Yume Kitasei

Come join us to chat about Saltcrop and Aftertaste and speculative fiction generally!

Tomorrow @darialavelleauthor.bsky.social and I will be Labyrinth Books in Princeton at 1pm for an event hosted by the Princeton Public Library for a conversation about our new books!!

This is a special one for me, because Daria and I met as freshmen - we lived opposite each other in Forbes. 🧡 🖤 🧡

I just finished this it was really good!!!

Yayyy

Company's plan to launch 4,000 space mirrors alarms scientists Reflect Orbital says their light-on-demand idea has generated significant interest from commercial and government customers.

@tobiasbuckell.bsky.social I think you called this one?

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I’m reading the King Must Die by @kashinggiwa.bsky.social right now and really enjoying it!

Good news bad news

So Ingram has…40 copies now. 😅😭 I’m told more are on the way this week or next.

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only TWELVE HOURS LEFT!! this whole kickstarter has been such a lovely and stressful and surprising journeyyyy in the best way.

we're gonna get to exist for TWO YEARS and then some and start at professional pay rates for an SFF lit mag AND include reprints AAAND nonfiction just aaaaa 😭💜

Pittsburgh next Tuesday! It’s Election Day, so vote before you come 😊

Graphic with a picture of two people with books, Saltcrop by Yume Kitasei and Aftertaste by Daria Lavalle. There’s a logo that says Princeton with a person reading a book over the O and text that says: Princeton Public Library Live at Labyrinth Joint Event with Yume Kitasei '09 (Saltcrop) & Daria Lavalle '09 (Aftertaste) Sun. Nov 2 at 1PM Labyrinth Books 122 Nassau St Princeton, NJ 08542

New Jersey!!! I’ll be in Princeton this Sunday at 1pm at Labyrinth books with @darialavelleauthor.bsky.social please join us!

An Evening with Yume Kitasei in Conversation with MC Benner Dixon — Riverstone Books Author Yume Kitasei joins us to talk about her latest dystopian sci-fi book, SALTCROP.

Pittsburgh! Come out on 11/4 @ 7 PM to hear from @yumewrites.bsky.social Do you like near-future dystopias, stubborn people, climate fiction, pirates, smart and resourceful female characters, complicated family relationships, and gorgeous writing? Join us! www.riverstonebookstore.com/events/an-ev...

Mostly oh no I think 😭

BUT I hear there will be a bunch more copies available Tuesday!!! 📣📣📣

If you read SALTCROP and enjoyed it, I’d also appreciate any word of mouth this week more than ever as stores are hopefully able to get more copies. 🙏🏻

It’s been a low key terrifying because those two weeks were half my first month of sales, which seems like a crucial time for potential momentum. Not to mention how easy it is to get lost in the fall season when so many big books are coming out.

Part of this is great (people are interested in the book!) and part of it I heard (unconfirmed) is a distribution issue due to Ingram having to absorb Baker and Taylor books when they shuttered.

So if you are a bookstore this is a plea to please consider ordering SALTCROP, and if you haven’t bought it yet but are thinking about it, please consider ordering a copy through your local indie so they remember to order it when it’s back in stock hopefully Tuesday! 🙏🏻

To be clear some stores do have it if they already ordered stock (as does Amazon), but other stores told me they can’t replenish or order it in until more come into the warehouse.

Screenshot of a page that says Ingram on top, a listing for Saltcrop by Yume Kitasei, and “In Stock 0”.

Screenshot of bookshop.org page for Saltcrop by Yume Kitasei with a button that says “Backorder”

Good news first - as of two weeks ago, Saltcrop is getting a second printing. That’s amazing. Thank you for your support!!!

The bad news is it’s been out of stock for two weeks at Ingram, a major book distributor, which is pretty agonizing. 😓😓😓

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The Traveling SFF Festival: Crossover SFF Teo's Durumi is the conclusion to Elaine U. Cho’s space opera duology that began with Ocean's Godori, an Indies Introduce and Indie Next pick. Ocean Yoon, a disgraced Korean pilot, leads her crew in an adventure that explores themes of identity, heritage, and grief.

BOSTON! I am in you tomorrow! Come see me and others at @brooklinebooksmith.bsky.social ! @itsamia.bsky.social @yumewrites.bsky.social @emilyjaneauthor.bsky.social and Elaine Cho!

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Heyo! On Tuesday, 11/4 join me and *the* @hanalee.bsky.social at Books Inc. for THE KING MUST DIE’s book launch!

Graphic with text: The Traveling Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Festival Norwich, VT Thursday Oct. 23 7:00 pm Norwich Bookstore 291 Main St. Norwich, VT 05055 Moderated by Amanda Peterson Panel Discussion: Science Fiction & Fantasy: Escapism or Truth-telling? Elaine Cho J.R. Dawson Emily Jane Yume Kitasei Mia Tsai

Tonight! The Traveling SFF Book Festival is heading to Norwich Bookstore in Vermont!

Thank you so much for coming!!!!

Graphic text: The Traveling Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Festival New Haven, CT Tuesday Oct. 21 6:30 pm Possible Futures 318 Edgewood Ave, New Haven, CT 06511 Elaine Cho J.R. Dawson Emily Jane Yume Kitasei Mia Tsai Panel Discussion: The Changing Landscape

Tonight! The #travelingsffbookfestival is coming to New Haven at Possible Future Books with Elaine U Cho @itsamia.bsky.social @jrdawson.bsky.social media and @emilyjane.author !

Ahhh enjoy Saltcrop!

Graphic includes pictures of four authors and four books. Text says: The Traveling Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Festival Philadelphia (Ardmore) Friday Oct. 17 7:30 pm In partnership with Mavey Books Rotwitt Theatre of the McShain Performing Arts Center at Rosemont College 1400 Montgomery Ave Bryn Mawr, PA 19010 Panel Discussion: Journey Stories in SFF Amanda Foody Micaiah Johnson Yume Kitasei Julia Vee

Next up, the Traveling SFF Book Festival is rolling into Philadelphia tonight (Friday, 10/17 at 7:30pm) at Rosemont College presented by Mavey Books! Featuring me, @juliavee Amanda Foody, @micaiahjohnson Will we see you there?

Graphic with pictures of four people and four books under their faces and this text: The Traveling Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Festival Washington, DC Thursday Oct. 16 7:00 pm East City Bookshop 645 Pennsylvania Ave. SE #100, Washington, DC 20003 Yume Kitasei Ray Nayler Julia Vee Fran Wilde Panel Discussion: Oh My God, You Predicted the Future?

Night 3 of the Traveling Festival! Washington DC! Tonight (Thursday, 10/16) at East City Bookshop

With me, Ray Nayler, @franwilde.bsky.social and @micaiahjohnson.bsky.social

Ahh thank you for including mine! Philosophy of Thieves is the heistiest of heist books!!! I really enjoyed it!

This is going to be fun!