SHARON FUJIMOTO-JOHNSON
AUTHOR-ILLUSTRATOR
public events
2025
January 5, 2025
Japanese American National Museum​
Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, CA
Welcome the new year with THE MOCHI MAKERS!
Reading + signing
12:30 PM
4:00 PM
January 12, 2025
11:30 AM
Reading + Signing + Mochi-making
Parkview Presbyterian Church
Sacramento, CA
Parkview Presbyterian Church was founded in 1912 by Japanese immigrants. It was torn apart by World War II but rebuilt itself into a multicultural community. There will be an opportunity for mochi-making following my reading and signing.
January 26, 2025
Time TBD
Reading + Signing + Mochi-making
Buddhist Church of Florin
Sacramento, CA
The Florin JACL-Sacramento Valley, the Buddhist Church of Florin and the Sacramento Japanese Network/Sumirekai will sponsor its annual Florin “Mochi Madness” from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.: hands-on hand-pounding workshop and mochi treat tasting. Free for members and children 5 years and under; $5 for non-members.
BOOK RELEASE
Poetry Anthology (Haymarket Books, April 1, 2025)
Including two poems honoring my grandfather
BOOK RELEASE
(Simon & Schuster/Beach Lane Books, April 15, 2025)
Based on a true family story.