September 29, 2024 , 10:00 AM

[BKBF] "WHAT DO YOU MEAN FUNNY? LIKE A CLOWN?" - THE POLITICS OF COMEDIC DEPICTION

Join AAWW's Executive Director Jafreen Uddin for a conversation about the politics of humor with comedians Sureni Weerasekera, Pooja Reddy, and Zubi Ahmed on the Brooklyn Bookfest main stage!

September 25, 2024 , 7:00 PM

[IN PERSON] IN CELEBRATION OF DIFFICULT

Join AAWW and STORM Books in celebrating the release of Rewa Zeinati’s poetry chapbook, Difficult, with readings by poets Zeina Hashem Beck, Ghinwa Jawhari, Kamelya Youssef, Sarah Aziza, and Hind Shoufanil, and music by Huda Asfour!

September 13, 2024 , 7:00 PM

[IN PERSON] IN CELEBRATION OF QUARTERLIFE

Join AAWW and P&T Knitwear for an in-person event in celebration of Devika Rege's debut novel, Quarterlife, with author Merve Emre!

July 11, 2024 , 7:00 PM

[IN PERSON] IN CELEBRATION OF THE EYES ARE THE BEST PART

Join AAWW and P&T Knitwear for an in-person event in celebration of Monika Kim's debut novel, The Eyes Are the Best Part, with writer Cassandra Khaw!

June 18, 2024 , 6:00 PM

[IN PERSON] IN CELEBRATION OF THE TRANSLATOR'S DAUGHTER

Join AAWW and Yu & Me Books for an in-person event in celebration of Grace Loh Prasad's debut memoir, The Translator's Daughter, with Melissa Hung, founding editor in chief of Hyphen!

June 5, 2024 , 7:00 PM

[IN PERSON] IN CELEBRATION OF FANG SI-CHI'S FIRST LOVE PARADISE

Join AAWW, Taipei Cultural Center, and Accent Society in celebration of  Lin Yi-Han's and translated by Jenna Tang's, Fang Si-Chi's First Love Paradise! Jenna Tang will in conversation with Soje. 

May 22, 2024 , 7:00 PM

AAWW & THE STRAND PRESENT: VICTOR MANIBO + YUME KITASEI: ESCAPE VELOCITY

Join AAWW and The Strand for an in-person event with speculative fiction writer, Victor Manibo, for the release of his new novel, Escape Velocity. Victor will be in conversation with Yume Kitasei!

May 22, 2024 , 6:00 PM

[IN PERSON] IN CELEBRATION OF WHAT'S EATING JACKIE OH? AND RELATIVE STRANGERS

Join us for an in-person double book launch event at Yu & Me Books to celebrate Patricia Park's new novel, What's Eating Jackie Oh? and A.H. Kim's Relative Strangers!

May 15, 2024 , 6:00 PM

[IN PERSON] IN CELEBRATION OF SHANGHAILANDERS

Join AAWW and Yu & Me Books for an in-person event in celebration of Juli Min's debut novel, SHANGHAILANDERS, with Vanessa Chan, author of THE STORM WE MADE.

May 9, 2024 , 7:00 PM

[IN PERSON] IN CELEBRATION OF NICOLE CHUNG'S A LIVING REMEDY WITH CRYSTAL HANA

Also-Known-As and the Asian American Writers’ Workshop are thrilled to welcome back Nicole Chung, in conversation with Crystal Hana Kim, to celebrate the paperback release of her critically acclaimed memoir A Living Remedy.

May 8, 2024 , 7:00 PM

BOOK EVENT: NINA SHARMA WITH MECCA JAMILAH SULLIVAN

Join us and Greenlight Books for Nina Sharma in conversation with acclaimed author Mecca Jamilah Sullivan, along with a reading and book signing. Nina Sharma presents THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL, a hilarious and moving memoir in essays about love and allyship told through one Asian and Black interracial relationship.

May 2, 2024 , 7:00 PM

AAWW & KUNDIMAN PRESENT: EMERGING WRITERS IN CONVERSATION

Join AAWW and Kundiman in-person and online for a conversation between emerging writers Hannah Bae, Jen Lue, Gina Chung, and Rajat Singh!

April 30, 2024 , 7:00 PM

PATRICIA PARK + BRIAN TEE: WHAT'S EATING JACKIE OH?

Join us for an in-person event at The Strand Book Store to celebrate award-winning author Patricia Park's new young adult novel, What's Eating Jackie Oh? Joining Patricia in conversation is film and television actor, Brian Tee.

April 30, 2024 , 6:30 PM

[IN-PERSON] SEJAL SHAH PRESENTS HOW TO MAKE YOUR MOTHER CRY, WITH MINNA PROCTOR

Join McNally Jackson and AAWW to celebrate Sejal Shah's HOW TO MAKE YOUR MOTHER CRY, a collection of genre-queer short stories braided with images and ephemera explore the experiences of growing up and living as a diasporic Gujarati woman searching for home. Sejal will be in conversation with writer, translator, and editor Minna Proctor!

April 24, 2024 , 7:00 PM

[IN-PERSON] AAWW & THE STRAND PRESENT: EDDIE AHN & KRISTEN RADTKE - ADVOCATE

Join us for an event at The Strand with San Franciscan attorney and Cartoonist-in-Residence, Eddie Ahn, for a discussion of his debut graphic memoir Advocate: A Graphic Memoir of Family, Community, and the Fight for Environmental Justice. Joining Eddie in conversation is critically acclaimed writer Kristen Radtke.

September 13, 2023 , 6:00 PM

AMBIENT FAITH: LIVE READINGS AND CONVERSATION

Join us for a thought-provoking conversation with writer and perfumer Tanaïs and poet Divya Victor moderated by journalist Anjali Kamat. Both artists are featured in our current exhibition, City of Faith: Religion, Activism, and Urban Space.  Divya and Tanaïs’s writings both explore themes of religion and race.  Divya’s CURB focuses on violence against and the religious profiling of South...

July 26, 2023 , 7:00 PM

AAWW & BOOKS ARE MAGIC PRESENT: KING OF THE ARMADILLOS WITH WENDY CHIN-TANNER & ALEX SEGURA

GET TICKETS! This July, AAWW and Books Are Magic come together to celebrate KING OF THE ARMADILLOS, Wendy Chin-Tanner's transcendent debut novel about family, love, and belonging, set against the backdrops of 1950s New York City and a historical leprosarium in Louisiana, following one young man’s quest to not only...

July 20, 2023 , 7:00 PM

[VIRTUAL] AAWW PRESENTS: NATURAL HISTORY + THE ENLIGHTENMENT OF KATZUO NAKAMATSU WITH JENNIFER SHYUE, MICHELLE HAR KIM, AND LISA HOFMANN-KURODA

This July, AAWW presents contemporary translators Jennifer Shyue and Michelle Har Kim in a conversation moderated by translator Lisa Hofmann-Kuroda, following their respective recent publications that bridge literary spheres and allow us access to the acclaimed works of two Peruvian writers. RSVP HERE! One of Peru's most revered contemporary poets,...

July 14, 2023 , 7:00 PM

AAWW & BOOKS ARE MAGIC PRESENT: THE SEA ELEPHANTS WITH SHASTRI AKELA & RAKESH SATYAL

GET TICKETS! This July, AAWW and Books Are Magic come together to celebrate THE SEA ELEPHANTS, a queer coming-of-age novel set in 1990s India, about a young man who flees his father's threats to send him to a conversion center by joining a street theater troupe. Shagun knows he will...

July 11, 2023 , 6:30 PM

[VIRTUAL] AAWW & GREENLIGHT PRESENT: ELSEWHERE WITH YAN GE

This July, AAWW and Greenlight welcome the multi-award-winning author, Yan Ge, for a virtual evening celebrating the launch of her highly anticipated new collection, Elsewhere: Stories. In twenty years, Yan Ge has authored thirteen books written in Chinese, working across an impressive range of genres and subjects. Now, Ge transposes...

June 14, 2023 , 7:00 PM

THE ART OF THE SHORT STORY: M. EVELINA GALANG ON WHEN THE HIBISCUS FALLS WITH HANNAH BAE

M. Evelina Galang, Hannah Bae

RSVP HERE! This June, join the Asian American Writers’ Workshop (AAWW) and The Center for Fiction to celebrate When the Hibiscus Falls, a story collection by award-winning writer M. Evelina Galang that traverses borderlines, mythic and real, to delve into the lives of Filipino and Filipino American women and their...

May 15, 2023 , 6:00 PM

AAWW & MOMA PRESENT WRITING CLUB AT HOME: ON MEMORY WITH SARAH THANKAM MATHEWS

REGISTER NOW! In collaboration with the Museum of Modern Art, AAWW Presents Writing Club At Home. This May, Writing Club at Home welcomes guest writer Sarah Thankam Mathews to facilitate a writing workshop on the theme of memory, focusing on artworks by Lorna Simpson and Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons on view in the installation...

May 9, 2023 , 6:00 PM

AAWW & MOMA PRESENT WRITING CLUB: ON MEMORY WITH SARAH THANKAM MATHEWS

REGISTER NOW! In collaboration with the Museum of Modern Art, AAWW Presents Writing Club. This May, Writing Club at Home welcomes guest writer Sarah Thankam Mathews to facilitate a writing workshop on the theme of memory, focusing on artworks by Lorna Simpson and Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons on view in the installation History into Being. This workshop takes place in person at...

December 9, 2022 , 6:30 PM

[LIVE] ROSES, IN THE MOUTH OF A LION BOOK LAUNCH: CONVERSATION & CELEBRATION

Bushra Rehman, Rajiv Mohabir, DJ Rekha

BUY TICKETS HERE Join us for an in-person event with award-winning novelist, Bushra Rehman, for the release of her new book Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion. This event is co-presented by the Asian American Writers’ Workshop and the Strand, with sponsors Asian/Pacific/American (A/P/A) Institute at NYU and South...

December 6, 2022 , 7:00 PM

[LIVE] AAWW & THE STRAND PRESENT: SABRINA IMBLER + RACHEL E. GROSS

Sabrina Imbler, Rachel E. Gross

PURCHASE TICKETS HERE Join us for an in-person event with writer and science journalist Sabrina Imbler for the launch of their new book How Far The Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures. Joining Sabrina in conversation is award-winning journalist, Rachel E. Gross. This event will be hosted in...

December 1, 2022 , 6:30 PM

[LIVE] MARINA BUDHOS IN CONVERSATION WITH COUNCIL MEMBER SHEKAR KRISHNAN

Marina Budhos, Shekar Krishnan

Join us for a conversation on asylum and sanctuary between award-winning author Marina Budhos and New York City Council Member Shekar Krishnan about Budhos' latest book, We Are All We Have. When a teenage girl's single mom is taken by ICE, everything changes. Seventeen-year-old Rania is shaken awake in her...

November 17, 2022 , 8:00 PM

[LIVE] RAGAS TO REELS WITH THE IRISH ARTS CENTER

Featuring Utsav Lal, Sam Comerford, Ganavya, Winifred Horan (Nov 18), Dana Lyn (Nov 17 &19), Nitin Mitta, and Sahar Romani.  With the Asian American Writers' Workshop The acclaimed Steinway Artist Utsav Lal returns to Irish Arts Center for a special presentation bringing together two living musical heritages—Indian classical and Irish...

November 11, 2022 , 6:30 PM

[LIVE] AAWW X RADIX MEDIA: ZEIN EL-AMINE AND GHINWA JAWHARI

Zein El-Amine, Ghinwa Jawhari

Alongside our friends at Radix Media, we'll be at Starr Bar in Brooklyn in November to celebrate the launch of Zein El-Amine's forthcoming short story collection, Is This How You Eat a Watermelon? in conversation with AAWW Fellow Ghinwa Jawhari. Pre-order Is This How You Eat a Watermelon? here! Zein El-Amine is...

November 2, 2022 , 6:30 PM

[LIVE] AAWW X YU & ME BOOKS: LI ZI SHU AND YZ CHIN CELEBRATE THE AGE OF GOODBYES

Li Zi Shu, YZ Chin

Join us in person at Yu & Me Books on November 2! No RSVP required. This event is presented in partnership with our friends at Feminist Press.

October 28, 2022 , 4:00 PM

[VIRTUAL] FROM MANUSCRIPT TO MARKETPLACE: TEMPLE FOLK

Aaliyah Bilal, Eric Simonoff, Yahdon Israel, Lily Philpott

As a case study of the path to publication, From Manuscript to Marketplace offers candid talks between an author and members of their publishing team. In this event co-produced with the Asian American Writers’ Workshop, author Aaliyah Bilal discusses her forthcoming book of short stories, Temple Folk, with her agent...

October 26, 2022 , 7:00 PM

[LIVE] EMERGE: ASIAN DIASPORIC WRITERS IN CONVERSATION

This event is free and open to the public. Seating and entry are first-come, first-served; the line will form at the Atrium’s entrance on Broadway, between 62nd and 63rd Street. As part of this year's Festival of Firsts, join five Asian writers at the Atrium as they read from their...

October 12, 2022 , 6:30 PM

[LIVE & VIRTUAL] TALKING BOOKS: ASIAN AMERICAN AUTHORS IN CONVERSATION—ALVIN ENG

Alvin Eng

This book talk will take place in person at Chatham Square Library and online. Please join Alvin Eng and our staff as we discuss his memoir, Our Laundry, Our Town: My Chinese American Life from Flushing to the Downtown Stage and Beyond, which is available at NYPL. This program is...

September 22, 2022 , 6:00 PM

[LIVE] WE GATHERED: 130 YEARS OF ASIAN AMERICAN ACTIVISM IN NEW YORK CITY

Wajahat Ali, Gina Apostol, Whitney Hu, Shekar Krishnan, Leela New York

RSVP HERE! Doors for the event will open at 6 PM ET, and the program will begin at 7 PM.  This September, the Asian American Writers’ Workshop, the Strand Book Store, and The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art will convene a multidisciplinary celebration of over a...

September 20, 2022 , 7:00 PM

[LIVE] THE CENTER FOR FICTION PRESENTS: YIYUN LI ON THE BOOK OF GOOSE WITH RIVKA GALCHEN IN PARTNERSHIP WITH AAWW AND A PUBLIC SPACE

Yiyun Li, Rivka Galchen

In-person tickets include a $10 bookstore voucher, redeemable toward the featured event book on the night of the event. All registrants will receive a link to livestream the event. Yiyun Li’s work is beloved by writers and readers alike, and we are thrilled to bring her and Rivka Galchen to...

August 30, 2022 , 6:00 PM

[LIVE] AAWW X YU & ME BOOKS: VICTOR MANIBO CELEBRATES THE SLEEPLESS

Victor Manibo

Join us in person at Yu & Me Books on August 30! No RSVP required.

June 27, 2022 , 6:30 PM

[LIVE] I WANT SKY IN NEW YORK: A READING FOR SARAH HEGAZI

RSVP HERE! In celebration of the life of Sarah Hegazi, two years after her tragic death, join us for a loving Pride reading in New York. Guest editor Mariam Bazeed will be joined by authors from the special tribute publication I Want Sky to read in a garden space for...

June 1, 2022 , 7:00 PM

[LIVE] AAWW & YU & ME BOOKS PRESENT: VANESSA HUA AND VANESSA CHAN

Vanessa Hua, Vanessa Chan

The Asian American Writers’ Workshop, in partnership with Yu & Me Books (NYC’s first Asian American woman-owned bookstore!), presents a reading and conversation with writer Vanessa Hua. Vanessa will join us to celebrate the publication of Forbidden City, a "grand, cinematic, captivating novel" (Cathy Park Hong), and will speak with...

May 24, 2022 , 8:00 PM

[VIRTUAL] WORD IS BOND #7

Ross Gay, Khadijah Queen, Ruth Awad, Joy Priest, Adele Elise Williams, Anthony Thomas Lombardi

REGISTER HERE Come join us for Word is Bond #7! Attendance is FREE but suggested donations will benefit Deep South Decrim, an initiative that works to end the criminalization and abuse of sex workers through harm reduction and decriminalization. DSD is run by Women With a Vision, a New Orleans-based...

May 24, 2022 , 6:30 PM

MARIE MYUNG-OK LEE WITH FRANCES CHA

Marie Myung-ok Lee, Frances Cha

Chances are, you’ve read something you loved by the talented and prolific Marie Myung-Ok Lee. Her stories, criticism, and essays on everything from Picnicking in North Korea to navigating her son’s disability have been published in The Atlantic, The New York Times, Slate, Salon, Guernica, The Paris Review, and The...

May 4, 2022 , 7:30 PM

[LIVE] IN CONVERSATION: OCEAN VUONG, YANYI, AND SOLMAZ SHARIF

Ocean Vuong, Yanyi, Solmaz Sharif

Presented in collaboration with the David Rubenstein Atrium, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. The MacArthur Grant-winning poet and novelist Ocean Vuong and the poets Yanyi and Solmaz Sharif collectively possess a remarkable talent with words and a shared Asian American heritage. Together, they represent a broad stratum of the generational, ethnic,...

May 2, 2022 , 7:00 PM

[LIVE] IN CONVERSATION: GINA APOSTOL AND MELISSA CHADBURN

Gina Apostol, Melissa Chadburn

RSVP HERE Writers Gina Apostol (Bibliolepsy) and Melissa Chadburn (A Tiny Upward Shove) will join the Asian American Writers' Workshop in Battery Park City this May, to read from and discuss their books. Drawing on themes of Filipinx myth, folklore, and history, and the women whose fates are entwined in...

April 28, 2022 , 7:00 PM

[LIVE] AAWW & THE STRAND PRESENTS: VAISHNAVI PATEL: KAIKEYI

Jafreen Uddin, Vaishnavi Patel

This event is in partnership with the Asian American Writers’ Workshop and the Strand. For more information about the Asian American Writers’ Workshop, please visit their website at https://aaww.org . Join us for an in-person event with debut author Vaishnavi Patel for a discussion of her debut novel Kaikeyi. Joining...

April 6, 2022 , 7:00 PM

[LIVE] AAWW X YU & ME BOOKS PRESENT: JENNY TINGHUI ZHANG

Jenny Tinghui Zhang

The Asian American Writers' Workshop, in partnership with Yu & Me Books (NYC's first Asian American woman-owned bookstore!), presents a reading and conversation with debut novelist Jenny Tinghui Zhang. Jenny will join us to celebrate the publication of her book, Four Treasures of the Sky, "an engulfing, bighearted, and heartbreaking novel"...

March 24, 2022 , 1:45 AM

[LIVE] AAWW AT AWP: STORIES IN SOLIDARITY FOR ASIAN ARTISTS

Piyali Bhattacharya, Mira Jacob, Nayomi Munaweera, Jafreen Uddin

Piyali Bhattacharya, Mira Jacob, Nayomi Munaweera, and Jafreen Uddin ask each other: why is it often difficult to build writing coalitions of color? What does it mean to build artistic community among Asian women, and why are these spaces so often riddled with drama? Is the root of the problem...

March 18, 2022 , 7:00 PM

[LIVE] AAWW X YU & ME BOOKS PRESENT: AYESHA RAEES

Ayesha Raees

The Asian American Writers' Workshop, in partnership with Yu & Me Books (NYC's first Asian American woman-owned bookstore!), presents a reading with former AAWW Fellows and current assistant poetry editor at The Margins, Ayesha Raees. Ayesha will join us to celebrate the publication of her chapbook, Coining a Wishing Tower, a "lyric...

March 10, 2022 , 7:00 PM

[LIVE] BROOKLYN READS: IN SENSORIUM WITH TANAïS

Tanaïs, Samhita Mukhopadhyay

Join writer and perfumer Tanaïs for a multisensory exploration of their latest book, In Sensorium: Notes For My People. This expansive memoir offers a critical alternate history of South Asia, written from an American Bangladeshi Muslim femme perspective, and interrogates the ancient violence and ancestral trauma of a lush land...

March 8, 2022 , 8:00 PM

[VIRTUAL] THE WAY SPRING ARRIVES AND OTHER STORIES

C Pam Zhang

Join us for a virtual, bilingual group event to celebrate the release of The Way Spring Arrives and Other Stories, edited and collected by Yu Chen and Regina Kanyu Wang. This event is co-presented with Tor Books, and will be moderated by C Pam Zhang.

February 22, 2022 , 8:00 PM

[VIRTUAL] PEN OUT LOUD X ASIAN AMERICAN WRITERS’ WORKSHOP: JULIE OTSUKA WITH NICOLE CHUNG

Julie Otsuka, Nicole Chung

PEN/Faulkner Award-winning novelist Julie Otsuka joins PEN Out Loud and the Asian American Writers’ Workshop to launch her first novel in over a decade, The Swimmers. Turning her attention to a group of recreational swimmers who are disrupted from their routine when a crack appears at the bottom of their...

February 8, 2022 , 7:00 PM

[VIRTUAL] WORD IS BOND NO.5

Layli Long Soldier, Megan Fernandes, Ghinwa Jawhari, Vanessa Angélica Villarreal, Sadia Hassan, Anthony Thomas Lombardi

REGISTER HERE Celebrate Word is Bond’s new home at AAWW with our inaugural partnership reading! Attendance is FREE but suggested donations will benefit Mississippi Reproductive Freedom Fund & Racing Magpie, an organization supporting Lakota artists & culture bearers. If you have the means, please consider sparing what you’re able &...

February 5, 2022 , 12:00 PM

WITNESS WRITING FROM MYANMAR: BRIAN HAMAN, KO KO THETT, MA THIDA

Brian Haman, Ko Ko Thett, Ma Thida, Mae Yway

RSVP HERE The Asian American Writers' Workshop, in partnership with PEN America and Singapore Unbound, will convene a bilingual reading of work from the forthcoming anthology Picking Off New Shoots Will Not Stop the Spring: Witness Poems and Essays from Burma/Myanmar 1988-2021, followed by a conversation with editors Brian Haman and Ko...