Upcoming Events
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 Sindhya Bhanoo,...
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...
*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. Rajiv and Shilpi will...
Join us for an in-person event with award-winning writer and producer Curtis Chin for the launch of his new memoir Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant. Joining Curtis in conversation is the Executive Director of the Asian American Writers’ Workshop Jafreen Uddin. This event will be hosted...
*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, Amy Yee, and Jyothi Thottam for a discussion of Yee's new book "Far From the Rooftop...
October 18, 2023
7:00 PM
7:00 PM
Asian American Writers Workshop
112 W. 27th Street, 6th Floor
New York New York 10001
112 W. 27th Street, 6th Floor
New York New York 10001
*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.* Join AAWW and Suchitra Vijayan and Francesca Recchia for a discussion on their book HOW LONG CAN THE MOON...
October 23, 2023
7:00 PM
7:00 PM
Asian American Writers’ Workshop
112 West 27th Street, Suite 600
New York
112 West 27th Street, Suite 600
New York
*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 the first book to critically examine the legacy of pop superstar...
October 24, 2023
7:00 PM
7:00 PM
Asian American Writers’ Workshop
112 West 27th Street, Suite 600
New York
112 West 27th Street, Suite 600
New York
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... Past Events
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...
In 2020, worker-owned, independent publisher Radix Media initiated The Megaphone Prize, then called the Own Voices Prize, as a way to champion, highlight, and publish emerging writers of color. For our first iteration, poet Aria Aber graciously came on as the guest judge and chose There Is Still Singing in the...
September 1, 2023
7:00 PM
7:00 PM
Kay Ulanday Barrett, Arianna Monet, Maya Marshall
Join us for another Mouth to Mouth with Open Mic on August 31 at 7 PM ET! Hosted and curated by Kay Ulanday Barrett, this month Mouth to Mouth celebrates magical writers Arianna Monet & Maya Marshall! Limited open mic slots are available! To put your name in for lottery...
REGISTER HERE! This August, join NYPL, AAWW, SAJA, and AAJA-NY for a celebration of award winning journalist Prachi Gupta's highly anticipated memoir, They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies That Raised Us, named one of the best books of the season by the New York Times and the Washington Post....
August 24, 2023
7:00 PM
7:00 PM
Chatham Square Library
33 E. Broadway
New York NY
33 E. Broadway
New York NY
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...
August 19, 2023
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
The People’s Forum
320 W 37th St.
New York NY 10018
320 W 37th St.
New York NY 10018
Join us for an in-person event with award-winning poet Sally Wen Mao for a discussion of her new poetry collection The Kingdom of Surfaces. Joining Sally in conversation is author and translator Ricardo Alberto Maldonado. This event will be hosted in the Strand Book Store's 3rd floor Rare Book Room...
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 26, 2023
7:00 PM
7:00 PM
Books Are Magic
122 Montague Street
Brooklyn NY 11201
122 Montague Street
Brooklyn NY 11201
Kay Ulanday Barrett
Tuesday, July 25 | 7 PM ET - 8 PM ET | APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED UNTIL 11:59 PM ET, JULY 19 ***A free poetry workshop by and for Queer and Trans Sick, Disabled, Deaf, and Neurodivergent folx of the Global Majority (BIPOC). If you do not identify as such and are...
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,...
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 14, 2023
7:00 PM
7:00 PM
Books Are Magic
122 Montague Street
Brooklyn NY 11201
122 Montague Street
Brooklyn NY 11201
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...
Adeeba Shahid Talukder, Aldrin Valdez, Catherine Chen, and Sokunthary Svay
Join us at Rector Park on July 7th at 7 PM ET where the Asian American Writers’ Workshop and Battery Park City present Ballads at Battery Park City, the third installment of our summer poetry series in collaboration with Battery Park City Alliance. This reading will include a reading and...
July 6, 2023
7:00 AM
7:00 AM
Rector Park East
Rector Place & South End Ave
New York NY 10280
Rector Place & South End Ave
New York NY 10280
Kay Ulanday Barrett, Chrysanthemum Tran, Diamond Forde, and Ryka Aoki
Join us on Thursday June 22 for a celebratory reading for PRIDE on our virtual stage! This year we are featuring our co-presenter Kay Ulanday Barrett, Chrysanthemum Tran, Diamond Forde, and Ryka Aoki! RSVP HERE! KAY ULANDAY BARRETT is a poet, essayist, cultural strategist, and A+ napper. They are the... Angela Peñaredondo, Jan-Henry Gray, Jen Soriano, Christine Imperial, and Kay Ulanday Barrett
Join us on Thursday June 15 at 7 PM ET for a reading and roundtable on interdisciplinary approaches to migration, earth, empire, and mental health featuring Filipinx poets Angela Peñaredondo, Jan-Henry Gray, Jen Soriano, and Christine Imperial! We’ll witness each poet’s work and move on to a moderated conversation with... 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...
June 14, 2023
7:00 PM
7:00 PM
Akil Kumarasamy, Courtney Faye Taylor, Golden, Bushra Rehman, and Natalie Wee
RSVP HERE! Celebrate Pride Month with the 2022 Lambda Literary finalists of color, organized by Lambda Literary and the Asian American Writers Workshop in co-partnership. Featuring readings by Akil Kumarasamy (Meet Us by the Roaring Sea, finalist in Bisexual Fiction), Courtney Faye Taylor (Concentrate, finalist in Lesbian Poetry), Golden (A... Victor Manibo
Saturdays, June 3 and 10, 2023 | 2 PM ET - 5 PM ET | Sliding Scale $100- $200 Online | 2 Sessions | REGISTER HERE! **Apply for a scholarship seat here! Limited scholarship seats are available and will be chosen by lottery. The deadline to apply for a scholarship... Sana Khan and Aaisha Bhuiyan
Friday, June 2, 2023 | (4:30 Arrival) 5 PM ET - 7 PM ET | Sliding Scale $15- $30 In-Person | 1 Session | REGISTER HERE! **Apply for a scholarship seat here! Limited scholarship seats are available and will be chosen by lottery. The deadline to apply for a scholarship...
June 2, 2023
4:30 PM
4:30 PM
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 5th Ave
New York NY 10028
1000 5th Ave
New York NY 10028
Wo Chan, Jasmine Reid, Xan Forest Phillips, and Devyn Manibo
Join us at Rector Park on June 1st at 7 PM ET where the Asian American Writers’ Workshop and Battery Park City present In Celebration: Queer Delight and Desire, the second installment of our summer poetry series, Ballads at Battery Park City. This event will be a reading with a... Siddhartha Deb, Ken Chen
This May, join us for an event with award-winning author Siddhartha Deb for the release of his new book The Light at the End of the World. Joining Siddhartha in conversation is Barnard College professor and author Ken Chen. Purchase a ticket here! Connecting India’s tumultuous 19th and 20th centuries to its distant past... Sunu P. Chandy, Naomi Jackson, Purvi Shah, andSwati Khurana
RSVP to this in-person event here! Please join AAWW and Bluestockings for a book celebration for Sunu P. Chandy's My Dear Comrades. Sunu will be in conversation with writers, Naomi Jackson and Purvi Shah, with introductory remarks by multimedia artist, Swati Khurana. //ACCESSIBILITY// The event will take place at 116...
Join AAWW and McNally Jackson this May in celebration of THE SORROW OF OTHERS. Set in China and America, in the generations after the Cultural Revolution, Ada Zhang presents a dazzling collection about people confronted with being outsiders - as immigrants, as revolutionaries, and even, often, within their own families....
This May, join AAWW and Yu & Me Books for a celebration of WANDERING SOULS by Cecile Pin, described by Ocean Vuong as “a deeply humane and genre-defying work of love and uncompromising hope.” Cecile will be in conversation with AAWW Senior Programs Coordinator, t. tran le. After the last...
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...
Eugenia Leigh and Tarfia Faizullah
Join us on May 10 at 8 PM ET as we celebrate Eugenia Leigh’s latest and universally lauded poetry collection, BIANCA, a book that documents and confronts living in the throws of mental illness, complex trauma, and straddling the emotional spheres that orbit each other. Eugenia will be joined by...
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...
May 9, 2023
6:00 PM
6:00 PM
Museum of Modern Art
11 W 53rd Street
New York NY 10019
11 W 53rd Street
New York NY 10019
Emily Lee Luan, Yi Wei, and Abigail Mengesha
Join us at Rector Park on May 4th at 6 PM ET where the Asian American Writers’ Workshop and Battery Park City present In Celebration: Love Letters and 回 / Return and the first installment of our summer poetry series, Ballads at Battery Park City. Featuring incredible poets Emily Lee...
May 4, 2023
7:00 PM
7:00 PM
Rector Park East
Rector Place & South End Ave
New York NY 10280
Rector Place & South End Ave
New York NY 10280
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...
May 3, 2023
6:30 PM
6:30 PM
Asian American Arts Alliance
29 West 38th Street #9th Floor
New York NY 10018
29 West 38th Street #9th Floor
New York NY 10018