Events

2026 Upcoming Events

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.

Sat 4/25: Downtown Oakland — Open Test Kitchen. More details to come!

Sat 5/9: San Francisco (Civic Center) — San Francisco Public Library, author talk and panel discussion. Details and registration here.

Thurs 5/14: Berkeley — Author talk & mahjong at Berkeley North Branch Public Library. Register here.

Thurs 5/28: San Mateo — San Mateo Public Library. More details to come!

Mon 6/8: Pleasant Hill — Pleasant Hill Library. 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.

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.