If you are in New York this weekend, I'll be speaking at the New York Jewish Book Festival about Bernardine's Shanghai Salon and am so excited to be on a panel with other women who write about salons. Nancy Ludmerer and Deborah Hertz write about Venice and Berlin, … [Read more...]

Last month I had the great honor to help plan and then attend the Artists Against Antisemitism's first writers' Mifgash, or gathering. It was like going to a wedding. I saw old friends as well as social media friends in person for the first time. I also met writers I had admired … [Read more...]

I'm so honored to have the chance to sign books at this weekend's Printers Row Lit Fest in Chicago! I'll be there most of the day on Sunday, September 7th and will be signing copies of Good Chinese Wife, Bernardine's Shanghai Salon, and When Friends Come From Afar. If you're in … [Read more...]

I am excited to talk about When Friends Come From Afar this Saturday at the Chinese American Museum of Chicago! I'll be speaking with C.W. Chan, one of the founders of CASL, and Grace Chan McKibben, Executive Director of the Coalition for a Better Chinese American Community. … [Read more...]

A couple weeks ago I had the opportunity to speak at JF Books in Washington, DC and it couldn’t have gone better. Jifeng Books was a staple in Shanghai for over 20 years before it relocated to DC last year. The DC store is small, yet incredibly inviting. If I ran my own bookshop … [Read more...]