Events

2026 Upcoming Events

Sat 4/25: Downtown Oakland — Spring Mahjong at Open Test Kitchen, with Oakland Bloom and Moments Cooperative. (1-4pm) Register here.

Sat 5/9: San Francisco (Civic Center) — Author talk and panel discussion hosted by the Filipino American Center at the SF Public Library (Main Branch), with Aureen Almario (Bindlestiff Studio) and wellness advocate Dyanna Volek. Chinese and Filipino style mahjong gameplay to follow the talk, with bookselling help from On Waverly. (2-5pm) Details and registration here.

Thurs 5/14: Berkeley — Author talk & mahjong at Berkeley North Branch Public Library, with bookselling help from Mrs. Dalloway’s. (5:30-7:30pm) Register here.

Sat 5/16: Tiburon — Book signing with Asian American Curriculum Project at the Tiburon AAPI Heritage Festival. (2-3pm) More details and info here.

Thurs 5/28: San Mateo — Author talk & mahjong at the San Mateo Public Library. (5:30-7:30pm) More details and info here.

Mon 6/8: Pleasant Hill — Author talk & mahjong at the Pleasant Hill Library. (6-7:30pm) More details and info here.

Saturday 6/20: San Francisco (Bernal Heights) — Author talk & mahjong at the Bernal Heights Public Library, part of SFPL’s Summer Stride program. (3-5pm) More details to come!

2026 Past Events

Sat 1/31: Downtown Oakland — Lunar New Year Mahjong afternoon at Open Test Kitchen, with Oakland Bloom and Moments Cooperative. (1-4pm) Register here.

Sun 2/1: Oakland Chinatown — Lunar New Year Bazaar, mahjong and book signing with Eastwind Books. (12-2pm) No registration required.

Tues 2/10: VIRTUAL TALK with the Oral History Archives at Columbia. In coversation with Kimberly Springer, Curator or Oral History. (1pm PT / 4pm ET) [Watch the recording here.]

Thurs 2/19: San Francisco — Celebrating Lunar New Year with Maxine Hong Kingston and Special Guests at The Mechanics’ Institute (6:30pm-8pm). Register here.

Sun 3/1: Oakland Chinatown — Lantern Festival 2026 (3-8pm) - open mahjong gameplay starting at 5pm. RSVP here.

Thurs 3/5: Downtown Oakland — ThursDates at OMCA (5:30-7:30pm). More details and registration here.

Sat 3/21: San Francisco (Outer Sunset) — Backyard mahjong session at Black Bird Bookstore & Cafe. (2-4pm) Register here.

Sun 3/29: West Oakland — Prescott Market, with Woo Can Cook (2-5pm). Buy a ticket here.

Tuesday, April 8th: San Francisco book launch at On Waverly, in conversation with Tobin Low (This American Life)

Sunday, April 13th: Auckland, NZ at The Open Book

Monday, April 21st: Christchurch, NZ at Scorpio Books

Wednesday, April 30th: Oakland (Downtown) mahjong night and book signing at 13 Orphans Lounge (Baba’s House 2nd floor). Pre-purchase a signed copy of Mahjong here.

Thursday, May 8th: San Francisco mahjong pop-up at CAAMFest’s Opening Night Gala at the Asian Art Museum (9:30pm)

Saturday, May 10th: Oakland (Chinatown) at Oakland Public Library, Asian Branch. Pre-purchase Mahjong through Eastwind Books for event day-of pickup. (2pm)

Monday, May 12th: San Francisco (The Richmond District) at Mamahuhu, with Green Apple Books (6pm)

Saturday, May 17th: Washington, D.C. at The Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art, in conversation with NPR’s Emily Kwong. Part of the IlluminAsia: Arts and Culture Festival (3pm)

Thursday, May 22nd: San Francisco (The Mission District) book talk + mahjong at Dog Eared Books, co-hosted with The Ruby, in conversation with Mimi Lok (Last of Her Name) (6pm)

Thurs 6/5: Los Angeles Chinatown General Lee’s with Mahjong Underground (8pm)

Sun 6/8: Santa Monica at DIESEL, A bookstore (4pm)

Tues 6/10: Culver City at Village Well Books & Coffee with LA Mahjong League (6:30pm)

Sat 6/14: Koreatown Los Angeles at Open Market with East Never Loses (11-3pm)

Tues 6/17: San Francisco at KQED Live (7pm) - watch the full panel discussion at the link!

Weds 6/25: San Francisco, CA at Book Passage Ferry Building (5:30pm), alongside the Ferry Building’s weekly mahjong meetup (3-7pm)

Sun 6/29: San Francisco, CA at Standard Deviant Brewing (12-4pm), with Péng Yǒu food pop-up!

Thurs 7/17: Mill Valley, CA at Mill Valley Public Library (6pm)

Tues 7/29: San Francisco (SOMA) at St. Joseph’s Art Society. Register here. (6pm)

Fri 8/15: San Francisco Chinatown, Mahjong After Dark with YLL Mahjong Club. Register here. (8:30pm)

Thurs 8/21: San Francisco Chinatown at the Chinese Historical Society of America Museum. Register here. (6pm)

Sat 8/23: Oakland at Oakland Chinatown Streetfest, book signing with Eastwind Books (1-3pm)

Thurs 9/11: Oakland at Lincoln Square Park in Chinatown, part of Lincoln Summer Nights (5-8pm)

Fri 9/26: Seattle, WA at Little Saigon Creative with Emerald City Tile Club and the Seattle Chinatown Book Club. Register here. (6-9pm)

Sat 9/27: Seattle, WA at Ada’s Technical Books & Cafe. (4-6pm)

Thurs 10/2: San Francisco (Hayes Valley) pop-up at the Rivian San Francisco Space, with complimentary light bites and refreshments from Two Two One (5:30-8:30pm)

Sat 10/4: Downtown Oakland at Open Test Kitchen with Oakland Bloom and Moments Cooperative, featuring mooncakes by Little Moon Bakehouse and Napoleon Super Bakery. Register here. (4-7pm) This event is proudly part of the Mahjong Worldwide Weekender, where over 25 clubs from around the world are hosting mahjong events on Oct 4-5, 2025.

Sun 10/26: Santa Cruz, CA at Little Giant Collective with the Santa Cruz Mahjong Club. (1-4pm)

Sat 11/1: VIRTUAL BOOK TALK webinar with the Chinese Family History Group. Open to the public, register for free here. (10am PST) [Join CFHG to watch a recording of the webinar.]

Weds 11/5: Millbrae, CA at Millbrae Public Library (5:30-7:30pm). Giveaway copies of Mahjong will be distributed at the door to the first 30 attendees!

Sun 11/9: Boston, MA at Parkside Bookshop (3pm)

Weds 11/12: New York, NY (East Village) at Book Club Bar. Purchase a ticket here. (8pm)

Thurs 11/13: Brooklyn, NY at Land to Sea. Bookselling help from Yellow Peril Books. Open play, tickets for purchase at the door. $10 + 1 drink minimum. (6:30pm)

Sun 11/16: New York, NY (Chinatown) Mahjong Together Family Game Day at Welcome to Chinatown with Bo & Mei. Bookselling help from Yu & Me Books. Purchase a ticket here. (11am-2pm)

Thurs 11/20: San Francisco, CA at the University of San Francisco, hosted by USF’s Center for Asia Pacific Studies. [Watch the recording here.]

Thurs 12/4: Oakland (Rockridge) at Local Economy (6pm). RSVP here.

Thurs 12/11: Oakland (Piedmont Ave.) at Tally Ho! Books (6:30pm). Purchase a ticket here.