In conversation with Thomas Mira y Lopez at Prairie Lights Books
May
27
7:00 PM19:00

In conversation with Thomas Mira y Lopez at Prairie Lights Books

Tom Lin will read from his new novel, Babylon, South Dakota, and will be joined in conversation with University of Iowa visiting assistant professor Thomas Mira y Lopez, author of The Book of Resting Places (Counterpoint Press, 2017). Mira y Lopez holds an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from the University of Arizona and is an editor of Territory, a literary project about maps, as well as a fiction editor at DIAGRAM. He translates from Brazilian Portuguese and is originally from New York.

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In conversation with Ruth Kim at Left Bank Books
Jun
3
6:00 PM18:00

In conversation with Ruth Kim at Left Bank Books

Left Bank Books and the Left Bank Books Foundation is delighted to welcome scholar and Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence winner Tom Lin, author of Babylon, South Dakota (2026), to St. Louis. Join us at Left Bank Books to welcome Tom Lin for a presentation and book signing, free and open to the public, or watch the livestream on Left Bank Books' YouTube page. RSVPs are appreciated. 

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In conversation with Peter Galison at Cambridge Public Library
Jun
9
6:00 PM18:00

In conversation with Peter Galison at Cambridge Public Library

  • Cambridge Public Library, Main Library Lecture Hall (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Harvard Book Store and the Cambridge Public Library welcome Tom Lin—Carnegie Medal-winning author of The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu, and professor of English and creative writing at the University of Iowa—for a discussion of his highly anticipated new novel, Babylon, South DakotaRegistration is required.

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At East City Bookshop
Jun
11
7:00 PM19:00

At East City Bookshop

East City Bookshop welcomes Tom Lin to discuss his new novel, Babylon, South Dakota.

Note on Format: This hybrid event will have both an in-person component with limited seating as well as a virtual broadcast via Zoom Webinar. Both in-person and virtual attendees will be able to pose questions to the author during audience Q&A. Pre-order your copy of Babylon, South Dakota for the event in Eventbrite check-out as an add-on to your ticket.

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At Third Place Books
Jun
15
7:00 PM19:00

At Third Place Books

Third Place Books welcomes award-winning author Tom Lin to our Ravenna store to celebrate his new book, Babylon, South Dakota: the strange, brilliant story of the Hsiu family, a clan of hardscrabble Western farmers whose tangential relationship to a government nuclear project sets off a chain of unusual events that raise questions about power, empire, and the ties that bind.

This event is free and open to the public. For important updates, RSVP is highly recommended in advance. This event will include a public signing and time for audience Q&A. Sustain our author series by purchasing a copy of the featured book!

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At Vroman's Bookstore
Jun
20
3:00 PM15:00

At Vroman's Bookstore

From the author of the Carnegie Medal in Fiction winner The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu comes a tantalizing, American West saga about a Chinese American family trying to survive on their Dakota farm as a powerful, mysterious, and morally dubious military secret shapes their lives.


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Meet the Authors @ Harrison Public Library
Oct
23
2:30 PM14:30

Meet the Authors @ Harrison Public Library

Virtual, free of charge, registration required.

The Harrison Public Library’s much-anticipated annual Meet the Authors event will be on Saturday, October 23rd, from 11:00am–4:00pm ET. I’ll be there (virtually!) alongside authors Gloria Goldreich (The Paris Children, Dinner with Anna Karenina) and Jennifer Ryan (The Kitchen Front, The Spies of Shilling Lane, and The Chilbury Ladies Choir). We’ll speak about our books and then have a Q&A. The Village Bookstore of Pleasantville will be selling signed books from its storefront and online!

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Litquake 2021
Oct
12
7:00 PM19:00

Litquake 2021

  • The American Book Binders Museum (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

LIVE AND IN-PERSON!

Join author Ricco Villanueva Siasoco in a conversation with three debut novelists about the process of building alternative histories of the American West, from the Gold Rush through World War I. Patty Enrado’s A Village in the Fields highlights a compelling but buried piece of American history: the Filipino-American contribution to the farm labor movement; Rishi Reddi’s epic Passage West, Los Angeles Times’ Best California Book of 2020, explores a Punjabi sharecropper family in California during World War I, as they work and live alongside their Mexican in-laws and Japanese neighbors; while Tom Lin’s debut novel The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu, transforms the genre of the Western in a story of revenge for forced labor in the American railroad’s expansion.

FREE, $5-10 suggested donation (pre-registration required), more details at event website.

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Old Dominion University Annual Literary Festival: "Afterwards"
Oct
4
2:00 PM14:00

Old Dominion University Annual Literary Festival: "Afterwards"

In the aftermath of trauma—if it ever really ends—we are called to reckon with the past that led us to this present moment, and with the question of what futures we might make from it. Survival is triumph, but it is also a process of change, leaving us reborn to question, to celebrate, to recognize. Join us at the 44th Annual ODU Literary Festival as we celebrate writers who address the storms of past and present, and the changes wrought upon us, as we turn to face the future.

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Brooklyn Book Festival 2021
Sep
26
to Oct 4

Brooklyn Book Festival 2021

This year’s Festival Day and Literary Marketplace, a day-long celebration of authors and books, will take place in person in Downtown Brooklyn as well as virtually. At our live BKBF Children’s Day, families will enjoy a full day of readings, workshops, performances, book signings, yoga, and art projects with favorite authors and illustrators.  Citywide Bookend events — in person and virtual — take place September 26 – October 2 & 4. 

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Bookmarks 2021 Festival of Books & Authors
Sep
23
to Sep 26

Bookmarks 2021 Festival of Books & Authors

LIVE AND IN-PERSON! COME SEE ME IN WINSTON-SALEM, NC!

Our Festival features author panels, where you get to hear 2-4 authors in conversation with each other, as well as booksignings where you can meet the authors and get your books signed. You can purchase books from the Bookmarks Bookstore or the Bookstore Tent. There will be storytimes, family activities, food trucks, exhibitor booths, and more. You can choose your own adventure!

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Jul
6
6:30 PM18:30

"A Live Event" with The Racket Journal

It’s been a long time since we’ve gathered our friends and literary family for the evening, but it is finally come to fruition. We’ve got a stacked line-up of authors reading from new work. Elizabeth Gonzalez James will be reading from Mona at Sea (her debut novel), Miah Jeffra from his first short story collection (The Violence Almanac), Tom Lin from The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu (his debut novel) and Jennifer Lewis from something new and surprising. At The Sycamore (2140 Mission St.), July 6th @ 6:30.

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Jun
15
2:30 PM14:30

"Between Two Succulents" with Charm City Books

Let's give a big virtual round of applause to novelist Tom Lin who joins the program to talk with Brandon about Tom's debut novel, The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu. Tune in to the livestream on Tuesday 6/15 at 5:30 and leave a comment or question for Tom—you just might win your very own copy of a page turner that has critics and peers alike raving! Free, no registration required, YouTube livestream.

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