Readings
Recent & Upcoming Readings
---- Sunday, March 5, 2017 ----
Announcing the Intercultural Essay winners at the
Soul-Making Keats
Literary Competition Awards Ceremony
SF Main Library, Koret Auditorium
100 Larkin St.
San Francisco, CA
http://www.soulmakingcontest.us/
---- Tuesday, October 11, 2016 ----
Reading for Prop W: Free City College
Green Arcade Bookstore
1680 Market St.
San Francisco, CA
7:00 - 8:30 pm
http://www.beyondchron.org/city-colleges-cultural-legacy/
---- Thursday, March 3, 2016 ----
Litseen Interview
On Crushing the Leaf Between Your Fingers
http://litseen.com/li-miao-lovett/
---- Saturday, November 17, 2015 ----
Write-On Mamas!
I Was Told There Would Be No Math
Litcrawl at Samovar
411 Valencia St.
San Francisco, CA
6:00 - 7:00 pm
---- Wednesday, April 8, 2015 ----
Adventure Travel Stories
Mill Valley Library
375 Throckmorton Ave.
Mill Valley, CA
7:00 - 8:30 pm
An evening of travel tales with Lisa Alpine, Molly Giles,
Li Miao Lovett, Cerridwen Fallingstar, and Andy Murdock.
---- Saturday, September 20, 2014 ----
Rolling Writers' Landscapes
Rolling-Out Cafe
1722 Taraval St.
San Francisco, CA
6:00 - 8:00 pm
An evening of lit readings and music from China ,
Brazil, London, Russia, and not so far-flung places.
2013 Events
---- Thursday, January 24, 2013 ----
Stanford Books on Review
The Shadelands, 111 Wiget Lane
Walnut Creek, CA
10:00 am - 12:00 noon
Annual event featuring alumni authors!
---- Thursday, March 7, 2013 ----
AWP Conference
Thoreau's Granddaughters: Women Writing the Wild panel
Hynes Convention Center
Boston, MA
4:30 - 5:30 pm
www.awpwriter.org
Panelists: Suzanne Roberts, Cheryl Strayed,
Pam Houston, Gretchen Legler, Li Miao Lovett
on wilderness and writing
---- Saturday, October 19, 2013 ----
Write-On Mamas! Let go or be dragged
Litcrawl at Taqueria La Cumbre
515 Valencia St.
San Francisco, CA
6:00 - 7:00 pm
Featuring Lorrie Goldin, Mary Hill,
Laurel Hilton, Li Miao Lovett, Beth Touchette, Pamela Weymouth
2012 - Events and classes
---- Saturday, January, 21, 2012 ----
Moving from Nonfiction to Fiction workshop
The Writing Salon
The Mill Building, 720 York St. #207
San Francisco, CA
10:00 am - 4:00pm
www.writingsalons.com
---- Saturday, February 4, 2012 ----
Bernal Yoga Literary Series
461 Cortland Avenue,
San Francisco, CA
8:00 - 9:00 pm
---- Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012 ---- Tahoe trio of events!
Lake Tahoe Community College
The Writers’ Series
1 College Drive
South Lake Tahoe, CA.
7:00 – 8:00pm
www.ltcc.edu - calendar
---- Friday, Feb. 10, 2012 ----
Sierra Nevada College (Incline Village)
999 Tahoe Blvd.,
Incline Village, NV.
7:00 – 8:00pm
www.sierranevada.edu
---- Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012 ----
Writing Workshop: Through the Looking Glass -
From nonfiction to fiction, and back
Sierra Nevada College
9:00am - noon
---- Sunday, Mar. 25, 2012 ----
Soul-Making Keats Awards
National League of American Pen Women
at the San Francisco Main Library
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA
1:00 - 4:00 pm
www.soulmakingcontest.us
Reading from honorable mention,
"Tenrikyo - Ritual and Reason"
---- Friday, May 4, 2012 ----
The Chalk Circle launch party!
Books Inc. Opera Plaza
601 Van Ness Ave.
San Francisco, CA
7:00 - 9:00 pm
www.booksinc.net
Readings from the new collection of
1st place intercultural essays
---- Saturday, June 16, 2012 ----
Women on Writing at the
San Mateo County Fair
1346 Saratoga Ave.
San Mateo, CA
11:00 am - 12:00 noon
www.sanmateocountyfair.com
---- Friday, August 24, 2012 ----
San Francisco Writers Grotto - 3 minute reads
Book Passage in San Francisco
1 Ferry Building
San Francisco, CA
6:00 – 7:30 pm
www.bookpassage.com
---- Sunday, October, 21, 2012 ----
Write-On Mamas talk
O'Hanlon Center for the Arts
616 Throckmorton Avenue
Mill Valley, CA
5:00 - 6:00 pm
www.writeonmamas.com
2011 IN THE LAP OF THE GODS events
---- Monday, Jan. 10, 2011 ----
Book Passage in San Francisco
1 Ferry Building
San Francisco, CA
6:00 – 7:00 pm
www.bookpassage.com
A Left Coast Writers author event
featuring IN THE LAP OF THE GODS
---- Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011 ----
Stanford University Bookstore
519 Lasuen Mall (near Tresidder Union)
Stanford, CA
6:00 – 7:00 pm
www.stanfordbookstore.com
Back at my alma mater!
---- Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011 ----
Inside Story Time @ Cafe Royale
800 Post St.
San Francisco, CA
6:30 - 8:30 pm
www.insidestorytime.com
---- Saturday, Mar. 5, 2011 ----
Women On Writing (WOW!)
3300 College Drive
San Bruno, CA
10:00 - 11:30 am
www.skylinecollege.edu
Keynote speaker at conference
for writers 18 to 80!
---- Monday, Mar. 14, 2011 ----
Artists Respond to Three Gorges
2150 Allston Way,
Berkeley, CA
7:00 - 9:00 pm
www.internationalrivers.org
Fundraiser for International Rivers
Tickets only $10 before Mar. 7th!
---- Saturday, Mar. 19, 2011 ----
Chinatown Public Library
1135 Powell St.
San Francisco, CA
2:00 - 3:00 pm
http://sfplchinatownbranch.blogspot.com/
---- Friday, Apr. 1, 2011 ---- A trio of Pacific NW readings!
Olympia Timberland Library
313 8th Ave. SE
Olympia, WA
7:30 - 8:30 pm
www.trl.org
---- Saturday, Apr. 2, 2011 ----
Third Place Books
17171 Bothell Way NE
Lake Forest Park, WA
6:30 -7:30 pm
www.thirdplacebooks.com
---- Sunday, Apr. 3, 2011 ----
University Place Library
3609 Market Place W
University Place, WA
2:00 - 3:00 pm
www.piercecountylibrary.org
---- Wednesday, May 4, 2011 ----
East Meets West
City College of San Francisco
in the Rosenberg Library room 304
50 Phelan Avenue
San Francisco, CA
11:00 am - 12:00 noon
www.ccsf.edu
---- June 18, 2011 ---
San Mateo County Fair
1346 Saratoga Ave, San Mateo, CA
2:00 – Author Book Day
4:00 – WOW reading
Reading new work and showcasing In the Lap
---- Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011 ----
San Francisco Public Library
Merced Arts & Culture Salon
155 Winston Drive
San Francisco, CA
7:00 - 8:00 pm
http://sfpl.org/index.php?pg=1008192801
2010 IN THE LAP OF THE GODS events
---- Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010 ----
San Francisco Writers' Grotto
Open House & Reading
490 2nd Street, 2nd floor
San Francisco, CA
7:00 - 8:00 pm
Sneak preview of In the Lap of the Gods
---- Saturday, Oct. 9, 2010 ----
LITQUAKE 2010
Litcrawl night - Why There Are Words Presents
at Artzone 461 Gallery
461 Valencia St.
San Francisco, CA
6:00 – 7:00 pm
Reading “The Informant” - award-winning
short story set in the Cultural Revolution
---- Sunday, Oct. 24, 2010 ----
Alumni Authors Meet & Greet
at Stanford University Bookstore
519 Lasuen Mall (near Tresidder Union)
Stanford, CA
Signing pre-release copies of
IN THE LAP OF THE GODS
Photo display of Three Gorges ghost towns
---- Saturday, Nov. 6, 2010 ----
IN THE LAP OF THE GODS
*****Book launch*****
at Book Passage
51 Tamal Vista Blvd.
Corte Madera, CA
7:00 – 8:30 pm
www.bookpassage.com
Reading excerpts from my debut novel
---- Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010 ----
BOOKS INC.
601 Van Ness, at the Opera Plaza
San Francisco, CA
7:00 - 8:00 pm
www.booksinc.net
Reading from IN THE LAP OF THE GODS
at the West's oldest indie bookstore
---- Friday, Nov. 19, 2010 ----
Laguna Beach Books
The Old Pottery Place
1200 South Coast Hwy, Ste. 105
Laguna Beach, CA
7:00 - 8:00 pm
www.lagunabeachbooks.com
On the road to L.A. with
books IN THE LAP!
---- Saturday, November 20, 2010 ----
Corona Public Library
650 South Main Street
Corona, CA
2:00 - 3:00 pm
www.coronapubliclibrary.org
Novel reading and discussion
---- Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010 ----
Elliott Bay Book Company
1521 Tenth Avenue
Seattle, WA
7:00 - 8:00 pm
www.elliottbaybook.com
Heading northwest to read
about the East!
---- Saturday, Dec. 4, 2010 ----
Bethel Avenue Book Company
1037 Bethel Ave.
Port Orchard, WA
1:00 – 3:00 pm
www.bethelavebook.com
Photo display and books at
annual author event.
---- Friday, Dec. 10, 2010 ----
Borders
3700 Torrance Blvd.
Torrance, CA
7:00 – 8:00 pm
www.borders.com
310.540.7000
Back to southern Cal.
---- Saturday, Dec. 18, 2010 ----
Borders Stonestown
19th Avenue & Winston Dr.
San Francisco, CA
2:00 - 3:00 pm
http://www.borders.com/online/store/StoreDetailView_258
Last IN THE LAP reading for the year!
2009
-----Sept. 21, 2009-----
The Odd Mondays Series, featuring
Li Miao Lovett & Lisa Carlson
at Noe Valley Ministry
1021 Sanchez St.
San Francisco, CA
7:30 - 9:00 pm
Reading a selection of short stories and an essay
capturing the death of an ancient town in China's
Three Gorges: "Ghosts Under Water", published
in Earth Island Journal
-----Sept. 19, 2009-----
The Mama Monologues, a benefit with
guest author Ayelet Waldman
at Book Passage
51 Tamal Vista Blvd.
Corte Madera, CA
6:00 - 9:00 pm
Reading "My Mother, My Teacher of Compassion"
-----July 6, 2009-----
Festival of Shorts - featuring short stories
from the SF Writers Panel
San Francisco Main Library
100 Larkin Street
2:00 - 4:00 pm
-----March 22, 2009-----
Soul Making Literary Competition
National League of American Pen Women
at the San Francisco Main Library
Koret Auditorium
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA
1:00 pm - reception follows
www.soulmakingcontest.us
Reading from "If Grandmother Married a Peasant"
First place, Intercultural Essay
2008
-----March 30, 2008-----
Soul Making Literary Competition
National League of American Pen Women
at the San Francisco Main Library
Koret Auditorium
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA
1:00 pm - reception follows
www.soulmakingcontest.us
Reading from "Desert Medicine"
a quest for truth in the Mojave wilderness
First place, Linda Joy Myers memoir prize
-----March 21, 2008-----
Inside Story Time
at the Edinburgh Castle Pub
950 Geary Street
San Francisco, CA
6:00 - 8:00 pm
www.insidestorytime.com
Reading from IN THE LAP OF THE GODS,
excerpts from Li's forthcoming novel
-----March 15, 2008-----
Mama Monologues - a benefit
with guest author Sylvia Boorstein
at the Christ Episcopal Church
70 Santa Rosa Avenue
Sausalito, CA
6:00 - 9:00 pm
www.writingmamas.com
Reading from "Doubting Damn Doula"
a wild ride of giving birth for the first time
