# #346 - March 2026 Book News Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/books-and-boba-53035/346-march-2026-book-news Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/books-and-boba-53035/346-march-2026-book-news.md Podcast: [Books and Boba](https://stenobird.com/podcast/books-and-boba-53035) Published: 2026-03-17T13:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://booksandboba.captivate.fm/episode/346-march-2026-book-news Audio file: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/episodes.captivate.fm/episode/14942cad-1240-4082-8857-5360e0d995d0.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/books-and-boba-53035/episodes/346-march-2026-book-news Duration seconds: 2905 ## Resource 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 Follow our hosts: Reera Yoo ( @reeraboo ) Marvin Yueh ( @marvinyueh ) Follow us: Instagram Twitter Goodreads Facebook The Books & Boba March 2026 pick is Butter by Asako Yuzuki This podcast is part of Potluck: An Asian American Podcast Collective Mentioned in this episode: 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 t… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/books-and-boba-53035/episodes/346-march-2026-book-news/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/books-and-boba-53035/346-march-2026-book-news.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.