Events
Past Events
2023
March 08-1a, 2023
Panelist
Seattle, WA
2022
July 04, 2022
Judge
Academy of American Poets Student Poetry Prize
Seoul, Korea
June 27, 2022
Presenter
June 15, 2022
Presenter and Panel
Poets & Writer Mapping the Maze workshop
2021
December 01, 2021
Panelist and Judge
Bucheon Diaspora Literary Award
Bucheon, Korea
August 31, 2021
Participating Judge
Strangers Press Translation Literary Prize
Seoul, Korea
July 11-17, 2021
Panelist and Reader
Squaw Valley Community of Writers
Nevada City, California
June 30, 2021
Judge
Academy of American Poets Student Poetry Prize
Seoul, Korea
2020
June 29, 2020
Judge
Academy of American Poets Student Poetry Prize
Seoul, Korea
2019
July 8-15, 2019
Workshop Leader and Panelist
Squaw Valley Community of Writers
Nevada City, California
February 21, 2019
Panelist
Wasafiri Magazine Special Issue Launch
London, England
2018
October 21-27, 2018
Speaker and Reader
Seoul International Writers' Festival
Seoul, Korea
May 24-27, 2018
Speaker
The Litro Book Festival
The SOAS University
March 24-25, 2018
Main Speaker and Panel
The Bookworm Literary Festival
Beijing, China
March 7-10, 2018
Writing Women's Interior Lives
AWP Conference
Tampa, Florida
February 16, 2018
Reading for Get Lit
Eastern Washington University
February 12-17, 2018
41st Annual Writers Week Conference
University of California, Riverside
2017
September 12-20,2017
Speaker and International Panel
Brooklyn Book Festival
July 9,2017
Keynote Speaker
Squaw Valley Writer's Workshop
June 3-4, 2017
Bay Area Book Festival
Berkeley, CA
May 18-22, 2017
2017 Turin International Book Fair
Salone Internazionale del Libro di Torino
Torino, Italy
April 21-23, 2017
Book Prize Ceremony April 21, Festival of Books April 22-23
USC Campus, LA
April 20, 2017
Talk at UC Irvine
University of California Irvine
Irvine, CA
March 16-17, 2017
Macau Literary Festival
Macau, China
March 4-9, 2017
Adelaide Writers' Week
Reading and Discussion
Adelaide, Australia
February 11-12, 2017
Reading and Discussion
Times of India Literary Festival
Bangalore, India
2016
December 6, 2016 at 6:30PM
Annual Awards Dinner
Metropolitan Club of New York
November 11, 2016 at 3:00-6:30PM
The New Modern: Understanding Korea Through Film and Literature
Reading and Q&A with Krys Lee
Screening of "The Royal Tailor" and Q&A with Director Won Suk Lee
KLI Auditorium, Yonsei University
November 8, 2016 7:30-9:00PM
Conversation with Krys Lee
Royal Asiatic Society Korea Branch
Residents' Lounge, Somerset Palace
October 7, 2016 at 7:30 PM
conversation with Mariko Nagai
Temple University, Japan Campus
Tokyo, Japan
September 30, 2016 at 7PM
book signing
What the Book?
Itaewon, Seoul
August 10, 2016 at 7:00 PM
Reading and Discussion
Los Angeles, CA
In Conversation with Steph Cha
August 9, 2016 at 6:00 PM
Reading and Discussion
San Francisco, CA
In Conversation with Michael David Lukas
August 8, 2016 at 7:00 PM
Asian American Writers’ Workshop
New York, NY
In Conversation with Barbara Demick and Sukjong Hong
August 4, 2016 at 7:30 PM
Reading and Discussion
Brooklyn, NY
In Conversation with Jessie Chaffee
August 3, 2016 at 7:00 PM
Reading and Discussion
Seattle, WA
August 2, 2016 at 7:30 PM
Reading and Discussion
The Booksmith
San Francisco, CA
In Conversation with Adam Johnson
August 3, 2016 at 7:00 PM
Reading and Discussion
Elliott Bay Book Co.
Seattle, WA
May 28, 2016 at 7:00 PM
Keynote Speech
AAJA-Asia’s N3Con
Seoul, South Korea
February 13-14, 2016
Reading and Panels
Bangkok Edge Festival of Ideas
Bangkok, Thailand
2015
June 18-21, 2015
Reading and Panels
London Short Story Festival
London, U.K.
March 12, 2015
Discussion Panel
Kim Dae-jung Forum on the World’s Future
Seoul, South Korea
2014
April 8-10, 2014
Discussion Panels and Book Signing
London Book Fair
London, U.K.
February 4, 2014
Reading
Writers Week
University of California, Riverside
February 26-March 1, 2014
Reading and Panel
2014 AWP Conference & Book Fair
Seattle, Washington State Convention Center & Sheraton Seattle Hotel
2013
October 3-6, 2013
Keynote Speaker, Reading, and Panel
Bangkok International Literature Festival
Bangkok, Thailand
October 29-November 1, 2013
Judge for the 2013 Neustadt International Literary Prize
Neustadt Literary Festival
University of Oklahoma
November 14-16, 2013
Reading and Panels
Philippine International Literary Festival
Manila, Philippines
May 7-22, 2013
Reading and Panel
Asia house festival- London
UK, London
2012
November 2-11, 2012
Reading and Panels
Singapore Writers Festival
Singapore
October 3-7, 2012
Reading and Panels
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival
Bali, Indonesia
August 11-27, 2012
Reading and Panel
Edinburgh International Book Festival
Edinburgh, Scotland
July 7-14, 2012
Reading and Panel
Squaw Valley Writer’s Conference
Squaw Valley, California
June 16, 2012 at 6 PM
What the Book Bookstore
Itaewon, Seoul
Seoul, Korea
April 21-22, 2012 at 3 PM
Panel and Book Signing
Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
University of Southern California (USC),
Los Angeles, CA
April 12-14, 2012
Reading with Catherine Chung and Alex Gilvarry
Association of Asian American Studies Conference
Capital Hilton Hotel
Washington, D.C.
Tuesday April 10, 2012 at 7 PM
Reading and Discussion
The Women’s Club of Albany
Albany, NY 12208
April 9, 2012 at 7 PM
Reading Followed by Q and A with Writer Alexander Chee
The Asian American Writers’ Workshop
New York, NY
April 6, 2012 at 7 PM
Reading
Boston Korean Adoptees
Cambridge Community Center
Cambridge, MA
April 5, 2012 at 7 PM
Reading
Porter Square Books
Cambridge, MA 02140
March 22-25, 2012
Reading and Various Events
Lit Fest
Dallas, TX
March 12, 2012 at 7:30 PM
M.I.A. Art Literary Series
The Fresh Cafe Space
March 6, 2012 at 4:30 PM
Reading, book signing, and reception
Humanities Building 193
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Los Angeles, CA
February 29-March 4, 2012 at 2:00 PM
Associated Writers Program Annual Conference
Book signing sponsored by the Center for Fiction
Hilton Chicago & Palmer House Hilton
Chicago, Illinois
February 23-26, 2012
Desert Night, Rising Stars
Arizona State University Book Festival
Guest lecturer
February 20, 2012 at 7 PM
The Loft Literary Center
Suite 200, Open Book, 1011 Washington Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55415
February 16, 2012 at 7 PM
NYU Reading Series (New Women Writers)
Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House
New York, NY 10011
February 10, 2012 at 7 PM
Reading
Vroman’s Bookstore
Pasadena, CA
February 9, 2012 at 6 PM
Reading
Book Passage
San Francisco, CA
February 8, 2012 at 7 PM
Reading
University Bookstore
Seattle, WA 98105
February 6, 2012 at 7 PM
Center for Fiction
New York, NY 10017