Upcoming events
September 12, 2024
Marin Art and Garden Center: Julia will be speaking at the annual luncheon of the Ross Historical Society/Moya Library about her trip to the Arctic Circle in search of the Marin polar explorer Louise Arner Boyd at 11 a.m. in the Livermore Room. For more information and to register, please visit here.
Past events
March 11, 2024
Mill Valley Library: Julia will be in conversation with Lauren Markham on her new book, “A Map of Future Ruins: On Borders and Migration” from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Creekside Room. For more information and to register, please visit here.
March 20, 2024
Commonwealth Club: Julia will be in conversation with Caroline Paul on her new book, “Tough Broad: How Outdoor Adventure Improves Our Lives as We Age” in a live program from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the Commonwealth Club, 110 The Embarcadero, San Francisco. For more information, please visit here.
April 26-28, 2022
Sonoma Valley Authors Festival: Julia will be in conversation with Anita Gail Jones at this year’s Sonoma Valley Authors Festival about her book, Peach Seed. They will be in conversation for the festival’s student day as well as the following day for adult attendees. For more information about the festival, please visit here.
December 11, 2023
Commonwealth Club: Julia will be in conversation with Russell Jeung, Peter Richardson, and Jason Sexton about “Redemptive Dreams: Engaging Kevin Starr’s California – Past, Present, and Future” in a live program from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the Commonwealth Club, 110 The Embarcadero, San Francisco. For more information, please visit here.
October 16, 2023
Commonwealth Club: Julia was in conversation with Matthew Davenport, author of “The Longest Minute: The Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906,” in a live program at the club from 12:00-1:00 p.m., 110 The Embarcadero, San Francisco. To watch the program, please visit here. To listen to the podcast of our conversation, please visit here.
September 13, 2023
Alta Live: Julia was in conversation with Alta Journal host Beth Spotswood about her latest feature story for Alta Journal, “Shivering at the Top of the World,” in which she traces the steps of pioneering Arctic explorer Louise Arner Boyd. For more information and to watch the conversation, please visit here.
July 24, 2023
Commonwealth Club with Dr. Aomawa Shields. Julia was in conversation with astronomer, actor and Black woman in STEM, Dr. Shields about her new memoir, discussing her new memoir, “Life on Other Planets: A Memoir of Finding My Place in the Universe.” 3 p.m. on July 24, 2023. Listen here and watch here.
July 10-17, 2023
Community of Writers: Julia was on the staff at this year’s Community of Writers gathering in the Olympic Valley, joining Hector Tobar, Krys Lee, Claire Vaye Watkins, Amy Tan, and other writers. For more information, please visit here.
Workshop members at the 2021 Follies (led by Litquake co-founder Jack Boulware)
May 4, 2023
Mechanics’ Institute with Judith Thurman: Julia was in conversation with National Book Award winner Judith Thurman about Thurman’s new collection of essays and profiles, A Left-Handed Woman. A prolific staff writer for the New Yorker, Thurman and Julia’s conversation is available to watch here.
April 16, 2023
San Francisco Public Library: Julia was in conversation with Kathryn Ma about her new novel, The Chinese Groove, at the San Francisco Public Library’s Koret Auditorium, on Sunday, April 16th. Their conversation is available to watch here.
August 26-28, 2022
Sonoma Valley Authors Festival: Julia will be a guest author at this year’s Sonoma Valley Authors Festival at the Fairmont Sonoma Mission Valley Inn. She will be in discussion with Dr. Louann Brizendine about her new book, The Upgrade: How the Female Brain Gets Stronger and Better in Midlife and Beyond. For more information, please visit here.
October 1, 2022
San Francisco Public Library: Julia will be in conversation with Julia Scheeres and Allison Gilbert about their new biography, Listen World: How Elsie Robinson Became America’s Most-Read Woman. For more information about the book, please visit here and for events at the San Francisco Public Library, please visit here.
October 11, 2022
Litquake: Julia will be in conversation with Richard White, Stanford University emeritus history professor, about his new book, Who Killed Jane Stanford? as part of this year’s Litquake Festival at the Book Club of California. For more information, please visit here.
July 21-25, 2022
Community of Writers: Julia was a special guest at this year’s Community of Writers gathering in the Olympic Valley, joining David Ulin, Amy Tan, and other writers. She was on a panel on the last day, Sunday July 24th at 3:00 p.m. on “Beyond the Conference: Sustaining the Momentum,” moderated by Lisa Alvarez. For more information, please visit here.
Workshop #9 members at the Follies (led by Jack Boulware)
March 8, 2022
San Francisco Historical Society: Julia will be in discussion with Jasmin Darznik, author of the novel The Bohemians, on International Women’s Day 2022. They will discuss pushing past silences and stereotypes to render a more vivid portrait of Chinese American women in San Francisco. For more information, please visit here.
November 10, 2021
Stanford Women’s Club: Julia will discuss the unsolved murder of Stanford University co-founder Jane Stanford, in a virtual event hosted by the Stanford Women’s Club of San Francisco. The discussion will be based on her recent article for Alta Journal. For information, please visit here.
November 14, 2021
Calvary Presbyterian: Julia will discuss the life and legacy of Lili’uokalani, the last queen of Hawaii, in an in-person event at San Francisco’s historic Calvary Presbyterian Church. For information, please visit here.
December 7, 2021
Kepler’s Literary Foundation: Julia will be in an online conversation with Meg Waite Clayton to discuss her new book, The Postmistress of Paris, based on a real historical figure, Chicago heiress Mary Jayne Gold, who used her influence to smuggle intellectuals and artists out of France during WWII. For more details, please visit here.
Previous events
October 14, 2021
Commonwealth Club of California: Julia was in conversation with New Yorker staff writer Susan Orlean about Orlean’s new book, On Animals. This virtual event took from 12-1 p.m. on Thursday, October 14. To watch the conversation, please visit here.
August 27-29, 2021
Sonoma Valley Authors Festival: Julia joined such writers as Walter Isaacson, Amy Tan, Daniel James Brown, and Doris Kearns Goodwin as a speaker at the 2021 Festival in Sonoma. For tickets and information, please visit here.
August 16, 2021
California Book Awards: Julia co-presented the 90th annual California Book Awards at the Commonwealth Club of California. To view the ceremony, please visit here.
Julia at the 90th annual California Book Awards at the Commonwealth Club on August 16, 2021
August 1-6, 2021
Community of Writers: Julia was on the nonfiction staff during the 50th summer of the west’s oldest and most beloved writing conference. For more information about this online gathering, please visit here.
July 7, 2021
Alta Live: Julia discussed her feature story on the unsolved murder of Jane Stanford, Stanford University’s co-founder and principal benefactor, in an online event. View the event here. To read the online article, which also appears in the print edition of the Summer, 2021 issue, click here.
June 3, 2021
South San Francisco Public Library, Julia will discuss her award-winning third book, The White Devil’s Daughters: The Women Who Fought Slavery in San Francisco’s Chinatown at 2:00 p.m. She will examine this history in the context of the recent spate of anti-Asian violence. To learn more, click here
June 4, 2021
Moya Library/Ross Historical Society. Julia will discuss her third book, The White Devil’s Daughters: The Women Who Fought Against Slavery in San Francisco’s Chinatown at an event hosted by the Ross Historical Society, 11:30 to 1:30 p.m. She will discuss the Marin connections in the book. For more information, please click here.
April 13, 2021
Commonwealth Club, Julia will be in conversation with Jasmin Darznik about her new book, The Bohemians, which imagines the friendship between photographer Dorothea Lange and her Chinese American assistant in 1920s San Francisco. Darznik is a New York Times bestselling author and a writing professor at the California College of the Arts. More details to come.
March 19, 2021
United Nations NGO Forum, Julia will be part of a delegation of San Francisco women to CSW64, the Commission on the Status of Women. She will take part in a online panel to discuss the pioneering efforts to combat human trafficking detailed in The White Devil’s Daughters: The Women Who Fought Against Slavery in San Francisco’s Chinatown. 12:30 to 2:00 p.m. PST.
March 18, 2021
California State Library Foundation, Julia will discuss an article she wrote for the California State Library Foundation’s Bulletin titled The Women Who Fought Against Slavery and Sex Trafficking in San Francisco’s Chinatown. She will be in conversation with the journalist and author Helen Zia. To learn more, click here.
February 4, 2021
Napa Authors Forum, Julia will interview Sonia Purnell, author of A Woman of No Importance and Clementine, at the 2021 Napa Authors Forum. This is the American Association of University Women’s annual fundraiser, in conjunction with Napa Bookmine, to raise scholarship funds for girls and women in Napa County. For more information, please click here.
January 13, 2020
Alta Asks Live, Julia answered readers’ questions about her article in The Journal of Alta California about Cameron House, the safe house in San Francisco’s Chinatown that became unsafe for generations of boys and young men. She was in conversation with essayist and public radio contributor Grace Hwang Lynch. Click here to view a recording of the Q&A.
December 12, 2020
Irish American Books and Music Festival (IBAM!) Julia spoke about her latest book, The White Devil’s Daughters: The Women Who Fought Slavery in San Francisco’s Chinatown, in a taped presentation with archival photos. This online event started at 5:15 p.m. on Saturday, December 12th and was open to all. For more information, please click here
December 8, 2020
Brown Alumni Book Club, Julia was in conversation with Sara Kēhaulani Yap To and John Toupin to discuss Julia’s history, Lost Kingdom: Hawaii’s Last Queen, the Sugar Kings, and America’s First Imperial Adventure. This online event was open to all. For more information, please click here.
September 13, 2020
Calvary Presbyterian Church: In a virtual event called One Church, One Read 2020, Julia will discuss her third book, The White Devil’s Daughters: The Women Who Fought Against Slavery in San Francisco’s Chinatown, at the Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco. The event starts at 11:30 a.m. For more information, please visit the church’s website.
August 5, 2020
Berkeley City Club: In a virtual event, Julia discussed her third book, The White Devil’s Daughters: The Women Who Fought Against Slavery in San Francisco’s Chinatown, at the Berkeley City Club. The event started at 7:00 p.m. For more information, please visit the club’s website.
July 21, 2020
Kepler’s Literary Foundation: In a virtual event to celebrate the launch of of her latest book, The Color of Air, Gail Tsukiyama will be in conversation with Julia on Tuesday, July 21st, at 7:00 p.m. (PST). For more information and to register, please click here.
July 14, 2020
Sonoma Valley Authors Festival, Julia discussed her third book, The White Devil’s Daughters: The Women Who Fought Against Slavery in San Francisco’s Chinatown, at 11:0 a.m. at the Sonoma Valley Virtual Authors Festival, in conversation with Gladstone Institutes COO Robert (Bob) Obana. For more information, please click here.
July 13, 2020
Conversation with Min Jin Lee, Julia was in conversation with Min Jin Lee, author of Pachinko, for the kick-off event of the Sonoma Valley Virtual Authors Festival. Their conversation was streamed at 9 .am. PST and 12:00 pm EST on Monday, July 13. To view, please click here.
Min Jin Lee and Julia in conversation for the Sonoma Valley Authors Festival, July 2020
May 21, 2020
CapRadio Reads. Julia’s third book, The White Devil’s Daughters: The Women Who Fought Against Slavery in San Francisco’s Chinatown, was May’s pick for Sacramento Public Radio’s public read program. Julia participated in a live online public event with Cap Radio morning host Donna Apidone. For more information, please click here.
June 23, 2020
Presbyterian Historical Society Luncheon, Cancelled due to Covid-19. Julia was scheduled to be the keynote speaker discussing her third book, The White Devil’s Daughters: The Women Who Fought Against Slavery in San Francisco’s Chinatown at the bi-annual meeting of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) General Assembly in Baltimore. For more information, please click here.
July 15, 2020
Tahoe Mountain Forum: Cancelled due to Covid-19. Julia was scheduled to discuss and present historic images from her third book, The White Devil’s Daughters: The Women Who Fought Against Slavery in San Francisco’s Chinatown, at this new series, taking place in the auditorium of Tahoe Donner Memorial State Park. More information will be forthcoming soon.
May 16, 2020
Larkspur Library Foundation, Cancelled due to Covid-19. Julia was scheduled to be in conversation with author Catherine Pyke at the Friends of the Larkspur Library’s annual authors’ tea from 2-4 p.m. They’ll be discussing women’s empowerment in the 19th and early 20th centuries and Julia’s third book, The White Devil’s Daughters: The Women Who Fought Against Slavery in San Francisco’s Chinatown. For more information, please visit the Friends’ webpage.
May 7, 2020
San Anselmo Public Library, Cancelled due to Covid-19. Julia was scheduled to discuss her third book, The White Devil’s Daughters: The Women Who Fought Against Slavery in San Francisco’s Chinatown, at the San Anselmo Public Library. For more information, please click here.
April 29, 2020
Montclair Presbyterian Church and a Great Good Place for Books, Cancelled due to Covid-19. Julia will discuss her third book, The White Devil’s Daughters: The Women Who Fought Against Slavery in San Francisco, at the Montclair Presbyterian Church at 5701 Thornhill Drive in Oakland, in conjunction with the East Bay’s beloved independent bookseller, GGPB, in Oakland’s Montclair Village. For more information, please visit Montclair Presbyterian or the bookstore’s website
April 21, 2019
Paperback launch at Book Passage. Cancelled due to Covid 19. Julia’s third book, The White Devil’s Daughters: The Women Who Fought Against Slavery in San Francisco’s Chinatown, will be published in paperback. She’ll be in conversation with Emily Murase, executive director of San Francisco’s Department on the Status of Women, and Nancy Goldberg, co-founder of the San Francisco Collaborative Against Human Trafficking, at the independent bookstore Book Passage in Corte Madera, Ca. Please join us for a reception at 6:30 p.m. and conversation at 7 p.m. 51 Tamal Vista Boulevard, Corte Madera, CA. For more information, please click here.
April 3, 2020
Moya Library/Ross Historical Society, CANCELLED due to Covid-19. Julia was scheduled to be the keynote speaker, discussing her third book, The White Devil’s Daughters: The Women Who Fought Against Slavery in San Francisco’s Chinatown at the annual fundraiser lunch hosted by the Ross Historical Society, 11:30 to 1:30 p.m., Marin Art and Garden Center. For more information, please click here.
March 21, 2020
THERE (The Eastbay Reading Extravaganza): CANCELLED due to Covid-19. Julia was planning to be one of the writers at this reading series showcasing emerging and established writers from Oakland and Berkeley, with the occasional San Franciscan. Saturday, February 22, 2020, at East Bay Booksellers, 5433 College Avenue in Oakland. See the story on THERE in the San Francisco Chronicle!
March 12, 2020
United Nations: CANCELLED due to Covid-19. Julia was planning to be part of a planned delegation of San Francisco women to CSW64, the Commission on the Status of Women. She was scheduled to take part in a panel to discuss the pioneering efforts to combat human trafficking detailed in The White Devil’s Daughters: The Women Who Fought Against Slavery in San Francisco’s Chinatown on March 12. All of the parallel NGO events were cancelled by the U.N., due to concerns over the coronavirus.
February 19, 2020
San Francisco Rotary Club: Julia spoke at a San Francisco Rotary Club Evening Foundation about her new book, The White Devil’s Daughters: The Women Who Fought Against Slavery in San Francisco’s Chinatown. The event took place at 6:30 p.m. at Fish & Farm, on 424 Clay Street, San Francisco, very close to several key scenes in the for the book. For more information, please click here.
February 19, 2020
San Francisco Village: Julia spoke at the San Francisco Village about her new book, The White Devil’s Daughters: The Women Who Fought Against Slavery in San Francisco’s Chinatown. The event took place from 1:30 to 3:30 p,m, at 3220 Fulton Street. For more information, please click here.
February 8, 2020
Berkeley Annual Authors’ Dinner: Julia was one of a number of authors honored at the Berkeley Public Library’s 18th Annual Authors’ Dinner, held at the Berkeley City Club on the evening of February 8th. The honorary chair was author Michael Lewis and hosts included Emmy Award winner Linda Schacht Gage, two-time Pulitzer Prize author T.J. Stiles, and SF Chronicle columnist and author Vanessa Hua. For more information, please click here.
February 5, 2020
Chinatown Rotary Club: Julia spoke at a Chinatown Rotary Club luncheon about her new book, The White Devil’s Daughters: The Women Who Fought Against Slavery in San Francisco’s Chinatown. The event took place at the key setting for the book, Cameron House, at 920 Sacramento Street in San Francisco. For more information, please click here.
February 6, 2020
Napa Authors Forum: Julia spoke at the American Association of University Women’s annual fundraiser, its 2020 Authors Forum, in conjunction with Napa Bookmine, to raise scholarship funds for girls and women in Napa County. The event took place at the Napa Valley College Theater. For more information, please click here.
January 27, 2020
Cap Radio’s Insight: Julia was interviewed by Sacramento Public Radio’s Insight host Beth Ruyack on Monday, January 27th about her new book, The White Devil’s Daughters: The Women Who Fought Against Slavery in San Francisco’s Chinatown. For more information, please click here.
November 23-24, 2019
Miami Book Fair: Julia discussed her discussing her third book, The White Devil’s Daughters: The Women Who Fought Against Slavery in San Francisco’s Chinatown, at the fair. To learn more about this book festival, which is held on the Miami Dade College campus, please click here.
November 14, 2019
California Studies Dinner Seminar: Julia was the guest speaker at the California Studies Dinner Seminar at U.C. Berkeley from 7 – 9 p.m. The seminar meets at the UCB Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, 2521 Channing Way in Berkeley. For more information, please click here.
November 13, 2019
San Francisco Theological Seminary: Julia discussed her third book, The White Devil’s Daughters: The Women Who Fought Against Slavery in San Francisco’s Chinatown, at the San Francisco Theological Seminary in San Anselmo, the setting for one of the key chapters of the book. For more information, please visit the SFTS’s website and the Marin Magazine article on the earthquake refugees who stayed on the campus in 1906.
November 2, 2019
Kidney Foundation Luncheon: Julia was one of seven authors featured at the National Kidney Foundation’s 31st Annual Authors Luncheon, which is the largest literary event of its kind in the Bay Area and is supported by the independent bookseller Book Passage. For more information, please click here.
October 30, 2019
Japan Society: At an event hosted by the Japan Society of Northern California in San Francisco, Julia discussed her third book , The White Devil’s Daughters: The Women Who Fought Against Slavery in San Francisco’s Chinatown, along with Emily Murase, head of the city’s Department on the Status of Women. For more information on the Japan Society, click here.
October 18, 2019
Litcrawl: First steps, first kiss, first love, first job…there’s a first time for everything. On the SF Writers Grotto’s 25th anniversary, Julia joined David Ewing Duncan, Meghan Ward, Lyzette Wanzer, and Constance Hale in telling sad, funny, and tragic tales of firsts. Hosted by Lisa Gray. The Chapel (main stage) 777 Valencia Street, SF, 5-6 p.m. For more information, click here.
October 12, 2019
Chinatown Walking Tour: An event jointly hosted by Litquake and the Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco, Julia co-led a walking tour of the Chinatown settings of her new book that afternoon, followed by a reception and conversation with the Chinese Culture Center’s executive director Cora Yang to discuss her third book, The White Devil’s Daughters: The Women Who Fought Against Slavery in San Francisco’s Chinatown. Tickets are available here. Click here to learn more about Litquake or the CCCSF.
October 8, 2019
Calvary Presbyterian: Julia discussed her third book, The White Devil’s Daughters: The Women Who Fought Against Slavery in San Francisco’s Chinatown, at Calvary Presbyterian Church, where the idea for the safe house at the center of the book began in the 1870s. The event began at 11 a.m. at 2515 Fillmore Street (at Jackson) in San Francisco. For more information, click here.
October 2-3, 2019
National Strategy Convening of Ending Human Trafficking: Julia delivered a keynote presentation based on her third book, The White Devil’s Daughters: The Women Who Fought Against Slavery in San Francisco’s Chinatown, at this meeting of Polaris and other non-profit organizations fighting human trafficking in the illicit massage industry. For more information about this event in Washington, D.C., please click here.
September 28-29, 2019
Pebble Beach Authors & Ideas Festival: Julia presented her third book, The White Devil’s Daughters: The Women Who Fought Against Slavery in San Francisco’s Chinatown, to the festival, now in its 13th year. For more information on Julia’s presentation and the festival, click here.
September 27, 2019
San Francisco Collaborative Against Human Trafficking: Julia delivered a keynote presentation based on her third book, The White Devil’s Daughters: The Women Who Fought Against Slavery in San Francisco’s Chinatown, at 1:00 p.m. in downtown San Francisco to the SFCAHT’s annual conference. For more information, click here.
September 21, 2019
Chinese Historical Society of America and Cameron House: An event jointly hosted by these two organizations. Julia was in conversation with the Rev. Harry Chuck, Catherine Cameron, and Doreen Der-McLeod to discuss her discussing her third book, The White Devil’s Daughters: The Women Who Fought Against Slavery in San Francisco’s Chinatown, in conversation. To learn more about Cameron House, click here and on the CHSA, click here.
September 22, 2019
Novato Public Library: An event hosted by the Friends of the Novato Public Library, 1720 Novato Blvd. in Marin County, Ca. which started at 5:00 p.m. Julia delivered a presentation with historic images based on her third book, The White Devil’s Daughters: The Women Who Fought Against Slavery in San Francisco’s Chinatown. For more information, click here.
September 14, 2019
Collected Works and the Women’s International Study Center: An event jointly hosted by Santa Fe’s leading independent bookstore and a nonprofit devoted to supporting Women’s Studies, Julia was in conversation with author Dr. Dora Wang about The White Devil’s Daughters: The Women Who Fought Against Slavery in San Francisco’s Chinatown. For more information, please click here.
July 25, 2019
Presbyterian Historical Society: Julia spoke about her third book, The White Devil’s Daughters: The Women Who Fought Against Slavery in San Francisco’s Chinatown, at the national historical society for the Presbyterian Church U.S.A. She also presented historic photographs from the book. For more information, please click here.
July 22-23, 2019
Archer City Writers Workshop: Julia led a discussion on how to write about faith, based on The White Devil’s Daughters: The Women Who Fought Against Slavery in San Francisco’s Chinatown and her second book, Lost Kingdom and participated on a panel at the Royal Theater.
July 22, 2019
Think on KERA, Dallas: Julia was the guest on Think, the North Texas Public Radio live talk show on KERA-FM. She will be interviewed by host John McKaa. For more information about the show, please click here.
July 19-21, 2019
Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference: Julia was in conversation with Bloomberg BusinessWeek feature writer Susan Berfield at the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference in Grapevine, Texas. For more information, please click here.
July 11, 2019
Community of Writers at Squaw Valley: Julia shared work from one of her favorite writers, the author and New Yorker journalist John Hersey, in an event titled: “You Must Read This: The Narrative Technique that Stopped You In Your Tracks.” The event, which was open to the public, began at 7:30 pm at Olympic House in Squaw Valley. For more information, please click here.
July 14, 2019
Community of Writers at Squaw Valley: Julia joined Alex Espinoza, Frances Dinkelspiel, and Janet Fitch on a panel to discuss “A Magnificent Obsession – Fulfilling the Obligations and Demands of Your Subject” at 2:00 p.m. at Olympic House in Squaw Valley. For more information, please click here.
July 10, 2019
Community of Writers at Squaw Valley: Julia joined Vanessa Hua, Janet Fitch, and Gregory Spatz in reading and discussing their work. 7:30 p.m. on the deck outside the Olympic House at Squaw Valley. This event was open to the public. To learn more, please click here.
July 2, 2019
Airwaves: Julia was the guest of an hour-long live radio broadcast of the public radio show Airwaves with host R. Gallyot to discuss her new book, The White Devil’s Daughters.” The show was heard on KWMR 89.9, 90.5 and 92.3 FM in the San Francisco Bay Area. To hear the podcast of the show, please click here.
June 26, 2019
1990 Institute and San Francisco Public Library: Julia discussed her third book, The White Devil’s Daughters: The Women Who Fought Against Slavery in San Francisco’s Chinatown, with novelist and San Francisco Chronicle columnist Vanessa Hua, introduced by 1990 Institute Executive Director Cora Yang. The event began at 6:30 pm at the Koret Auditorium followed by a reception. For more information, please click here.
Lafayette Library: Julia discussed The White Devil’s Daughters: The Women Who Fought Against Slavery in San Francisco’s Chinatown, and will present historical photos from it as part of the Lafayette Library’s “Sweet Thursday Presents” program. The event began at 7:00 pm with dessert and coffee to follow. Community Hall, 3491 Mt. Diablo Boulevard, Lafayette, CA. For more information, please click here.
June 19, 2019
San Francisco Public Press: Julia joined in the celebration for the summer issue of the San Francisco Public Press at Green Apple Books in San Francisco. The Press ran a long excerpt in this issue from The White Devil’s Daughters: The Women Who Fought Against Slavery in San Francisco’s Chinatown, as well as a Q&A. For more information, click here.
June 20, 2019
June 18, 2019
Rakestraw Books: Julia discussed The White Devil’s Daughters: The Women Who Fought Slavery in San Francisco’s Chinatown, at Rakestraw Books in Danville, Ca. The event will begin at 7:00 p.m. with Chinese treats. For more information, please click here.
June 17, 2019
Book Club of California: Julia discussed The White Devil’s Daughters: The Women Who Fought Against Slavery in San Francisco’s Chinatown, and will present historical photos from it at the Book Club of California, located near Chinatown. The event will begin at 5:00 pm with a hospitality hour and the presentation begins at 6:00 pm. 312 Sutter Street, Suite 500, San Francisco. For more information, please click here.
June 12, 2019
Mechanic’s Institute Library and Litquake: A conversation with Bonnie Tsui, author of American Chinatown and a contributor to the New York Times and California Sunday, about Julia’s new book, The White Devil’s Daughters: The Women Who Fought Against Slavery in San Francisco’s Chinatown. The event, co-sponsored by Litquake and the California Historical Society, will begin at 6:00 p.m. with light refreshments and the conversation will begin at 6:30 p.m. 57 Post Street, San Francisco, CA. For more information, please click here.
June 10, 2019
Commonwealth Club: The Commonwealth Club will present its 88th annual California Book Awards at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, June 10th. Julia was a juror for the third year of these awards and will present the awards in the nonfiction category to The Library Book, by Susan Orlean, and American Prison, by Shane Bauer. For more information and to purchase tickets to the award ceremony, please click here.
June 9, 2019
Dominican University: A conversation with Marin poet laureate Rebecca Foust and Marcelo Hernandez Castillo, a founding member of Undocupoets, as part of Domincan University’s MFA residency program. The event will begin at 4:00 p.m. with the panel on “Writing and Community,” then dinner, followed by readings, in the the Garden Room of Edgehill Mansion. For more information, please click here.
May 21, 2019
Peninsula Launch Party at Kepler’s. A conversation with Stanford historian Leslie Berlin about Julia’s third book, The White Devil’s Daughters: The Women Who Fought Against Slavery in San Francisco’s Chinatown, at Kepler’s Books in Menlo Park. The event began at 7:30 p.m. 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park, CA. For more information, please click here.
May 18, 2019
San Francisco Launch party at the historic Elk’s Lodge. Julia launched her third book, The White Devil’s Daughters: The Women Who Fought Against Slavery in San Francisco’s Chinatown, at the historic Elks Lodge in the Kensington Park Hotel off Union Square, 450 Post Street. She was in conversation with Kevin Hunsanger, founder of the San Francisco Cultural City Museum and a longtime co-owner of Green Apple Books. The party is from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. For more information, please click here.
May 16, 2019
Marin Launch party at Book Passage. Julia launched her third book, The White Devil’s Daughters: The Women Who Fought Against Slavery in San Francisco’s Chinatown, in conversation with Maureen Fan, the Washington Post’s former Beijing bureau chief, at the independent bookstore Book Passage in Corte Madera, Ca. The party began at 6:30 p.m. with Chinese treats and the talk took place at 7 p.m. 51 Tamal Vista Boulevard, Corte Madera, CA. For more information, please click here.
May 14, 2019
Commonwealth Club. Julia was in conversation with journalist and author Helen Zia about The White Devil’s Daughters: The Women Who Fought Against Slavery in San Francisco’s Chinatown, at the Commonwealth Club of California. The event began at 6:30 p.m. with refreshments and the conversation began at 7 p.m. 110 Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA. For more information, please click here.
May 13, 2019
KQED Forum. Julia appeared on San Francisco’s public radio program “Forum” in conversation with host Michael Krasny about The White Devil’s Daughters: The Women Who Fought Against Slavery in San Francisco’s Chinatown. Julie’s segment ran from 10-10:30 a.m. PST and was rebroadcast from 11-11:30 PM. Click here to listen online.
KRCB’s Word by Word. Julia appeared on the hour-long KRCB-FM public radio program “Word by Word” in conversation with host Gil Mansergh about The White Devil’s Daughters: The Women Who Fought Against Slavery in San Francisco’s Chinatown. Tune in between 4 and 5 p.m. Pacific time or listen live online starting on Monday, May 13th.
May 4-5, 2019
Bay Area Book Festival. Julia was in conversation with the renowned historian Adam Hochschild on Saturday, May 4th, at 1:30 p.m.. She’ll also be interviewed on Sunday, May 5th at 1:30 p.m. by Lauren Schiller, the creator and host of public radio’s Inflection Point radio show and podcast, about her third book, The White Devil’s Daughters: The Women Who Fought Against Slavery in San Francisco’s Chinatown, at the Bay Area Book Festival in Berkeley. For more information about the festival, please click here.
April 10, 2019
Commonwealth Club. Julia will be in conversation with author Carolyn Burke, author of Foursome: Alfred Stieglitz, Georgia O’Keefe, Paul Strand, Rebecca Salsbury. Check-in is at 5:30 p.m. and the conversation begins at 6:00 p.m. More more information, please click here.
January 27, 2019
Stranger Than Fiction. Julia will be reading from her forthcoming book, The White Devil’s Daughters: The Women Who Fought Against Slavery in San Francisco’s Chinatown, at this reading series, alongside Tom Barbash and other writers. Edinburgh Castle, 950 Geary Avenue, San Francisco, 3-5 p.m.. For more information, please click here
October 20, 2018
Lit Crawl. Julia will be reading from her forthcoming book, The White Devil’s Daughters: The Women Who Fought Against Slavery in San Francisco’s Chinatown, in the second stage of this year’s Lit Crawl as part of the Sanctuary City Anthology and Reading Series. The event will take place at the Laundry Gallery and Cafe, 3359 26th Street, from 6:30-7:30 p.m. For more information about the Lit Crawl, which is produced by San Francisco’s Litquake Foundation, please visit here.
February 26, 2018
Brown Authors Panel: Please join Julia on Monday, February 26th, from 7:30 PM at Booksmiths’ event space, The Bindery, for a panel of three San Francisco-based Brown University authors discussing their experience in getting published. Panelists include Julia Flynn Siler, ’82, Ravi Chandra, ’89, and Ho Lin, ’92, for an evening dedicated to writing. For further details, please visit: http://www.brownclubsf.com/events/1/23/2018/brown-authors-panel-getting-published-the-writing-process
February 7, 2018
In Conversation: Please join Julia on Wednesday, February 7th, at 6:30 PM at Collected Works Bookstore in Santa Fe, New Mexico in conversation with renowned biographer James McGrath Morris. Siler is the sixth recipient of the annual Mayborn Biography Fellowship, which, in partnership with Biographers International Organization, provides a creative residency in Santa Fe. She will read from her new book set in San Francsico’s Chinatown, forthcoming from Alfred A. Knopf.
June 12, 2017
California Book Awards: Julia will be presenting the 2017 nonfiction awards at the 86th annual California Book Awards at the Commonwealth Club. The gold medal winner is Andres Resende for The Other Slavery. For more information on the event, which is open to the public, please visit: https://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/special-events/california-book-awards
April 7, 2017
San Francisco Library Laureate: Julia will be honored, along with other authors, as a 2017 Library Laureate at a benefit gala for the San Francisco Public Library. The theme of the evening is “Library Love Stories” to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love. For more details, please visit: http://www.friendssfpl.org/events/librarylaureates/overview.html
February 15, 2017
The Community of Writers at Squaw Valley will host an evening of readings in Sacramento by distinguished alumni, including Jade Chang and Jordan Fisher Smith. Julia will be the emcee for this benefit event. For more details, please visit: https://communityofwriters.org/publicevents/
October 29, 2016
The Berkeley Narrative Journalism Conference, Julia will be a special speaker at this conference that brings together writers and editors from the east coast and the west. She will be on a panel titled “Whose History Gets Told?” with author Adam Hochschild and former news producer and visual journalist Keris Salmon. For more details, please visit: http://events.journalism.berkeley.edu/narrative/speakers
January 30 , 2016
YWCA Festival of Women Authors, Julia will be one of four women authors featured in this 22nd annual event. She will speak at 9:45 a.m. and the festival runs from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., His Lordships Restaurant, Berkeley Marina. For more details, please visit: http://www.ywca-berkeley.org/upcoming-events/#7
October 8, 2015
Mechanic’s Institute Library & Chess Room, Julia will be interviewing author Frances Dinkelspiel on her latest book, Tangled Vines: Greed, Murder, Obsession, and an Arsonist in the Vineyards of California (St. Martin’s Press, Oct. 2015). 5:30 wine tasting and reception followed by conversation at 6:00 p.m. For more details, please visit: http://www.milibrary.org/events/tangled-vines-oct-8-2015
October 17 , 2015
Uncharted: The Berkeley Festival of Ideas, Julia will be interviewing Elnora Tena Webb, president of Laney College, on how to make higher education more accessible as part of Berkeleyside’s ideas festival. 2:00 p.m. For more details, please visit: http://www.berkeleyideas.com
May 21, 2015
De Young Museum, Author presentation and Q&A to museum docents
1:00 to 2:00 p.m., De Young Museum, San Francisco, Ca.
Speaker presentation organized for the docents of the De Young museum and linked to a current exhibition on Royal Hawaiian Featherwork: Nā Hulu Ali‘i.
May 3, 2015
Punahou Alumni Association, Author presentation and Q&A
4:00 to 6:00 p.m., private home, San Mateo, Ca.
Spring speaker series hosted by the Punahou Alumni Association of Northern California
For more information, please contact: paanc@punahou.edu
June 6, 2014
Moya Library/Ross Historical Society, Keynote Speaker
11:30 to 1:30 p.m.
Annual fundraiser lunch hosted by the Ross Historical Society
Marin Art & Garden Society
For more information, please visit http://www.moya-rhs.org/
July 7-11, 2014
Squaw Valley Community of Writers, Faculty member
Annual writers workshop and panels
Squaw Valley, California
For more information, please visit http://www.squawvalleywriters.org/writers_ws.htm
April 2, 2014
Community in the Changing Landscape of San Francisco, Panelist with Gary Kamiya, Rev. Cecil Williams, John Law, and Joel Selvin.
6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
Hosted by Green Apple Books, S.F. Elks Lodge
450 Post Street, 3rd Floor (Kensington Park Hotel) San Francisco, CA 94102
For more information, please contact Kevin Hunsager 415-387-2272
March 8, 2014
Authors Under the Stars Gala, Guest Author
6:40 to 10:30 p.m.
Walnut Creek Library Foundation
Walnut Creek Library
For more information, please visit http://www.wclibrary.org/
May 19, 2013
California Writers Club, Berkeley Branch
2:00 to 4:30 p.m.
Bradley C. Walters Community Room
Oakland Public Library
125 14th Street, Oakland CA
For more information, please visit http://cwc-berkeley.org/
April 20-21, 2013
Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
University of Southern California Campus
Los Angeles, Ca.
For more information, please click here.
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Prologue Society of Miami
Luncheon and book talk
Northern Trust Bank, 700 Brickell Avenue, Miami, Fla.
For more information, please click here.
Sunday, January 27, 2013
Book Passage
Paperback launch of Lost Kingdom with book talk and Hawaiian treats, 7 p.m.
51 Tamal Vista Boulevard
Corte Madera, CA
For more information, please click here.
Monday, January 28, 2013
Book Passage
“Meet the Author” with Pamela Feinsilber, 7 p.m.
51 Tamal Vista Boulevard
Corte Madera, CA
For more information, please click here.
Tuesday, January 15th, 2013
University Club of New York
Cocktail reception, book talk, and dinner, 6 p.m.
1 West 54th Street, New York, NY
For more information, please contact the club.
Saturday, November 11th
U.C. Berkeley’s East Meets West: Riveting History
Julia moderated a conversation with prizewinning authors Adam Hochschild and T.J. Stiles This program is free and open to the public, 8:00 to 9:30 p.m.
Sibley Auditorium, U.C. Berkeley
Please click here for more information.
Wednesday, December 12th, 2012
Ring Mountain Day School Book Fair
Coffee and book talk with Literary Masters’ Liz Epstein
70 Lomita Drive, Mill Valley, Ca.
For more information, please contact the school.
Thursday, November 8, 7 p.m.
Friends of the Fairfax Library Book Club
2097 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Fairfax, CA
Please click here for more information.
Sunday, October 28th
California Writers Club
Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, CA
1-3 p.m., Julia and her writing colleagues Allison Hoover Bartlett, Katherine Ellison, and Susan Freinkel will discuss Writing Groups: Lessons from North 24th Writers
Please click here for more information.
Thursday, October 25th
San Domenico School Author Luncheon
Book talk, signing, and luncheon
San Domenico School, 1500 Butterfield Road, San Anselmo CA
11:30 AM-1:30 PM, please contact the school for more information.
Saturday, October 13th
Columbia University Alumni Book Fair
Book signing, Columbia University Campus
116th Street and Broadway, New York, N.Y.
Please click here for more information.
Saturday, October 5th
Litquake, Off The Richter Scale
Opening weekend panel, “Round the World in Six Books”
Variety Preview Room Theatre, 582 Market Street, First Floor, San Francisco
Please click here to learn more about S.F.’s Litquake literary festival.
Saturday, September 15th
Distinctive Women in Hawaiian History
Julia will be one of the keynote speakers at this full-day conference.
Mission Memorial Auditorium, downtown Honolulu
11 a.m. Please click here for more information. This program will be followed by the following community appearances:
- Sunday, September 16 atLunalilo Home in Hawai‘i Kai, 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. The event is open to seniors in residence, care givers, family members and east O‘ahu residents.
- Sunday, September 16 at Native Books/Nā Mea Hawaiʻi, Ward Warehouse in downtown Honolulu, 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
- Monday, September 17 at Kula Kaiapuni ‘o Ānuenue, Hawaiian Language Immersion School in Palolo Valley, speaking to about 150 kids and 16 teachers.
- Monday, September 17 atKapi‘olani Community College, 3:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
- Monday, September 17 atBishop Museum, 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m., Julia will appear with renowned hula scholar Ishmael W. Stagner, Ph.D., author of Kumu Hula: Roots and Branches, and presenter of Princess Nāhinu Kamehaokalani’s Hula Legacy on King Kalākaua’s Court.
Friday, September 14th
Hawaii Public Radio
Julia was a guest on “The Conversation,” interviewed by guest host Lynne Waters.
Live streaming on KIPO.
8:00 – 8:20 a.m.. Please click here for more information.
Thursday, September 13th
Kamehameha Schools – Kapālama High School
Julia was invited to speak to high school students studying history at the Kamehameha Schools as part of the community dialogue program organized by the Distinctive Women in Hawaiian History program. Please click here for more information.
Wednesday, September 5th
Metropolitan Club
Reception, book talk and signing, dinner.
640 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA
6 PM. Please click here for more information.
Thursday, August 9-Sunday, August 12
Book Passage Travel Writers & Photographers Conference
Julia will be one of the faculty members, along with Susan Orlean, Spud Hilton, and Andrew McCarthy
51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, CA
Please visit the conference site for more information.
Wednesday, July 18th
Nonfiction Author Panel with Julia Scheeres
Los Altos Library
13 S. San Antonio Road, Los Altos, CA
7:30 PM, please click here for more information.
Thursday, May 10th
Why There Are Words literary series
Studio 333 on Caledonia Street in Sausalito, CA
7 PM, $5 donation at the door. Please click here for more information.
Saturday, May 5
Honolulu Book and Music Festival
Civic Grounds at Honolulu Hale in downtown Honolulu
Book talk and signing, free. Please click here for more information.
Foothill College Authors Series, book talk and signing with Hawaiian ethno-musicologist Carlton Ka’ala Cormack
Foothill College Campus/Hearthside Lounge
Los Altos, CA
Noon, free. Please click here for more information.
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