I give talks and teach workshops in the US, Asia, and Europe, at Princeton University, Columbia University, Oxford University, The American University of Paris, and the Asia Society, among many others. I’m also a regular speaker at the beautiful Rubin Museum of Art in Manhattan.
Traveling in Bardo: Tokyo Launch
Join Ann Tashi Slater and Yuki Tejima at Flying Books in Shibuya for an evening of conversation about Slater's new book, Traveling in Bardo: The Art of Living in an Impermanent World (Balance/Hachette).
Finally Making Peace with Change (The Exhale, SiriusXM)
Ann Tashi Slater talks with Kyle Buchanan about her new book, Traveling in Bardo, and how wisdom from Tibetan Buddhism can help us embrace change and find happiness in our day-to-day lives. Listen here.
Entering the Bardos (Ram Dass Inner Academy online course)
Ann Tashi Slater taught this session as part of a 10-day virtual immersion exploring the mystery of life and death. She discussed the Tibetan Buddhist concept of bardo and how it can help us live life more fully by embracing change, endings, and new beginnings. Details here.
Traveling in Bardo (Tricycle podcast)
Ann Tashi Slater talks with Tricycle’s editor-in-chief, James Shaheen, about the legends surrounding the bardo teachings; her own experience of illness and how it paralleled the bardo journey; how TheTibetan Book of the Dead can teach us to live fully; and her new book, Traveling in Bardo (Balance/Hachette). Listen here.
Lessons from the Bardo (Mindrolling podcast, Be Here Now Network)
Ann Tashi Slater returns to the Mindrolling podcast to talk with host Raghu Markus about her writing, her Tibetan heritage, bardo, and her close connection to The Tibetan Book of the Dead. Listen or watch here.
More Podcasts & Talks
Midlife as a Living Bardo: How to Embrace Change and Find Peace — Pleasure in the Pause with Gabriella Espinosa (podcast), Tuning Out the Noise — Finding the Throughline with Kate Hanley (podcast - 3 episodes: 9/15-9/19), “How to be the Artist of Your Life” — Narrative Healing (members-only workshop).
TRAVELING IN BARDO Book Tour (Fall 2025)
Rizzoli Bookstore - with Dani Shapiro, Columbia University - with Lauran Hartley, Tibet House - with James Shaheen, CIIS Online - with Fernando Ona, Book Passage - with Sylvia Boorstein (video clip here.)
Nonfiction for No Reason in Tokyo
Join us for a wonderful evening of literary readings and conversation! Looking forward to reading with Florentyna Leow, Craig Mod, Kyoko Nakajima, Kanako Nishi, Leo Elizabeth Takada, Ginny Tapley Takemori, and Yuki Tejima.
Register here.
Bardo: How Do We Write About the In-Between?
SOLD OUT! Ann Tashi Slater returns to The Rubin Museum for a conversation about bardo with writer and editor Tenzin Dickie and scholar and poet Dominique Townsend.
A Tibetan Family History, The Tibetan Book of the Dead, and Bardo (Informasia, Tokyo)
In this virtual Informasia event, author and professor Ann Tashi Slater talked about her Tibetan roots, with a special focus on bardo.
Bardos, Faith, and Letting Go (Mindrolling podcast, Be Here Now Network)
Ann Tashi Slater returns to the Mindrolling podcast to talk with host Raghu Markus about her writing, her Tibetan heritage, bardo, and her close connection to The Tibetan Book of the Dead. Listen or watch here.
Reading at High Asia Research Center, NYC
Tsering Yangzom Lama (We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies) and I reading from our work. Discussion with Jamyang Norbu.
Every Moment Is a Bardo (Tricycle)
In the latest episode of “Life As It Is,” Ann Tashi Slater joins co-hosts James Shaheen and Sharon Salzberg to discuss near-death experiences, end-of-life rituals, and what the living can learn from The Tibetan Book of the Dead. Listen here.
Nation of Writers: Reinaldo Arenas (American Writers Museum)
In this episode of the American Writers Museum podcast, Nate King interviews writer Ann Tashi Slater and Princeton University Latin Americanist Peter Johnson about their friendship with Cuban writer Reinaldo Arenas, Arenas’s life, and Slater’s translation of his work. (https://americanwritersmuseum.org/podcast/episode-9-reinaldo-arenas/)
The Wisdom of the Dead with Ann Tashi Slater (Be Here Now Network)
I spoke with Raghu Markus on the Mindrolling podcast about my Tibetan family history, what I’ve learned from THE TIBETAN BOOK OF THE DEAD, and the powerful lessons the book holds for us today. (https://bit.ly/3AFs2qX)
Listening to Our Ancestors (Narrative Healing Live)
A Narrative Healing Live chat about the role that our ancestors’ stories and wisdom play in our creative lives. My conversation with Jessica Kung Dreyfus and Kim Thai was moderated by Lisa Weinert.
COVID-19 and the Patient Experience: Lessons from Japan (Health Logic)
I spoke with leading anesthesiologist Dr. Anita Gupta about a serious illness, my Tibetan family history, and COVID-19.
What Our Family Histories Can Teach Us About Ourselves (Princeton Women in Media & Technology)
In this virtual event sponsored by Princeton Women in Media and Technology, author and professor Ann Tashi Slater talks about reconnecting with her Tibetan roots and embracing her Asian American identity.
The Power of Writing: Finding Your Voice (HEC Paris)
A writing workshop for high school students in HEC Paris’s High Impact Communication for Youth summer program.
Where We Come from and Where We’re Going (Asian American Alumni Association of Princeton University)
A conversation about identity, dialogue across generations and borders, and how we relate to our cultures of origin.
"Writing the Self" Memoir Writing Workshop (Princeton Alumni Association of France & the UK)
Join author and She Roars panelist Ann Tashi Slater ’84 for a workshop on how to write about life experiences and make readers care about your story.
Memoir Writing Workshop (The American University of Paris)
A workshop on how to write about your life and connect with readers.
Dreams, Memories, Journeys: The Story of a Tibetan Family (Oxford University)
Join me for a reading from my work and a talk about my family history from 1920s Tibet to twenty-first-century Darjeeling.
From Lhasa to Darjeeling to America: Tibetan American Memoir Writing (Columbia University Weatherhead East Asian Institute)
A reading from "Mountains, Monasteries, and Myths: What I Discovered While Living in My Darjeeling Family Home” (Catapult), and discussion of family history, identity, and writing the self.
The Power of Tea: Family Stories from Darjeeling and Tibet (The Rubin Museum)
Ann Tashi Slater returns to The Rubin Museum to talk about the essential role of tea in her Tibetan family's life historically, spiritually, and socially, and read from her "Teatime in Darjeeling" (Tin House) essay.
Memoir Writing Workshop (Princeton University)
A workshop with Asian American students on ways to write about identity.
An Evening of Tibetan Culture at the Asia Society
Join us for an exploration of Tibetan culture and unique family history with author Ann Tashi Slater.
Tibetan Pilgrimage (Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture)
Widely published writer Ann Tashi Slater comes to the Institute from Tokyo, where she is Professor of American Literature at Japan Women’s University. She will read from her work and discuss the history of her Tibetan family.
Royal Cafe: A Tibetan Film from Paris (Columbia University Weatherhead East Asian Institute)
Ann Tashi Slater will be in conversation with Tibetan filmmaker Tenzin Dasel after a screening of Dasel’s film about the Tibetan diaspora in Paris. Modern Tibetan Studies Program, Columbia University.
Traveling in Bardo: The Tibetan Book of the Dead (The Rubin Museum)
Can we experience a state between life and death here on earth? Author Ann Tashi Slater returns to the Rubin to read from “Traveling in Bardo” (AGNI) and discuss how her experiences with illness embodied Padmasambhava’s concept of the bardo, as described in The Tibetan Book of the Dead.