#276 - June 2024 Book News

Books and Boba

On our mid-month check in for June 2024, we recap some of the latest Asian American publishing announcements, as well as catch up on some awards news and check in on the latest book tea!

Upcoming books mentioned in our publishing news:

• Chasing Sunspots by Victoria Ying
• Mendell Station by J.B. Hwang
• Rings of Fate by Melissa de la Cruz
• Invitation Only by Alexandra Brown Chang
• Rage Will Be Your Savior by K-Ming Chang
• Exhausted Monsters by K-Ming Chang
• Faraway Family by Padma Venkatraman; illust. by Nicole Wong
• Foodie Fest written by Rina Singh and illustrated by Flo Leung
• Coldwire by Chloe Gong
• Scribble by Gavin Aung Than

News stories covered on this episode:

• E.J. Koh has won the 24th annual NYPL Young Lions Fiction
• Award
• Costco will stop selling books year-round starting in
• January 2025
• Kim Crisci, who went by the pen name “Kim Chi,” pretended
• to be Korean American to promote her alleged Own Voices stories.

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