Events

  • Comic Orange @ OC Cypress Library | Author Event + Book Signing
    April 23, 2026, 4 PM - 6 PM PST

    Author Showcase @ CALIBA Pasadena | Author Mingle + Presentation with Booksellers
    May 28, 2026, 4 PM - 5:30 PM PST

    Festival of AAPI Books 2026 @ Michelle Obama Library | Panelist + Book Signing
    July 11, 2026, 11 AM - 4 PM PST

    Epic Fest @ Charlotte, NC | Panelist + Book Signing
    November 6-7, 2026

  • LATimes Festival of Books x Bel Canto Books @ Los Angeles, CA | Book Signing
    April 18, 2026 @ 11 AM - 12 PM PST

    Anneliese School | Speaker
    March 4, 2026 @ 9 AM - 11 AM PST

    Emerald City Comic Con | Panelist + Book Signing
    March 7, 2026 @ 3 PM PST

    California School Library Association 2026 Conference | Panelist + Book Signing
    January 31, 2026 @ 9 AM PST

    SCBWI So-Cal | Art Day Featured Speaker + Workshop
    March 15, 2025 @ 12 PM PST

    Lowell Elementary School | Author & Illustrator Night, Speaking + Workshop
    January 31, 2025 @ 6 PM PST

    Santa Fe Springs Library | Author Reading + Workshop
    November 8, 2024 @ 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM PST

    Bowers Museum | Storytime in the Galleries
    August 31, 2024 @ 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM PST

    Hicklebee’s | Educator’s Night
    September 28, 2023 @ 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM PST

    Linden Tree Books | Book Talk + Event, in Conversation with Misa Sugiura
    September 29, 2023 @ 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM PST

    Orange County Children’s Book Festival | World Stories Stage
    October 1, 2023 @ 12:05 PM

    Kubo LB with Bel Canto Books | Book Launch, in Conversation with Shiho Pate
    October 4, 2023 @ 6:00 PM (RSVP LINK)

    Books of Wonder | Graphic Novels for First Readers
    June 24, 2023, online
    https://www.crowdcast.io/c/graphicnovels-062423

For enquiries regarding author appearances and events, please use the contact form.

In the past, I have done presentations at schools for elementary students from 1st to 5th grade, and middle school students from 6th to 8th grade.

  • Cat & Cat Adventures - drawing demo, learning how to create a character, talking about imagination.

  • A Sky of Paper Stars - how a graphic novel is made, making your own dreams come true, learning how to fold your own star.

I have also participated as a panelist for various topics.

  • Creating and Pitching a Graphic Novel: the Nitty Gritty Publishing Process

  • How to Write About Yourself

  • Behind the Scenes of Making my Books

  • Children’s Graphic Novels and How it Helps Libraries

  • Writing About Identity, Grief, and Other Difficult Topics