#AAPI author

[elliepassmore]

Teller of Small Fortunes review

4.5/5 stars Recommended if you like: cozy fantasy, low-stakes quests, found family, magic

I really liked the depth of the world in this book. The story centers around Tao and the friends she makes on the road, but there's a clear sense of the world being bigger than them and it really felt like a fully fleshed-out place and not just set pieces for Tao's journey.

For starters, it's clear magic is the norm in this world. No one bats an eye at the idea of a fortune teller, regardless of whether she's reading palms or tea leaves (okay, mostly no one). The powerful mages train in the capital city and work for...someone, I'm actually unclear on if there's a council of mages or if they work directly for the queen, but the point is, magic is normal and there's a clear system for it. Small magics don't leave much of a trace, but bigger magics can call the attention of other powerful mages and get you recruited. Tao is desperately hoping to avoid this fate, hence her insistence on only telling 'small fortunes.'

At the start of the story, Tao has been going around and telling fortunes for a while when she meets two thieves, Mash and Silt, who are on a quest of their own. Mash's daughter has been missing for months and they're scouring the countryside to find her. The three end up traveling together on what starts as a temporary basis, but their traveling partnership blooms into genuine friendship the longer they travel together. Along the way they also pick up a baker, Kina, who longs to travel and experience things away from the town she's grown up in. Despite the inherent tension of looking for a missing child, the book manages to remain fairly cozy throughout and still has its humorous moments.

Tao is clearly running from her past, but it isn't until it starts to catch up to her do we begin to understand why. Because Tao...she's not been entirely truthful when she says she only does 'small fortunes,' but the last time she told a big fortune, something terrible came true and she's been left with the haunting question of whether she saw the future or caused it. It's a conundrum that I don't normally put much stock in, likely because I am familiar with SFF and the genre mostly talks about clairvoyants as either seeing a future that could change at any moment or seeing a future that's completely set in stone. No interreference from the seer. But I think it was done very well here, particularly because Tao's question is nicely paired with her small fortunes, some of which she has an active hand in making come true. Seeing the future might not change anything, but saying it aloud very well could.

Silt is a thief who both struggles with his thieving ways and also struggles with the idea of being anything else. He tried for a time, it didn't work out, and now he's stuck in a cycle. This is compounded by the fact he feels responsible for Mash's daughter going missing, as he convinced Mash to go on a heist and it during their time away when his daughter vanished. Silt also provides a good amount of comedic relief. He loves to joke and to flirt, and his devil-may-care attitude provides some lightness to things.

Mash is relatively quiet and serious due to his grief over his daughter. He doesn't entirely believe Tao initially when she tells her fortunes, but he comes around to her magic and the truth of it the longer they travel together. He's protective of the group and is a nice, solid person to have around. I liked his friendship with Tao and I think it was helpful for her to have someone like that in her life.

Kina joins the group shortly after Mash and Silt do and in part as a result of her fortune. She's a baker and while her treats are absolutely delightful, they aren't the most appealing to look at. While Tao tells fortunes, Kina works her own mobile baking wagon, drawing in additional customers. Over time she gets into a groove and invents fortune cookies, drawing inspiration from some of the things Tao teaches the group about fortune telling. I liked Kina and her eagerness. She genuinely wants to see the world, learn new things, and meet all sorts of people. She's not a judgmental type and mostly only asks for sincerity in return.

Overall I enjoyed this book and it's a good read if you're looking for cozy fantasy and found family. The comps to Legends & Lattes and A Psalm for the Wild-Built hold true and this book feels like it belongs right alongside those other two!

[howdidthatbookend]

Alafair Burke | THE NOTE Spoilers

The Book:  The Note by Alafair BurkePublished January 7, 2025 by KnopfDate read: December 1, 2024 Find more January 2025 releases here. The Note spoilers can be found below, but they’re hidden under a spoiler tag so you’re safe to keep scrolling if you’d just like to read my review. The Characters:  May, Lauren, and Kelsey ⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 3 out of 5. Buy it on Bookshop.org | Amazon This page…

[katieaki]

It's Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Wouldn't you like to read about a lesbian wasian cowgirl getting up to shit in a Japanese-American-flavored post-apocalypse, written by a Japanese-American lesbian (me)?

cowgirl in geta and jinbei. butch in boro and zori. you see the vision. read the story.

one of the world's two gods is nisei (from pre-apocalypse) and the Japanese-Wastelanderian population and cultural influence is big in my ~worldbuilding~. additionally, the main characters have been crashing at a coastal fishing village with a family of ama (pearl divers). I've been having a lot of fun pushing the "old west" and "ukiyo-e" sliders all around throughout this story. the girls are double fisting snake oil and tsūsensan. there's a big banjo/cookie tin banjo/shamisen/cigar box shamisen family jam. kuchikami pine sol*. come on! you'll love it!

*note: pine sol is the most popular alcoholic beverage in the Wasteland Anyway: Read Pony Express!

[lizard-reads-the-world]

🏝️Pacific Islander Books🌺

Okay, here it is! In "Asian and Pacific Islander" the second group often gets overshadowed, so here it is... a Pacific-only book list. This is of course by no means comprehensive. I tried to cover as many areas as I could find literature for. I've marked queer and disability rep based on book blurbs, but I have not read most of these (yet!). Feel free to comment if you know more!

Novels

Leaves of the Banyan Tree by Albert Wendt classic novel, Samoa The Adventures of Vela by Albert Wendt mythology epic, Samoa Scarlet Lies (series) by Lani Young romance, humor, Samoa (🏳️‍🌈 side character) Mata Oti: Eyes of Death by Lani Young zombie thriller, Samoa Telesā (series) by Lani Young YA paranormal romance, Samoa Scar of the Bamboo Leaf by Sieni A.M. YA contemporary, Samoa ♿ Where We Once Belonged by Sia Figiel literary novel, Samoa They Who Do Not Grieve by Sia Figiel literary novel, Samoa Dragonfruit by Makiia Lucier Pacific fantasy, Guam author Turtle Under Ice by Juleah del Rosario YA contemporary, Filipina-CHamoru-American A Mansion on the Moon: A Guam Love Story by C Sablan Gault historical romance, generational, CHamoru (Guam) Lei and the Fire Goddess (series) by Malia Maunakea MG mythology adventure, Kānaka Maoli (Hawai'i)

House of Many Gods by Kiana Davenport generational novel, Hawai'i Song of the Exile by Kiana Davenport historical novel, Hawai'i The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera classic children's novel, Māori All That We Know by Shilo Kino contemporary, Māori ♿ The Pōrangi Boy by Shilo Kino YA contemporary, Māori How to Loiter in a Turf War by Coco Solid contemporary semi-autobiographical, multiple Pacific characters 🏳️‍🌈 The Dawnhounds by Sascha Stronach fantasy mystery, Māori 🏳️‍🌈 Kāwai: For Such a Time as This (series) by Monty Soutar pre-colonial epic, Māori Auē by Becky Manawatu contemporary novel, Māori Dawn Raid by Pauline (Vaeluaga) Smith MG historical 1970s, Samoan-Aotearoa Falling into Rarohenga by Steph Matuku YA fantasy, Māori The Imaginary Lives of James Pōneke by Tina Makereti novel, historical, Māori 🏳️‍🌈

The Bone Tree by Airana Ngarewa novel, Māori Dirt Poor Islanders by Winnie Dunn novel, Tongan-Australian The Shark That Ate the Sun by John Puhiatau Pule literary novel, Niue [read here] Breadfruit (series) by Célestine Hitiura Vaite novel, humor, Tahiti Island of Shattered Dreams by Chantal T. Spitz historical novel, Tahiti Kalyana by Rajni Mala Khelawan novel, Fiji, Indian diaspora Maiba: A Novel of Papua New Guinea by Russell Soaba classic novel

Short Stories

This Is Paradise by Kristiana Kahakauwila short stories, Hawai'i Tales of the Tikongs by Epeli Hau'ofa short stories, Tonga The Unpainted Mask by Steven Edmund Winduo short stories, Papua New Guinea

Poetry

‘Āina Hānau / Birth Land by Brandy Nālani McDougall poetry, Kanaka ʻŌiwi (Hawai'i) Ocean Mother by Arielle Taitano Lowe poetry, CHamoru (Guam) from unincorporated territory (series) by Craig Santos Perez poetry, CHamoru (Guam) Coconut Milk by Dan Taulapapa McMullin poetry, Samoa 🏳️‍🌈 Rangikura by Tayi Tibble poetry, Māori Goddess Muscle by Karlo Mila poetry, Tongan-Aotearoa Civilized Girl by Jully Makini poetry, Solomon Islands [read title poem here]

Nonfiction

Polynesian Panthers: Pacific Protest and Affirmative Action in Aotearoa New Zealand 1971 - 1981 edited by Dr Melani Anae, Leilani Tamu, Lautofa Luli Hine Toa by Ngahuia Te Awekotuku memoir, Māori activist 🏳️‍🌈 Mau Moko: The World of Maori Tattoo by Ngahuia Te Awekotuku From a Native Daughter: Colonialism and Sovereignty in Hawaii by Dr. Haunani-Kay Trask Desert Warrior by M.B. Dallocchio memoir, CHamoru (Mariana Islands)🏳️‍🌈 No Country for Eight-Spot Butterflies by Julian Aguon memoir, climate essays, CHamoru Don't Ever Whisper by Giff Johnson biography of Darlene Keju, Marshall Islands anti-nuclear activist [author not Pasifika] Samoan Queer Lives by Dan Taulapapa McMullin 🏳️‍🌈 Pasifika Heroes series by David Riley and Michel Mulipola illustrated legends/biographies, Samoa, Tonga, Cook Islands

Anthologies

Indigenous Pacific Islander Eco-Literatures anthology, climate focus (🏳️‍🌈several contributors) Vā: Stories by women of the Moana anthology, Pacific women Growing Up Torres Strait Islander in Australia, anthology Sista, Stanap Strong! anthology, Vanuatu Indigenous Literatures from Micronesia anthology, Kiribati, Palau, CHamoru, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, more An Ocean of Wonder: The Fantastic in the Pacific spec-fic anthology Hiwa: Contemporary Māori Short Stories edited by Paula Morris

Footnotes below:

Many of these will be indie/small press titles. I've tried to ensure they are available somewhere, even if it's just Kindle. A few (the Papua and Solomon Islands ones) you may need to inter-library loan.

Some authors have more books than listed, so please look into their full bibliography. Witi Ihimaera and Albert Wendt especially are pillars of Pacific literature and have many publications.

There are more Māori authors than listed here! But I wanted to keep a balanced list.

I have left out children's picture books of which there are many, though some may be locally published.

I included Sia Figiel for her contributions to Samoan literature despite her recent... troubles.

I am not PI, I just make lists. Feel free to correct any mistakes I've made or add more to the comments!

[battyaboutbooksreviews]

Good afternoon, my beloved bookish bats! May is Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month (AAPI Heritage Month), which encompasses East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, and the Pacific Islands of Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. To celebrate, here are 144 books that celebrate the cultures and identities within this beautiful community.

What was the last book by an AAPI author you read?

Please note that I'm one insignificant human making these guides with my free time, and I'm bound to make mistakes. Feel free to correct me if necessary. Thank you for your understanding.

[thesophiewhit]

PHONING FAUST -- A Sapphic Novel of Demonic Contracts, Demisexuality, and Yearning by me! A cool queer author ~

Are you LGBT+ or BIPOC or just REALLY LOVE BOOKS? Interested in being an ARC reader and reading a book and helping a fellow queer indie author out? (Pretty please? -- ARC links all the way at the bottom of this post (beneath the rainbow banner) for those who like Sapphic demon x human angst books ~)

AND LOOK AT THE CHARACTER ART OF MEMPHIS (BADASS DEMON) AND DIAN (HUMAN) BY MY ARTIST FRIEND SNAX

https://linktr.ee/artsnaxk

ABOUT ME

Demisexual?? Queer? Nonbinary? All these were magical words to me until it hit...

Oh-- that's me.

It took me a while to come out as queer, longer to come out as nonbinary, and then some more time to reconcile all this with being a mixed Indonesian kid. A dash of mental health, a sprig of figuring out asexuality and neurodivergence. But atop all that? One thing has been constant.

I've always been a writer.

That's some live footage of me summoning some forces to reign my characters in from being feral.

WHY I WROTE PHONING FAUST

Well, well, well, after years of battling imposter's syndrome, I did it. I wrote another book! It's called PHONING FAUST and it's getting published with queer indie publishing company @ninestarpress-blog because they're all cool and LGBT+ and super talented!

Why did I write PHONING FAUST?

What is... a Faust?

A Faustian bargain is what's popularly known as the devil's bargain. A usually losing situation or a trick where the devil tricks someone out of their soul in exchange for ULTIMATE POWER!

I rewrote Faust to be Sapphic as can be. It stars a mixed Indonesian lesbian named Dian Faust who battles depression tooth and nail and ends up calling a mental health crisis hotline. Bc... she's lonely.

PAUSE-- and this is a horror comedy. Comedy. COMEDY-- you might say?

WHY? HOW? Sounds sad and depressing, right?

WHAT'S FAUST?

Well... in the original retelling version of Goethe's Faust (who retold it from folklore etc etc) the main character of Dr. Faustus accidentally summons the devil or something when he too is about to consider the meaning of life and it gets sad bc he doesn't see one so he makes the devil's bargain FOR ULTIMATE POWER. Or something.

But in my version-- it's based off my experiences as a queer person. Before I had community. Before I understood and accepted myself-- I had a rough time. For a whole bunch of factors outside of that-- I didn't feel like my life was in a good place. And even worse-- I felt isolated.

THE PLOT

I didn't want to bother my friends with my problems. So-- I'd call the Trevor Project or a crisis hotline just to have somebody to talk to. In the same way-- Dian Faust is struggling with depression in the story I write. So she calls a hotline like the Trevor Project just to not be alone.

And guess who she finds?

A super hot genderfluid devil called MEMPHIS, short for Mephistopheles. A pierced and tatted punk rocker who has an interest for telling tall tales and serving Dian Faust's every wish and command! (No, not like that!)

Because Dian Faust, like me, is a mixed Indonesian kid trying to figure out what it means to be queer AND demisexual (finding attraction only after really getting to emotionally connect with someone and feeling, as I explain in the book, a lack of that before then for anyone). And she's figuring plenty out--- including how to save her immortal soul and her feelings for a certain genderfluid demon but if you want to know more-- YOU CAN BUT YOU HAVE TO SCROLL TO THE END OF THIS POST TO FIND OUT !

I wrote this book PHONING FAUST (coming out in 2025 sometime with NineStar Press btw. I have these books CATCH LILI TOO and WAKE THE DEAD also starring Sapphic demiace MCs if it's helpful while you wait!

I WROTE MORE QUEER BOOKS (if interested)! (ARC SIGN UP LINK IS STILL BELOW THIS ONE THO! > FOLLOW THE RAINBOW !!)

MY OTHER QUEER BOOKS: https://sophiawhittemore.com/books/ ) <3 <3 <3

I wrote PHONING FAUST (train of thought, sorry, that's the neurodivergence) because I wanted people to feel less alone.

I was, like Dian Faust and like a lot of people, a queer person who felt like I was on an island unto myself. I didn't know who to turn to-- so I turned to no one. By reaching out to hotlines (no hot devils unfortunately), I managed to get the help I needed to avoid making rash decisions-- to get the help I needed to get better. To take that first step.

PHONING FAUST is a novel that raises the importance of mental health and finding community, and most importantly, not giving up. As Dian Faust says in my upcoming book...

There are stars out there-- I had only to see it.

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🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈

🌈🌈🌈🌈ARC LINK SIGN UPS HERE 🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈

ARC LINK SIGN UPS IN LINKTREE <3

Want to be an ARC reader for this queer book starring a demisexual Sapphic couple and BIPOC cast?

Sign up here! : https://tr.ee/mWPM8I9Zev

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Hmmm, demon contracts...now where might young 2010 emo me have heard that before... ? ?

[inkcurlsandknives]

This month I am participating in an effort organized to uplift indie AANHPI authors this #aahpiheritagemonth with an amazing group of indie authors. Tragically during planning for this event @jrkingart passed away. In memory of her we wanted to share her life's work

Her work: https://joannekwan.com/

Plant a tree: https://tree.tributestore.com/memorial-tree?oId=41941633&

Send Flowers: https://colma-cremation-and-funeral-services-colma.tributestore.com/sympathy-landing?oId=41941633

Her obituary can also be found here: https://www.colmacremation.com/obituaries/Joanne-Rae-Kwan?obId=41941633

Every other day this month I will be spotlighting an indie author of AANHPI Heritage, if you head over to Instagram and search the #indieaanhpi tag a number of amazing narrators will be performing excerpts of each authors work!

[academicmiki]

[musingsofmonica]

Celebrate Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with 189 New Books

Celebrate Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with 189 New Books

[batmansymbol]

hello, my sweet sweet tumblr friends. i have a new book out one month from saturday. here we are together, the book and i:

this one was fun. i wrote it with my sister! when we were young, we were cutthroat competitive. she (older) would forbid me from reading the books on her shelves, and i (gremlin) would booby-trap her room, so you decide which of us committed the greater sin. now we have a blast.

our names are pronounced REE-uh-nock and SHEE-fra, and our book was pitched as THE PARENT TRAP meets THE VANISHING HALF. it releases August 15th, 2023. logline is "Two half-Chinese half-siblings collide for the first time at a summer art camp, not knowing they're related—and begin to understand who they are as artists, as brother and sister, and as Asian-Americans."

it's a book about summer camp hijinks, about passing, about what we long for and where we belong. it also says "Robinson & Robinson" on the spine, which makes us sound like an accidental injury law firm. sweet.

of all the books with my name on it, this one is probably the "book club"-iest. if you like coming-of-age novels or stories about the AAPI diaspora, you might like this one :)

you can preorder a signed copy from my local indie here, or non-signed copies from Bookshop.org, Barnes and Noble, or Amazon. i really cannot stress enough how much every single preorder helps, as i am what the industry calls "a midlist author," also known as "an obscure author who has difficulty placing projects with publishers because of sales figures lmao." (this is not to whinge. the majority of working authors exist in this financially & existentially precarious position)

alternatively, i would be totally thrilled if you reblogged this post, or mentioned the book to any teachers, librarians, bookstore workers, or other readers in your life :)

happy summer everybody—may it be the lazy river of your dreams. xoxoxo

[queerhummingbird]

Begging AAPI heritage month reading lists to have more than one Pacific Islander book on their list. Begging them to have more than just one book written by an Asian-American raised in Hawaii on their list. Please

[oh-yeah-no]

Started She Is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran and I'm not very far in but MAN some of the lines just hit and stick with me for hours!!!!

Part of me is pulled along, wanting to learn how her perfect mouth moves between our languages.

[lilliaespi]

AAPI month reminder

I genuinely hate that I have to say this - but there's more to Asian than just SE Asia. Central Asia (India, Kazakhstan, etc.), West Asia (turkey, Iran, etc.) exist. I am Asian American bc of my ancestors coming from India to West Asia to Slav (modern day Russia, Estonia in my case).

It's asian American month. That includes all Asians. Not just Japan, Koreas, Philippines, etc.

[lizard-reads-the-world]

Indian Books I want to read

Goddess of the River by Vaishnavi Patel - Ganga, joyful goddess of the river, serves as caretaker to the mischievous godlings who roam her banks. But when their antics incur the wrath of a powerful sage, Ganga is cursed to become mortal, bound to her human form until she fulfills the obligations of the curse.

The Legend of Meneka by Kritika H. Rao - In this sweeping crossover of romantic fantasy and Hindu mythology, acclaimed author Kritika H. Rao reimagines the famous tale of a celestial dancer tasked with seducing a human sage, but when she finds herself falling in love with her mark, she will be forced to choose between loyalty to her home and being true to herself

Divining the Leaves by Shveta Thakrar - Plant-loving Ridhi Kapadia and popular Nilesh Batra were friends once. Now, seventeen and alone, Ridhi blends natural perfumes, wears flower crowns, and wanders her local woods, listening for the leafy whispers of her beloved trees. Pleading for the yakshas to admit her into their enchanted forest kingdom, where she knows she truly belongs.

The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni - Married to five royal husbands who have been cheated out of their father’s kingdom, Panchaali aids their quest to reclaim their birthright, remaining at their side through years of exile and a terrible civil war. But she cannot deny her complicated friendship with the enigmatic Krishna—or her secret attraction to the mysterious man who is her husbands’ most dangerous enemy.

Mad Sisters of Esi by Tashan Mehta - Myung and Laleh are keepers of the whale of babel. They roam within its cosmic chambers, speak folktales of themselves, and pray to an enigmatic figure they know only as 'Great Wisa'. To Laleh, this is everything. For Myung, it is not enough. When Myung flees the whale, she stumbles into a new universe where shapeshifting islands and ancient maps hold sway.

Blue-Skinned Gods by SJ Sindu - In Tamil Nadu, India, a boy is born with blue skin. Traveling from the ashrams of India to the underground rock scene of New York City, Blue-Skinned Gods explores ethnic, gender, and sexual identities, and examines the need for belief in a fractured world.

Call Her Freedom by Tara Dorabji - When Aisha’s hand is bequeathed to a local boy in the village, she is forced to abandon her dreams of college. She comforts herself by staying on her ancestral land, creating a nourishing life with her children and husband. But her mother’s secrets come back to haunt her and her marriage and the growing military presence in Poshkarbal force Aisha to make impossible choices in order to save her family and preserve the independence Noorjahan fought for.

What a Desi Girl Wants by Sabina Khan - When her father in India announces his engagement to socialite Naz, Mehar reluctantly agrees to return for the wedding. There she meets Safiya, and their friendship slowly starts to blossom into something more . . . Mehar thinks.

Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel - The only daughter of the kingdom of Kekaya, she is raised on legends of the gods. But as the evil from her childhood tales threatens the cosmic order, the path she has forged clashes with the destiny the gods have chosen for her family.

The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri - One is a vengeful princess seeking to steal a throne. The other is a powerful priestess seeking to save her family. Their destinies will become irrevocably tangled. And together, they will set an empire ablaze.

Zarina Divided by Reem Faruqi - Zarina loves her life in Poona, India. She spends her days happily hanging out with her best friends, Geeta and Jahana, and playing with her three brothers. However, Zarina and her family are given unsettling news: Muslims and Hindus are to separate by religion. Hindus are expected to stay in India, while Muslims are expected to move to a new land, Pakistan.

The Sea Elephants by Shastri Akella - A queer coming-of-age novel set in 1990s India, about a young man who joins a traveling street theater troupe. Welcomed by the other storytellers, Shagun thrives, easily embodying mortals and gods, men and women, and living on the road, where his father can’t catch him. When Shagun meets Marc, a charming photographer, he seems to have found the love he always longed for, too.

[battyaboutbooksreviews]

🌸 Books for AAPI Month

❤️ Celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with this list featuring some of the FEW empowering, vibrant stories written by AAPI authors or starring AAPI protagonists.

🌸 What books did you read for AAPI month?

✨ 2024 Releases ❤️ Night for Day - Roselle Lim 🌸 The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years - Shubnum Khan 🏮The Great Reclamation - Rachel Heng ❤️ Lies and Weddings - Kevin Kwan 🌸 Valley Verified - Kyla Zhao 🏮 The Catch - Amy Lea ❤️ Your Utopia - Bora Chung 🌸 Tehrangeles - Porochista Khakpour 🏮 Horse Barbie - Geena Rocero ❤️ Memory Piece - Lisa Ko 🌸 The Fetishist - Katherine Min 🏮 Real Americans - Rachel Khong ❤️ The Kamogawa Food Detectives - Hisashi Kashiwai 🌸 Manila Takes Manhattan - Carla de Guzman 🏮 The Last Phi Hunter - Salinee Goldenberg and Ilya Nazarov ❤️ May the Best Player Win - Kyla Zhao 🌸 Are You Nobody Too? - Tina Cane 🏮 The Design of Us - Sajni Patel ❤️ Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop - Hwang Bo-Reum 🌸 Heir - Sabaa Tahir 🏮 Maya's Laws of Love - Alina Khawaj ❤️ Midnights with You - Clare Osongco 🌸 Vilest Things - Chloe Gong 🏮 This Place is Magic - Irene Te ❤️ Guilt and Ginataan - Mia P. Manansal 🌸 Icon and Inferno - Marie Lu 🏮 Calling of Light - Lori M. Lee ❤️ Bite Me, Royce Taslim - Lauren Ho 🌸 Rules for Rule Breaking - Talia Tucker 🏮 What's Eating Jackie Oh? - Patricia Park ❤️ How to End a Love Story - Yulin Kuang 🌸 Dark Star Burning, Ash Falls White - Amélie Wen Zhao 🏮 This Is How You Fall in Love - Anika Hussain ❤️ Just Playing House - Farah Heron 🌸 The Boyfriend Wish - Swati Teerdhala 🏮 A Tempest of Tea - Hafsah Faizal

✨ Romance ❤️ Dating Dr. Dil - Nisha Sharma 🌸 King of Wrath - Ana Huang 🏮 The Kiss Quotient - Helen Hoang ❤️ Girl Gone Viral - Alisha Rai 🌸 Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors - Sonali Dev 🏮 Role Playing - Cathy Yardley ❤️ The Hurricane Wars - Thea Guanzon 🌸 Ayesha at Last - Uzma Jalaluddin

✨ Fantasy ❤️ She Who Became the Sun - Shelley Parker-Chan 🌸 Babel - R.F. Kuang 🏮 Daughter of the Moon Goddess - Sue Lynn Tan ❤️ The Deep Sky - Yume Kitasei 🌸 The Jasmine Throne - Tasha Suri 🏮 Kaikeyi - Vaishnavi Patel ❤️ Light from Uncommon Stars - Ryka Aoki 🌸 Klara and the Sun - Kazuo Ishiguro

✨ Mystery ❤️ Arsenic and Adobo - Mia P. Manansala 🌸 Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers - Jesse Q. Sutanto 🏮 The Cartographers - Peng Shepherd ❤️ Miracle Creek - Angie Kim 🌸 A Disappearance in Fiji - Nilima Rao 🏮 The Leftover Woman - Jean Kwok ❤️ The Widows of Malabar Hill - Sujata Massey 🌸 Things We Do in the Dark - Jennifer Hillier

✨ Young Adult ❤️ The Wrath and the Dawn - Renée Ahdieh 🌸 All My Rage - Sabaa Tahir 🏮 Forget Me Not - Alyson Derrick ❤️ Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating - Adiba Jaigirdar 🌸 These Violent Delights - Chloe Gong 🏮 This Book Won't Burn - Samira Ahmed ❤️ American Betiya - Anuradha D. Rajurkar 🌸 Dragonfruit - Makiia Lucier

[papenathys]

It is my birthday on 19th May and there is nothing I would love more than for you guys to buy my little poetry chapbook. I still have a bunch of copies left, and I would like this book to reach as many queer folk as possible, especially if you, like me, know what it was like to grow up queer, trans, alone and alienated in a country like India.

Since this is a limited edition run, I cannot guarantee that my books will be back in print unless the first editions sell out.

If you want to read about Bengali sapphics and Catholic school crushes and love letters from teenage girls to Katrina Kaif, treat yourself to this. If you want to read about Manicktala clock towers, Bangadeshi grandmas and turmeric baths in the sun, and about the discomfort of having your body and your identity turned into a clinical academic subject in postcolonial university curriculum academia, read this!

PRICE:

India : Rs 300 + Rs 45 (outside Bengal), Rs 25 (inside Bengal)

Abroad: 4 or 5 USD (Basically P*ypal deducts about 1.5 USD so this is the starting price) + shipping. varies between countries, I will let you know once the order is confirmed.

P*ypal: sritamasen1905@gmail.com

GP*y: sritamasen1905@oksbi

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