If you would like to invite Ying to your event, please contact her at ycompestine@gmail.com. If she's already planning to be in your area, she's always happy to extend her trip to include additional events.
2022
JANUARY
January 23 Teaching at Writing Workshops: Lit Agent & Author: The Essence of Successful Publishing, 4-Part Zoom Seminar
FEBRUARY
February 27 Teaching at Writing Workshops: Everything You Need to Know About Writing Books for Children, 1-Day Zoom Workshop
MAY
New Book Release: Morning Sun in Wuhan (MG), Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
SEPTEMBER
New Book Release: Dragon's Beard Noodles (PB), Holiday House
NOVEMBER
November 10-14 Speaking at Kauai Writers Conference, Hawaii
DATES TBD
Guest Lecturer: Semester at Sea
Guest Lecturer: Holland America
2021
JUNE
Teaching Writing Workshops at Book Passage
June 19 How to Write & Sell Children’s Books - 10 am - 12:30 pm
How to Edit Your Book Into A Bestselling Book - 12:30 pm -4:00pm
Discounted Combo for both Workshops - 10 am -4:00 pm
AUGUST
August 1 Online Lecture, Bringing a Business Focus to a Creative
Career - Kauai Writers Conference, Hawaii 4PM PST
DATES TBD
Meet the Author Series for Children and Families
Sponsored by the Sonoma County Library
TBD Roseland Community Library - 10:00 am
Cloverdale Regional Library - 1:00 pm
Windsor Regional Library - 3:30 pm
2020
JANUARY
January 11 Hosting A Party for Shu Ren Friends and Supporters,
Berkeley - 7:00 pm -10:00 pm
FEBRUARY
Guest Lecturer: Semester at Sea
February 4-11 Shanghai, China to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Guest Lecturer: Holland America, Westerdam
February 16 Shanghai, China
February 18 Qingdao, China
February 20-21 Tianjin (Beijing), China
February 22 Dalian, China
February 24 Fukuoka (Hakata), Japan
February 25 Busan (Pusan), South Korea
February 26 Jeju (Cheju), South Korea
February 27 Nagasaki, Japan
February 29 Shanghai, China
JANUARY
January 23 Teaching at Writing Workshops: Lit Agent & Author: The Essence of Successful Publishing, 4-Part Zoom Seminar
FEBRUARY
February 27 Teaching at Writing Workshops: Everything You Need to Know About Writing Books for Children, 1-Day Zoom Workshop
MAY
New Book Release: Morning Sun in Wuhan (MG), Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
SEPTEMBER
New Book Release: Dragon's Beard Noodles (PB), Holiday House
NOVEMBER
November 10-14 Speaking at Kauai Writers Conference, Hawaii
DATES TBD
Guest Lecturer: Semester at Sea
Guest Lecturer: Holland America
2021
JUNE
Teaching Writing Workshops at Book Passage
June 19 How to Write & Sell Children’s Books - 10 am - 12:30 pm
How to Edit Your Book Into A Bestselling Book - 12:30 pm -4:00pm
Discounted Combo for both Workshops - 10 am -4:00 pm
AUGUST
August 1 Online Lecture, Bringing a Business Focus to a Creative
Career - Kauai Writers Conference, Hawaii 4PM PST
DATES TBD
Meet the Author Series for Children and Families
Sponsored by the Sonoma County Library
TBD Roseland Community Library - 10:00 am
Cloverdale Regional Library - 1:00 pm
Windsor Regional Library - 3:30 pm
2020
JANUARY
January 11 Hosting A Party for Shu Ren Friends and Supporters,
Berkeley - 7:00 pm -10:00 pm
FEBRUARY
Guest Lecturer: Semester at Sea
February 4-11 Shanghai, China to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Guest Lecturer: Holland America, Westerdam
February 16 Shanghai, China
February 18 Qingdao, China
February 20-21 Tianjin (Beijing), China
February 22 Dalian, China
February 24 Fukuoka (Hakata), Japan
February 25 Busan (Pusan), South Korea
February 26 Jeju (Cheju), South Korea
February 27 Nagasaki, Japan
February 29 Shanghai, China
2019
JANUARY
January 28-31 School Visit: Cairo American College
MARCH
March 7 County Lit Jam for Grade 3 – 8 Students, Susanville, CA
MAY
Bay Area Book Festival
May 3 Bay Area Book Festival Authors Gala – 7:30 PM – 10:30 PM
May 4 StoryTime Circle – D is for Dragon Dance – 12:30 PM – 12-50 PM
May 5 Hey! That’s Me! – 11:40 AM – 12:10 PM
Teaching Writing Workshops at SF Creative Writing Institute
May 11 Writing & Publishing Children’s Books – 10 AM – 1 PM
Following Your Dreams – Building a Successful Creative Career – 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM
JUNE
Teaching Writing Workshops at Book Passage
June 1 How to Write & Sell Children’s Books – 10 AM – 12:30 PM
AUGUST
Guest Lecturer: Silversea Cruises, Silver Wind #2923
August 11 London, UK
August 13 Fowey (Cornwall), UK
August 14 Cork, Ireland
August 15 Bantry, Ireland
August 16 Galway, Ireland
August 18 Londonderry, UK
August 19 Belfast, UK
August 20 Dublin, Ireland
August 21 Holyhead, UK
August 23 & 24 London, UK
OCTOBER
October 21-24 New York Visit
DECEMBER
December 17 School Visit: Shu Ren International School
2018
JANUARY
SF Creative Writing Institute
Jan 20th How to Write & Publish a Children’s Book - 10am - 1 pm
Building a successful creative career with a business focus - 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm
FEBRUARY
Feb 17 Book launch at Book Passage-11 am – 1pm
Feb 28 Speaking at the Reading Rock Stars program in Dallas Fort Worth
APRIL – MAY
April 11 Diane Feinstein Elementary School, San Francisco
April 18 Books Bytes and Beyond events, New York
April 19 RJ Julia events, New York
April 20 Clinton Bookshop Events
April 21 Speaking at PEN World Voices Festival in New York City
Guest Lecturer: Viking Star Cruises, Mediterranean Odyssey
April 22 Barcelona, Spain
April 23 Marseille, France
April 24 Monte Carlo, Monaco
April 25 Florence/Pisa, Italy
April 26 Rome, Italy
April 27 Naples, Italy
April 28 Cruise the Ionian Sea
April 29 Corfu, Greece
April 30 Dubrovnik, Croatia
May 1 Split, Croatia
May 2 – 6 Venice, Italy
May 7 – 17 School visit tour in Europe
JUNE
June 16 Speaking at Children’s Writers’ Conference – “How to Edit Your Work into a Bestselling Book,” Book Passage, Corte Madera. - 4:00 pm
Lecture on TCS: Northern Summer, A Journey Around the World By Private Jet
June 18 Seattle, Washington
June 19 – 21 Kamchatka peninsula, Russia
June 22 – 25 Vladivostok, board the four-night Trans-Siberian train across the Siberian Taiga to Lake Baikal
June 26 – 28 Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
AUGUST
Teaching at SF Creative Writing Institute
August 18 “Writing and Publishing Children’s Books II” – 10:30 a.m.
August 25 “Editors, Agents, and Contracts: The Business of Building a Creative Career Part 2″ – 10:30 a.m.
SEPTEMBER
September 1 – 8 18th International Literature Festival in Berlin, Germany
September 20 Educator’s Night at Hicklebee’s in San Jose
OCTOBER – NOVEMBER
October 20 Travel to Shanghai
October 23-24 Dulwich College Shanghai
October 25-26 Western International School of Shanghai
October 29 YK Pao School, Shanghai
Guest Lecturer: Holland America Line, Grand Asia Voyage
October 30 At Sea (East China Sea)
October 31 Naha, Okinawa
November 1 Ishigaki, Ishigaki
November 2 Keelung (Taipei)
November 3 At Sea (South China Sea)
November 4 Arrive in Hong Kong
November 5 School visit: Guangzhou
November 8 Arrive in Taipei
November 7-9 School Visit: Taipei American School
November 11 Travel to Taichung
November 12 School Visit: Taichung Morrison Academy
November 13 School Visit: Taipei Morrison Academy
November 14 Return to the US
DECEMBER
School Visit at Minnetonka Public Schools
December 12 Excelsior Elementary School & Minnetonka Public Schools Foundation
December 13 Scenic Heights Elementary School
2017
MARCH – APRIL
Guest Lecturer: Crystal Cruise, South Korea to Japan
Mar 25-30 School Visit Tour in China
Mar 31-Apr1 Incheon, South Korea
Apr 2 Cruising the Yellow Sea
Apr 3-5 Beijing/Xingang, China
Apr 6 Cruising the Yellow Sea
Apr 7 Fukuoka, Japan
Apr 8 Hiroshima, Japan
Apr 9 Hiroshima, Japan; Takamatsu, Japan
Apr 10 Takamatsu, Japan
Apr 11 Osaka, Japan
Apr 12 Shimizu, Japan
Apr 13-14 Tokyo, Japan
MAY – JULY
May 1 Speaking at the Santa Clara City Library
July 28-30 Keynote Speaker at Book Passage Children’s Picture Book Writer Conference
OCTOBER
Oct 15 – Oct 20 School Visit Tour in New York
NOVEMBER
Nov 19 – 31 School Visit Tour in Dubai
DECEMBER
Guest Lecturer: Silversea Spirit, Dubai to Mahe
Nov 27 – Dec 2 School Visit Tour in Dubai (Universal American Schoool)
Dec 3 Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Dec 4 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Dec 5 Sir Bani Yas
Dec 6 Fujairah
Dec 7 Muscat, Oman
Dec 10 Mumbai, India
Dec 12 Cochin
Dec 13 Cochin
Dec 14 Maldives, Male
Dec 18 Mahe, Seychelles
JANUARY
January 28-31 School Visit: Cairo American College
MARCH
March 7 County Lit Jam for Grade 3 – 8 Students, Susanville, CA
MAY
Bay Area Book Festival
May 3 Bay Area Book Festival Authors Gala – 7:30 PM – 10:30 PM
May 4 StoryTime Circle – D is for Dragon Dance – 12:30 PM – 12-50 PM
May 5 Hey! That’s Me! – 11:40 AM – 12:10 PM
Teaching Writing Workshops at SF Creative Writing Institute
May 11 Writing & Publishing Children’s Books – 10 AM – 1 PM
Following Your Dreams – Building a Successful Creative Career – 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM
JUNE
Teaching Writing Workshops at Book Passage
June 1 How to Write & Sell Children’s Books – 10 AM – 12:30 PM
AUGUST
Guest Lecturer: Silversea Cruises, Silver Wind #2923
August 11 London, UK
August 13 Fowey (Cornwall), UK
August 14 Cork, Ireland
August 15 Bantry, Ireland
August 16 Galway, Ireland
August 18 Londonderry, UK
August 19 Belfast, UK
August 20 Dublin, Ireland
August 21 Holyhead, UK
August 23 & 24 London, UK
OCTOBER
October 21-24 New York Visit
DECEMBER
December 17 School Visit: Shu Ren International School
2018
JANUARY
SF Creative Writing Institute
Jan 20th How to Write & Publish a Children’s Book - 10am - 1 pm
Building a successful creative career with a business focus - 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm
FEBRUARY
Feb 17 Book launch at Book Passage-11 am – 1pm
Feb 28 Speaking at the Reading Rock Stars program in Dallas Fort Worth
APRIL – MAY
April 11 Diane Feinstein Elementary School, San Francisco
April 18 Books Bytes and Beyond events, New York
April 19 RJ Julia events, New York
April 20 Clinton Bookshop Events
April 21 Speaking at PEN World Voices Festival in New York City
Guest Lecturer: Viking Star Cruises, Mediterranean Odyssey
April 22 Barcelona, Spain
April 23 Marseille, France
April 24 Monte Carlo, Monaco
April 25 Florence/Pisa, Italy
April 26 Rome, Italy
April 27 Naples, Italy
April 28 Cruise the Ionian Sea
April 29 Corfu, Greece
April 30 Dubrovnik, Croatia
May 1 Split, Croatia
May 2 – 6 Venice, Italy
May 7 – 17 School visit tour in Europe
JUNE
June 16 Speaking at Children’s Writers’ Conference – “How to Edit Your Work into a Bestselling Book,” Book Passage, Corte Madera. - 4:00 pm
Lecture on TCS: Northern Summer, A Journey Around the World By Private Jet
June 18 Seattle, Washington
June 19 – 21 Kamchatka peninsula, Russia
June 22 – 25 Vladivostok, board the four-night Trans-Siberian train across the Siberian Taiga to Lake Baikal
June 26 – 28 Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
AUGUST
Teaching at SF Creative Writing Institute
August 18 “Writing and Publishing Children’s Books II” – 10:30 a.m.
August 25 “Editors, Agents, and Contracts: The Business of Building a Creative Career Part 2″ – 10:30 a.m.
SEPTEMBER
September 1 – 8 18th International Literature Festival in Berlin, Germany
September 20 Educator’s Night at Hicklebee’s in San Jose
OCTOBER – NOVEMBER
October 20 Travel to Shanghai
October 23-24 Dulwich College Shanghai
October 25-26 Western International School of Shanghai
October 29 YK Pao School, Shanghai
Guest Lecturer: Holland America Line, Grand Asia Voyage
October 30 At Sea (East China Sea)
October 31 Naha, Okinawa
November 1 Ishigaki, Ishigaki
November 2 Keelung (Taipei)
November 3 At Sea (South China Sea)
November 4 Arrive in Hong Kong
November 5 School visit: Guangzhou
November 8 Arrive in Taipei
November 7-9 School Visit: Taipei American School
November 11 Travel to Taichung
November 12 School Visit: Taichung Morrison Academy
November 13 School Visit: Taipei Morrison Academy
November 14 Return to the US
DECEMBER
School Visit at Minnetonka Public Schools
December 12 Excelsior Elementary School & Minnetonka Public Schools Foundation
December 13 Scenic Heights Elementary School
2017
MARCH – APRIL
Guest Lecturer: Crystal Cruise, South Korea to Japan
Mar 25-30 School Visit Tour in China
Mar 31-Apr1 Incheon, South Korea
Apr 2 Cruising the Yellow Sea
Apr 3-5 Beijing/Xingang, China
Apr 6 Cruising the Yellow Sea
Apr 7 Fukuoka, Japan
Apr 8 Hiroshima, Japan
Apr 9 Hiroshima, Japan; Takamatsu, Japan
Apr 10 Takamatsu, Japan
Apr 11 Osaka, Japan
Apr 12 Shimizu, Japan
Apr 13-14 Tokyo, Japan
MAY – JULY
May 1 Speaking at the Santa Clara City Library
July 28-30 Keynote Speaker at Book Passage Children’s Picture Book Writer Conference
OCTOBER
Oct 15 – Oct 20 School Visit Tour in New York
NOVEMBER
Nov 19 – 31 School Visit Tour in Dubai
DECEMBER
Guest Lecturer: Silversea Spirit, Dubai to Mahe
Nov 27 – Dec 2 School Visit Tour in Dubai (Universal American Schoool)
Dec 3 Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Dec 4 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Dec 5 Sir Bani Yas
Dec 6 Fujairah
Dec 7 Muscat, Oman
Dec 10 Mumbai, India
Dec 12 Cochin
Dec 13 Cochin
Dec 14 Maldives, Male
Dec 18 Mahe, Seychelles
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