On this episode, we check out the latest book and publishing news in Asian American literature for our March 2023 mid-month check-in, including catching up with the Harper Collins publishing announcements we missed during the strike.
New books and authors mentioned in our publishing news:
- Shanghailanders by Juli Min
- Four Eids and a Funeral by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé & Adiba Jaigirdar
- Women of Good Fortune by Sophie Wan
- Love Me Tomorrow series by Emiko Jean
- The Gift of Eid by Shifa Saltagi Safadi; illust by Aaliya Jaleel
- Stay With My Heart by Tashie Bhuiyan
- Champion of the Rose series by Cat Aquino & Dominique Duran
- Kindling by Traci Chee
- Copy Cat by Elyse Martin & Sean Rubin
- Kaho'olawe by Kamalani Hurley; illust by Harinani Orme
- The Dark We Know by Wen-yi Lee
- And Then Comes July by Sarah Jung
- New by Niña Mata
- Better Catch Up, Krishna Kumar by Anahita Karthik
- Celestial Banquet by Roselle Lim
- No Place Like Home by Linh S. Nguyễn
- I Lived Inside a Whale by Xin Lee
- Living Bridges by Sandhya Acharya; illust by Avani Dwivedi
- Do You Even Know Me? by Reem Faruqi; illust by Ani Bushry
- Water Moon by Samantha Sotto Yambao
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