June 20, 2025 , 7:00 PM

IN CELEBRATION OF SAGE

Join AAWW for a celebration of Yaffa’s latest book, Sage! 

June 17, 2025 , 7:00 PM

IN CELEBRATION OF MOTHERSALT AND BECOMING GHOST

Join AAWW for a celebration of Mothersalt by Mia Ayumi Malhotra and Becoming Ghost by Cathy Lin Che, featuring readings by Sahar Muradi and Eugenia Leigh!

June 5, 2025 , 7:00 PM

MEMORY & MOLLUSKS: IN CELEBRATION OF CLAM DOWN AND ANAM

Join AAWW for the joint launch of André Dao's new novel, Anam, and Anelise Chen's new memoir, Clam Down!

May 17, 2025 , 1:00 PM

WRITING INTIMATE DISTANCE - VIRTUAL WRITING WORKSHOP

Join Megan Pinto and Kiran Bath for a virtual workshop on writing about the people we love!

May 8, 2025 , 7:00 PM

IN CELEBRATION OF THE HOLLOW HALF

Join AAWW for a celebration of Sarah Aziza's debut memoir, The Hollow Half, in conversation with Hannah Bae and featuring Kamelya Omayma Youssef, Ghinwa Jawhari, Ladan Khoddam-Khorasani, and H. Sinno!

April 26, 2025 , 6:00 PM

IN CELEBRATION OF OUTSIDE WOMEN

Join AAWW for a celebration of Roohi Choudhry's Outside Women, featuring Mona Eltahawy and Yashica Dutt

April 19, 2025 , 1:00 PM

POETRY AS SOLIDARITY, ART AS CONSTELLATION - WRITING WORKSHOP

Join AAWW at the Guggenheim Museum for a generative poetry workshop led by Courtney Faye Taylor!

March 13, 2025 , 7:00 PM

IN PURSUIT OF LIGHT: MUSTACHE

Join us for a screening of Mustache by Imran J. Khan!

February 6, 2025 , 7:00 PM

IN CELEBRATION OF THE MAGNIFICENT RUINS

Join AAWW in-person and online for a celebration of Nayantara Roy's The Magnificent Ruins, featuring Nina Sharma, Aditi Misra, Shayon Maitra, and Priya Roy!

July 24, 2024 , 7:00 PM

[IN PERSON] IN PURSUIT OF LIGHT: BYE BYE TIBERIAS

Join us for a screening of Bye Bye Tiberias and a discussion with filmmakers Maryam Mir and Munir Atalla!

June 13, 2024 , 7:00 PM

SUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM: A FUNDRAISER FOR AAWW

This June, join us for Summer Night’s Dream, a celebration, community gathering, and fundraiser for the Asian American Writers’ Workshop. After all, our work is only possible through YOU, our community of writers, artists, organizers, and makers in NYC & beyond! In the spirit of reflection, gratitude, and excitement for what we can build next, join us at Hana House in Brooklyn on Thursday, June 13, for food and drink, readings, and community!

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 28, 2024 , 7:00 PM

[IN PERSON] IN CELEBRATION OF THE LAND IS HOLY

Join us for a celebration of writer noam keim's The Land is Holy in conversation with Sarah Aziza and Michael Zalta!

May 16, 2024 , 7:00 PM

[IN PERSON] POETRY AS PRAYER: IN CELEBRATION OF REMEMBERING (Y)OUR LIGHT

Join us for a reading in celebration of remembering (y)our light with River 瑩瑩 Dandelion, Jasmine Reid, Jimena Lucero & Taylor Alyson Lewis!

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!

March 27, 2024 , 7:00 PM

[IN-PERSON] IN CELEBRATION OF: DEAR ELIA

This Spring, join AAWW in-person and online for a celebration of writer and scholar Mimi Khúc's, Dear Elia! Mimi will be joined by the effervescent & Jess X. Snow and Pyaari Azaadi.

March 22, 2024 , 7:00 PM

[IN-PERSON] IN CELEBRATION OF: PUT IT ON RECORD

Later this month, join AAWW for an evening woven of word, song, and dance with Sokunthary Svay, Anthony Lanni, and allia abdullah-matta!

March 7, 2024 , 6:00 PM

[RESCHEDULED] IN CONVERSATION: AN-MY Lê, MONIQUE TRUONG, AND OCEAN VUONG

Join us for a very special conversation between An-My Lê, Ocean Vuong, and Monique Truong, on Thursday, March 7.

February 16, 2024 , 7:00 PM

[IN-PERSON] REMEMBER TO RETURN: A READING AND FUNDRAISER FOR PALESTINE

Join us for a vibrant and necessary evening of poetry toward liberation, toward love, toward memory, toward return. The event will feature readings by the incomparable Kamelya Omayma Youssef, Lara Atallah, Mariam Bazeed, Sahar Delijani, Sahar Romani, Siham Inshassi, & Tala Abu Rahmeh.

December 7, 2023 , 7:00 PM

[VIRTUAL] IN CELEBRATION OF STRAW DOGS OF THE UNIVERSE

This December, join AAWW online for a celebration of the Ye Chun's highly anticipated novel, Straw Dogs of the Universe. She'll be in conversation with author of A Burning, Megha Majumdar.

December 1, 2023 , 6:30 PM

[IN-PERSON] A SOLIDARITY READING & ART AUCTION FOR PALESTINE

Presented by Global Feminists for Palestine & Asian American Writers' Workshop, we invite you to a very special gathering space in support of Palestine Legal.

November 29, 2023 , 7:00 PM

[IN-PERSON] IN CELEBRATION OF WHEN WE BECOME OURS: A YA ADOPTEE ANTHOLOGY

Join Also-Known-As and the Asian American Writers' Workshop in person to celebrate When We Become Ours: A YA Adoptee Anthology, edited by Nicole Chung and Shannon Gibney.

November 10, 2023 , 7:00 PM

[IN-PERSON] BIPOC LITERARY TRANSLATORS CAUCUS & AAWW PRESENT: A TRANSLATION READING

As part of the 2023 ALTA (American Literary Translators Association) Conference in Tucson, Arizona, the BIPOC Literary Translators Caucus and Asian American Writers’ Workshop present A Translation Reading.

November 9, 2023 , 7:00 PM

[IN-PERSON] A POETICS OF SECRECY WITH XIAO YUE SHAN & SIMON SHIEH

RSVP IS REQUIRED TO ATTEND THIS EVENT IN-PERSON. MASKS ARE REQUIRED FOR ALL ATTENDEES. This November, AAWW is so excited to be joined by debut poets Xiao Yue Shan & Simon Shieh for a celebratory co-launch of their collections and a conversation on poetics of secrecy. Xiao Yue Shan's collection,...

November 1, 2023 , 7:00 PM

[VIRTUAL] ON BEING PROLIFIC: A CONVERSATION

Eileen Tabios and Luisa Igloria

Luisa A. Igloria and Eileen Tabios are not just multi-awarded authors with numerous books. The expanse of their prolific output creates its own dimension worth exploring for its impact on the literary life. On Wednesday, November 1st at 7 PM ET, AAWW Presents Eileen and Luisa in conversation about their...

October 24, 2023 , 7:00 PM

[IN-PERSON] IN CELEBRATION OF WHY MARIAH CAREY MATTERS

*RSVP IS REQUIRED TO ATTEND THIS EVENT. MASKS WILL BE REQUIRED FOR ALL ATTENDEES.* This October, join AAWW for a celebration of the first book to critically examine the legacy of pop superstar Mariah Carey. WHY MARIAH CAREY MATTERS examines the creative evolution and complicated biography of a true diva,...

October 23, 2023 , 7:00 PM

[IN-PERSON] HOW LONG CAN THE MOON BE CAGED: VOICES OF INDIA'S POLITICAL PRISONERS

*RSVP IS REQUIRED TO ATTEND THIS EVENT. MASKS WILL BE REQUIRED FOR ALL ATTENDEES. * Join AAWW and Suchitra Vijayan and Francesca Recchia for a discussion on their book HOW LONG CAN THE MOON BE CAGED: VOICES OF INDIAN POLITICAL PRISONERS, a powerful look at authoritarian India through the experiences...

October 18, 2023 , 7:00 PM

[IN-PERSON] FAR FROM THE ROOFTOP OF THE WORLD: ON TIBETAN REFUGEES ACROSS CONTINENTS

*RSVP IS REQUIRED TO ATTEND THIS EVENT. MASKS WILL BE REQUIRED FOR ALL ATTENDEES.* This October, join AAWW, SAJA, Amy Yee, and Jyoti Thottam for a discussion of Yee's new book "Far From the Rooftop of the World: Travels Among Tibetan Refugees on Four Continents." In 2008, China’s government cracked...

October 10, 2023 , 7:00 PM

IN CELEBRATION OF WHALE ARIA AND HOUSE OF CARAVANS

*RSVP IS REQUIRED TO ATTEND THIS EVENT - RSVP HERE. MASKS WILL BE REQUIRED FOR ALL ATTENDEES. COVID VACCINATION AND TESTING SURVEYS WILL BE SENT TO REGISTRANTS AHEAD OF THE EVENT.* This October, join AAWW for a celebration of Rajiv Mohabir’s WHALE ARIA and Shilpi Suneja’s HOUSE OF CARAVANS. The first book event...

October 9, 2023 , 7:00 PM

[VIRTUAL] ON GIRLHOOD, CRAFT, AND WRITING IN COMMUNITY

RSVP HERE! This October, join AAWW for a captivating virtual evening as we delve into the intricate tapestry of girlhood, craft, and the power of writing in community. This event brings together three remarkable voices, author of BIG GIRL Mecca Jamilah Sullivan,  author of THE WOMAN WHO CLIMBED TREES Smriti...

October 4, 2023 , 7:00 PM

[VIRTUAL] CULTIVATING VOICES: NAVIGATING THE MFA JOURNEY AS BIPOC WRITERS

RSVP HERE! Is an MFA right for me? How do I make sure my application is the best it can be? Should I consider a low-residency program? This October, join AAWW for a panel that will address all these questions, and beyond. This event will feature faculty members Sindya Bhanoo,...

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...

August 19, 2023 , 10:00 AM

PAGE TURNER 2023: THE AAWW PUBLISHING CONFERENCE

BUY TICKETS! This summer, we are thrilled to be presenting PAGE TURNER: The Asian American Writers’ Workshop Publishing Conference, a signature program that we’ll present in-person on Saturday, August 19, at The Peoples' Forum. For those unable to attend in person, the event will be available via YouTube livestream for...

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...

March 21, 2023 , 7:00 PM

[VIRTUAL] IN CELEBRATION OF DISORIENTATION: ELAINE HSIEH CHOU AND SABRINA IMBLER

RSVP HERE! The Asian American Writers’ Workshop presents a virtual event celebrating the paperback launch of Elaine Hsieh Chou's DISORIENTATION. This debut novel explores a Taiwanese American woman’s coming-of-consciousness as she ignites eye-opening revelations and chaos on a college campus. The hilarious satire is an examination of privilege and power...

January 3, 2023 , 7:00 PM

[VIRTUAL] IN CONVERSATION: DEEPTI KAPOOR AND MIRA JACOB

Deepti Kapoor, Mira Jacob

Stream this conversation on YouTube! For our first event of 2023, we're welcoming authors Deepti Kapoor and Mira Jacob in a deep and riveting conversation on Deepti's new novel, Age of Vice. Hailed by Booker-Prize winning author Marlon James as "epic, crazy, shocking, mind-blowing, brutal, tender, heartbreaking," Age of Vice is a lush and...

December 1, 2022 , 7:00 PM

[VIRTUAL] THE TRAUMA OF CASTE: A DALIT-FEMINIST LED CELEBRATION & DISCUSSION

Thenmozhi Soundararajan, Pabitra Dash, Mimi Mondal, John Boopalan, Dhanya Addanki

RSVP HERE In December, we'll convene a A Dalit feminist-led celebration and discussion of Thenmozhi Soundararajan's anticipated new book, The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing, and Abolition featuring Thenmozhi Soundararajan (the @DalitDiva), John Boopalan, Pabitra Dash, and Mimi Mondal, and moderated by Dhanya Addanki. Purchase a...

October 19, 2022 , 9:00 PM

[VIRTUAL] IN CELEBRATION OF COCOON: ZHANG YUERAN, JEREMY TIANG, AND JADE SONG

Zhang Yueran, Jeremy Tiang, Jade Song

RSVP HERE! / 在这里预约注册 This October, the Asian American Writers' Workshop will convene a bilingual virtual celebration of Zhang Yueran's novel Cocoon, translated by Jeremy Tiang. We'll be joined by both the author and translator, as well as artist and author Jade Song, for readings from the book in Chinese and English, and...

October 13, 2022 , 7:00 PM

[VIRTUAL] IN CELEBRATION OF: THE FUTURE IS DISABLED: PROPHECIES, LOVE NOTES, AND MOURNING SONGS

Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Cyrée Jarelle Johnson

RSVP HERE On October 13th, the Asian American Writers’ Workshop celebrates The Future is Disabled: Prophecies, Love Notes, and Mourning Songs (Arsenal Pulp Press, October 22), Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha’s highly anticipated collection of essays. An expansion of Leah’s prolific book Care Work (Arsenal Pulp, 2018), Leah asks, “What if disability...

September 20, 2022 , 7:00 PM

[VIRTUAL] MARTIAL LAW AT 50: TO REMEMBER IS TO RESIST

This event will be streamed on the Asian American Writers' Workshop YouTube page. The Asian American Writers’ Workshop presents readings and performances curated by 2022 Open City Fellow Vina Orden in remembrance of a dark period in the history of the Philippines. 50 years ago, on September 21, 1972, dictator...

August 16, 2022 , 7:00 PM

[VIRTUAL] IN CONVERSATION: NO'U REVILLA AND JULIAN AGUON

No'u Revilla, Julian Aguon

RSVP HERE!  This August, the Asian American Writers' Workshop joins Milkweed Editions in celebrating No'u Revilla's debut collection Ask the Brindled, which was selected by poet Rick Barot as a winner of the 2021 National Poetry Series. Praised by Craig Santos Perez as "an astonishing addition to the canon (or canoe)...

August 10, 2022 , 7:00 PM

[LIVE] IN CONVERSATION: DUR E AZIZ AMNA AND SARAH THANKAM MATHEWS

Dur e Aziz Amna, Sarah Thankam Mathews

RSVP HERE! Debut novelists Dur e Aziz Amna (American Fever) and Sarah Thankam Mathews (All This Could Be Different) will join us this August with readings from their books, and conversation on community, otherness, and writing immigrant futures in twenty-first century America. We ask that you respect the following COVID-19...

July 19, 2022 , 7:00 PM

[VIRTUAL] IN CONVERSATION: JAMIL JAN KOCHAI AND KARAN MAHAJAN

Jamil Jan Kochai, Karan Mahajan

RSVP HERE! This July, the Asian American Writers' Workshop brings together authors Jamil Jan Kochai and Karan Mahajan to discuss and celebrate Jamil's debut short story collection, The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other Stories. A luminous exploration of the Afghan diaspora and modern-day Afghanistan, these stories trace the wounds...

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...