our 2023 lineup
Group of eleven women standing together indoors, holding books, smiling, with a bookshelf in the background.

Asa Drake, author of One Way to Listen

Noreen Ocampo, author of Not Flowers

Tamara Al-Qaisi-Coleman, author of The Raven, The Bayou, & The Willow

Gina Chung, author of Sea Change

Sarah Audsley, author of Landlock X

Jami Nakamura Lin, author of The Night Parade

E. M. Tran, author of Daughters of the New Year

Jenny Tinghui Zhang, author of Four Treasures of the Sky

A woman is standing at a podium with bookshelves behind her, speaking to a large audience in a bookstore or library setting. The audience is seated, facing the speaker, with some wearing masks.
A woman standing behind a wooden lectern, reading from a book, in front of a bookshelf filled with books. She is speaking into a microphone on a stand, wearing a patterned jacket and black pants. The setting appears to be an indoor venue with a wooden ceiling, gray painted brick walls, and a patterned area rug on the floor.
Blackboard sign with handwritten text in colorful chalk announcing events tonight, including raw food at 5:45 PM, Denise Luyten's celebration at 7 PM, and other activities.
A large group of diverse people, many wearing face masks, gathered in a room with wooden beams and bookshelves, smiling and posing for the photo.
A woman reading a book titled 'Four Treasures of the Sky' at a podium in a cozy, book-filled library with wooden shelves and a vintage rug.
A person with glasses and a patterned shirt smiling and holding a bottle of white wine, standing near a table with more bottles and ice, inside a room with wooden bookshelves.

Our 2023 reading took place at Elliott Bay Book Company on Wed, March 8 and was sponsored by Kundiman South.

Group of seven women standing together indoors, smiling, holding books, in front of a bookshelf with books, wooden floor.