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:<ul><li>The Library of Lost Time by Vaishnavi Patel</li><li>BoxBoxBoxBox by Wan Sakamoto</li><li>Mama's Magical Hands by Yu An Xie</li><li>The Kids Came Back Wrong edited by Wen-yi Lee</li><li>Crush by Souvankham Thammavongsa</li><li>It Was an Ordinary Name by Souvankham Thammavongsa</li><li>The Golden Shoes by Jocelyn Cho</li><li>The Summer I Turned Pretty Graphic Novel by Cynthia Yuan Cheng and Arielle Jovellanos; illust by Sara Faber</li><li>Before & Now by Balsam El-bayya</li><li>Goat for Dinner by Tao Nyeu</li><li>Curiosities by Robert Kondo and Megan Bartel</li><li>Sarah in Charge by Ellen Oh</li><li>This Is Our Diwali by Jyoti Rajan Gopal; illust by Michelle Pereira</li><li>The Book Witch by Nora Elghazzawi</li><li>Magic Shoyu Shop by Debbi Michiko Florence; illust. by Minako Tomigahara</li></ul> Book news mentioned on this episode:<ul><li><a href="https://www.pcmag.com/news/got-a-kindle-from-before-2013-amazon-is-pulling-support" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Amazon pulls support from Kindles pre-2013</a></li></ul> Books & Boba is a podcast dedicated to reading and featuring books by Asian and Asian American authorsSupport the Books & Boba Podcast by:<ul><li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/booksandboba" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Joining our Patreon to receive exclusive perks</a></li><li><a href="https://booksandboba.captivate.fm/bookshop" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Purchasing books at our bookshop</a></li><li><a href="https://booksandboba.captivate.fm/merch" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rocking our Books & Boba merch</a></li></ul> Follow our hosts:<ul><li>Reera Yoo (<a href="https://twitter.com/reeraboo" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@reeraboo</a>)</li><li>Marvin Yueh (<a href="https://twitter.com/MarvinYueh" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@marvinyueh</a>)</li></ul> Follow us:<ul><li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/booksandboba/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/BooksandBoba" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/197124-books-boba" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Goodreads</a></li><li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/booksandboba" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a></li></ul> The Books & Boba April 2026 pick is <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-elsewhere-express-samantha-sotto-yambao/22596206?aid=11692&ean=9780593725023&listref=book-club-picks-91552a56-f7a9-40f3-b303-66310685ac2e" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Elsewhere Express</a> by Samantha Sotto YambaoThis podcast is part of <a href="https://booksandboba.captivate.fm/potluck" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Potluck: An Asian American Podcast Collective</a>

Podurama

Home

Trending

Personal

Your Podcasts

New Episodes

My Files

Favourite Episodes

Tags (Folders)

Recently Played

Bookmarks

Followed Playlists

#350 - April 2026 Book News

Books and Boba

AI Chapters

AI Insights

Reviews