
2023 Events
May 19-20, 2023
In-Person Event
Seattle Reads: “The Swimmers”
June 24, 2023, 8-10PM
In-Person Event
ALA Conference, Chicago, IL
2023 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction Award Ceremony and Reception
Mar 16, 2023, 6:30PM
In-Person Event
Loyola University Maryland
Humanities Symposium address: An American Story: War, Memory and Erasure
Mar 6, 2023, 6PM
In-Person Event
Albertine Books, New York City, NY
Julie Otsuka and Chantal Thomas: Portrait of The Mother as A Swimmer
Jan 11, 2023
Under the Volcano
Virtual Event
Interview with Magda Bogin
Past Events
Note: all Common Reads refer to When the Emperor Was Divine unless otherwise specified
2022
October 16, 2022, 4PM Central Time
Virtual Event
AAPI Coalition of Wisconsin
AAPI Authors Humanizing our History: A Conversation with Julie Otsuka & Tom Ikeda
Virtual Event
California Book Club with John Freeman and Michael Cunningham
September 13, 2022, 8pm ET
In-Person Event
Hausman Lecture
Franklin & Marshall College
Lancaster, P
Sep. 22-25 • Festival America, Vincennes, France
Virtual Event
Summer Tales Author Talk: Julie Otsuka
Mar 30 • Club Book, Friends of the St. Paul Library
Feb 23 • McNally Jackson Books with Katie Kitamura
Feb 22 • PEN Out Loud/Asian American Writers Workshop/Strand Bookstore with Nicole Chung
Sep. 22-25 • Festival America, Vincennes, France
Mar 30 • Club Book, Friends of the St. Paul Library
Feb 23 • McNally Jackson Books with Katie Kitamura
Feb 22 • PEN Out Loud/Asian American Writers Workshop/Strand Bookstore with Nicole Chung
2021
Dec 14 • American School in London (virtual)
Dec 13 • City College of New York (virtual)
Nov 29 • University of Virginia (virtual)
June 9 • Reading, The Penguin Book of the Modern American Short Story, NYU, New York, NY (virtual)
Mar 20 • Las Cruces Reads, Las Cruces, NM (virtual)
2020
Oct 29 • Waukesha Reads, Waukesha, WI (virtual)
Oct 17 • Augustana College, Rock Island, IL. Common Read (virtual)
Sep 22 • Viterbo University, La Crosse, WI. Common Read (virtual)
May 19 • Highline College, Des Moines, WA. Common Read (virtual)
May 19 • Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA. Common Read (virtual)
2019
Dec 10 • Stadttheater, Bremen, Germany
Dec 6 • Heinehaus, Düsseldorf, Germany
Dec 5 • Literaturhaus, Stuttgart, Germany
Dec 3 • Literaturhaus, Basel, Switzerland
Dec 1 • Orell Füssli Kramhof, Zurich, Switzerland
Oct 17 • University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL. Common Read
Apr 30 • Galesburg Reads, Galesburg, IL
Mar 27 • Colorado Academy, Denver, CO (virtual)
Feb 2 • Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Common Read (virtual)
Jan 14-25 • Theâtre des Quartiers d’Ivry, Paris, France. Certaines n’avaient jamais vu la mer (performance of ‘The Buddha in the Attic’)
2018
Oct 17 • CSU Monterey Bay, Monterey, CA. Common Read
Apr 26 • Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Mar 16 • Terre Haute Reads, Terre Haute, IN
2017
Apr 19 • Raritan Valley Community College, Branchburg, NJ
Apr 6 • United States Military Academy, West Point, NY
Mar 30 • Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA. Common Read
Feb 26 • Poughkeepsie Public Library, Poughkeepsie NY
2016
Nov 17 • Brookdale Community College, Middletown Township, NJ. Common Read
Oct 19-20 • Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN. Common Read
Oct 26 • Norwalk Community College, Norwalk, CT. Common Read
Sep 21 • University of Delaware, Newark, DE. Common Read.
May 5 • Arlington Reads, Arlington, VA
Apr 21 • Northwestern Connecticut Community College, Winsted, CT. Common Read
Apr 28 • Auburn Reads, Auburn, CA
2015
Oct 5 • PEN/Faulkner Gala, Washington, DC
Sep 18 • Stavanger International Festival of Literature, Stavanger, Norway
Sep 16 • International Writer’s Stage, Gothenburg, Sweden
Sep 14 • House of Culture, Stockholm Sweden
May 23 • Palo Alto Reads, Palo Alto, CA (Virtual)
Feb 19 • Japan Society, New York, NY
2014
Oct 23 • Salt Lake City Reads, Salt Lake City, UT
Oct 9 • Framingham State University, Framingham, MA. Common Read
Oct 2 • SUNY Old Westbury, Old Westbury, NY. Common Read
Sep 21 • Brooklyn Literary Festival, Brooklyn, NY
Sep 17 • Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, CT. Common Read
Apr 24 • Green River Community College, Auburn, WA. Common Read
Mar 3 • Columbia University School of Journalism, New York, NY
2013
Nov 7-9 • Cranbrook Kingswood Upper School, Bloomfield Hills, MI. Common Read
Oct 19 • Uptown Lit Festival, New York, NY
Oct 10 • Colgate University, Hamilton, NY
Sep 25 • St. Joseph’s Preparatory School, Philadelphia, PA. Common Read (The Buddha in the Attic)
Sep 11 • Wheelock College, Boston, MA. Common Read
Apr 25 • Greenwich Reads, Greenwich, CT
Apr 17 • Yeshiva University, New York, NY
Mar 28 • PEN/Faulkner Reading, Washington, DC
Mar 20 • Brandeis National Committee Author Luncheon, Boca Raton, FL
Mar 16 • 2013 • Long Beach Festival of Authors, Long Beach, CA
Mar 14 • Penn State Abington College, Abington, PA
Mar • Philadelphia Reads, Philadelphia, PA (The Buddha in the Attic)
Mar 13 • The Community College of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Mar 13 • Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Mar 12 • Haverford Highschool, Havertown, PA
Mar 12 • Haverford Township Free Library, Havertown, PA
Mar 11 • The National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Mar 9 • Association of Asian American Yale Alumni Award, New York, NY
Feb 21 • MorseLife Foundation Literary Society, West Palm Beach, Florida.
Feb 7 • Emerson College, Boston, MA
Jan 29 • Seattle Arts & Lectures Literary Arts Series, Seattle, WA
Jan 29 • Nathan Hale High School, Seattle, WA
Jan 28 • Elliott Bay Books, Seattle, WA
Jan 18 • Rose State Performing Arts Theatre, Oklahoma City, OK
Jan 17 • Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia PA
2012
Dec 17 • 92nd Street Y with Junot Diaz, New York, NY
Nov 12 • Presenter, National Book Award 5 Under 35, Powerhouse Arena, Brooklyn, NY
Nov 5 • Prix Femina Award Ceremony, Paris, France
Oct 27 • Texas Book Festival, Austin, TX
Oct. 21 • Wilton Reads, Wilton, CT (The Buddha in the Attic)
Oct 17 • Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
Oct 10 • Bakersfield College, Bakersfield, CA
Oct 3 • Loudoun County Reads, Loudoun County, VA
Sep 20-23 • Festival America, Vincennes, France
Sep 10 • Yale Master’s Tea, Silliman College, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Sep 2 • Decatur Book Festival, Decatur, GA
Aug 29 • Brandeis University, Waltham, MA. Common Read
Aug 30 • Bard College at Simon’s Rock, Great Barrington, MA. Common Read (The Buddha in the Attic)
Aug 30 • Bay State College, Boston, MA. Common Read
Aug 24 • St. Mary’s College of Maryland, Saint Mary’s City, MD. Common Read
July 26 • Fordham University, New York, NY
June 5 • Festival di Massenzio, Roman Forum, Rome, Italy
May 5 • PEN/Faulkner Award Ceremony, Washington, DC
May 24 • Humanities Preparatory Academy, New York, NY,
Apr 21-22 • Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, Los Angeles, CA
Apr 20 • Los Angeles Times Book Prizes Award Ceremony, USC, Los Angeles, CA
Apr 11 • Ferguson Library Author Series, Stamford, CT
Feb 20 • Columbia University School of Journalism, New York, NY
Feb 1 • Symphony Space, On-Stage Interview with David Rakoff, New York, NY
Jan 19 • Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
2011
Dec 8 • Center for Fiction, New York, NY
Nov 2 • St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO. Common Read
Oct 12 • Rhode Island College, Providence, RI. Common Read
Oct 5 • Brookline Booksmith, Brookline, MA
Oct 4 • Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Sep 15 • Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory, San Francisco, CA
Sep 15 • BookShop West Portal, San Francisco, CA
Sep 23 • Seattle Public Library with Elliott Bay Bookstore, Seattle, WA
Sep 22 • Eagle Harbor Book Company, Bainbridge Island, WA
Sep 21 • Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park, WA
Sep 20 • Village Books, Bellingham, WA
Sep 19 • Book Passage, Corte Madera, CA
Sep 16 • A Great Good Place for Books, Oakland, CA
Sep 12 • Vroman’s Bookstore, Pasadena, CA
July 20 • Fordham University, New York, NY
Apr 15-16 • Spokane GetLit Festival, Spokane, WA
Apr 5 • Humanities Preparatory Academy, New York, NY