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Author-run group to celebrate Asian Kidlit & the diversity of stories that originate from the Asian Continent and books by Asian authors! #AsianAuthors
cover of Fantasy novel Dawn of the Firebird by Sarah Mughal Rana
swatch of Pantone 18-3945 TCX Amparo Blue
What if our color of the year is just from the cover of the book we're currently reading? #pantonecolor
Mine would be:
“You’re always telling people to support indie bookstores over billionaires.”
Yeah, it’s called having a consistent brand voice and a conscience.
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A graphic with a background made up of a diagonal oriented 6-stripe rainbow. A white square sits inside the diagonal rainbow with text reading "Send us your November queer book releases". The text is in black all caps font while November is in red all caps font. Below this in a smaller horizontal rainbow font with a black outline is text that reads “fill out the form in our bio”.
🌈 Hey Reading Rainbows! It’s time for our monthly new release call! We are looking for queer books releasing any time during November. Self, Indie and Trad published books are accepted!
Any book with a queer POV character counts for our lists regardless of pairing. 🧵
Orange promotional graphic titled “Scholarship Opportunity!” Body text beneath the title text says, “Penguin Random House in partnership with We Need Diverse Books is offering six U.S. high school seniors $10,000 writing scholarships!” To the right of the text is a black and white illustration of a young student writing in a spiral notebook. There’s also a light orange starburst graphic that says, “Apply Today!” At the bottom of the graphic are the logos for Penguin Random House, the Creative Writing Awards, and We Need Diverse Books.
Orange promotional graphic titled “About the CWAs”. There is the following description: “Penguin Random House is partnering with We Need Diverse Books for the 2026 Creative Writing Awards—featuring the newly-named Chinua Achebe Award for Freedom of Expression! Six first-place $10,000 prizes will be awarded in the categories of: the Chinua Achebe Freedom of Expression Award, the Amanda Gorman Award for Poetry, the Maya Angelou Award for Spoken Word, the Michelle Obama Award for Memoir, and the James Baldwin Award for Fiction. In recognition of the Creative Writing Awards previously being centered in New York City, the competition will award an additional first-place prize to the top entrant from the NYC area.” At the bottom of the graphic is an illustration of a search bar containing the URL “bit.ly/CWA2026”, which will redirect folks to the application page containing full details.
🚨 Applications for Penguin Random House's 2026 #CreativeWritingAwards are NOW OPEN!
Seniors from U.S. public high schools can apply today to win $10,000 in scholarship funds. Application and scholarship details can be found at the website below ⬇️
💻 bit.ly/CWA2026
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🌟 Asian diaspora creatives and trans/nonbinary creatives are especially encouraged to apply!
Many thanks to Dav and Sayuri Pilkey for sponsoring Walter Grants for Asian diaspora creators in honor of the one and only Ellen Oh!
💻 bit.ly/WalterGrantsApp
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Blue graphic displaying a mock-up internet browser window. At the top of the window is a search bar containing the URL “bit.ly/WalterGrantsApp”, which will direct folks to the application form for WNDB’s Walter Grants. Beneath that, the mock-up browser window is titled “About Walter Grants” and contains the following description: “The Walter Dean Myers Grant provides a financial boost to promising writers and illustrators from diverse backgrounds who are currently unpublished. Each grantee receives $2000 to hone their craft and support their career development. The Walter Grant can be used in a variety of ways, from attending conferences to purchasing new writing devices to covering childcare.”
🔔 Apply for a Walter Dean Myers Grant today!
The Walter Dean Myers Grant program was established to provide grants of $2,000 each to promising diverse writers and illustrators who are currently unpublished. Follow the 🔗 below (also in our bio) to apply ⬇️
💻 bit.ly/WalterGrantsApp
Just a reminder that the September Be the Change is actually on Tuesday 9/30 instead of tomorrow. @malindalo.bsky.social @beaconpress.bsky.social @authorsabb.bsky.social & others present on censorship & pending legislation in Mass! 7PM. portersquarebooks.com/event/2025-0...
27.09.2025 13:52 — 👍 5 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0brooklyn!! today!! come out and get some art and enjoy our lovely neighborhood!
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Hey, the Unbound for Gaza fundraiser is here, starting September 25th.
www.32auctions.com/unboundforga...
The auction raises money for charities operating in Gaza. There are a LOT of super-cool items, many of which would be AMAZING holiday gifts for book nerds.
Barnes & Noble Preorder Sale. USE PREORDER25. AND THE RIVER DRAGS HER DOWN by Jihyun Yun, FOR NO MORTAL CREATURE by Keshe Chow, YOU'VE FOUND OLIVER by Dustin Thao, ILLUSIONS OF FIRE by Nisha Sharma, THE CUFFING GAME by Lyla Lee, THE DEMON AND THE LIGHT by Axie Oh, THE BEASTS BENEATH THE WINDS edited by Hanna Alkaf, NEVER EVER AFTER by Sue Lynn Tan
Barnes & Noble Preorder Sale. USE PREORDER25. THE RIVER SHE BECAME by Emily Varga, GODS & COMICS by Kat Cho, LOVE MAKES MOCHI by Stefany Valentine, HEIRESS OF NOWHERE by Stacey Lee, ONE WORD SIX LETTERS by Adib Khorram, THE OKS ARE NOT OK by Grace K Shim, I COULD GIVE YOU THE MOON by Ann Liang, RIGHT AS RAIN by Tashie Bhuiyan
Barnes & Noble Pre-Order Sale is going on from 9/3 - 9/5!
Here are some amazing upcoming Asian books by Asian Authors you should check out! (use PREORDER25 for 25% off) #booksky #bnpreorder #booksale
An image of Manny Jacinto from a magazine photoshoot. He's framed by a doorway, and (extremely) handsomely looking away so we can see the full majesty of his jawline. It looks like he's holding a copy of PAYAL MEHTA'S ROMANCE REVENGE PLOT in one of his hands. Text has been added to read: "This is Manny Jacinto in a picture that is NOT photoshopped at all telling you to preorder my book and get 25% off at Barnes & Noble right now. CODE: PREORDER25" There's an arrow pointing at the code, and a bunch of stars surrounding the book.
you can preorder the B&N paperback edition of PAYAL MEHTA'S ROMANCE REVENGE PLOT and get 25% off right now!!! but if you don't believe me, check out this guy saying the same thing, something he definitely really said out loud
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Celebrate SABRENA SWEPT AWAY's release day by buying a copy from @bookshop.org: bookshop.org/p/books/sabr...
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More Reading Recommendations if you loved watching K-Pop Demon Hunters
Speculative: Throwback by Maurene Goo The Space Between Here and Now by Sarah Suk The Colliding Worlds of Mina Lee by Ellen Oh Dead Things Are Closer Than They Appear by Robin Wasley Sci-Fi Dragon Pearl by Yoon Ha Lee Gearbreakers by Zoe Hana Mikuta Rebel Seoul by Axie Oh K-Pop Shine by Jessica Jung
Fantasy Zhara by S Jae-Jones Ami by S Jae-Jones The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh The Girl King by Mimi Yu The Fox Maidens by Robin Ha
More #bookrecommendations if you loved K-Pop Demon Hunters. All books by amazing Korean authors: Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Speculative, K-Pop Themed
#kpopdemonhunters
Reading Recommendations if you loved watching K-Pop Demon Hunters
K-Pop Themed Somewhere Only We Know by Maurene Goo XOXO by Axie Oh I'll Be the One by Lyla Lee K-Pop Confidential by Stephan Lee Once Upon a K-Prom by Kat Cho Wish Upon a K-Star by Kat Cho
Contemporary: Meet Me At Blue Hour by Sarah Suk Made in Korea by Sarah Suk Not Your Average Jo by Grace K. Shim Fantasy & Myth: Wicked Fox by Kat Cho Lia Lark by Jenna Yoon Dreamslinger by Graci Kim The Last Fallen Star by Graci Kim
High Fantasy Prophecy by Ellen Oh Last of the Talons by Sophie Kim The Floating World by Axie Oh The Last Tiger by Julia Riew & Brad Riew Dark Fantasy And the River Drags her Down by Jihyun Yun Historical A Crane Among Wolves by June Hur The Silence of Bones by June Hur
If you loved K-Pop Demon Hunters, here are book recommendations by amazing Korean authors: K-Pop Themed, High Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Contemporary, MG Fantasy, Mythology.
#kpopdemonhunters #bookrecommendation
The Mermaid the Witch and the Sea by @maggietokudahall.bsky.social Iron Widow by @xiranjayzhao.bsky.social I Am a Rainbow by @markkanemura.bsky.social Donutella Hamachi and the Library Avengers by Stephan Lee & @kimchichic.bsky.social Gay the Pray Away by @natalienaudus.bsky.social
Celebrating LGBTQIA+ Asian Stories for #PrideMonth!
Featuring books by @maggietokudahall.bsky.social
@xiranjayzhao.bsky.social
@markkanemura.bsky.social
Stephan Lee & @kimchichic.bsky.social
@natalienaudus.bsky.social
Celebrating LGBTQIA+ Asian Stories Beating Heart Baby by Lio Min Dear Wendy by Ann Zhao They Bloom at Night by Trang Thanh Tran Off With Their Heads by Zoe Hana Mikuta The Breakup Lists by Adib Khorram She is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran
Celebrating LGBTQIA+ Asian Stories for #PrideMonth!
Beating Heart Baby by Lio Min
Dear Wendy by @annzhao.bsky.social
They Bloom at Night by @nvtran.bsky.social
Off With Their Heads by @zoehanamikuta.bsky.social
The Breakup Lists by @adibkhorram.bsky.social
She is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran
Happy #kidlitartpostcard day!
I’m Neha, an author-illustrator from India. Interested in PB, book covers and chapter books.
Rep’d by Lori Steel at @steelworksliterary.bsky.social
#kidlitpostcardday #kidlitpostcardart #kidlitart #kidlit #kidsbookillustration #kidlitartpostcardday
I LOVE @scrivenerapp.bsky.social. @kirkville.com & I did this podcast at midnight (listen to find out why) and not only do we talk about writing, but the marketing of kids' books vs adult books, the creative process + more.
www.literatureandlatte.com/blog/write-n...
#KidLit #writing #scrivener
If you’re an AANHPI author reply with your covers and book titles please! For #AANHPIHeritageMonth, we want to shout about as many books by Asian, Native Hawaiian, and Pasifika Authors as we can!
#AAPI #APAHeritageMonth
Update: this session’s school library book ban bill- SB 13 - has been added to the calendar for Monday. 😩
Keep calling your reps to urge them to run out the clock on this horrible bill.
If this passes, we will not be able to undo the harm done to TX public school libraries.
We heard people need accurate summer reading lists! And since it's still AANHPI Heritage Month, here are some great AANHPI suggestions for summer reading if you like fantasy, speculative, or sci-fi books! #summerreadinglist #aanhpiheritagemonth
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My debut graphic novel, LU AND REN'S GUIDE TO GEOZOOLOGY, comes out next week (May 27)!!!
www.angelahh.com/lu-and-rens-...
#AAPI #AAPIHeritageMonth
If you want an accurate summer reading lists, we've got you covered! And since it's still AANHPI Heritage Month, here are some great AANHPI suggestions for summer reading if you like contemporary and romance books!
#summerreadinglist #aanhpiheritagemonth #summerreading #aapi
The cover of The Glade by Naseem Jamnia, which shows an Iranian American tween in a blue-purple hoodie standing in the middle of an eerie green mushroom forest, hair whipping around her, her fist clenched.
The cover of THE WHITE GUY DIES FIRST: 13 SCARY STORIES OF FEAR AND POWER, edited by Terry J. Benton-Walker. A teal skull with a shadow like a screaming face sits between the title, written in yellow, on a neon pink background.
The cover of THE BRUISING OF QILWA by Naseem Jamnia, which shows a cream and golden city with red-capped houses rising up from a red sea. A yellow hand drips blood over the title. Red vines swirl around the purple background.
Yay that's me!! THE BRUISING OF QILWA is an adult slice-of-life fantasy novella set in a Persian-inspired secondary world; my story "Break Through Our Skin" in THE WHITE GUY DIES FIRST examines body horror from a trans perspective; and THE GLADE (out on TUESDAY!) is my MG horror debut!
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THE EX-GIRLFRIEND MURDER CLUB: adult mystery, 3 girls discover they're dating the same man & band together to get revenge, only to discover his body. Now they must solve his murder before they go down for it.
EX MARKS THE SPOT: YA romance treasure hunt through Taiwan.
bit.ly/GChaoBook
#AAPI
I have two!
GLORIA BUENROSTRO IS NOT MY GIRLFRIEND
THE CROSSBOW OF DESTINY
