Events
2026
- 2026-01-17 - Eckerd College Writers’ Conference: Writers in Paradise.
17-18th January. St Petersberg, Florida. In Person.
- 2026-01-27 - Lily King with Jemimah Wei
Tuesday, 7PM PST. Kepler’s Books. In Person.
- 2026-01-29 - Creative Writing Series at UC Davis: Jemimah Wei
University of California, Davis. 4:30PM PST. In Person and Online.
- 2026-02-12 - Goa Arts and Literature Festival
12th-14th February. Goa, India. In Person.
- 2026-02-19 - Miami Book Fair x National Book Foundation. First Draft: A Literary Social with Jemimah Wei
19th February, Thursday. 6:30 – 7:30pm. Books&Books, MiamiIn Person. RSVP Required.
- 2026-02-19 - Miami Book Fair x National Book Foundation: An Evening with the 2025 5 Under 35 Honorees
Thursday, February 19 @ 8:00 pm. Books & Books, Miami, Florida. In Person. RSVP Required.
- 2026-05-27 - Grubstreet Manuscript Month [Virtual Class]
Wednesday, 6PM ET. “From Writer to Author: Preparing Yourself for Publication.” Zoom. Register here.
2025
- 2025-01-15 - [AUTHOR TALK] Process, Publication, & Perspective: Jemimah Wei and Wen-yi Lee
Wednesday, 7:30pm. In-person at SBC Training Room, 90 Goodman RoadSingapore, 439053.
- 2025-03-28 - [Panel] Becoming a Debut Novelist: The Journey From Agent Queries to Book Launch
for AWP 2025. Friday, 9AM, PT. In-person at Los Angeles Convention Center, California.
- 2025-05-06 - NYC Launch for The Original Daughter: In conversation with Roxane Gay.
Tuesday, 7pm ET. In-person at New Design HS, 350 Grand Street, New York.
- 2025-05-12 - Seattle Launch for The Original Daughter: In conversation with Jane Wong
- 2025-05-13 - San Francisco Launch for The Original Daughter: In conversation with R.O. Kwon
- 2025-05-14 - Corte Madera Launch for The Original Daughter: In conversation with Zach Williams
Wed, 6pm. In-person at Book Passage Corte Madera.
- 2025-05-15 - Menlo Park Launch for The Original Daughter: In conversation with Jonathan Escoffery
Thursday, 7pm. In Person at Kepler’s.
- 2025-05-21 - Odyssey Bookshop, First Editions Club
Wednesday, 7pm. In-person at Odyssey Bookshop, South Hadley, Massachusetts
- 2025-06-02 - NYPL launch for The Original Daughter: In conversation with Gina Chung
- 2025-06-11 - San Mateo County Libraries: Author talk
Wednesday. 6PM PT/ 9PM EST. Virtual, Registration Required.
- 2025-06-24 - [BOOK TALK] The South with Tash Aw, moderated by Jemimah Wei
Tuesday, 7:30pm. In person at 72-13, Singapore.
- 2025-06-26 - Columbia Alumni Book Launch Social for The Original Daughter
Thursday. In-Person at Alchemy Bar, Singapore. Tickets here.
- 2025-06-28 - Kinokuniya, Singapore launch for The Original Daughter
Saturday, 2pm. In Person. In conversation with Chandreyee Ray at Kinokuniya Singapore.
- 2025-07-05 - Book Bar, Singapore launch for The Original Daughter: In Conversation with Rachel Heng
Saturday, 2pm. In person at Book Bar Singapore, moderated by Megan Chia.
- 2025-07-12 - Book Club Author Visit with Wormhole Singapore
- 2025-07-19 - Books, Kinokuniya, Malaysia: The Original Daughter
Saturday, 12 noon. In person at Books Kinokuniya, KLCC.
- 2025-07-19 - Tsutaya Books, Malaysia: The Original Daughter
Saturday, 4pm. In person at Tsutaya Books Bukit Jalil.
- 2025-07-20 - MPH Bookstores, Malaysia: The Original Daughter
Sunday, 12pm. In Person at MPH Bookstores @ The Exchange TRX, Malaysia.
- 2025-08-21 - NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY: Book Talk and Launch
Thursday, 5pm. In-Person.
- 2025-08-30 - Kinokuniya Raffles City, Singapore: Meet and Greet
Saturday, 2pm. In Person.
- 2025-09-13 - Mississippi Book Festival 2025: The Female Narrative [Panel]
Saturday 4:00PM. In Person.
- 2025-10-11 - Morristown Festival of Books with Renée Ahdieh
11 October. 2:30pm. In Person.
- 2025-10-19 - ESEA Lit Fest: JEMIMAH WEI x TASH AW
Cheltenham Literature Festival 2025. Sunday, 1:45pm. In-person.
- 2025-10-21 - Real Magic Books — Jemimah Wei in Conversation
Tuesday, 6:30pm. Real Magic Books, Wendover, UK. In Person.
- 2025-10-27 - Singapore Unbound’s THE ORIGINAL PARTY
Monday, 7pm. Superfine, 126 Front Street Brooklyn, NY 11201. In Person.
- 2025-11-02 - Toronto International Festival of Authors — Family Faultlines: Ziyad Saadi, Zeina Sleiman & Jemimah Wei
Sun, Nov 2. 1pm EDT. In Person.
- 2025-11-02 - Toronto International Festival of Authors — The Bonds that Shape Us: Ryad Assani-Razaki & Jemimah Wei
Sun, Nov 2. 3pm EDT. In Person.
- 2025-11-09 - Texas Book Festival — Buzzy Debut Novels with Rob Franklin
Sunday, Nov 9th. 1:15 PM. In Person.
- 2025-11-22 - Fall Craft Intensive: Reading into Revision [VIRTUAL CLASS] [SOLD OUT]
Saturday, November 22. 9 AM – 12 PM PST/ 12 PM – 3 PM EST. Online
- 2025-12-11 - Singapore Literature Book Club
Thursday, 7pm SGT. Central Public Library at Basement 1, Programme Room 1. Singapore. In Person, RSVP.
- 2025-12-13 - Changi Airport x Jewel Starbucks Meet The Author Session
Saturday, 10am SGT. Changi Jewel Starbucks. Singapore. In Person.
2024
- 2024-02-08 - Stegner Fellow Reading at Stanford University.
Mackenzie Room, 475 Via Ortega. Stanford, CA94305
- 2024-04-24 - Guernica’s Direct Discourse with Rumena Bužarovska and Senior Fiction Editor Adam Dalva.
Monday, 2 pm ET. Zoom.
- 2024-07-20 - Reading in the Age of Distraction 2024 for the National Library Board, Singapore
Saturday, 10:00AM SGT. Online, Registration Required.
- 2024-08-10 - New York Foundation for the Arts Residencies, Grants, and Fellowships for Writers: Nailing the Application.
Thursday, 6PM ET. Online.
- 2024-09-22 - [READING] Spoke & Bird: Daryl Qilin Yam, Jemimah Wei & Judith Huang
8pm. In-person at Coup Bar on Ann Siang Hill, Singapore.
- 2024-10-12 - [SOLD OUT] MASTERCLASS: “Building A Writing Life”, Jemimah Wei
Saturday, 1pm. In-person at Sing Lit Station, 22 Dickson Road, Singapore.
- 2024-11-02 - [PANEL] All Around Me Are Familiar Faces: Notes on Author Branding
for Asia Creative Writing Program’s Practitioner’s Conference. 11:30am, Saturday. In-person at Marina Bay Sands, Heliconia Room, Level 3.
- 2024-11-29 - MASTERCLASS: “Building A Writing Life”, Jemimah Wei [Re-run]
Friday, 7pm. In-Person at Sing Lit Station, 22 Dickson RoadSingapore, 209506