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#350 - April 2026 Book News
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- Books and Boba
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- Apr 20, 2026
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Summary
For our mid-month book news check in for April 2026, we catch up on the latest Asian American publishing announcements as well as check in on some distressing news for our legacy Kindles. Upcoming books mentioned in our publishing news: The Library of Lost Time by Vaishnavi Patel BoxBoxBoxBox by Wan Sakamoto Mama's Magical Hands by Yu An Xie The Kids Came Back Wrong edited by Wen-yi Lee Crush by Souvankham Thammavongsa It Was an Ordinary Name by Souvankham Thammavongsa The Golden Shoes by Jocelyn Cho The Summer I Turned Pretty Graphic Novel by Cynthia Yuan Cheng and Arielle Jovellanos; illust by Sara Faber Before & Now by Balsam El-bayya Goat for Dinner by Tao Nyeu Curiosities by Robert Kondo and Megan Bartel Sarah in Charge by Ellen Oh This Is Our Diwali by Jyoti Rajan Gopal ; illust by Michelle Pereira The Book Witch by Nora Elghazzawi Magic Shoyu Shop by Debbi Michiko Florence ; illust. by Minako Tomigahara Book news mentioned on this episode: Amazon pulls support from Kindles pre-2013 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 April 2026 pick is The Elsewhere Express by Samantha Sotto Yambao 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…