On our mid-month check in for July 2024, we recap some of the latest Asian American publishing announcements, as well as get some updates on the latest Books & Boba pick to get picked up for TV and which books by Asian authors made it into the New York Time's best 100 books of the century!

Upcoming books mentioned in our publishing news:

• Reasons We Break by Jesmeen Kaur Deo
• Arctic Adventures: A Tundra Tale by Jyoti Rajan Gopal; illust by Alexandra Mims Cook
• Cactus Home by Vikram Madan
• The First Girl on Stage: Tunga Dances the Yakshagana by Shruthi Rao; illust by Devika Joglekar
• Tea Leaf Eggs by Karen E. Hong
• Hold by Randy Ribay; illust Zeke Peña
• Miles Ahead by Minh Lê; illustrated by Lynnor Bontigao
• Passé It On by Dani Chuatico
• How to Fake a Love Story in 15 Days by Aashna Avachat
• Baba Palooza by A.D. Ghani; illust by Nadia Alam
• Amina Banana by Shifa Saltagi Safadi; illust by Aaliya Jaleel
• The Other Lata by Kirthana Ramisetti

News stories covered on this episode:

• George R.R. Martin honors R.F. Kuang and Xiran Jay Zhao with 2024 Alfie Awards
• Xiran Jay Zhao wins The Astounding Award at the 2024 Hugos

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The Books & Boba August 2024 book club pick is Land of Milk and Honey by C Pam Zhang

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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