On our mid-month check in for June 2023, we review the latest Asian American book and publishing announcements, while Reera catches Marvin up with the latest tea from Asian book twitter.
Upcoming books mentioned in our publishing news:
- The Night Ends with Fire byK.X. Song
- The Kamogawa Food Detectives byHisashi Kashiwai
- Momo byRanran Zhou
- If Lin Can byRichard Ho; illust. byHuỳnh Kim LiênandPhùng Nguyên Quan
- Wish I Was a Baller byAmar Shah; illust.Rashad Doucet
- This Is How You Fall in Love byAnika Hussain
- The Lotus Shoes byJane Yang
- Last Chance Academy series byDebbi Michiko Florence
- My Olive Tree byHazar Elbayya
- The Last Dragon of the East byKatrina Kwan
- A Sky for the Birds byRina Singh; illust. byBarkha Lohia
- The Beasts Beneath the Winds edited byHanna Alkaf
- Simone byViet Thanh Nguyen; illust.Minne Phan
- Threads byAshley Wong
- Sophia Lee Can Fly byMarie Tang; illust. byLenny Wen
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