Jason Tanamor

Author of Vampires of Portlandia and Love, Dance & Egg Rolls

Events

WWA Fall Conference

Date + Time:

October 4, 2025
1:30-2:45pm CT

Jason Tanamor will lead a workshop on Writing Scenes at the 2025 Wisconsin Writers Association Fall Conference in Stevens Point, WI.

UFAACGI Meet and Greet

Date + Time:

September 20, 2025
10am-12pm CT

Jason Tanamor will be at the Galesburg Public Library for a meet and greet, hosted by the UFAAGCI (United Filipino American Association of Galesburg and Illinois).

Moline Public Library

Date + Time:

August 23, 2025
1-4 pm CT

Jason Tanamor will be signing and selling copies of LOVE, DANCE & EGG ROLLS and THE LEGEND OF SENSEI TSINELAS at the Moline Public Library, first floor, teen corner.

River Lights Bookstore

Date + Time:

July 19, 2025
10am-12pm CT

Jason Tanamor will be signing copies of THE LEGEND OF SENSEI TSINELAS.

Novel Bookcamp

Date + Time:

June 22-28, 2025
All week

Jason Tanamor will instruct a week long craft fiction workshop at Novel Bookcamp at the Siena Retreat Center in Racine, WI:

Day 1: Plot Dynamics (the basic elements of plot)

Day 2: Conflicting Dialogue (how to make your dialogue worth it)

Day 3: Scene by Scene (how to write scenes to sustain tension and conflict)

Day 4: Action is Character (ensure characters are always in motion)

Blue House Books

Date + Time:

June 21, 2025
11am-2pm CT

Jason Tanamor will be in-store for a Meet & Greet at Blue House Books in Kenosha, WI. Come by and pick up a copy of his new YA superhero novel, THE LEGEND OF SENSEI TSINELAS.

Powell's City of Books

Date + Time:

May 17, 2025
3-4pm PT

Jason Tanamor will be in-conversation with Kate Ristau to talk about his new YA superhero novel, THE LEGEND OF SENSEI TSINELAS at Powell's City of Books in downtown in Portland, OR.

Filipino Bayanihan Center

Date + Time:

May 16, 2025
3:30-4:45pm PT

Jason Tanamor will be reading from his new YA superhero novel, THE LEGEND OF SENSEI TSINELAS, and in-conversation with Giacomo Ranieri at the Filipino Bayanihan Center in Portland, OR.

Pacific Islander Asian & Asian American Student Center

Date + Time:

May 14, 2025
4-6pm PT

Jason Tanamor will be in-conversation with Pacific Islander Asian & Asian American Student Center for "Margins to Mainstream" at Portland State University in Portland, OR to talk about his new YA superhero novel, THE LEGEND OF SENSEI TSINELAS. 

Midwest Writing Center

Date + Time:

March 1, 8, 15, 22, 2025
10:30-12pm CT

Jason Tanamor leads four craft fiction workshops at the Midwest Writing Center in Rock Island, IL:

Day 1: Plot Dynamics (the basic elements of plot)

Day 2: Conflicting Dialogue (how to make your dialogue worth it)

Day 3: Scene by Scene (how to write scenes to sustain tension and conflict)

Day 4: Action is Character (ensure characters are always in motion)