We're down to our last few weeks of Good Pop's hiatus. As we wait for all of our hosts to recover, we're dropping in another episode of our fellow Potluck Podcast Collective show, Books & Boba. This time it's their October 2023 book news episode, going over the latest Asian American book and publishing news.

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On our mid-month check in for October 2023, we review the latest Asian American book and publishing announcements, as well as catch up on the latest controversial moves by a prominent book corporation.

Upcoming books mentioned in our publishing news:

Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder by Salman Rushdie
Untitled middle grade by Karina Yan Glaser
One Mad Cat by Vicky Fang
Zuni and the Memory Jar by Aisha Saeed; illust by Neha Rawat
Bread Is Love by Pooja Makhijani; illust by Lavanya Naidu
Crossing the Finish Line by Thushanthi Ponweera; illust by Maithili Joshi
Nora at Night by April dela Noche Milne
The Gowkaran Tree in the Middle of Our Kitchen by Shokoofeh Azar
The Tales from Cabin 23 by Justina Ireland and Hanna Alkaf
Be Careful, Xiao Xin! by Alice Pung; illust by Sher Rill Ng
Auntie Q's Golden Claws Nail Salon by Van Hoang
Dust by Gina Nguyen
Muslim Mavericks series by Seema Yasmin
Chopsticks Are... by Chloe Ito Ward; illust by Lynn Scurfield
What Sparks a Fire? by Livia Blackburne; illust by Nicole Xu
Two-List Thanksgiving by Christine Whan; illust by Sienna Kim
The Ghost Key by S.R. Appavu
The Three Beasts by Gillian Pascasio
Gracie Under the Waves by Linda Sue Park
Zeyna Lost and Found by Shafaq Khan
The Serpent Rider by Yxavel Magno Diño
What a Weirdo! and What a World! by Laan Cham
Lost and Found at the Gurdwara by Baljinder Kaur

News stories covered on this episode:

Scholastic to separate books on race and sexuality for book fairs
We Need Diverse Books’s statement condemning Scholastic’s decision

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Potluck Feed Drop - Books & Boba - #243 - October 2023 Book News

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