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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The Books & Boba April 2026 pick is The Elsewhere Express by Samantha Sotto Yambao

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