Events

Schedule still being updated, check back frequently.

2026

May 16: Livermore, CA | Livermore Public Library, 2pm

May 31: Berkeley, CA | Bay Area Book Festival, 11am

August 21: Menlo Park, CA | Kepler’s Books, in conversation with Chang-rae Lee on the occasion of his new novel, A Tender Age

September 3: Hamilton, NY | Colgate University Living Writers Series

October 8-10: Brisbane, Australia | Brisbane Writers Festival

October 11-14: Sydney, Australia | Events tbd

October 15-18: Canberra, Australia | Canberra Writers Festival

2025

July 15: Paris, France | NYU Paris, MFA Craft Talk: “Fix your hearts or die: on kairos, metanoia, and the function of the happy ending vs. the tragic”

July 17: Oxford, England | Daunt Books, Summertown, in conversation with Hanna Thomas Uose | https://dauntbooks.co.uk/shop/events/elaine-castillo/

July 19: London, England | Southbank Centre, East and Southeast Asian Literary Festival | “Love in the Time of Tech” in conversation with John Lau and Rebecca Liu | https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/love-in-the-time-of-tech-elaine-castillo-john-lau/

July 22: Bath, England | Topping and Company Booksellers, in conversation with Kaliane Bradley | https://www.toppingbooks.co.uk/events/bath/elaine-castillo/

July 23: Manchester, England | Blackwells Bookshop, in conversation with Susan Barker | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/moderation-elaine-castillo-in-conversation-with-susan-barker-tickets-1356302269599

August 7: San Francisco, CA | City Lights Booksellers | https://citylights.com/events/elaine-castillo/

Aug 12: Long Beach, CA/Virtual | Kapwa Bookstores Collective (Bel Canto Books, Loyalty Bookstore, Femme Fire, Word Up) Zoom event | https://www.eventbrite.com/e/elaine-castillo-virtual-book-launch-hosted-by-kapwa-bookstores-collective-tickets-1497214381519

August 14: New York, NY | The Strand Bookstore, in conversation with Jia Tolentino | https://www.strandbooks.com/event81425.html

Aug 22: Edinburgh, Scotland | Edinburgh International Book Festival, “Elaine Castillo, Chris McQueer, and Catherine Prasifka: Virtually Reality” | https://www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival/whats-on/elaine-castillo-chris-mcqueer-catherine-prasifka-virtually-reality

August 28: Mill Valley, CA | Mill Valley Public Library, in conversation with Susanna Kwan | https://millvalleylibrary.libcal.com/event/14797518

September 10: San Francisco, CA | San Francisco Public Library, Koret Auditorium, in collaboration with the Filipino-American Center, in conversation with Jenny Odell | https://sfpl.org/events/2025/09/10/author-elaine-castillo-conversation-jenny-odell

September 24: The Audacious Book Club pick for September | Zoom event with Roxane Gay | https://audacity.substack.com/p/introducing-moderation

September 30: Cambridge, MA | Cambridge Public Library | https://cambridgepl.libcal.com/event/15060884

October 21: Menlo Park, CA | Kepler’s Books, in conversation with John Freeman and Tommy Orange | https://www.keplers.org/upcoming-events-internal/john-freeman

October 26: Belmont, CA | Belmont Public Library | https://smcl.bibliocommons.com/events/68dafa9aea7c2c838175ad3f

October 28: San Francisco, CA | Kearny Street Workshop, in collaboration with Green Apple Books | Halloween costumes + reading, in conversation with Jason Bayani | https://events.humanitix.com/ksw-and-green-apple-books-present-elaine-castillo-and-jason-bayani-in-conversation

Nov 16: San Francisco, CA | Public Words/Bar Part Time | Live Moderation-themed reading + open mic

Dec 6: Banned Book Club with Ali Velshi at MSNBC | Live television segment, 9:30am PT/12:30pm ET