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Los Angeles, CA | Transplants: A Reading and Conversation
Oct
29
6:45 PM18:45

Los Angeles, CA | Transplants: A Reading and Conversation

  • Wednesday, October 29, 2025
  • 6:45 PM 7:45 PM 18:45 19:45
  • Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Tam-Claiborne will read from and discuss this “gorgeously written, complex, and profoundly moving meditation on place, language, and belonging…” (Lauren Groff), in conversation with Belinda Tang, Visiting Assistant Professor Literature at CMC.

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Gainesville, FL | Yiming Ma and Daniel Tam-Claiborne with Lauren Groff
Nov
20
6:00 PM18:00

Gainesville, FL | Yiming Ma and Daniel Tam-Claiborne with Lauren Groff

  • Thursday, November 20, 2025
  • 6:00 PM 7:00 PM 18:00 19:00
  • The Lynx Books (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join us for an evening with authors Yiming Ma and Daniel Tam-Claiborne. They will discuss their novels, These Memories Do Not Belong to Us and Transplants, in conversation with Lauren Groff.

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Miami, FL | Secrets, Lies & Things Lost in Translation – Fiction
Nov
22
11:00 AM11:00

Miami, FL | Secrets, Lies & Things Lost in Translation – Fiction

  • Saturday, November 22, 2025
  • 11:00 AM 12:30 PM 11:00 12:30
  • Miami Dade College (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Unfolding over the course of a year, in small towns from Dandong to Deadwood, and alternating between Liz and Lin’s perspectives, Transplants is a story of migration, belonging, and the parts of ourselves that get lost in translation.

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Good Luck Rabbits EP Release and Multilingual Reading
Nov
30
2:30 PM14:30

Good Luck Rabbits EP Release and Multilingual Reading

  • Sunday, November 30, 2025
  • 2:30 PM 3:30 PM 14:30 15:30
  • The Royal Room Seattle (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Celebrating bilingualism and Mandarin language songs from songwriting duo Josh Hou and Shuxuan Zhou. Diana Xin, Daniel Tam-Claiborne, and Lisa Chen will open with readings for the band.

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Bellingham, WA | Diana Xin in conversation with Daniel Tam-Claiborne and Jane Wong
Dec
5
6:00 PM18:00

Bellingham, WA | Diana Xin in conversation with Daniel Tam-Claiborne and Jane Wong

  • Friday, December 5, 2025
  • 6:00 PM 7:00 PM 18:00 19:00
  • Village Books and Paper Dreams (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join Diana Xin in our Readings Gallery with Daniel Tam-Claiborne and Jane Wong for a discussion about Chinese American migration, writing across two languages, and finding place between cultures.

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Gish Jen with Daniel Tam-Claiborne
Oct
27
7:00 PM19:00

Gish Jen with Daniel Tam-Claiborne

  • Monday, October 27, 2025
  • 7:00 PM 8:00 PM 19:00 20:00
  • Elliott Bay Book Company (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Award winning author Gish Jen visits the store for her latest novel, Bad Bad Girl, an autobiographical novel tracing a tumultuous mother-daughter relationship. She is joined alongside local writer and friend of the store, Daniel Tam-Claiborne.

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Virtual | Sunday Salon Chicago
Oct
26
6:00 PM18:00

Virtual | Sunday Salon Chicago

  • Sunday, October 26, 2025
  • 6:00 PM 7:00 PM 18:00 19:00
  • Roscoe Books (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Sunday Salon Chicago's next reading features the poetry & prose of Nancy Miller Gomez, Carolina Hotchandani, Esther Ifesinachi Okonkwo, Daniel Tam-Claiborne, & Donato Loia. They'll be reading from their recent writings and/or published works.

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Millburn, NJ | Exploring the Immigrant Experience with Daniel Tam-Claiborne
Oct
22
7:00 PM19:00

Millburn, NJ | Exploring the Immigrant Experience with Daniel Tam-Claiborne

  • Wednesday, October 22, 2025
  • 7:00 PM 8:30 PM 19:00 20:30
  • Millburn Free Public Library (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

The discussion will seek to explore the experiences of immigrants navigating identity, culture, and belonging in America with a goal of fostering empathy, inclusion, and intergenerational conversation around immigration and identity.

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New Haven, CT | Transplants: Talk & Signing with Daniel Tam-Claiborne
Oct
20
4:30 PM16:30

New Haven, CT | Transplants: Talk & Signing with Daniel Tam-Claiborne

  • Monday, October 20, 2025
  • 4:30 PM 6:00 PM 16:30 18:00
  • Yale University Asian American Cultural Center (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join us for a book talk and signing with Daniel Tam-Claiborne, multiracial writer, multimedia producer, nonprofit director, and author of the new novel, Transplants. Daniel will be in conversation with graduate student Nellie Yang.

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Sunday Salon NYC: In the In-Between
Oct
19
5:00 PM17:00

Sunday Salon NYC: In the In-Between

  • Sunday, October 19, 2025
  • 5:00 PM 7:00 PM 17:00 19:00
  • Von (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join us for a powerful evening featuring four remarkable writers whose work traces the uncertain lines between memory and reinvention, home and exile, intimacy and distance. Belonging is redefined in the blurred spaces where their stories intersect.

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Sonora Jha with Daniel Tam-Claiborne & Amber Flame
Oct
14
7:00 PM19:00

Sonora Jha with Daniel Tam-Claiborne & Amber Flame

  • Tuesday, October 14, 2025
  • 7:00 PM 8:00 PM 19:00 20:00
  • Elliott Bay Book Company (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join Seattle University professor and author of Foreign, The Laughter, and How to Raise a Feminist Son, Sonora Jha, for the launch of her new novel, Intemperance. She'll be joined in conversation by Daniel Tam-Claiborne and Amber Flame.

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Bainbridge Island Book Festival
Oct
11
1:30 PM13:30

Bainbridge Island Book Festival

  • Saturday, October 11, 2025
  • 1:30 PM 3:00 PM 13:30 15:00
  • Harbor Congregational Church (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

The Bainbridge Book Festival is a celebration of stories, ideas, and the people who bring them to life. Each year, we will gather together authors, thinkers, and readers to dive deep into the pages that challenge, entertain, and inspire us.

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Seattle, WA | Jack Straw Writers Program Alumni Reading
Oct
10
7:00 PM19:00

Seattle, WA | Jack Straw Writers Program Alumni Reading

  • Friday, October 10, 2025
  • 7:00 PM 8:00 PM 19:00 20:00
  • Jack Straw Cultural Center (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

2021 Jack Straw Writers Abi Pollokoff and Daniel Tam-Claiborne and 2015 Jack Straw Writer Laura Da' read from their new books published this year, joined by 2022 Writer Erin Langner.

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Punch Bucket Literary Festival
Sep
20
1:30 PM13:30

Punch Bucket Literary Festival

  • Saturday, September 20, 2025
  • 1:30 PM 2:45 PM 13:30 14:45
  • Renaissance Asheville Downtown Hotel (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Featured Author Fiction Reading by Xhenet Aliu, Matt Kirkpatrick, and Daniel Tam-Claiborne, moderated by Jacob Paul. These authors will be reading selections from their latest works.

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Featured Authors Rapid Reading
Sep
19
7:00 PM19:00

Featured Authors Rapid Reading

  • Friday, September 19, 2025
  • 7:00 PM 9:00 PM 19:00 21:00
  • The Grey Eagle Music Hall and Pub (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Punch Bucket Lit kicks of their 2nd annual literary festival with a Rapid Reading by featured authors Xhenet Aliu, T. Bambrick, Daniel Tam-Claiborne, Mariah Rigg, Jesse Van Eerden, and others, along with music by Thomas Kozak and the Poets!

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Daniel Tam-Claiborne and Yiming Ma Present Extraordinary Debut Novels
Sep
16
6:30 PM18:30

Daniel Tam-Claiborne and Yiming Ma Present Extraordinary Debut Novels

  • Tuesday, September 16, 2025
  • 6:30 PM 7:30 PM 18:30 19:30
  • Eagle Harbor Book Co (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

We are honored to host two extraordinary voices in contemporary literature—Daniel Tam-Claiborne and Yiming Ma—whose work invites us to reflect deeply on identity, memory, belonging, and the power of storytelling across cultures and generations.

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Literary Nights: A Salon to Explore Identities
Sep
15
6:30 PM18:30

Literary Nights: A Salon to Explore Identities

  • Monday, September 15, 2025
  • 6:30 PM 9:30 PM 18:30 21:30
  • Issaquah Depot Museum (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join us to welcome our Featured Writers Dan Morris, Cindy Veach, and Daniel Tam-Claiborne.

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R.F. Kuang with Daniel Tam-Claiborne
Sep
12
7:30 PM19:30

R.F. Kuang with Daniel Tam-Claiborne

  • Friday, September 12, 2025
  • 7:30 PM 9:00 PM 19:30 21:00
  • Town Hall Seattle (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join bestselling novelist R.F. Kuang for a talk about her latest book, Katabasis, followed by an audience-led Q&A with Daniel Tam-Claiborne.

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1990 Institute Youth Symposium: Follow Your Passion
Sep
6
11:45 AM11:45

1990 Institute Youth Symposium: Follow Your Passion

  • Saturday, September 6, 2025
  • 11:45 AM 1:00 PM 11:45 13:00
  • College of San Mateo (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Not sure what path to take? This session is all about trusting your gut, exploring what excites you, and learning from people who took unconventional routes to do what they love. Your journey doesn’t have to look like anyone else’s.

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Virtual | Zhang Yueran & Jeremy Tiang with Daniel Tam-Claiborne
Aug
18
6:00 PM18:00

Virtual | Zhang Yueran & Jeremy Tiang with Daniel Tam-Claiborne

  • Monday, August 18, 2025
  • 6:00 PM 7:00 PM 18:00 19:00
  • Elliott Bay Book Company (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

In partnership with the Seattle City of Literature, we are pleased to welcome Zhang Yueran and translator Jeremy Tiang for a virtual event to discuss Women, Seated. This event will be presented by Daniel Tam-Claiborne, author of Transplants. 

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Bread Loaf Writers' Conference Fellows Reading
Aug
17
4:15 PM16:15

Bread Loaf Writers' Conference Fellows Reading

  • Sunday, August 17, 2025
  • 4:15 PM 5:15 PM 16:15 17:15
  • Bread Loaf Inn (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Readings by Chanda Feldman, Courtney Zoffness, Daniel Tam-Claiborne, and Margaret Ross.

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Serica Storytellers: Daniel Tam-Claiborne & Naomi Okubo on the Duality of Identity
Jun
25
6:00 PM18:00

Serica Storytellers: Daniel Tam-Claiborne & Naomi Okubo on the Duality of Identity

  • Wednesday, June 25, 2025
  • 6:00 PM 8:00 PM 18:00 20:00
  • Fou Gallery (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join Fou Gallery and The Serica Initiative for an evening of layered storytelling and introspective dialogue as we explore the complexities of identity through literature and visual art. Writer Daniel Tam-Claiborne will share insights from his debut novel.

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Seattle, WA | Daniel Tam-Claiborne with Anne Liu Kellor — Transplants
Jun
17
7:00 PM19:00

Seattle, WA | Daniel Tam-Claiborne with Anne Liu Kellor — Transplants

  • Tuesday, June 17, 2025
  • 7:00 PM 8:30 PM 19:00 20:30
  • Third Place Books Ravenna (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Third Place Books is pleased to welcome Daniel Tam-Claiborne for the release of his debut novel, Transplants, a harrowing and poignant novel following two young women in pursuit of kinship. Daniel is joined in conversation by Anne Liu Kellor.

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New York, NY | Daniel Tam-Claiborne presents Transplants, feat. Anna Solomon
Jun
12
6:30 PM18:30

New York, NY | Daniel Tam-Claiborne presents Transplants, feat. Anna Solomon

  • Thursday, June 12, 2025
  • 6:30 PM 8:00 PM 18:30 20:00
  • P&T Knitwear Bookstore, Coffee, & Podcast Studio (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

P&T Knitwear is pleased to welcome Daniel Tam-Claiborne to celebrate the publication of his debut novel, Transplants. Daniel will be joined in conversation by Anna Solomon, critically acclaimed author of The Book of V.

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Virtual | Writing Across Difference with Daniel Tam-Claiborne
Jun
10
6:30 PM18:30

Virtual | Writing Across Difference with Daniel Tam-Claiborne

  • Tuesday, June 10, 2025
  • 6:30 PM 8:30 PM 18:30 20:30
  • StoryStudio Chicago (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

In this class, we’ll be dissecting how identity is depicted in poetry and prose to understand the craft choices that other authors have used, discuss how those choices affect the work, and share some of our own examples.

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Susanna Kwan with Daniel Tam-Claiborne
Jun
6
7:00 PM19:00

Susanna Kwan with Daniel Tam-Claiborne

  • Friday, June 6, 2025
  • 7:00 PM 8:00 PM 19:00 20:00
  • Elliott Bay Book Company (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join Susanna Kwan in store for the release of her debut novel, Awake in the Floating City, a story about two of the last people living in a flooded San Francisco of the future. Daniel Tam-Claiborne, author of Transplants, will join in conversation.

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Leafskin Seattle Launch Celebration
May
31
4:00 PM16:00

Leafskin Seattle Launch Celebration

  • Saturday, May 31, 2025
  • 4:00 PM 6:00 PM 16:00 18:00
  • Common Area Maintenance (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Come celebrate the Seattle launch of Leafskin, Miranda Schmidt’s debut novel. We’ll hear excerpts from Leafskin and readings from Seattle authors: Justine Chan, Rachel Edelman, Rachel Linn, and Daniel Tam-Claiborne.

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Los Angeles, CA | Daniel Tam-Claiborne, in Conversation with Rachel Khong
May
29
7:00 PM19:00

Los Angeles, CA | Daniel Tam-Claiborne, in Conversation with Rachel Khong

  • Thursday, May 29, 2025
  • 7:00 PM 8:00 PM 19:00 20:00
  • Book Soup (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Daniel Tam-Claiborne, in conversation with Rachel Khong, discusses and signs Transplants.

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San Francisco, CA | 9th Ave: Daniel Tam-Claiborne with Eddie Ahn
May
28
7:00 PM19:00

San Francisco, CA | 9th Ave: Daniel Tam-Claiborne with Eddie Ahn

  • Wednesday, May 28, 2025
  • 7:00 PM 8:00 PM 19:00 20:00
  • Green Apple Books on the Park (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join us on Wednesday, May 28 at 7pm when we welcome Daniel Tam-Claiborne for the release of his novel, Transplants, with Eddie Ahn at 9th Ave!

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Chicago, IL | Author Event: Daniel Tam-Claiborne with Lillian Huang Cummins
May
27
6:30 PM18:30

Chicago, IL | Author Event: Daniel Tam-Claiborne with Lillian Huang Cummins

  • Tuesday, May 27, 2025
  • 6:30 PM 7:30 PM 18:30 19:30
  • City Lit Books (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join author Daniel Tam-Claiborne to celebrate his book Transplants with a reading, conversation, and signing! Daniel will be in conversation with Lillian Huang Cummins.

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Washington, DC | Transplants: A Busboys and Poets Books Presentation
May
25
5:00 PM17:00

Washington, DC | Transplants: A Busboys and Poets Books Presentation

  • Sunday, May 25, 2025
  • 5:00 PM 6:00 PM 17:00 18:00
  • Busboys & Poets (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Daniel Tam-Claiborne is joining us on the Busboys stage alongside Tom Pellman to dive deeper into this “gorgeously written, complex, and profoundly moving meditation on place, language, and belonging…” (Lauren Groff).

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Philadelphia, PA | Daniel Tam-Claiborne with Michelle Myers
May
24
5:00 PM17:00

Philadelphia, PA | Daniel Tam-Claiborne with Michelle Myers

  • Saturday, May 24, 2025
  • 5:00 PM 7:00 PM 17:00 19:00
  • American Grammar (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join us for an evening of poetry and literary conversation with Seattle-based author, Daniel Tam-Claiborne, and local poet, Michelle Myers, as we discuss Daniel’s new novel, Transplants.

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New York, NY | Book Talk: Transplants by Daniel Tam-Claiborne
May
21
7:00 PM19:00

New York, NY | Book Talk: Transplants by Daniel Tam-Claiborne

  • Wednesday, May 21, 2025
  • 7:00 PM 8:30 PM 19:00 20:30
  • M543 New Design High School (map)
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Book talk and signing for Transplants by Daniel Tam-Claiborne, in conversation with Elysha Chang.

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Boston, MA | Transnational Series: Daniel Tam-Claiborne with Aube Rey Lescure
May
20
7:00 PM19:00

Boston, MA | Transnational Series: Daniel Tam-Claiborne with Aube Rey Lescure

  • Tuesday, May 20, 2025
  • 7:00 PM 8:00 PM 19:00 20:00
  • Brookline Booksmith (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join the Transnational Literature Series at Brookline Booksmith for an in-store event with Daniel Tam-Claiborne to discuss and celebrate the release of Transplants. He will be in conversation with writer Aube Rey Lescure.

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Kingston, NY | Night School: A Rough Draft Reading Series
May
19
6:00 PM18:00

Kingston, NY | Night School: A Rough Draft Reading Series

  • Monday, May 19, 2025
  • 6:00 PM 7:30 PM 18:00 19:30
  • Rough Draft Bar & Books (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

The May installment of Night School will feature Sara B. Franklin (The Editor), Jennifer Kabat (Nightshining), Kristin Russo (Slayers, Every One of Us), and Daniel Tam-Claiborne (Transplants).

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