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.
Yes, I do online events in our post-Covid world, and will list my upcoming events here as they are confirmed. Come say hi!
Upcoming 2024 events
Mar 5 – Writing Difficult Subjects workshop (7-8:30pm GMT), ONLINE FREE to Being a Writer members at The Literary Consultancy
Apr 16 – Writing Coercive Control podcast live-stream (7-8pm GMT), ONLINE FREE but book in advance, in conversation with Abigail Tarttelin
As an author and activist, it’s very important for me to be connecting with potential readers and those affected by sexual assault. I also run workshops on writing, media and gender, activism and the arts, and creativity and resilience. If you’re interested in having me speak for your organisation or event, please contact me on Twitter (@winniemli) or my Facebook author page.
Previous 2023 Events:
Feb 9 – Frontline Focus conference, New Pathways (3pm GMT), FREE, online
Feb 28 – BookSoup with Jordan Harper (7pm PST), FREE Los Angeles, CA, USA
Mar 3 – Cultur Club, US-Ireland Alliance Salon (private), Los Angeles, CA, USA
Mar 4 – Platform Conference for Black & Asian Writers (2:45pm GMT), online
Mar 11 – LA County Public Libraries, Hacienda Heights, CA
Mar 16-19 – Left Coast Crime, Tucson, AZ, USA
Mar 29 – Goldsmiths Writers’ Centre, FREE, London, UK
May 17 – WoWFest (7pm), The Women’s Organisation, Liverpool, £10 ‘How Many More Women?’ with Keina Yoshida, Jennifer Robinson, and Betsky Stanko OBE
May 26 – Hay Festival (7pm), Event 29, The Hive, Hay-on-Wye, UK, £10 With Laura Bates, Mandu Reid & Sadaf Saaz
June 17 – LSE Festival: People and Change (4pm), London, UK & ONLINE FREE, ‘#MeToo and the Media’ with Rowena Chiu, Dr. Kathryn Claire Higgins, Lucia Osborne-Crowley, and Prof. Sarah Banet-Weiser
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
Previous 2022 Events:
May 24 – Writing through sexual violence (5-7pm) GMT, online, FREE With Susan Brison, Rahila Gupta, Hilary McCollum, and Prof Liz Kelly
June 16 – The Bedales School Talk & Workshop (PRIVATE)
June 19 – Brighton Book Festival
June 22 – Complicit: Silence vs. Speaking Up in Hollywood & Everyday Workplaces, FREE 6:30-8pm GMT, followed by a reception & book signing. Online AND at Birkbeck College, London. Hosted by The SHaME Project and Clear Lines With Marai Larasi, Prof Liz Kelly, Rowena Chiu, Katherine Angel & Prof Joanna Bourke
June 23 – COMPLICIT Book Launch (7:30-9pm) £3, The Assembly Rooms, Frome, UK In conversation with Libby Page. Hosted by Winstone’s Hunting Raven Books.
June 25 – Lyme Crime Festival Lyme Regis, UK
June 29 – Bradford Literature Festival
July 12 – The Ryan Tubridy Show (9:25am GMT), RTE Radio 1
July 13 – The Afternoon Show with Nihal Arthanayake (2pm GMT), BBC Radio 5 Live
July 23 – Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival Harrogate, UK
July 31 – Primadonna Festival Stowmarket, UK
Aug 8-14 – Story in the Public Square TV programme, local PBS stations (US only)
Aug 15 – Mystery & Thriller Mavens, 3pm EST/8pm GMT, YouTube & Facebook
Aug 16 – Reading with Robin, 3:20pm EST/8:20pm GMT, IG Live (robinkallink)
Aug 19 – Edinburgh International Book Festival (2:30pm GMT) £14, Central Hall & ONLINE The Baillie Gifford Event: ‘Misogyny Laid Bare’ with Laura Bates and Lucia Osborne-Crowley
Sep 28 – Royal Holloway University
Sep 30 – Capital Crime Festival (3:30pm), London, UK (SOLD OUT)
Oct 11 – Harvardwood & Harvard Asian American Alumni Alliance
Nov 14 – Harvard Club of the UK (6:30pm), £15, Hachette HQ, London, UK
Nov 17 – British Chinese Society’s ESEA Book Club, London, UK
Nov 22 – SHE SAID community preview screening with Milk Tea Films, London, UK
Nov 24 – No Alibis Bookstore (6pm) FREE, Belfast, UK
Nov 25 – A World Without Violence Against Women and Girls conference, FREE, Belfast,
Dec 1 – Female & Vocal: Writing to Empower, Solace Women’s Aid, Online
Previous 2021 Events:
Feb 3 – Sexual Violence: Trauma, Support, and Justice, Nexus and Victim Support NI online conference
Mar 3 – Sexual Violence & Criminal Justice: Approaches in Psychology, History & Literature 5pm GMT (free), Kick-off event for my Writing Residency with The SHaME Project!
Mar 16 – St. Mary’s 18th Annual Conference: The Science of Rape, 2:20pm GMT
March 8 – Shameless! Moving towards a rape-free world – Women of the World Festival UK with Marai Larasi, Jo Bourke, and Jude Kelly. Watch the video for free here!
March 21 – Another Pandemic: Male Violence Against Women, 6:30-9pm GMT A FREE online discussion with Women of the World Festival Global – Watch the video here
April 14 – Literature and Sexual Trauma: Authors Writing Their Lived Experience, 5:00 GMT (free, online but book ahead) Writing Residency with The ShaME Project, Birkbeck University
May 6 – The Shadow Pandemic: Violence Against Women in Lockdown, 6pm GMT (online, £4/2) with Hibo Wardere and Gill Moglione, WoWFest 21
May 11 – Talk and Discussion on Sexual Assault, Consent & Safety, 2:00pm (online, private event) for University of Gloucestershire Students’ Union
May 20 – Transforming Sexual Trauma into Literature: Authors in Northern Ireland, 5pm (online, FREE) with Jo Egan, Hilary McCollum and Shelley Tracey Clear Lines Event with NEXUS NI & funded by Arts Council of Northern Ireland
May 26 – Writing, Researching and Surviving Sexual Trauma: A Creative Response, 5pm (free, online ) with Clare Shaw, Dr. Ruth Beecher and Professor Joanna Bourke Final event in my Writing Residency with The ShaME Project, Birkbeck University
June 2 – Engaging with Trauma through Literature, Clear Lines, approx 1:45pm (free, online) Where To Next? Seminar, Kendal Poetry Festival, 1-4pm
June 7 – Challenges Online, University of Exeter, 3pm
July 17 – How to Heal Cinema, Woman with a Movie Camera Summit, 6pm
July 23 – Preview of COMPLICIT, Theakston’s Old Peculiar Crime Writing Festival, 6pm
Sept 21 – ESEA Writers and Publishing: Beyond the Immigrant Story, 7pm GMT (online, free) A panel with ESEA Writers & Publishing Professionals, for ESEA Heritage Month
Nov 27 – Shameless! Festival of Activism Against Sexual Violence, 10am-6pm, London (Battersea Arts Centre, £6) The WoW Foundation + The SHaME Project
2020 Events Include:
Oct 8 – Nov 18 – ‘Writing About Social Justice’ course for Spread The Word – SOLD OUT
Oct 13 – Harvardwood Talk: How Sexual Violence is Portrayed On-Screen 7pm GMT (online, $10)
Oct 15 – On Road Media Workshop: Using Writing to Share Experiences of Sexual & Domestic Abuse (PRIVATE)
Oct 20 – Bloomsbury Festival, Consent: What’s Missing From The Conversation? 6:30pm GMT (online, free but book ahead)
Oct 28 – Arvon at Home Live Guest Reading 7:15pm GMT (online, £5)
Oct 26 – Nov 13 ‘Writer on the Bloc’ digital residency for Writing on the Wall (workshops, talks, 1-to-1 sessions, all FREE, but book in advance)
Nov 25 – Goldsmiths University, Brave New Words: Wasafiri After 35 Years, 5pm GMT (online, free but book ahead)
Previous 2019 talks include:
Feb 6 – Safer Plymouth: Improving Responses to Sexual Violence, Plymouth, UK
Mar 20 – Even When I Fall Q&A Screening with the Filmmakers, LSE, London UK
Mar 21 – Tackling Violence, Harassment, and Hate Crime, UCLAN, Preston, UK
May 20 – Writing workshop & Public talk, WoWFest, Liverpool, UK
May 28 – Everyday Sexism keynote speaker, QUB School of Law, Belfast, UK
June 7 – 6:30pm – ILAx Launch Event: The First Step, London, UK
July 8 – What We Talk About When We Talk About Rape: In conversation with Sohaila Abdulali
July 19 – Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival
Aug 31-Sep 1– Primadonna Festival
Sep 28 – Capital Crime Festival
Oct 11- Women and Girls Network: Thinking Under Fire conference
Previous 2018 talks include:
Saturday, Jan 6th, 3pm — Dark Chapter Book Tour in Los Angeles (free) Book Soup, 8818 Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90069
Wednesday, Jan 24th, 7pm — In Conversation with Madeleine Black (free) The Feminist Library, 5 Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7XW, UK
Mon, Feb 5th, 6:30pm – Sexual Violence and Abuse Awareness Week, University of Kent
Wed, Feb 14th, 5:30pm – Brunel Writers Series, Brunel University London
Wed, Feb 21st, 7pm – LSE Festival of Ideas with Louise Doughty, LSE
Mon, Feb 26th, 5:30pm – University of California, Irvine, CARE Unit, USA
Sat, Mar 3rd, 3pm – Los Angeles County Public Libraries, Hacienda Heights, USA
Wed, Mar 7th, 6:30pm – Extraordinary Women, Garden Court Chambers, London
Thu, Mar 8th, 3pm – Cumberland Lodge seminar, House of Lords, Parliament, London
Friday, Mar 9th, 7pm – ‘Recovery & Activism: A New Life after Sexual Violence,’ London A Clear Lines panel for The Spiral of Containment: Rape’s Aftermath photography exhibit
Sat & Sun, Mar 10-11 – Women of the World Festival, SouthBank Centre, London
Mon, Mar 12th – Berlin Feminist Film Week, Germany
Wed, Mar 14th – Sexual Violence Centre Cork, Ireland
Thu, Mar 15th – University College Cork, Ireland
Sat, Mar 17th – China in Context Book Fair, London
Wed, Mar 28th – Dept of Women’s Studies, Ewha Women’s University, Seoul, Korea
Wed, Mar 28th – Sebasi Lectures: 15 Minutes that Change the World, Seoul, Korea
Thu, Mar 29th – Feminist Doing Cafe, Seoul, Korea
Sat, Apr 21st – The Mysterious Bookshop, 58 Warren Street, New York, NY, USA
Mon, Apr 23rd – Philadelphia City Hall, Hosted by Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown
Wed, Apr 25th – 2018 Edgar Week Symposium, Mystery Writers of America, New York City
Sat-Sun, Apr 28-29th – Bay Area Book Festival, Berkeley, CA, USA
Wed, May 2nd -Books Inc. Palo Alto, CA, USA
Wed, May 9th -WOWFest, The Women’s Organisation, Liverpool
Mon, May 14th – Killer Women presents The Changing Crimescape, The Bath Festival
Sat, May 26 – BareLit Festival, ‘Free to Speak, Free to Censor’ Panel
Thu, June 7 – The Author’s Club Best First Novel Award readings
Sat, June 9 – Printer’s Row Lit Fest – Chicago, USA
Tue, June 12 – 57th Street Books, Chicago, USA
Thu, June 14 – East City Book Shop, Washington, DC, USA
Mon, June 18 – The Moorestown Community House, Moorestown, NJ
Tues, June 19 – Asian American Feminist Collective, NYU, New York, NY
Wed, June 20 – WORD Jersey City, Jersey City, NJ
Sat, June 23 – The Literary Consultancy Writers’ Day, London, UK
Wed, June 27, 7:30pm – For Books’ Sake presents ‘That’s What She Said’
Sun, July 1 – TEDxLondon: Beyond Borders, Royal Festival Hall, London, UK
Aug 6-11 – Arvon Foundation Course No.4: Starting to Write, Lumb Bank, UK
Sat, Sep 15, 10am – Noirwich Crime Writing Festival, Norwich, UK
Sat & Sun, Sep 28-29 – Women of the World Festival Perth, Scotland, UK
Sat, Oct 20 – The Asian Writer Festival, London, UK
Mon & Tues, Oct 22-23 – Safe World Summit, Dublin, Ireland
Thu, Nov 29 – Writing About Trauma, Recovery & Gender-Based Violence: A Clear Lines Event, Waterstones Gower Street