I give readings, present at conferences, and teach workshops in the U.S., Asia, and Europe. My speaking engagements include Princeton, Columbia, Oxford, The American University of Paris, and the Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art. I’ve been a featured guest on podcasts including Mindrolling with Raghu Markus, Life As It Is with James Shaheen and Sharon Salzberg, and Practice You with Elena Brower.
Totally Booked with Zibby (podcast)
Stay tuned for my talk with Zibby Owens about Traveling in Bardo and life's inevitable between-states! How can we navigate uncertainty and change, and find our way to new beginnings? Date TBA.
Traveling in Bardo “Sunday Special” at Love Supreme Projects, London (in-person and online)
Ann Tashi Slater talks about her book, Traveling in Bardo: The Art of Living in an Impermanent World, a modern-day Tibetan Book of the Dead that guides us in living with change in our inner and outer worlds. Details and booking here.
Traveling in Bardo: The Art of Living in an Impermanent World,” at Int’l Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden University (in-person and online)
In a world where nothing lasts forever, how do we live? Ann Tashi Slater will talk about her new book, Traveling in Bardo: The Art of Living in an Impermanent World, an exploration of the Tibetan Buddhist concept of bardo between-states as a lens for navigating change and finding deeper meaning in life. Details here.
From 1920s Tibet to 21st-Century Darjeeling: A Tibetan Family History, at INALCO, Paris
Exploring questions of memory, identity, and cultural inheritance, Slater discusses her family history and the power of ancestral stories. The talk highlights the life of Slater’s great-grandfather, S.W. Laden La (1876-1936), a diplomat and scholar who helped bring The Tibetan Book of the Dead to the West and was a close friend of the Thirteenth Dalai Lama. Details here.
Practice You with Elena Brower (podcast)
Ann Tashi Slater talks about her new book, Traveling in Bardo: The Art of Living in an Impermanent World, and tending to our interdependence, living life fully, and dying with attention and equanimity. Listen to the episode here.
The Art of Living in an Impermanent World - Online Book Talk (Fall for the Book, George Mason University)
Ann Tashi Slater discusses her book, Traveling in Bardo: The Art of Living in an Impermanent World. Using stories of family, creativity, and everyday change, Slater explores the concept of bardo—the transitional space between endings and beginnings—and navigating life’s shifts with clarity and purpose. Details here.
Writing Between Worlds - Panel Discussion (San Antonio Book Festival)
Ann Tashi Slater will speak on Sandra Cisneros’s panel “Writing Between Worlds” at the San Antonio Book Festival. She will discuss her new book, Traveling in Bardo: The Art of Living in an Impermanent World, and how between-states offer us the chance for insight and transformation.
Book Talk with Ann Tashi Slater (University of Texas at Dallas & Dallas Literary Society)
Join us for a talk with author Ann Tashi Slater as she discusses her new book, Traveling in Bardo: The Art of Living in an Impermanent World.
Finding Meaning and Happiness in a World of Change (New York Insight Meditation Center)
In a world where nothing lasts forever, how can we find meaning and happiness? Join Ann Tashi Slater for a talk about her new book, Traveling in Bardo: The Art of Living in an Impermanent World. The program will be introduced by Tashi Chodron, Himalayan Programs and Communities Ambassador at the Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, and Ann will be joined in conversation by author and publisher John Madera.
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
On Finding Meaning in a Changing World — Living to Be with Reino Gevers (podcast), When Endings Arrive, a New Beginning Awaits — The Rewrite with Wendy Sloane (podcast), 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.