Next month, US-based writers Margaret Rhee and Ching-In Chen are coming to Toronto. If you’re in town, please join Margaret, Ching-In, local author Trish Salah, and me for a night of readings: Queer & Trans Asian Poetics: A Night of Readings Thursday 15 March Glad Day Bookshop, 499 Church St, Toronto Join us for readings by local authors Trish...
Read MoreFeb 21: Reading for the launch of Tanis Franco’s Quarry
Coming up soon, I’ll be reading at the launch of Toronto writer Tanis Franco’s debut book Quarry. Here’s a description of the gig, as drawn from the Facebook event: Launch: Tanis Franco with Tom Cho, Sarah Pinder & Gwen Benaway Wed Feb 21, 2018, 8:00pm–9:30pm Glad Day Bookshop, 499 Church Street, Toronto, Ontario M4Y 2C6 FREE Join...
Read MoreNov 11: Giving a reading at Naked Heart Festival
Naked Heart is the world’s largest LGBTQ literary festival and Ontario’s most racially diverse literary festival. I feel honoured to be giving a reading at the festival for the second year in a row. I will be sharing an excerpt from my novel-in-progress. Aside from this reading, I plan to spend my weekend checking out the rest of the festival....
Read MoreJun 13: Giving a reading for Proud Voices: Bricolage
The program for Proud Voices, Glad Day Bookshop’s literary season for Pride Toronto, has now been released. There are many great events in the program, including a reading I’ll be appearing at (with a line-up that I’m especially excited about!). Glad Day Bookshop, Toronto’s LGBTQ bookshop (and the world’s oldest LGBTQ...
Read MoreMar 10: Appearing in online panel for Lambda LitFest and Noted Festival
I consider LGBTQ folks to be among my core readers, so I really appreciate opportunities to participate in LGBTQ literary events. Because I’m in Toronto these days, it was too expensive for me to attend the inaugural Lambda LitFest (which is in LA) in person, but fortunately I’ll be appearing on an online panel as part of...
Read MoreAWP Conference (Feb 8-11): A panel talk and a reading
Edited on Feb 4 and Feb 6 to add: In the wake of the US Government’s new travel bans (now currently on hold), I am angry and saddened about those who won’t be able to go to the 2017 AWP Conference and Bookfair in Washington, DC, as well as those attendees whose travel to the conference has been compromised. After giving some thought to a...
Read MoreDec 10: A slightly unusual reading in Melbourne
This Saturday, as part of my visit to Melbourne, I will be giving a reading from my novel-in-progress. It’s a slightly unusual reading due to its venue: Writers in Residence: Tom Cho, Kate Goldsworthy, Lily Chan Saturday 10 December, 3pm Author Lily Chan is opening up her house in Footscray to present a free literary reading in her backyard! The...
Read MoreDec 1: Appearing at the Sydney launch of BooksActually’s Gold Standard 2016
Coming up very soon, I’ll be visiting Australia! I’m flying into Sydney, where I’ll be reading and speaking at the Sydney launch of a really exciting new anthology out of Singapore. This is my first publication in Singapore! For so many reasons, I’m super-pleased to have an excerpt from my novel-in-progress in this anthology and now...
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