Upcoming Events
2024
November 21, 7pm PT: Place: A Reading. Online. Register here.
2025
March 26-29, 2025 in Las Angeles: will be taking part in panels at AWP. TBA.
WorldCon 2025 in Seattle: TBA.
Selected Past Events
2024
February 25-27: Princeton, NJ.
April 3, 6:30-8pm: Book Launch for The Lantern and the Night Moths at Vancouver Public Library
Reading with guests Lea Taranto and Neil Aitken, with moderation by Catherine Lewis. A guzheng player and an erhu player performed a duet. https://vpl.bibliocommons.com/events/65f0b7b4ddb9e34100a50334
April 19: group celebration with the other spring 2024 releases from Invisible Publishing in Toronto.
April 28: April Poetry Month reading at Massy Arts in Vancouver.
May 2nd, 8-9:30am PST / 16:00-17:30 GMT, online launch, hosted by Guanghwa Bookshop:
May 24, 6:30-8pm PST at Simon Fraser University’s Harbour Center:
Reading with Isabella Wang and Dr. Joanne Leow, with a panel discussion moderated by Dr. Melek Ortabasi
July 13th, 1pm PDT: Translated Gems Book Club
August: UK Book Tour
Register for Guanghwa Bookshop’s event here:https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-evening-of-chinese-literary-wonders-with-yilin-wang-and-guests-tickets-952252662347
WorldCon in Glasgow Schedule:
September 14, 10:05-11:35am MDT: translation reading and Q&A, virtual [margins.] conference
October 6th, 2-4pm PST: Writing Workshop: Rethinking Genre, Form, and Narrative Structure: A Chinese (and East Asian) Perspective at the Burnaby Public Library (Metrotown branch). Free. Advance registration required.
October 23, 7:30pm PST/October 24, 10:30am Singapore Time: Online event for the Yale-NUS Philosophy Major’s Metaphysics of Gender Speaker Series. Open to the public, but please be mindful this is a part of the YHU3398 Metaphysics of Gender course. Register here. 
October 24, 10am PST/6pm BT: Hybrid event (reading and conversation with Dr. Qian Liu) hosted by the University of Warwick. Open to the public. Register here.
October 25, 10am PST: On Translation panel at the Vancouver Writer’s Festival.
November 1, 7pm ET: In conversation with Gillian Sze and Luba Markovskaia at Argo Books, Montreal. Free registration here.
November 2, 6pm ET: 2024 Autumn Trad and John Glassco Translation Prize Gala. Location: Café les Oubliettes, 6201 rue St-Vallier, Montréal, H2A 2P6.
November 12, 6pm PT: Diaspora Debuts reading in person at Massy Arts, Vancouver with Jane Shi, Li Charmaine Anne, and Lea Taranto. Please register here.
November 14, 6:30pm PT: Beyond Chinese panel discussion at the Vancouver Public Library.
2023
- Featured poet for a poetry reading (pre-recorded), HAPPENING Multicultural Festival (May 11th 4pm, 2023)
- Featured poet, In/Words Reading (online) as a part of the 2023 BC Writers Summit (May 13th, 1-2pm PST, 2023)
- The Spirits Have Nothing To Do With Us: New Chinese-Canadian Fiction anthology reading, in-person at the main branch of the Vancouver Public Library (May 23rd, 6:30-8:30pm PST, 2023)
- The Spirits Have Nothing To Do With Us: New Chinese-Canadian Fiction anthology reading at Burlington Public Library, online (May 29th TBA)
2022
- Moderator, “The Cozy and the Curious: Exploring Slice-of-Life Speculative Literatures,” AugurCon (Nov 2022)
- Featured Reader, Ephemera Reading Series (Oct 20, 2022)
- Panelist, “Translating the Fantastic – Creative Discussion on The Way Spring Arrives and Other Stories”, ICFA panel (Oct 9, 2022)
- Panelist, “Equity & Access in Translation,” [margins.] 2022 festival (2022)
- Featured Reader, CV2 Issue 45.1 Launch (July 28, 2022)
- Reader, Rhysling Nominated Short Poems Readings (June 3, 2022)
- Panelist, “Translating Culture,” Flights of Foundry (April 8, 2022)
- Panelist, “Writing China,” Yenching Symposium, Beijing University (April 8, 2022)
2021
- Literary Translators Panel with Anton Hur and Tiffany Tsao, Inclusive Asian Reads (Nov 19, 2021)
- ALTA Conference 2021 – ALTA Virtual Travel Fellow reading
- Panelist, FIYAHCON/Bonfiyah (September 2021)
- Decolonizing Narrative Structures
- Panelist, Flights of Foundry (April 2021)
- Sensitivity Reading as Developmental Editing
- Panelist, AWP Conference 2021
- “Working Together: Writers and Journal Editors in Dialogue,” (March 3, 2021)
- Panelist, “Sci-Fi, AI, and the Future of New China,” National Committee on U.S.-China Relations’ Young China Professionals (January 28, 2021)
2020
- Poetry reading with Hal Y. Zhang, Natalie Lim, and Stephanie Chang online at September 20th, 1-2pm PST.
- Collaboration with SineTheta Magazine: a Twitter/Instagram takeover to talk about my #LiteraryJianghu project, wuxia literature, and translation on Sept 26th and 27th.
- FIYAH Con 2020: The State of Asian Fantasy panel. Office hours.
- Feb 13, 2020. Reader. Real Vancouver Writer’s Series 10th Anniversary Reading.
2019
- Dec 6-7, 2019. Invited participant. Alternate Readings symposium, OCAD University.
- Reader. Emerging Writer’s Reading Series, Toronto. May 13, 2019.
- May 8, 2019. Guest speaker. Submitting to Literary and Genre Magazines, Toronto.
- May 7, 2019. Reader. Rowers Reading Series.
- April 18-21, 2019. Attending Pro and Panelist, Norwescon.
- Panelist, “Worldbuilding: Blueprints for a Better Planet”
- Panelist, “Welcome to Slush”
- Panelist, “Mommy, Where do writers come from?”
- Panelist, “Decolonizing Your Fantasy World”
- Panelist, “Soul of the Warrior”
- Panelist, “Genre Without Borders”
- March 2019. Growing Room:
- Panelist, “Crossing Genre Borders”
- Curator and panelist, “Asian Canadian and Diaspora Writers in Conversation”
- Reader, Magic Issue launch
- 2019. Curator and panelist. “Supporting Asian Canadian writers,” Mags West.
2018
- Fall 2018. Reader. Mid-autumn Reading, Chinese Canadian Authors Association and Dr. Sun Yat Sen Gardens.
- Aug 24, 2018. Featured Author. Surrey Muse.
- 2018. Co-host. New Shoots Mentorship Youth Reading, Growing Room: A feminist Literary Festival.
- 2018. Co-host. Room Magazine’s Let’s Make Contact issue launch.
2017
- Host. Myths & Legends panel, Growing Room: A Feminist Literary Festival.
- Reader. Mid-autumn Reading, Chinese Canadian Authors Association and Dr. Sun Yat Sen Gardens.
- Panelist. Embracing Change: The Evolution of Room Magazine, Word Vancouver.
2015 and Prior
- 2015. Reader, Outwrite: UBC Creative Writing BFA Reading Series.
- World Poetry Canada events 2011-2015:
- 2015. Reader, World Poetry and the Britannia Library Celebrate Asian Heritage Month.
- 2013. Reader, The Summer Dreams Literary Arts Festival.
- 2013. Reader, Chinese Voices from the Past, Present, and Future, Richmond Public Library.
- 2012. Reader, Lit Fest New West.
- 2012. Reader, Your Kontinent Richmond International Film and Media Arts Festival.
- 2011. Reader, Door Open Richmond: Youth Have a Voice, Richmond City Hall.
Text Interviews
- A Quick & Dirty Interview with Yilin Wang – Literary Translators
- Interviewed for the Writer’s Union’s Write Magazine translator roundtable “The Art of Translation” Summer 2020 issue.
- Interview: Yilin Wang. Interview by Sarah Brooks. Samovar Magazine. 2020.
- Intergenerational Relationships: Andrea Perez in Conversation with Yilin Wang. The Malahat Review. 2019.
- Asking Many, Many Questions. Interview by Shazia Hafiz Ramji. Invisible Publishing. 2019.
- Wuxia Fiction and Urban Spaces: An Interview with Yilin Wang. Interview by Tamara Jong. Augur Magazine. 2019.
- An Interview with Team Magic. Editorial team interview for Room Magazine‘s Magic Issue. 2018.
Podcasts & Videos
- Interview with Joanna Chiu for the NüVoices podcast, distributed via SupChina. June 2021.
- Speaker, “Sci-Fi, AI, and the Future of New China,” National Committee on U.S.-China Relations. May 2021.
- Reader, “5 Poems by Qiu Jin in English and Mandarin Chinese,” Asymptote’s podcast. Feb 25, 2021.
- Asians Represent: Wuxia & Xianxia, ft. Yilin Wang. 2020.
- Interview with Translated Chinese Fiction podcast (transcript). 2020.
- Guest appearance in the episode Adaptations; The Brave Archer. Jianghu Hustle. 2019.
- Interview with Yilin Wang. Bedrock Games Podcast. 2018.