Events & Interviews
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Interview with NPR’s Here & Now Celeste Headlee
Interview with MPR News Big Books and Bold Ideas Kerri Miller
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UPCOMING EVENTS
DECEMBER 13, 2025 - 11 AM - 4 PM - STEVENSVILLE, MD—Eastern Shore Writers Association Holiday Book Festival at Cult Classic Brewing
APRIL 29, 2026 - 1 PM - EASTON, MD—Cooke’s Hope Community Author Presentation
PAST EVENTS
NOVEMBER 25, 2025 - Sunday Tea with V Podcast
NOVEMBER 17, 2025 - 11 AM - 3 PM - CATONSVILLE, MD—Simply Written Here Holiday Book Festival
NOVEMBER 8, 2025 - 10 AM - 2 PM - ELKTON, MD—Cecil County Public Library, Elkton Branch, Book Lovers Market
NOVEMBER 2, 2025 - 2 - 4 PM - DOVER, DE—Author Showcase at the Kent County Public Library
OCTOBER 20, 2025 - VIRTUAL - Japan Book Club
SEPTEMBER 17, 2025 - Noon - GREENVILLE, DE - Author Event: Adult Ministry Luncheon, Christ Church Christiana Hundred
SEPTEMBER 10, 2025 - 6:30 PM - RISING SUN, MD—Author Event at the Cecil County Public Library
AUGUST 23, 2025 - 1 - 4 PM - WILMINGTON, DE—Philadelphia Book Crawl at Huxley & Hiro
AUGUST 10, 2025 - History Chronicles Interview
JULY 15, 2025 - Rock Paper Write Podcast Interview
MAY 20, 2025 - 1:00 PM ET - VIRTUAL - Author Panel, Voices for a World Free of Nuclear Weapons
MAY 19 & 20, 2025 - NEWARK, DE - Newark Charter High School
MAY 17, 2025 - GAITHERSBURG, MD—Gaithersburg Book Festival
MAY 16, 2025 - Radio Chesapeake WHCP, Shore Writers Interview
MAY 13, 2025 - 6:30 - 7:30 PM ET - CECIL COUNTY, MD—Author Event at the Cecil County Public Library Elkton Branch
MAY 4, 2025 - A Book Finds You Podcast
APRIL 30, 2025 - 7:30 PM MT—Denver Tri Delta Alumnae Bookclub
APRIL 27, 2025 - 11 AM - 4 PM - Kensington, MD—Kensington Day of the Book Festival
APRIL 26, 2025 - Japanese American Citizens League, Philadelphia Chapter
MARCH 30, 2025 - 12 - 4 PM ET - WILMINGTON, DE—Spring 2025 Delaware Author Fair
MARCH 10, 2025 - 7 PM ET - WILMINGTON, DE—Mount Book Club
FEBRUARY 15, 2025 - 10 AM - 11 AM CT - FREDERICKSBURG, TX—Day of Remembrance Presentation at the National Museum of the Pacific War
NOVEMBER 4, 2024 - 4:30-6 PM ET - WILMINGTON, DE—Brandywine Hundred Library
OCTOBER 26, 2024 - 10 AM-1 PM ET - Hockessin, DE—Author Showcase Hockessin Public Library
OCTOBER 23, 2024 - 5-7 PM ET - Wilmington, DE—Huxley & Hiro Book Sellers Author Fair at The Queen (Olympia Room)
SEPTEMBER 29, 2024 - 2-4 PM ET - Baltimore, MD—Baltimore Book Festival
SEPTEMBER 14, 2024 - 2-4 PM PT - LOS ANGELES, CA—Beauty from Hardship: Storytelling, Art, and Japanese American Resilience Then and Now, a Panel Discussion with the University of California, Santa Barbara Asian American Studies Faculty at the Japanese American National Museum
AUGUST 28, 2024 - 6 PM ET - Washington, DC—Talk Story: Remembering and Empowering at the Kennedy Center
AUGUST 6, 2024 - 6 PM CT - VIRTUAL—79th Anniversary of the Hiroshima Bombing Presentation at the Harry S. Truman Library & Museum
AUGUST 2, 2024 - 3-5 PM ET - BETHLEHEM, PA—Book Signing at the Moravian Book Shop
MAY 30, 2024 - 6:30 PM ET - WILMINGTON, DE—History and the Humanity of the WWII Japanese American Experience at the Delaware Historical Society and Huxley & Hiro Bookstore
APRIL 22, 2024 - ATLANTA, GA—The Paideia School
APRIL 20, 2024 - ATLANTA, GA—Keynote Presentation at the Asian Educators Alliance Conference
APRIL 16, 2024 - 7 PM ET - KENNETT SQUARE, PA—Hartefeld Book Club
APRIL 13, 2024 - 2 PM - EDGEWOOD, PA—Finding Joy in Writing at C.C. Mellor Memorial Library
APRIL 13, 2024 - 11 AM ET - BETHEL PARK, PA—Finding Joy in Writing at Bethel Park Public Library
APRIL 12, 2024 - 7 PM ET - PITTSBURGH, PA—Reflections on Writing and The Writer’s Life: A Dialogue with Four Authors at Riverstone Books, Squirrel Hill
APRIL 2, 2024 - 7 PM ET - VIRTUAL—First Tuesdays Book Club
MARCH 22, 2024 - 10 AM PT - VIRTUAL - SILVERDALE, WA—Author Talk with Residents at the Fieldstone Senior Community
MARCH 19, 2024 - 6 PM ET - WILMINGTON, DE—Author Talk and Book Signing at the DuPont Country Club
FEBRUARY 24, 2024 - 1-3 PM ET - PHILADELPHIA, PA—Author Spotlight and Book Signing at Barnes & Noble
FEBRUARY 21, 2024 - VIRTUAL—Bernudy Bookworms Book Club, New Freedom, PA
FEBRUARY 8, 2024 - AUDIO—Interview with Julia Daily, Authors Over 50
JANUARY 29 & 30, 2024 - NEWARK, DE—Newark Charter High School
JANUARY 24, 2024 - 6 PM ET - VIRTUAL—Humanity’s Generations in Nuclear Times Webinar, International Center for Multi-Generational Legacies of Trauma
JANUARY 17, 2024 - 7 PM (Pacific) - VIRTUAL—Interview with Donna Seebo, Warriors for Peace
JANUARY 10, 2024 - 6 PM - MERCER ISLAND, WA—Author Chat with Tamio Miyata and Book Signing at Island Books
JANUARY 9, 2024 - 6:30 PM - BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, WA—Author Chat with Jim Thomsen and Book Signing at Eagle Harbor Book Co.
JANUARY 6, 2024 - 2 PM - SACRAMENTO, CA—Author Presentation and Book Signing at Avid Reader
NOVEMBER 18, 2023 - 1-3 PM - WILMINGTON, DE—Book Signing at the Concord Pike Barnes & Noble
NOVEMBER 15, 2023 - 5:30- 8 PM - WASHINGTON, DC—31st Annual University Club Meet the Authors’ Night
OCTOBER 22, 2023 - 4:00 PM - VIRTUAL—Tadaima 2023 Conference - Cozy Chat: Authoring a Family Story
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023 - 11 AM - RECORDING DATE—NPR WHYY Little Rock: Arts & Letters
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023 - 4 PM - GREENVILLE, DE—Country House Circlers Bookclub
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023 - 6:30 PM - VIRTUAL—Winters-Bellbrook, Ohio Community Library
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023 - 7:30 PM - VIRTUAL—Cover Girls Bookclub, Southport, NC
AUGUST 29, 2023 - 7-8:30 PM - VIRTUAL—The Baltimore County Public Library-Writers’ Studio: Getting Published
AUGUST 24, 2023 - 6 PM - BERKELEY, CA—Author Presentation and Book Signing at Books Inc.
AUGUST 15, 2023 - Tom Barnas, Chicago Journalist Interview - Stories from the 78: A Story of True Love Through WWII-era Japanese American camps in Arkansas and California
JULY 28, 2023 - 2-4 PM - REHOBOTH BEACH, DE—Book Signing at Browesabout Books
JULY 26, 2023 - 6-7:30 PM - BETHANY BEACH, DE—Book Signing at Bethany Beach Books
JULY 23, 2023 - CHRISTIANA, DE—Book Signing at the Christiana Mall Barnes & Noble Bookstore
JULY 15, 2023 - SEABROOK, NJ—Book Signing at the Seabrook Buddhist Temple Obon Festival
JULY 14, 2023 - Interview with MPR Public Radio Big Books & Bold Ideas Kerri Miller
JUNE 13, 2023 - 7 PM - VIRTUAL—Craft Chat hosted by The Writer’s Center Click here for program recording
JUNE 9, 2023, SAN ANTONIO, TX—Debut Author Presentation at the Historical Novel Society Conference
MAY 30, 2023 - 6 PM - BALTIMORE, MD—Author Chat with Baltimore Fishbowl Book Reviewer, Kristina Gaddy, hosted by The Ivy Bookshop
MAY 25, 2023 - 7 PM - VIRTUAL—Author Presentation hosted by the Japan America Society of Minnesota and the Twin Cities Japanese American Citizens League Click here for program recording
MAY 24, 2023 - VIRTUAL—Of White Ashes book discussion hosted by the Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner Law Firm’s Inclusion & Diversity Team
MAY 18, 2023 - 12 Noon - VIRTUAL—Of White Ashes book discussion hosted by the Arlington County, VA Government, Public Library, and Asian Heritage Alliance
MAY 17, 2023 - Interview with In the Author’s Voice, WSIU Public Radio-Southern Illinois, an NPR station Click here for program recording
MAY 12, 2023 - Interview with NPR’S HERE & NOW Celeste Headlee
MAY 10, 2023 - 6:30 PM - HOCKESSIN, DE—Author Event/Book Signing at the Hockessin Bookshelf
MAY 6, 2023- 10 AM - MCGEHEE and LITTLE ROCK, AR—Authors’ Panel at the Jerome/Rohwer Confinement Site Pilgrimage Event recording click here.
MAY 2, 2023 - VIRTUAL—A panel discussion on the Japanese American Incarceration: The Law & Humanity with Eric Muller, Author of Lawyer, Jailer, Ally, Foe: Complicity and Conscience in America’s World War II Concentration Camps, hosted by the Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner Law Firm
APRIL 13, 2023 - 8 PM - VIRTUAL—Author Presentation hosted by the University of Hawaii-Matsunaga Institute for Peace. Event recording click here.
OCTOBER 13, 2022, VIRTUAL—Authors’ Panel: Hidden Stories: Illuminating the Marginalized in Historical Fiction, hosted by the Mechanics’ Institute and the Women’s National Book Association-San Francisco Chapter