Events at Yu & Me Books
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Please fill out this intake form - we will not accept event requests from in-store visitors or phone calls. We would love at least a 3 months in advance! If we think your event is a good fit for our store, we will respond directly. If you have not heard from us within a month, we unfortunately are unable to host your event. Please be patient with us - we are a small but mighty team!
June 25, 2026 at 7:00PM
Book Launch | Names Have Been Changed by Yu-Mei Balasingamchow
A stylish and fast-paced debut novel follows Ophir-not her real name-as she reveals the story of her last ten years on the run around the world, in a confessional podcast that soon charms countless fans, even as she risks her anonymity and freedom.
June 27, 2026 at 7:00PM
Beginner's Block Printing Workshop with Kintsugi Print Studio
Join us for a Beginner's Block Printing Workshop with Kintsugi Print Studio and create your own handmade bookmark
July 1, 2026 at 7:00PM
Book Launch | Everyday Sake by Yoko Kumano and Kayoko Akabori
Dive into the exciting world of sake with this vibrant, illustrated guide from Yoko Kumano and Kayoko Akabori, the trailblazing founders of Umami Mart in Oakland.
July 7, 2026 at 7:00PM
Book Launch | The Last Soldier of Nava by Yejin Suh
For fans of A Magic Steeped in Poison comes this debut, a Korean-mythology-inspired sapphic fantasy: a young woman with shadow magic is awakened after a thousand years to heal her nation and her own troubled memory, even as she falls for the sister of a saint she killed in her past life.
July 8, 2026 at 7:00PM
Book Launch | Coming Out Perfect by Richard Mercado
When Kevin's parents ignore his attempts to come out of the closet, he devises a plan to become more like Raymond, the popular gay kid at his high school. After all, if Kevin can do everything perfectly, too, then people will have to pay attention to him.
July 16, 2026 at 7:00PM
Book Talk | The Future Perfect by Cay Kim
A radiant portrait of a young woman caught between cultures, and what is lost and found in the struggle to succeed.
July 23, 2026 at 7:00PM
Book Launch | Unfinished Business by Clare Osongco
In this funny, warmly chaotic novel, a floundering office worker discovers her mother's ghost is trapped in the company Slack server, and must free her by resolving her own troubled love life.
July 24, 2026 at 8:00PM
July No/Pen Mic
Join us for No/pen Mic, hosted by Ed Lin. Sign-ups start from 7:30 PM. Five-minute time slots. All performers welcome!
July 28, 2026 at 7:00PM ET
Book Launch | Night Hunter by Natalie Moss
Breathtaking and tense, The Night Hunter maps the treacherous terrain of family duty and loyalty as the two sisters confront what they’ve spent years trying to forget. In a remote corner of the South African bush, two sisters reunite to bury a family secret once and for all, but when they’re stranded among the wild animals, they find a predator far more dangerous waiting for them in the shadows. . . .
July 30, 2026 at 7:00PM
Book Talk | Horizon Hong Kong by Xu Xi
A siren call to Hong Kong’s yesterday, today, and tomorrow, envisioned by one of the city’s most prescient and unapologetic writers.
August 6, 2026 at 7:00PM ET
Book Talk | The Hyphenated Life by Dr. Han Ren
For readers of Permission to Come Home, Minor Feelings, and Pleasure Activism, an insightful guide for “hyphenates” seeking to better understand themselves and help others understand them, too.