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...]

If you’re in the Washington, DC area, please join us at JF Books Friday, July 18th at 6pm. JF Books relocated from Shanghai to Washington some years ago and holds a weekly salon centered around China and books. I’m thrilled to speak at their salon about Bernardine’s salon! … [Read more...]

I was in Buenos Aires for spring vacation a few weeks ago and went to a fabulous bookstore housed in an old theatre. El Ateneo Grand Splendid had been a theatre for decades, but after it fell out of fashion, it was repurposed as a bookstore and has become one of the most popular … [Read more...]

Ruth Silbermayr, the author of the blog China Elevator Stories, was separated from her children in 2019. In 2020, all contact to her children was cut off by her ex-husband, as detailed on her blog. She wrote a guest post earlier my blog and is now back with another heartbreaking … [Read more...]