Event Archive

 
 

2023

  • Apr 2, 2023 — 2023 Kweli Color of Children's Literature Conference (New York, NY)

  • April 4, 2023 — Taking Shape: The Revision Process (Virtual Workshop at Sarah Lawrence College Writing Institute)

  • April 16, 2023 — Narrative Worlds (YouTube)

  • May 30, 2023 — Boston.com Book Club

  • June 14, 2023 — Medford Public Library (Medford, MA)

  • June 20, 2023 — Ann Arbor District Library (Ann Arbor, MI)

  • July 11, 2023 — Alaya Dawn Johnson and Malinda Lo for The Library of Broken Worlds (Virtual via Loyalty Bookstore)

  • July 16-20, 2023 — White Ravens Festival (Germany)

  • Sept. 9, 2023 — The eX-Files: Celebrating 30 Years of The X-Files (Somerville, MA)

2022

  • Jan. 26, 2022 – Barnes & Noble (YouTube)

  • March 12, 2022 – Writers With Drinks, The Makeout Room (San Francisco, CA)

  • March 13, 2022 – Books Inc Opera Plaza (San Francisco, CA)

  • March 22, 2023 – Cary Library (Lexington, MA)

  • March 23, 2023 – Hong Kong International Young Readers Festival (Virtual)

  • March 26, 2022 – 8th Biennial Conference of Children’s Literature, Kansas State University (Virtual)

  • April 22, 2022 – L.A. Times Book Prizes (Los Angeles, CA)

  • April 23, 2022 – L.A. Times Festival of Books (Los Angeles, CA)

  • May 7, 2022 – Houston Public Library and Asia Society Texas Center (Houston, TX)

  • May 20-21, 2022 – New York Library Association Section of School Librarians Annual Conference (Verona, NY)

  • June 1, 2022 – Cambridge Public Library (Cambridge, MA)

  • June 10-11, 2022 – The 2022 Summit on the Research and Teaching of Young Adult Literature (Las Vegas, NV)

  • June 29, 2022 – San Francisco Public Library (YouTube)

  • Sept. 3, 2022 – National Book Festival (Washington, DC)

  • Sept. 23, 2022 – NEIBA Fall Conference (Providence, RI)

  • Oct. 4, 2022 – Porter Square Books (Boston, MA)

  • Oct. 5, 2022 – Strand Book Store (New York, NY)

  • Oct. 6, 2022 – School Library Journal Day of Dialog (Virtual)

  • Oct. 6, 2022 – East City Bookshop (Washington, DC, and YouTube)

  • Oct. 12, 2022 – Simmons University (Boston, MA)

  • Oct. 15, 2022 – Southern Festival of Books (Nashville, TN)

  • Oct. 16, 2022 – Red Balloon Bookshop (St. Paul, MN)

  • Oct. 18, 2022 – Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore (Berkeley, CA)

  • Oct. 20, 2022 – Vancouver Writers Fest (Vancouver, BC, Canada)

  • Oct. 22, 2022 – #CLEReads YA Book Festival (Cleveland, OH)

  • Oct. 26, 2022 – Authors Love Bookstores/A Mighty Blaze (Facebook)

  • Oct. 29, 2022 – Boston Book Festival (Boston, MA)

  • Nov. 1, 2022 – AAPI Communities in Conversation via University of South Carolina, Penguin Random House Library Marketing, and Publishers Weekly (Virtual)

  • Nov. 1, 2022 – Wellesley College (Wellesley, MA)

  • Nov. 18-20, 2022 – NCTE Annual Convention (Anaheim, CA)

  • Nov. 20-21, 2022 – The ALAN Workshop (Anaheim, CA)

  • Dec. 4-6, 2022 – New Jersey Association of School Librarians Fall Conference (Atlantic City, NJ)

2021

  • Jan. 23, 2021 — Penguin Classroom presents Malinda Lo & Meg Medina Live (Instagram)

  • Jan. 24, 2021 — Mysterious Galaxy: Kristin Cashore & Malinda Lo with Tui Sutherland (Crowdcast)

  • Jan. 27, 2021 — Porter Square Books: Malinda Lo in conversation with Emily X.R. Pan (Crowdcast)

  • March 6, 2021 — GLBT Historical Society, San Francisco (YouTube)

  • March 10, 2021 — Gotham Writers’ Inside Writing (YouTube)

  • March 18, 2021 — Gay’s the Word, London (YouTube)

  • March 19, 2021 — Penguin Teen Book Fest: Titles You Can’t Miss

  • April 24, 2021 — BooksActually, Singapore (Instagram)

  • May 7, 2021 — Diversity in YA 10 Year Anniversary (Instagram)

  • May 12, 2021 — Wellesley College Alumnae of Boston's Authors on Stage

  • May 16, 2021 — Narrative Worlds: A Webinar Series on Worldbuilding (YouTube)

  • May 19, 2021 — Penguin Teen presents: Celebrating AAPI Voices

  • May 20, 2021 — SLJ Day of Dialog: Lunch Keynote

  • June 9, 2021 — Arts & Craft with Amy Spalding (Instagram)

  • June 10, 2021 — Hachette Pride (UK) presents Pride in Writing 2021: Queer Spaces

  • June 13, 2021 — Pride Book Fest: The Changing Landscape of Queer Lit (YouTube)

  • June 24, 2021 — Wellesley Asian Alumnae Alliance & Wellesley Alum Pride Alliance Book Club

  • July 29-Aug. 2, 2021 — SCBWI Summer Conference

  • Sept. 11, 2021 — Salem Literary Festival: Bringing History to Today (Facebook)

  • Sept. 28, 2021 — Fable’s YA Book Club (Video)

  • Oct. 21, 2021 — Boston Public Library Teen Book Group: All Out

  • Nov. 9, 2021 — National Book Awards Finalists Reading (YouTube)

  • Nov. 10, 2021 — National Book Awards Teen Press Conference (YouTube)

  • Nov. 15, 2021 — Books of Wonder: National Book Awards Finalists (Crowdcast)

  • Nov. 17, 2021 — The National Book Awards (YouTube)

  • Nov. 20, 2021 — The National Book Foundation Presents an Afternoon with National Book Award Winners | Miami Book Fair (Video)

  • Nov. 23, 2021 — ALAN Workshop: Not Your Average Love Story

  • Dec. 3, 2021 — East City Book Shop: Queer the Whole Time

  • Dec. 9, 2021 — PFLAG Something To Talk About Live (YouTube)

2020

  • Jan. 8, 2020 — Brookline Booksmith for Melissa Albert’s The Night Country (Brookline, MA)

  • Jan. 14, 2020 — Queer Drop-in at Robbins Library (Arlington, MA)

  • May 24, 2020 — inQluded presents: qmmunity in publishing (Zoom)

  • May 29, 2020 — APIA Book Month Panel: Intersectionality in APA YA (YouTube)

  • June 27, 2020 — Kidlit Pride: High School Is Murder (YouTube)

  • Aug. 5, 2020 — SLJTeen Live!

  • Oct. 21, 2020 — Oblong Books & Music for Jennifer Donnelly’s Poisoned (Zoom)

  • Nov. 8, 2020 — YALSA Literature Symposium

2019

Jan. 20, 2019 — Hamline University MFAC Graduation - Keynote (St. Paul, MN)
Feb. 15-17, 2019 — Boskone (Boston, MA)
Mar. 12, 2019 — Panel for Children’s Books Boston at Simmons University (Boston, MA)
Mar. 21-24, 2019 — Writing Novels for Young People Retreat at Vermont College of Fine Arts (Montpelier, VT)
Mar. 27, 2019 — Brookline Booksmith for Cori McCarthy and Amy Rose Capetta’s Once and Future (Brookline, MA)
April 17, 2019 — Wheelock College of Education and Human Development (Boston, MA)
May 13, 2019 — Porter Square Books for the 10th Anniversary Edition of Ash (Cambridge, MA)
July 10-14, 2019 — Golden Crown Literary Society Annual Conference (Pittsburgh, PA)

2018

April 11, 2018 — Newton North High School (Newton, MA)
April 20-21, 2018 — North Texas Teen Book Festival (Irving, TX)
April 27, 2018 — Needham High School (Needham, MA)
April 28, 2018 — Belmont Books (Belmont, MA)
June 11, 2018 — Porter Square Books (Cambridge, MA)
June 24, 2018 — American Library Association Annual Conference (New Orleans, LA)
Aug. 3-5, 2018 — SCBWI Annual Conference (Los Angeles)
Sept. 14, 2018 — Barnes & Noble Upper West Side (New York, NY)
Sept. 16, 2018 — Brooklyn Book Festival (Brooklyn, NY)
Sept. 22, 2018 — Boston Teen Author Festival (Cambridge, MA)
Oct. 4, 2018 — Massachusetts Library System Youth Services Teen Summit (Worcester, MA)
Nov. 3, 2018 — IvyQ at Brown University (Providence, RI)
Dec. 19, 2018 — Brookline Booksmith for Cassandra Clare’s Queen of Air and Darkness (Brookline, MA)

2017

Feb. 16-18, 2017 — Desert Nights, Rising Stars Writers Conference (Tempe, AZ)
March 19-21, 2017 — NYC Teen Author Festival (New York, NY)
June 17, 2017 — EMW Community Library Anniversary (Cambridge, MA)
July 29, 2017 — Simmons College Summer Children's Literature Institute (Boston, MA)
Aug. 5-12, 2017 — Lambda Literary Foundation Writers Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Voices (Los Angeles, CA)
Sept. 18, 2017 — New England Independent Booksellers Association Fall Conference (Providence, RI)
Oct. 13-14, 2017 — Twin Cities Book Festival (St. Paul, MN)
Oct. 17, 2017 — Porter Square Books (Cambridge, MA)
Oct. 20, 2017 — Powell's Books (Beaverton, OR)
Oct. 21, 2017 — Vancouver Community Library (Vancouver, WA)
Oct. 28, 2017 — Boston Book Festival (Boston, MA)
Nov. 2, 2017 — Salisbury University (Salisbury, MD)
Nov. 3, 2017 — Texas Book Festival (Austin, TX)

2016

Jan. 10, 2016 — ALA Midwinter (Boston, MA): We Need Diverse Books Panel
March 31, 2016 — University of Connecticut Rainbow Center (Storrs, CT)
July 21-23, 2016 — Alpha Workshop (Greensburg, PA)
July 29 — Barnes & Noble Plaza Venezia (Orlando, FL)
July 29-31 — GeekyCon (Orlando, FL)
Sept. 24 — Boston Teen Author Festival (Boston, MA)

2015

Feb. 28 — Festival of Words (Middletown, DE)
April 10 — ACL Institute 2015 (San Francisco)
April 25 — Queer Young Adult Literature Conference 2015 (Boulder, CO)
July 9-12 — Readercon 26 (Burlington, MA)
Nov. 5-8 — World Fantasy Convention (Saratoga Springs, NY)

2014

May 13-18 — Romantic Times Booklovers Convention (New Orleans)
July 30-Aug. 3 — LeakyCon (Orlando, FL)
Sept. 20 — Sarah Waters in Conversation with Malinda Lo, The Booksmith (San Francisco)
Sept. 24 — Indianapolis Public Library, Glendale Branch (Indianapolis, IN)
Sept. 24 — Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library (Indianapolis, IN)
Oct. 15 — Seattle Public Library, Lake City Branch (Seattle, WA)
Oct. 24-25 — Nimrod Conference for Readers and Writers (Tulsa, OK)
Nov. 15-16 — YALSA Young Adult Literature Symposium (Austin, TX)

2013

March 7 — Mysterious Galaxy (Redondo Beach, CA)
March 9-10 — SCBWI Los Angeles Writer's Days 2013: Diversity
April 7 — YTH Live 2013 (San Francisco)
May 2 — Lammy Finalist Reading, San Francisco Public Library (San Francisco)
June 27-July2 — American Library Association Annual Conference (Chicago)
July 12 — WORD/PLAY, The Booksmith (San Francisco)
July 28-Aug. 4 — Lambda Literary Foundation Writers Retreat for Emerging LGBT Voices (Los Angeles)
Sept. 28 — Austin Teen Book Festival (Austin, TX)
Oct. 5-6 — Wordstock (Portland, OR)
Oct. 9 — Third Place Books (Seattle, WA)
Oct. 10-13 — Sirens Conference (Portland, OR)
Oct. 18-19 — Colorado Language Arts Society Regional Conference (Golden, CO)
Oct. 20 — Tattered Cover Bookstore (Denver, CO)
Nov. 9 — Borderlands Books (San Francisco)
Nov. 21-23 — NCTE Annual Convention (Boston, MA)
Nov. 23 — Cary Memorial Library (Lexington, MA)
Dec. 6 — Book Passage (Corte Madera, CA)

2012

Jan. 21-22 — Writing Fantasy & Science Fiction: A Workshop for Teens, Fairfax Public Library, (Fairfax, CA)
April 14 — Writers With Drinks, The Make-Out Room (San Francisco)
April 24 — 24th Annual Lambda Literary Awards Finalist Reading, San Francisco Public Library (San Francisco)
May 25-28 — WisCon (Madison, WI)
June 4 — 24th Annual Lambda Literary Awards (New York)
June 5 — Book Expo America (New York)
June 25 — American Library Association Annual Conference (Anaheim, CA)
June 28 — Not Your Mother's Book Club presents The Letter Q, Books Inc Castro (San Francisco,)
July 13 — Not Your Mother's Book Club presents Take That, New York!, Book Inc Opera Plaza (San Francisco)
Aug. 3-6 — Mythcon 43 - Guest of Honor, University of California Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)
Sept. 15 — SF in SF, The Variety Preview Room (San Francisco)
Sept. 22 — Books of Wonder (New York)
Sept. 23 — Brooklyn Book Festival (Brooklyn, NY)
Oct. 6 — Teenquake Lit Olympics (San Francisco)
Oct. 14 —  Sirens Conference - Guest of Honor (Portland, OR)
Oct. 15 — Books Inc (Palo Alto, CA)
Oct. 21 — James River Writers Annual Conference
Oct. 21 — Fountain Bookstore (Richmond, VA)
Nov. 20 — NCTE/ALAN Workshop (Las Vegas)

2011

April 5 — Huntress Book Launch, Books Inc (Palo Alto, CA)
May 7 — Diversity Tour, San Francisco Public Library (San Francisco)
May 9 — Diversity Tour, Book People (Austin, TX)
May 10 — Diversity Tour, Barbara's Books (Chicago)
May 12 — Diversity Tour, Cambridge Public Library (Cambridge, MA)
May 13 — Diversity Tour, The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center (New York)
May 14 — Diversity Tour, Books of Wonder (New York)
May 23 — School Library Journal's 2011 Day of Dialog (New York)
May 23 — Teen Author Carnival, New York Public Library, Mulberry Street Branch (New York)
July 23-24 — Comic-Con (San Diego, CA)
Sept. 26 — KidLit Salon, Book Passage (Corte Madera, CA)
Oct. 11 — LitQuake (San Francisco)
Oct. 14 — TeenQuake (San Francisco)
Oct. 27 — Diversity Tour, San Diego County Library Poway Branch (Poway, CA)
Oct. 27-30 — World Fantasy Convention (San Diego, CA)
Nov. 20 — California Writers Club, Book Passage (Corte Madera, CA)

2010

Jan. 23 — Borderlands Books (San Francisco, CA)
March 6 — SCBWI South Saturday (Palo Alto, CA)
March 13 — SF in SF, The Variety Preview Room (San Francisco, CA)
April 13 — 22nd Annual Lambda Literary Awards Finalists Reading (San Francisco)
April 18 — Northern California Book Awards (San Francisco)
April 18 — Guywriters Presents: A Benefit for the John O'Connell High School Gay Straight Alliance (San Francisco, CA)
May 27 — New York Public Library, Countee Cullen Branch (New York)
May 27 — 22nd Annual Lambda Literary Awards (New York)
June 19 — Copperfield's Books (Santa Rosa, CA)
June 24-26 — American Library Associatioin Annual Conference (Washington, D.C.)
July 9 — Book Passage Children's Writers & Illustrators Conference (Corte Madera, CA)
Sept. 25 — Sonoma County Book Festival (Santa Rosa, CA)
Oct. 7-10 — Sirens Conference (Vail, CO)
Oct. 13 — Barnes & Noble (Boulder, CO)
Oct. 17 — Teen Writing Conference at Book Passage (Corte Madera, CA)
Nov. 5-7 — YALSA Young Adult Literature Symposium (Albuquerque, NM)
Nov. 5 — Alamosa Books (Albuquerque, NM)
Nov. 21-23 — ALAN Workshop (Orlando, FL)

2009

July 12-14 — American Library Association Annual Conference (Chicago)
Aug. 7-10 — SCBWI Annual Conference
Aug. 24 — KidLit Salon, Book Passage (Corte Madera, CA)
Sept. 10 — Ash Book Launch, San Francisco LGBT Center (San Francisco)
Sept. 19 — Sonoma County Book Festival (Santa Rosa, CA)
Oct. 2 — Kepler's Books (Menlo Park, CA)
Oct. 7 — Fairfax Library (Fairfax, CA)
Oct. 10 — NCIBA Trade Show (Oakland, CA)
Oct. 30-31 — World Fantasy Convention (San Jose, CA)
Nov. 6 — Friends of the Los Gatos Public Library Friday Forum (Los Gatos, CA)
Nov. 7 — Laurel Bookstore (Oakland, CA)
Nov. 12 — Wellesley College (Wellesley, MA)
Nov. 17 — New York LGBT Community Center (New York)
Nov. 18 — New York Public Library, 96th Street Branch (New York)
Nov. 19-21 — NCTE Annual Convention (Philadelphia, PA)
Nov. 21 — Giovanni's Room (Philadelphia, PA)
Dec. 3 — Sonoma State University (Rohnert Park, CA)
Dec. 5 — Borders (San Rafael, CA)
Dec. 9 — Petaluma High School (Petaluma, CA)
Dec. 12 — Barnes & Noble (San Bruno, CA)