Happy New Year! On our first mid-month book news check-in episode for the year of the horse, we go over a hefty list of latest Asian American publishing news as the publishing industry revs back into gear after the holidays.
Upcoming books mentioned in our publishing news:
- Blur the Lines by Kanitha P.
- Paper Ghosts by Samantha Chong
- Cold Blood by Aashna Avachat
- Untitled Contemporary YA By Jesmeen Kaur Deo
- The Strange Sketches of Luna Li by Gloria L. Huang
- She Comes Out at Night by Michelle Jing Chan
- If We Could Be Everywhere by Sarah Suk
- The Sisterhood of Southern Peaches by Katrina Moore
- Footprints in Snow by Keiko Hayner
- Something Inside Me Knows by Malinda Lo
- The Luckies by Sarah Mlynowski and Christina Soontornvat; illust. by Madi Wong
- The Monster Inside by Cherry Mo
- Jitty and the Machine by Mitali Banerjee Ruths; illust.by Iacopo Bruno
- Wipe Out by Saadia Faruqi; illust. by Karen De la Vega
- The Erhu Sings by Sally Deng
- Blooming Behind Barbed Wire by Traci Huahn; illust. by Mayumi Sasage
- House of Forgotten Souls by Kat Cho
- Hello, DELA, by Kiku Hughes
- Tae Lim Decks It Out by Angela Ahn
- Izzy and Wolfi by Dane Liu; illust. by Maya Tatsukawa
- The Light Garden by Joanna Ho; illust. by Minako Tomigahara
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