I’ll do my best to periodically update this page with information on events related to the publication of my first book, Taste Makers. (Scroll down for 2022, 2023, and 2024 events coinciding with the 2022 paperback publication of the book.)

2021 Taste Makers Book Tour Events

Museum of Food and Drink with Julie Sahni & Chitra Agrawal at Ace Hotel Brooklyn (in-person)
November 4, 7pm ET in Brooklyn, NY

Metrograph “Mayukh Sen Selects” film series (in-person)
Opening November 6, 5:15pm ET in New York, NY
Black Girl (Ousmane Sembène, 1966)
El Norte (Gregory Nava, 1983)
The Joy Luck Club (Wayne Wang, 1993)
Volver (Pedro Almodóvar, 2006)

Books Are Magic with Deb Perelman (in-person)
November 9, 7pm ET in Brooklyn, NY

Asian American Writers’ Workshop with Monique Truong (virtual)
November 11, 7pm ET

Joint event with Book Larder and Seattle Public Library with Angela Garbes (virtual)
November 16, 6pm PT

Politics & Prose with Najmieh Batmanglij & Joe Yonan (virtual)
November 17, 8pm ET

Commonwealth Club with Alicia Kennedy & Reem Assil (virtual)
December 2, 12pm PT

Tenement Museum with Charlotte Druckman (virtual)
December 8, 7pm ET

2022 Taste Makers Events

Taste Makers: A Virtual Evening with Mayukh Sen and Ellen Kanner at Books & Books in Miami (virtual)
February 21

In conversation with Lee Svitak Dean at the American Swedish Institute in Minneapolis (virtual)
February 24

Saturday Literary Series presented by the Asian American Writers' Workshop and The Amelia Hudson — Mayukh Sen in conversation with Jafreen Uddin (in-person)
March 12

In conversation with Madhushree Ghosh and Mira Jacob at the Center for Fiction in Brooklyn (in-person)
April 13

Newburyport Literary Festival: In conversation with Christina Kolliander (virtual)
April 30

Fall 2022 Taste Makers paperback launch events

Spencertown Academy of Books 2022 Festival of Books: In conversation with Tamar Adler (in-person)
September 4

Brooklyn Book Festival Presents: Writing Women's Lives Through Food (in-person)
October 1

Mayukh Sen presents TASTE MAKERS, with Hetty McKinnon at P&T Knitwear (in-person)
October 21

Ventura One County, One Book (in-person)
November 12

2023 Taste Makers Events

University of Pennsylvania Kelly Writers House: Writing Food in Asian America with Piyali Bhattacharya, Eric Kim, and Lillian Li (in-person)
April 3

PEN World Voices Festival: A Seat at the Table: Culinary & Cultural Delights with Padma Lakshmi, Rabia Chaudry, and Dawn Davis (in-person)
May 12

Stanford Asian Pacific American Alumni Club: Taste Makers: An Evening with Mayukh Sen with Katie Gee Salisbury (virtual, open to all Stanford alumni)
May 17

Denver Public Library: The Immigrant Culinary Journey with Author Mayukh Sen, Taste Makers (virtual)
June 20

Asian American Writers’ Workshop Page Turner Conference Keynote Address (in-person and virtual)
August 19

Diwali with Brown Girl Bookshelf x Yu & Me Books: Biographical Alchemy: Investigations in greatness (in-person)
November 4

2024 Taste Makers Events

New York Public Library World Literature Festival — Translating Taste: Food Writing Across Cultures (in-person)
April 23