Past Events

Join us for an in-person event with debut novelist Susie Luo, for the release of her new book Paper Names. This event will be hosted in the Strand Book Store's 3rd floor Rare Book Room at 828 Broadway on 12th Street. An unexpected act of violence brings together a Chinese-American family and...

REGISTER NOW! This May, join AAWW and Asian American Arts Alliance for a financial wellness workshop for arts workers with certified financial planner Pamela Capalad and educator Brian "Dyalekt" Kushner. Our dreams of being creatives didn’t include having to be our own accountant, bookkeeper, HR, insurance specialist, marketing, merch desk, shipping, and personal...

Join AAWW and Yu & Me Books this May to celebrate The Man in the McIntosh Suit, a Filipino-American take on Depression-era noir featuring mistaken identities, speakeasies, and lost love. No registration required! The year is 1929 and Bobot is just another migrant worker in rural California. Or rather, a...

Join us as we celebrate the publication of Ava Chin’s new book, “Mott Street: A Chinese American Family's Story of Exclusion and Homecoming" with a special book reading and Q&A session! As a fifth generation Chinese American, Ava Chin’s family stories were shrouded in mystery. It was only until she...

Mondays, April 17 and 24 | 6 PM ET - 8 PM ET Online | 2 Sessions | Sliding Scale $100- $200 REGISTER HERE! **This workshop is exclusively for BIPOC (Black and Indigenous, and People of Color) writers. If you are not BIPOC, we ask that you do not register.**...

RSVP HERE! On April 5th at 7 PM ET, the Asian American Writers’ Workshop presents a celebration of best-selling author Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai’s latest novel, DUST CHILD, a convergence of lineage and memory borne from decisions made in time of war. Chanel Miller says, “In DUST CHILD, rupture leads...

Join us for an in-person event with debut author Jinwoo Chong for a discussion of his debut novel Flux. Joining Jinwoo in conversation is New York Times best-selling author Alexander Chee. This event will be hosted in the Strand Book Store's 3rd floor Rare Book Room at 828 Broadway on 12th Street.

Where are you from . . . ? No—where are you from from?” It’s a question every Asian American gets asked, the refrain of an incessant chorus saying you’ll never belong here, you’re a perpetual foreigner, you’ll always be seen as an alien, an object, or a threat. Monica Youn’s...

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...

What does writing Asian and South/east Asian futures even mean? Join us as we uplift innovative writers Kirin M. Khan, Zeyn Joukhadar, Angela Peñaredondo, Lisa Factora-Borchers, and Kay Ulanday Barrett. Together they will share new work and discuss the current stakes and patterns in craft, audience, editing, and themes centering...

Friday, March 3, 2023 | 5 PM ET - 7 PM ET Online | 1 Session | Sliding Scale $50- $100 REGISTER HERE! **This workshop is exclusively for BIPOC (Black and Indigenous, and People of Color) writers. If you are not BIPOC, we ask that you do not register.** **LIMITED...

Join us for another Mouth to Mouth with Open Mic on February 28 at 7 PM ET! Hosted and curated by Kay Ulanday Barrett, this month Mouth to Mouth celebrates writers Aurielle Marie and Noah Arhm Choi! Limited open mic slots are available! To put your name in for lottery...

Saturdays, February 25 and March 4 | 4 PM ET - 6 PM ET (1 PM PST - 3 PM PST) Online | 2 Sessions | Sliding Scale $100- $200 REGISTER HERE! **This workshop is exclusively for BIPOC (Black and Indigenous, and People of Color) writers. If you are not...

An immersive debut set across the temples, slums, and gated estates of late-twentieth century Bangkok, telling the story of three families striving to control their destinies in a merciless, sometimes brutally violent, metropolis. Mai Nardone is a Thai and American writer whose fiction has appeared in American Short Fiction, Granta,...

RSVP HERE! The Asian American Writers’ Workshop presents a virtual book launch event for V. V. Ganeshananthan's novel, Brotherless Night. A heartbreaking exploration of civil war and its' impact on a Sri Lankan family, Ganeshananthan presents “an achingly moving portrait of a world full of turmoil, but one in which...

REGISTER NOW! In collaboration with the Museum of Modern Art, AAWW Presents Writing Club At Home. This January, Writing Club welcomes guest writer Alice Sparkly Kat to facilitate a writing workshop on sunlight, moonlight, prophesy, and becoming. Alice Sparkly Kat will introduce On Kawara’s series I Got Up…, share a...

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...

Stream on YouTube here! As we close out 2022 and look to the future, we invited writer and comedian Karen Chee to join our Executive Director, Jafreen Uddin, for an informal year-end conversation, as part of our Fireside Chat series. Join them in late December for our last event of...

Join us for another Mouth to Mouth with Open Mic on Tuesday, December 20 at 7 PM ET! Hosted and curated by Kay Ulanday Barrett and Jimena Lucero, this month Mouth to Mouth celebrates glorious writers Alexis Aceves Garcia and Thea Matthews. RSVP HERE to receive a link the day...

REGISTER NOW! In collaboration with the Museum of Modern Art, AAWW Presents Writing Club at Home with guest writer Kay Ulanday Barrett to facilitate a virtual workshop on wholeness and assemblage. Kay Ulanday Barrett will introduce works of art by Alfonso Ossario and Adrian Piper, share a series of creative writing...

2 sessions, December 10 and 17, 2 PM ET - 5 PM ET Sliding Scale $100-$200 REGISTER HERE! **This is a workshop exclusively for BIPOC (Black/Indigenous/People of Color) writers. We encourage Queer and Trans BIPOC folx register. We ask all non-BIPOC allies to take a step back from this workshop.**...

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...

REGISTER NOW! In collaboration with the Museum of Modern Art, AAWW Presents Writing Club. This December, Writing Club welcomes guest writer Mimi Zhu to facilitate a writing workshop on community and interconnectedness. Mimi Zhu will introduce works of art by Martin Wong, Jenny Hozler, and Lady Pink, share a series...

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...

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...

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...

The Asian American Writers’ Workshop, in partnership with Artbook @ MoMA PS1 Bookstore, presents a celebration of Jamie Marina Lau’s forthcoming novel, Gunk Baby (Astra Books, December 2022)! Gunk Baby is, “a black comedy workplace thriller about a cabal of low-wage workers who plot violent acts of ‘resistance’ against their...

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...

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...

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.