#346 - March 2026 Book News

About this episode

The episode covers the latest Asian American publishing announcements and the ongoing fight against book bans for March 2026.

For our mid-month book news check in for March 2026, we catch up on the latest Asian American publishing announcements as well as check in on the ongoing fight against book bans: The Carlton Girls: Casey and the Cruel Thief by Julie Abe The Goodfolke Family by Roshani Chokshi P.S. Are We Friends Now? by John Schu and Jasmine Warga My Neighbor Yokai by noho Fall, in Love by Mia Kayla The Gravedigger's Apprentice by Linda Cheng Seeking Wonderful by Susan Yoon ; illust. Veronica Mang We Are the Light: A Story of Diwali by Rajani LaRocca ; illust. Sayan Mukherjee Home Is Waiting to Be Found by Tina Athaide ; ilust. Vũ Thủy Ngọc Hà Matcha & Matches by Cara Tanamachi Tea Leaves and Fate Strings by C.B. Lee The Red Thread by Laura G. Lee Scream, Queen! by Sujin Witherspoon Book news mentioned on this episode: Lee & Low postpones their quadrennial Diversity Baseline Survey in order to concentrate on fighting book bans Books & Boba is a podcast dedicated to reading and featuring books by Asian and Asian American authors Support the Books & Boba Podcast by: Joining our Patreon to receive exclusive perks Purchasing books at our bookshop Rocking our Books & Boba merch…

People in this episode

Hosts: Reera Yoo, Marvin Yueh

Topics covered

• book news
• Asian American publishing
• book bans

Keywords

• publishing
• book announcements
• Asian American authors

Mentioned in this episode

Products: The Carlton Girls: Casey and the Cruel Thief, The Goodfolke Family, P.S. Are We Friends Now?, My Neighbor Yokai, Fall, in Love, The Gravedigger's Apprentice, Seeking Wonderful, We Are the Light: A Story of Diwali, Home Is Waiting to Be Found, Matcha & Matches

Books & works: The Carlton Girls: Casey and the Cruel Thief, The Goodfolke Family, Are We Friends, My Neighbor Yokai, The Gravedigger's Apprentice, Seeking Wonderful, We Are the Light: A Story of Diwali, Home Is Waiting to Be Found, The Red Thread, Rocking our Books & Boba

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