For our mid-month book news check in for April 2026, we catch up on the latest Asian American publishing announcements as well as check in on some distressing news for our legacy Kindles.

Upcoming books mentioned in our publishing news:

The Library of Lost Time by Vaishnavi Patel
BoxBoxBoxBox by Wan Sakamoto
Mama's Magical Hands by Yu An Xie
The Kids Came Back Wrong edited by Wen-yi Lee
Crush by Souvankham Thammavongsa
It Was an Ordinary Name by Souvankham Thammavongsa
The Golden Shoes by Jocelyn Cho
The Summer I Turned Pretty Graphic Novel by Cynthia Yuan Cheng and Arielle Jovellanos; illust by Sara Faber
Before & Now by Balsam El-bayya
Goat for Dinner by Tao Nyeu
Curiosities by Robert Kondo and Megan Bartel
Sarah in Charge by Ellen Oh
This Is Our Diwali by Jyoti Rajan Gopal; illust by Michelle Pereira
The Book Witch by Nora Elghazzawi
Magic Shoyu Shop by Debbi Michiko Florence; illust. by Minako Tomigahara

Book news mentioned on this episode:

Amazon pulls support from Kindles pre-2013

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#350 - April 2026 Book News

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#350 - April 2026 Book News