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Serica Storytellers + “By the Shore of Lake Michigan”
In person and online discussion and Q & A, “Poetry, Memory and Remembrance,” sponsored by Serica Initiative’s Serica Storytellers series and Julie Azuma of Potluck Asian America.
Santa Monica Farmer's Market book signing and reading
I’m looking forward to joining Fat Uncle Farm and Rodale’s twice-monthly pop-up at the Sunday Main Street market! I’ll have books to sell, and will be doing readings from Reaping What She Sows.
2640 Main St. (Main St. and Ocean Park Blvd.), Santa Monica, CA
UC Santa Barbara lecture
UC Santa Barbara lecture for environmental studies professor Liz Carlisle’s Food, Agriculture, and the Environment class.
Women Who Nourish: From Soil to Table to Glass
University of California at Merced panel discussion, "Women Who Nourish: From Soil to Table to Glass."
details TBD
Green Valley Farm + Mill
Green Valley Farm + Mill, Sebastopol, California, details TBD.
Book Passage, Corte Madera
Book Passage, Corte Madera, California, 1 pm book talk and signing.
Book Talk Toronto Metropolitan University
Lecture for School of Nutrition students, undergraduate Food Systems students.
Association for Asian American Studies Conference
Association for Asian American Studies Conference, Honolulu Hawaii, “Recovering Stories of Displacement and Dispossession through Issei Tanka Poetry” 8:15-9:45 am HST, Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort, 2005 Kalia Road, Honolulu, HI 96815.
By the Shore of Lake Michigan tanka poetry talk
11:15 am - 2:30 pm CST, By the Shore of Lake Michigan tanka poetry talk, the The Nineteenth Century Charitable Association, Chicago, Illinois.
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Elawa Farm Book Talk
Stay tuned for details on this wonderful Reaping What She Sows talk with three powerhouse women working in the midwestern grainshed: Alyssa Hartman, executive director of the Artisan Grain Collaborative, perennial grain beer brewer Sandy Boss Febbo, at Bang Brewing, St. Paul, and Jill Brockman-Cummings of Janie’s Mill in Ashkum, Illinois.
"By the Shore of Lake Michigan" book talk, Ontario Securities Commission, International Organization of Securities Commissions
Private event for the Asian Employee Network of the OSC and the IOSCO Diversity Network. In person and online. Toronto, Ontario. I’ll also be introducing Reaping What She Sows.
Old World Meets New World: Sake Tasting & Omakase Luncheon
We will be tasting through a lineup of classic, and new or revivied styles to show how sake has evolved over the years.
Clio’s Books, Oakland, California
Book talk and signing with Slow Food South Bay at Clio’s Books, Oakland, California. Stay tuned for details!
EcoFarm Conference keynote panel discussion
EcoFarm Conference keynote panel discussion, “How Women Are Rebuilding Our Regenerative Supply Chains,” Monterey, CA.
She Rises: A Celebration of Women Bakers and Local Grain Economies
“She Rises: A Celebration of Women Bakers and Local Grain Economies.” Sponsored by the Canadian Centre for Food and Ecology, at the Centre for Social Innovation
Online webinar with Kirsten Shockey and The Fermentation School
Online webinar with Kirsten Shockey and The Fermentation School.
By the Shore of Lake Michigan talk, School of Visual Arts
December 16, 2025 12:10-3 pm By the Shore of Lake Michigan talk, School of Visual Arts , with Kyoko Miyabe’s Japanese literature class, 310 E. 22nth Street, New York, NY. 10010.
Bold Fork Books, Washington, D.C.
December 15, 2026, 7 pm, Bold Fork Books, Washington, D.C., book talk and signing. I’ll be in conversation with Dani Nierenberg, Food Tank
Maker’s Mark x Tables of Contents dinner
December 13, 2025 5:30 pm, Maker’s Mark x Tables of Contents dinner, a collaboration between Dinner Evan Hanczor literary book readings in collaboration with Maker’s Mark distillery, Rob Samuels, 8th-generation whisky distiller and grandson of the founders of Makers Mark. Venue: Glynwood Center for Regional Food and Farming,. .
Museum of Food and Drink
December 11, 2025, 6-9 pm, Museum of Food and Drink, Brooklyn, NY. Panel discussion with four women who appear in Reapin Sam Garwin, OceanWave; Lisbeth Pacheco, Ethos Coffee Roasters; June Russell Glynwood Center for Regional Food and Farming; and Olivia Watkins, Black Farmer Fund. Book signing and regenerative snacks to follow.
Book signing at Karma Co-op
December 7, 2025, noon-3 pm. Book signing at Karma Co-op, 739 Palmerston Ave (on Karma Lane), Toronto, Ontario, M6G 2R3.
An Author's Point-of-View: How to Conceptualize, Pitch, and Land a Traditional Publisher for your Book
December 2, 2025, Virtual Talk, 5-6 pm PST. “An Author's Point-of-View: How to Conceptualize, Pitch, and Land a Traditional Publisher for your Book,” National Organization of Professional Organizers.
Reaping What She Sows: Book Talk & Signing
November 30, 2025, 1-2:30 p.m. EST, “Reaping What She Sows: Book Talk & Signing,” Chin Chin!, Creemore, Ontario,
Oblong Books, Rhinebeck, NY
November 21, 2025, 6 pm, Oblong Books, Rhinebeck, NY. Talk and book signing. I will be in conversation with George Weld, chef (Egg restaurant, Williamsburg, Brooklyn) farm operator, writer, and photographer.
Northshire Bookstore, Saratoga Springs, NY
November 20, 2025, 6 pm, Northshire Bookstore, Saratoga Springs, NY. Talk and book signing. I’ll be in conversation with Skidmore College professor of sociology John Brueggemann.
New York Society Library book talk and signing
November 19, 2025, 6-7:30 pm, New York Society Library book talk and signing, co-hosted by Slow Food New York City. I’ll be in conversation with Richa Mehra, vice president of the Slow Food NYC board.
“Feast and Famine” series talk and book signing
November 14, 3:30-4:30 pm “Feast and Famine” series talk and book signing, New York University Department of Nutrition and Food Studies lecture, Manhattan, NY.