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For our mid-month book news check in for October 2025, we're catching up on the Asian American publishing news for the past 2 months (since we didn't do a mid-month episode in September) as well as checking in on the news about the latest National Book Award nominations as well as some exciting new listings on the NYT bestsellers list!
Upcoming books mentioned in our publishing news:
- The Radiance by Ayad Akhtar
- The Museum of Modern Love by Mariko Turk
- Sir Silly by Gavin Aung Than
- Emily Min-ji Makes Kimchi by Meredith Seung Mee Buse; illust. Jenn Kocsmiersky
- The River of Caregiving by Jocelyn Chung; illust. Sarah Gonzales
- Of Wind and Dust by Shirin Yim Leos
- Project Juni by Kaitlyn San Miguel
- Medusa's Pet Rock by Steph Lau
- Chrysanthemum's Glow written by Livia Blackburne; illust. Julia Kuo
- Fishbone Cinderella by Elizabeth Lim
- The Secret World of Briar Rose by Cindy Pham
- Born by Sarah Ling
- The Fallen Sun by C.M. Basma
- Swimming Lessons for a Mermaid by Yongchan
- Who the Flan Am I? by Kiera Wright-Ruiz and Claudia Lam
- The Missing Magic of Sparrow Xia by Leia Ham
- Bear Wakes Up by Lisa Chow
- Frankie Lu's Summer of No Regrets by Betty Chang
- I Shall Master This Family by Kim Roah, Mon, and ANTStudio
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The Books & Boba October 2025 pick is Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker
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Don't miss an all AAPI production of HENRY VI: A Trilogy in Two Parts at The Public in NYC
The National Asian American Theatre Company’s acclaimed production of HENRY VI: A TRILOGY IN TWO PARTS brings an all-AANHPI cast to The Public Theater for a decades-spanning saga of Joan of Arc, warring dukes, and the bloody birth of the War of the Roses. Adapted by Stephen Brown-Fried, this is Shakespeare like you've never experienced it.
Part 1: Foreign Wars opens with a king dead, an infant on the throne, and a country already coming apart at the seams. Part 2: Civil Strife picks up nearly 30 years later...and the bloodbath is yet to come. Simmering feuds explode into the War of the Roses, and nothing will ever be the same. Performances from June 9 through July 19!
Use code H6BC for $59 tickets!
Henry VI at The Public with an all AAPI cast
