Join me and the author Monique Truong on Sunday 11 AM at the World Borough Bookshop for readings and activities! Not one story, but two stories! We will share how we each celebrate Lunar New Year - me, Korean style, Monique, Vietnamese style!

This year’s last lunar new year storytime for me! More info here.

Join the FUN and culture-rich Lunar New Year festival at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on February 7th, Saturday. The full schedule will be available here in coming days. The festival is filled with exciting and diverse programs all afternoon. I will be a featured author of this year conducting the storytime twice during the day, reading Tomorrow Is New Year’s Day.

Join me at Charles Engelhard Court for a storytime, during one of two below times, or both!:
12:30 PM - 1 PM
1:30 PM - 2 PM

Free with the museum admission.

Join me at the Great Neck Library’s multipurpose room for a fun Lunar New Year storytime & activities! I will share fun seollal traditions, read Tomorrow Is New Year’s Day, and we will decorate paper bokjumoni (lucky pouch) and make mini seollo book together. More info here.

I will be conducting 1:1 Portfolio Consultation during SCBWI’s Winter Conference in New York along with other art directors, agents, and editors. More information for the conference and registration instruction here.

I will be a special guest on this multi-week online course on making picture books. Please see the description below.
More information:
https://www.highlightsfoundation.org/workshop/from-idea-and-sketch-to-dummy-and-submission/

Multi-Week Online Course

If you are illustrating AND writing your own book, and wondering how to prepare your submission, this is the course for you. You will focus on the craft of writing and illustrating a picture book with an intense level of feedback from faculty Courtney Pippin-Mathur and special guests, Natasha Khan Kazi and Aram Kim. Participants who complete all assignments should be able to finish or revise a working dummy (mocked up book) in its entirety during the course, preparing for submission to editors, agents, or art directors.

• Live sessions (with closed captioning available) on Tuesdays

  • 7:30-9pm Eastern,  September 30 (to allow time for introductions)

  • 7:30 – 8:30pm Eastern (October 7, 14, 21, 28, and November 4)

• Recorded content and resources in the virtual classroom throughout the course

• Weekly assignments September 30 – October 28 (posted in the virtual classroom)

• 1:1 consultation which includes discussion on your work-in-progress, any problems that you are having, and any ideas that you’d like to try

• Optional written critique of your completed dummy following the course (for an additional cost)

• 24 participants max

On Saturday August 9th, at 11 AM, I will have my very first storytime for my new book Baby Cousin’s Big Day at my beloved local bookstore The World Borough Bookshop! Come for a story, a drawing demo, and a good time.

The World’s Borough Bookshop is located at: 3406 73rd st. Jackson Heights, NY 11372

Pre-order for a signed copy and a sticker sheet to pick up at the bookstore is available here.

SCBWI Virtual Summer Conference is held this year July 31st through August 3rd, filled with rich programs for all levels of pre-published and published authors and illustrators of children’s books. I will be teaching a session for published authors and illustrators on school visits. My session is held on August 1st, Friday, at 2:15 PM PST. The title is Crafting Engaging School Visits: A Beginner's Guide to Connecting with Young Readers with Aram Kim.

Info on the conference and registration: https://www.scbwi.org/events/virtual-summer-conference-2025

As a guest speaker at the SCBWI SoCal chapter’s Illustrator Meet-Up online, I will be conducting a portfolio review session followed by a short presentation on Building the Perfect Portfolio that Will Catch Publishers' Eyes: Do's and Don'ts.

More info: https://www.scbwi.org/regions/socal/illustrator-group

Annual online Mini Workshop from Highlights Foundation, From Pencil or Paint to Pixel is back! With Courtney Pippin Mathur as an instructor for two nights going over the basic digital illustration, I join in on the second night to talk about the publishing side with a presentation “Ten Tips for Submitting to an Art Director (tradition and/or digital).” The course is on 5/20 and 5/22, with me joining on 5/22. Held over zoom, the recording will be sent to students so that one doesn’t need to be in the live session.

More Info and registration link here.

School visits offer authors a fantastic opportunity to connect directly with young readers, promote their books, and encourage literacy and creativity in the next generation, all while supplementing their income. Yet school visits remain quite mysterious for many newly published authors. Developing effective school visit materials takes time and requires some trial and error as you learn about your audience. Join me for an hour-workshop on crafting school visits for different age groups followed by 30 min Q&A. For SCBWI PAL members. Register here.

I am excited to join the 4th Annual Pan-Asian Lunar New Year festival on Sunday, Feb 2, 2025, at the Ebster Courtyard, Decatur, GA. The festival celebrate with our family & friends, featuring the diverse customs of: Vietnam, South Korea, China, Thailand, Japan, and the Philippines.

I will be at the author’s table signing the books from 3:30 PM to 4:30 PM, and will be reading a book for a storytime during this time. Join for fun, activities, and of course food! Ticketed events for adults ($10), and kids enter free! All proceeds beneft Asian American Voices for Education.

More info here.

I am absolutely thrilled to be in Atlanta, GA, for this Lunar New Year Storytime! Join me in the morning storytime at the local favorite bookstore Little Shop of Stories. I will read Tomorrow Is New Year’s Day, do a drawing demo, and we will do a simple arts & crafts with stickers together!
Date: 01/30/2025
Time:11:00am - 11:30am
Place:
Little Shop of Stories
133A East Court Square
Decatur, GA 30030-2561

Join me at a friendly local art supply store Sunnyside Arts for my annual storytime event there with friends, families, and neighbors! I will read Tomorrow Is New Years Day, and lead a simple arts & craft session for little ones. Bring your own copies of books to be signed. Ticketed event. Ticket info here.

I am excited to be joining Brooklyn Heights Synagogue Elementary School’s Book Fair along with acclaimed authors for readings and signings! Join us for fun if you’re students, caregivers, or staffs of Brooklyn Heights Synagogue Elementary School!

I am participating in a panel for ASIANS IN ARTS as a part of Dear Asian Careers, presented by this wonderful organization Dear Asian Youth. This all-day conference features leadership workshops, panels by professionals working in different areas (Arts, Business, STEM, Social Impact), and networking opportunities for youth. My panel will be held at 2:50 PM.

The event is for highschool students, but open to general public as well. Tickets are available here.

Come join me at the Great Neck Library’s main building for an hour of fun - a short presentation of how I make books, read aloud, Q & A, followed by arts & craft!

Join multiple authors and illustrators for an afternoon packed with literary discussion, writing workshop, illustration workshop, and cooking workshop for children of all ages! The event is held in a beautiful building of Asia Society in NYC.

I will be a part of below session, followed by book signing:

1:15 - 2:00 PM  Young Voices, Wise Words: An interactive session featuring authors and kids shaping literary futures.

I am a part of this exciting, all-day, all-weekend F-Family Fest: Celebrate Seollal in Korean Cultural Center NY’s new home in midtown NYC. Check out the link for their full schedule including live performances by Woori Show, tteok making workshop by Rice Blossom, Pororo Movie screening, and story times by me! I will read Tomorrow Is New Year’s Day in the center’s beautiful new library space at 10 am and 1 pm on Saturday, Feb 24th. Registration required, and can be done here. Hope to see you there!

Join the panel of authors and illustrators who created books on Lunar New Year! We will talk about our books, read a story, share the art, and answer questions from the audience. Come join us to see why and how we made our books, enjoy the story and art, and ask any questions! Signed books will be available.

Panels include:

Wish Soup: A Celebration of Seollal by JUNGHWA PARK

Laolao's Dumplings illustrated by SHINYEON MOON

Two New Years by RICHARD HO

Tomorrow Is New Year's Day by ARAM KIM

I will have a storytime followed by arts & craft session in the beloved local bookstore The World’s Borough Bookshop that opened last summer in my neighborhood. Come join us for a story and art, and just to say hi! You can always request a signed copy of my books from this bookstore.

Join me in the beloved local art supply store Sunnyside Arts for a storytime of Tomorrow Is New Year’s Day followed by a craft time with paper artist Sam Ita. Ticketed event with a limited seating. Register here.

Join me in New Jersey Millburn Free Public Library for the Lunar New Year event where I would read Tomorrow Is New Year’s Day, play jegi chagi, and make paper bokjumoni (lucky pouch) together. Registration is required here. Currently full, but waitlist is available.

Join this wonderful community event organized by beloved neighborhood PTAs and small businesses to defend books from censorship. If you are in Queens, please join many authors, artists, and educators this Saturday (Dec 16) for a day full of story times, drawing workshops, panel discussions and performances in Forest Hills. For all ages!
Our local bookstore Kew and Willow will have a pop up store to carry books by participating authors and many others. I will read Let’s Go to Taekwondo around at 1:55pm, and will participate in Discussing the Diversity with Children panel at 11:30am.

I will be one of many local artists participating in The Queens Holiday Art & Zine Fest in the beloved art supply store Sunnyside Arts next Saturday (Nov 4) afternoon (12-6pm). Come meet the local artists and maybe find the zine/arts you want to take home!

I will have several copies of my signed books along with limited number of signed art prints. All giclee prints on the archival paper, three art pieces from No Kimchi for Me! including Kimchi Variety (with labels in Korean and English) sized 11 x 17, Yoomi Carrying a Kimchi Jar, sized 8 x 10, and Yoomi Trying Kimchijeon, sized 8 x 10 will be available.

Join Frances Cha, the author of the critically acclaimed novel If I Had Your Face and newly published children’s book The Goblin Twins and me in conversation at The Korea Society where we will discuss making picture books from the practical process to our philosophy in writing for children.

Sign up to attend in-person here.
Sign up to receive the viewing link online here.

During the event, picture books by Frances Cha and Aram Kim will be available for sale.

Come celebrate Seollal with a Banchan Box Party Brunch to benefit Woori Show, a bilingual, educational TV / online series that helps children love Korean language and culture. The program is full and exciting! Tickets available here (SOLD OUT).

* Share a special meal of Tteok Mandu Guk and banchan by our BBP friends & family, Kimbap Lab, Judy Kim and Jamesy Park.

* Children's Book Author Aram Kim will be reading and signing her new book, Tomorrow is New Year's Day.

* Kids will learn how to fold mandu from our friends at 8282 & Cho Mama Kitchen - and create a modern Korean song-pyeon from Rice Blossoms.

* Come taste drinks and treats from Halmi, Jumo (just for the adults!) and KimC Market, who will also have a special premium rice raffle!

* Guests will also receive a Seollal gift from Material along with a special tote from Designer/Ilustrator Nancy Pappas

Proceeds from this event will go to Woori Show, a 501c non profit that is spreading Korean language, culture and joy! Purchase the ticket here.

Tickets are available to purchase online, or at the door.
Join me for a storytime of TOMORROW IS NEW YEAR’S DAY at the beloved local art supply store Sunnyside Arts in Queens. After the reading, paper art expert Sam Ita (creator of Tokyo Pop-Up Book) will lead an origami activity.

Come for a story, come for an activity! A limited number of books will be available to purchase. Feel free to bring in your book for me to sign.

To celebrate Seollal, a Korean celebration of Lunar New Year, I will be doing a storytime on Stimola’s youtube channel! I will do a brief show & tell along with Q&A for live audience. Caregivers, bring your kids! Teachers and educators, log in from the classrooms! Register for free on Stimola Live.