#149 – Author Chat w/ Meredith Ireland

August 26, 2021December 13, 2022Leave a comment

On this episode, we chat with author Meredith Ireland about her debut YA novel The Jasmine Project,a romantic comedy about a girl named Jasmine, freshly “on-break” with her kinda shitty boyfriend, who’s loving and meddlesome family sets up a makeshift Bachelorette style dating competition for her… without her knowledge of course. We have a fun chat with Meredith about her journey as a writer, as well as her inspirations for her wild and ultimately heartwarming debut novel.

Follow Meredith on IG at @writermeredithireland and check out his book The Jasmine Project at your local bookseller starting September 7, 2021!

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#148 – August 2021 Book News

August 20, 2021December 13, 2022Leave a comment

On this episode, we highlight the latest book and publishing news in Asian American literature for our August 2021 mid-month check-in!

New books mentioned in our publishing news:

Julia Vee & Ken Bebelle – Ebony Gate
C.B. Lee – A Coffeeshop in an Alternate Universe
Alice Lin – Fireworks
Trang Thanh Tran – She Is a Haunting
Susie Lee Jin – Not an Egg; Not a Pumpkin;and Not a Heart
Tara Sim – We Shall Be Monsters
Diana Ma – Extracurricular
Joanna Ho – The Wave Riders; Say My Name
Christine Mari – Kokoro
Elsie Chapman – Kokoro
Tadaaki Imaizumi & Takashi Maruyama – Why We Went Extinct
Ream Shukairy – The Next New Syrian Girl
Livia Blackburne –Nainai’s Mountain
Saadia Faruqi –Rani
Margaret Chiu Greanias – Hooked on Books
Emery Lee – Café Con Lychee
Catherine Yu – Direwood
Hope Lim – At the Window
Raakhee Mirchandani – My Diwali Light; Mama’s Roti

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#147 – Author Chat w/ Andrea Wang

August 17, 2021December 13, 2022Leave a comment

On this episode, we chat with author Andrea Wang about her new middle grade novel The Many Meaning of Meilan,a coming of age story about a Chinese American girl who finds strength in the many meanings of her name as she struggles to adjust to moving from Boston’s Chinatown to a small town in Ohio. We chat with Andrea about her journey to becoming a childen’s book author and her inspirations for writing her novel. We also share some of our own experiences with our uncommon Asian names.

Follow Andrea on IG at @andreawhywang and check out his book The Many Meanings of Meilan at your local bookseller!

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#146 – An Ocean of Minutes by Thea Lim

August 4, 2021December 13, 2022Leave a comment

On this episode, we discuss our July 2021 book club pick, An Ocean of Minutes by Thea Lim, a Sci-Fi time travel novel about a woman who journeys to the future as an indentured worker to save the life of the man she loves in the midst of a global pandemic. The story follows her struggles as a temporally migrant worker as she tries to find her way home while dealing with the aftermath of a devastating pandemic where she no longer has any legal status or citizenship.

Content Warning: Discussion of a scene regarding attempted sexual assault at 45:31 – 47:17

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#145 – Author Chat w/ Emiko Jean

July 28, 2021December 13, 2022Leave a comment

On this episode, we chat with author Emiko Jean about her latest novel Tokyo Ever After,a YA story about a Japanese American girl from Northern California who finds out she’s actually an imperial princess of Japan. We chat with Emiko about her journey as a writer, and how it led her to write her latest novel.
Follow Emiko on IG at @emikojeanbooks and check out his book Tokyo Ever After at your local bookseller!

#144 – July 2021 Book News

July 16, 2021December 13, 2022Leave a comment

On this episode, we highlight the latest book and publishing news in Asian American literature for our July 2021 mid-month check-in!
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