events
Since my debut novel Dark Chapter came out in 2017, I’ve spoken at hundreds of events in various countries, ranging from literary festivals to private salons, from TEDx London to discussion groups with rape crisis centres, to large-scale conferences. I have chaired and curated panels of speakers, run Q&A sessions after film screenings and performances, and also run workshops on writing, media and gender, activism and the arts, creativity and resilience, and the impact of sexual violence.
Upcoming 2025 events
In 2025, I will primarily be doing events to promote my new novel WHAT WE LEFT UNSAID and the new edition of DARK CHAPTER, both of which are published in July/August.
Oct 11 – Booktober Literary Festival, Birmingham
In conversation with Farhana Shaikh
The Exchange, Centenary Square, 1:30pm (FREE, book in advance)
Oct 29 – Goldsmiths Writers’ Centre, London
With Sarah Leipciger, chaired by Francis Spufford
Goldsmiths College, 5pm (FREE)
I also run workshops on writing, media and gender, activism and the arts, creativity and resilience, and the impact of sexual violence. If you’re interested in having me speak for your organisation or event, please reach out via my Contact page.
Previous 2025 Events
Aug 5 — London launch for WHAT WE LEFT UNSAID, 6:30 – 8:30pm (private)
Aug 7 – Frome launch for WHAT WE LEFT UNSAID, with Libby Page, 7pm (FREE)
The Archangel Pub (upstairs) + Hunting Raven Books, 1 King Street, Frome BA11 1BH, UK
California Book Tour for WHAT WE LEFT UNSAID
All events are free, but book ahead at the links below.
Aug 17 – Bel Canto Books at KUBO, Long Beach, CA, 4pm (FREE) 3976 Atlantic Ave., Long Beach, CA 90807
Aug 21 – Bookshop West Portal with Grace Loh Prasad, 80 West Portal Ave, San Francisco, CA 94127, 7pm (FREE)
Aug 23 – Books, Inc. Palo Alto, with Rowena Chiu, 4pm, (FREE) 855 El Camino Real #74, Town & Country Village, Palo Alto, CA 94304
Aug 25 – Vroman’s, with Naomi Hirahara, Pasadena, CA, 7pm (FREE) 685 E. Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91101-2116
March 18 – The Briena Staunton Practice of Writing Seminar, Trinity College Dublin (private), Oscar Wilde Centre for Irish Writing
May 21 – The Heath Bookshop, Birmingham, 6:30pm (£4.50) Curtis Chin and Winnie M Li in Conversation: Chinese-American Identity and the City in Memoir and Fiction
June 29 – RAW Writing Memoir Masterclass, ONLINE , 7pm
Previous 2024 Events
Mar 5 – Writing Difficult Subjects workshop, The Literary Consultancy
Apr 16 – Writing Coercive Control podcast live-stream
June 11 – Festival of Learning by SoundDelivery
July 26-28 – Primadonna Festival, Food Museum, Stowmarket, UK
Aug 5-9 – Raw Writing Memoir Bootcamp Guest lecturer, ONLINE
Sep 14 – ESEA Authors Lit Fest, London
Oct 19 – MilkTea community screening: BLACK BOX DIARIES (SOLD-OUT) Post-show panel discussion with Soma Sara, Sophie Yates Lu & Tashmia Owen
Nov 23 – Iceland Noir, Reykjavik, Iceland
NORTHEAST US BOOK TOUR in June 2023
June 20 – Kew & Willow Books with Alex Segura (7pm), Queens, NY
June 22 – Norwich Bookstore with Susan J. Brison (7pm), Norwich, VT
June 25 – Newtonville Books (4pm), Newton, MA (Boston)
June 26 – Katonah Reading Room (1:30pm), Katonah, NY
June 26 – J. Anderson’s Books (7pm), Larchmont, NY
June 27 – Barnes & Noble (6pm), 1708 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA
June 28 – Yu & Me Books (6pm) with Ed Lin, Manhattan, NY
June 29 – Watchung Booksellers (7pm), Montclair, NJ
July 12 – West Cork Literary Festival (6:30pm), Bantry, Ireland
July 18 – Signing Event for Complicit, Waterstones Cork
July 19 – Sisters in Crime Online panel (7pm GMT/ 2pm EDT), ONLINE & FREE
July 28-30 – Primadonna Festival, Food Museum, Stowmarket, UK
Aug 11-13 – St. Hilda’s Crime Fiction Weekend, Oxford, UK & ONLINE
Sep 14 – Rare Birds Book Shop, Edinburgh, UK (7pm), £5
Sep 19 – Accidental Book Festival, Black Swan Arts Centre, Frome, UK (7pm), £6
Sep 21 – ESEA Authors Lit Fest, SOAS, Khalili Lecture Theatre, London (3pm), FREE
Oct 7 – San Diego Writers’ Festival: Festival U, ONLINE (10am PST), $60 day pass
Oct 8 – Murder One, LexIcon Library, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin, Ireland (1pm), EUR 12/10 ‘Complicit: Winnie M Li’ in conversation with Remie Michelle Clarke
Nov 27 – Writing Sexual Violence in the Age of #MeToo, Lancaster University
Nov 28 – Creative Writing Workshop Lancaster University