH: Bel Canto Books
June 8, 2024, 6pm PT
KUBO LB, 3976 Atlantic Ave., Long Beach
In conversation with E.P. Tuazon, author of A Professional Lola
Bay Area Book Festival: Memoir & Imagination: Where Truth & Creativity Collide
June 2, 2024, 4-4:45pm PT
Allston Stage
Memoir panel with Leta McCollough Seletzky, Sylvia Brownrigg, and Tarek El-Ariss
Lyrics & Dirges Reading Series at Pegasus Books
May 29, 2024, 7pm PT
2349 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley
Group reading with Anna Mantzaris, Susana Praver-Pérez, Dorothy Lazard , Priyanka Sebeni, and Tureeda Mikell
Tin House Craft Intensive: Experimentation in Memoir
May 25, 2024, 10am-1pm PT
Register for the Zoom link. Cost: $75
3-hour virtual workshop on Experimentation in Memoir: Exercises to Get Unstuck
Las Positas College Literary Festival: Writing Hybrid Identity
May 11, 2024, 1:15-2:15pm PT
Room 4213, Mertes Center for the Arts (Building 4000)
3000 Campus Hill Drive Livermore, CA 94551
FREE one-hour workshop on Writing Hybrid Identity
Reclaiming Heritage: The Translator’s Daughter Book Reading & Mahjong Night
April 23, 2024, 7-9pm PT
The Ruby, San Francisco (address provided when you RSVP)
Reading and conversation with Nicole Wong of The Mahjong Project, followed by a mahjong party!
South Bay Book Launch at Books Inc. Campbell (Pruneyard)
April 17, 2024, 7pm PT
1875 S. Bascom Ave. #600, Campbell
Reading and conversation with Grace Hwang Lynch
Sebastopol Lit Crawl: Around the World with the Writers Grotto
April 13, 2024, 3:30-4:30pm PT
Third Pig Bar, 116 S. Main St., Sebastopol
Group reading with Eirinie Carson, Sabina Khan-Ibarra, Caroline Paul, and Sasha Vasilyuk
North American Taiwanese Women’s Association
March 30, 2024, 1pm PT
4413 Fortran Court, San Jose
Reading and Author Talk at the Taiwanese American Center
Secret Nook Reading Series
March 27, 2024, 7pm PT
Clio’s Bookstore, 353 Grand Ave., Oakland
Group reading on the theme of Nature. Follow @secret.nook on Instagram for updates
Alameda Free Library Authors Series
March 23, 2024, 2pm PT
1550 Oak St., Alameda
Reading and Author Talk at the Alameda Free Library
BOOK LAUNCH @ Pegasus Books, Berkeley
March 19, 2024, 7pm PT
2349 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley
Book launch for The Translator’s Daughter, in conversation with Vanessa Hua
Reading & Meeting @ The Writers Grotto
March 15, 2024, 5pm PT—please register at the link
1663 Mission St., San Francisco
Group reading featuring Grotto members with new books: Karla Brundage, Katie Flynn, Caroline Paul, and me
The Mechanics Institute: Writers Lunch: Crossing Languages in Writing
March 15, 2024, 12pm PT - Virtual
This virtual panel will feature a conversation with authors Cristina Garcia and Saskia Vogel about how different languages influence our writing, moderated by Sheryl J. Bize-Boutte
Watch the recording on YouTube
BOOK LAUNCH @ The Booksmith, San Francisco
March 7, 2024, 7pm PT
1727 Haight Street, San Francisco
Book launch for The Translator’s Daughter, in conversation with Susanne Pari
AWP Kansas City: What Bookshelf Do I Belong On?
February 9, 2024, 10:35-11:50am CT
Feeling boxed in by genre definitions? If you’re more interested in reading and writing hybrid narratives that defy categorization, this panel is for you
AWP Kansas City: Bad Immigrant Daughters in Fiction and Nonfiction
February 8, 2024, 1:45-3pm CT
Join Lisa Chiu, Monica Macansantos, Lindsay Wong, Putsata Reang, and me for what’s sure to be a fun panel on how we’re subverting the model minority
Alta Mesa Center for the Arts January Reading: Making Space 2024
January 28, 2024, 4pm PT
Excited to kick off the new year reading with Dawn Angelica Barcelona, Celeste Chan, and Jennifer Hasegawa. Hosted by Maw Shein Win and Candy Shue