Events

Upcoming

  • CITY OF SMOKE AND SEA – Book Launch and Celebration
    • Celebrating Malia Marquez’s new novel
    • With Barbara Fant, Tim Cummings, and Francesca Lia Block
    • Village Well Books, Culver City
    • Wednesday, March 19th, 6:00pm
  • AWP 2025
    • Red Hen Press – Booking Signing
    • Booth 345
    • Thursday, March 27th, 12:30pm-1:30pm
  • UCLA Extension WPNOW Writer in Residence
    • Spring Quarter 2025

Past

  • Writer in Conversation 
    • with E. P. Tuazon
    • Open Book, Canyon Country – October 20th, 2024
  • Trenches Full of Prose 
    • with Ariana Ross, Rico Aoki, and Jonathan Santa Maria
    • Page Against the Machine, Long Beach – September 19th, 2024
  • Currant Jam – Dog Days Launch
    • with Summer Benowitz, Shania Young, Peyton Davis, and S M Van de Kamp
    • Frogtown Creative – July 27th, 2024
  • Festival of Asian American Books, Long Beach
    • with Viet Thank Nguyen, Rooja Mohassessy, Lee Herrick, Carolyn Huynh, and more
    • Michelle Obama Neighborhood Library – May 4th, 2024
  • PEN AMERICA: EARTH–WATER–FIRE–MUSIC
    • A celebration of new work by PEN Emerging Voices Alum
    • with KB Brookins, Noel Alumit, and Nancy Lynne Woo.
    • PEN America LA – September 26th, 2023
  • Our Stories, Our Strength
    • May 6th, 2023
    • Long Beach Los Altos Library, with Nancy Woo, Jeremy Ra, and Julayne Lee
  • Los Angeles Times Festival of Books–Book Signing
    • April 22nd, 2023
  • Author Talk with Kevin Chen (GHOST TOWN)
    • The Red Hen Press Gallery
    • April 21st, 2023
  • BLACK WAS NOT A LABEL 
    • with Kathryn H. Ross for her memoir BLACK WAS NOT A LABEL
    • Stories Books & Cafe, Echo Park, Los Angeles
    • With Doug Manuel
    • March 19th, 2023
  • Roar Shack!
    • Hosted by David Rocklin
    • 826LA Time Travel Mart in Echo Park
    • March 19th, 2023
  • Word of Mouth
    • North Figueroa Bookstore, Highland Park, Los Angeles
    • February 16th, 2023
    • with Ron Dowell, Michelle Meyers, and Sofia Fey
    • hosted by Dare Williams
  • Village Well Books – Culver City
    • December 4th, 2022
    • with Toni Ann Johnson and Kate Maruyama
  • Stories Books & Cafe – Echo Park
    • November 4th, 2022
    • with Ben Loory, Meg Howrey, and other guests TBD!
    • Special Musical Guest: Lilliana Villines!
  • Chevalier’s Books – Larchmont
    • Virtual Event
    • with Luree Scott
    • October 27th, 2022
  • Bel Canto Books – Long Beach
    • October 18th, 2022
    • with Toni Ann Johnson, Jessica Shoemaker, Nancy Woo
    • Special musical guest: Bitter Party!

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  • LAUNCH DAY! at Skylight Books – Los Feliz 
    • October 11th, 2022
    • in conversation with J. Ryan Stradal
    • Skylight Books
  • LIT QUAKE FESTIVAL – San Francisco 
    • October 8th, 2022
    • Craft and the Creative Life Panel: Debut Authors
  • SKYLIGHT BOOKS: Focal Point Book Launch
    • Book Launch for Jenny Qi’s poetry collection FOCAL POINT
    • with Lily Hoang
    • May 22nd, 2022
    • Skylight Books
  • LitFest Pasadena
    • Red Hen Press Craft Panel & Short Fiction Workshop
    • May 7th, 2022
    • Red Hen Press Offices
  • Antioch University Literary Uprising
    • November 9th, 2021
  • Tolsun Books Read-A-Thon
    • October 24th, 2021
  • Faultline Issue 30 Launch Party
    • May 27th, 2021
    • hosted by Cassie Leone and Miguel Cid
  • Tolsun Books Read-A-Thon
    • October 25th, 2020
    • hosted by David Pischke
  • SAGA IV: Launch Party
    • May 30, 2019
    • Long Beach City College
    • hosted by Professor Jason Casem
  • The Blue Hour

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  • The Blue Hour
  • Vermin On The Mount
    • April 13, 2018
    • Bookshow, Highland Park
    • with Susan Henderson, Naomi Hirahara, Yelena Moskovich, Scott O’Connor, Mark Sarvas, and Amy Wallen
    • hosted by Jim Ruland
  • The Blue Hour 
    • February 25, 2018
    • The Victory Theatre, Burbank
    • Featuring: Chris Lee, Matt Buga, Lauren Wilson, and Grace Singh Smith
    • Hosted by Lily Anne Harrison
    • Music by Matt Kronish
  • PEN in the Community 
    • December 2, 2017
    • Greenway Court Theater, Los Angeles
    • Pete Hsu as Teaching Artist in Residence at Fairfax High School with Mr. Joel Miller’s 6th Period English 9. Reading and celebration of the publication of their shared anthology with Shawna Kenney and the Freda Mohr Center for Seniors.

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  • The Blue Hour
    • July 30, 2017
    • The Victory Theatre, Burbank
    • Featuring: Kate Beecroft, Lily Harrison, Lauren Wilson, Matt Buga, Julia Barna, Bart Aikman, and Zora Ellis

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  • PEN America Emerging Voices Fellowship–Final Reading
    • Skirball Cultural Center
    • with Jessica Shoemaker, Soleil David, Chinyere Nwodim, Kirin Khan, and Ashaki Jackson, J. Ryan Stradal, Dana Johnson, Amelia Gray, Jade Chang

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  • PEN America Emerging Voices Fellowship Meet & Greet
    • June 17th, 2017
    • Skylight Books, Los Angeles
    • Emerging Voices Fellows, alumni, and mentors in conversation for the 2018 application cycle
    • Featuring: Patrick O’Neil, Jian Huang, Mike Padilla, Natalie Lima, and Soleil David
  • PEN America Emerging Voices Reading at Tongue & Groove

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  • PEN America Emerging Voices Welcome Party at Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions

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