Red Altar - Book Launch

The San Francisco Main Public Library will host author and Eth-Noh-Tec Co-Director Nancy Wang from 1:30-3:30 PM on February 2nd, 2025 for the launch of her historical novel, Red Altar. This event is free and open to the public, and will include a reading by the author followed by a Q&A with Professor of Asian American Studies, Russel Jeung Ph.D.

On Sunday, February 2nd from 1-3 PM, the San Francisco Main Public Library will host the book launch of author Nancy Wang’s latest novel, Red Altar. Red Altar is a work of historical fiction that tells the story of the Monterey Bay area’s Chinese fishing villages of the 1850's. This is the true story of three generations of Chinese fishermen surviving and building community despite the anti-Chinese laws and violence they experienced in California. Based on Wang’s own family history, Red Altar is written in conversation with the realities of racial injustice that continue to impact BIPOC communities today, weaving awareness and harvesting wisdom from freedom struggles past and present. Wang will read excerpts from the book, followed by a Q&A facilitated by Russell Jeung, Ph.D., Professor of Ethnic Studies at San Francisco State University. The event will take place in the library’s Chinese Center on the 3rd floor. While the event is free and open to the public, donations are welcome! Food will be provided.

This book launch will kick off a book tour that will take place throughout the spring of 2025, including a reading at local San Francisco bookstores Medicine for Nightmares, Fabulosa Books, and others. Follow @ethnohtec on Instagram and Facebook, or check our website www.ethnohtec.org for the full book tour schedule.

Eth-Noh-Tec is an Asian American storytelling non-profit co-founded in 1981 by Nancy Wang and Robert Kikuchi-Yngojo. Eth-Noh-Tec presents ancient and contemporary Asian stories, with a mission to build bridges that create compassionate communities through art of storytelling. 

Host or Publisher Eth-Noh-Tec