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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