On our mid-month check in for October 2023, we review the latest Asian American book and publishing announcements, as well as catch up on the latest controversial moves by a prominent book corporation.

Upcoming books mentioned in our publishing news:

• Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder by Salman Rushdie
• Untitled middle grade by Karina Yan Glaser
• One Mad Cat by Vicky Fang 
• Zuni and the Memory Jar by Aisha Saeed; illust by Neha Rawat
• Bread Is Love by Pooja Makhijani; illust by Lavanya Naidu
• Crossing the Finish Line by Thushanthi Ponweera; illust by Maithili Joshi
• Nora at Night by April dela Noche Milne
• The Gowkaran Tree in the Middle of Our Kitchen by Shokoofeh Azar
• The Tales from Cabin 23 by Justina Ireland and Hanna Alkaf
• Be Careful, Xiao Xin! by Alice Pung; illust by Sher Rill Ng
• Auntie Q's Golden Claws Nail Salon by Van Hoang
• Dust by Gina Nguyen
• Muslim Mavericks series by Seema Yasmin
• Chopsticks Are... by Chloe Ito Ward; illust by Lynn Scurfield
• What Sparks a Fire? by Livia Blackburne; illust by Nicole Xu
• Two-List Thanksgiving by Christine Whan; illust by Sienna Kim
• The Ghost Key by S.R. Appavu
• The Three Beasts by Gillian Pascasio
• Gracie Under the Waves by Linda Sue Park
• Zeyna Lost and Found by Shafaq Khan
• The Serpent Rider by Yxavel Magno Diño
• What a Weirdo! and What a World! by Laan Cham
• Lost and Found at the Gurdwara by Baljinder Kaur

News stories covered on this episode:

• Scholastic to separate books on race and sexuality for book fairs
• We Need Diverse Books’s statement condemning Scholastic’s decision

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The Books & Boba October 2023 pick is Natural Beauty by Ling Ling Huang

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