#304 - February 2025 Book News
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Welcome to our first book news check-in for the new year (both new years)! As always, join us as we highlight some of the latest publishing announcements of books by Asian authors, as well as go over some recent awards and industry news!

Upcoming books mentioned in our publishing news:

• *But I Won’t Miss Me *by Tiffany Tsao
• The Magnificent Banyan Tree and the Green Tong Lau by Stephanie Ellen Sy; illust by Ishita Jain
• Go Tuk Tuk Go! by Varsha Bajaj; illust by Bao Luu
• Ami Moon and the Galactic Peacekeepers by Frances Lee
• *The Fear Factory *by Moniza Hossain
• *Sweet Heat *by Trinity Nguyen 
• *Bad Idea, Right? *by Trinity Nguyen
• *A Boy Called Hero *by Marie Miranda Cruz
• Afternoons with Ammama by Meghana Narayan
• *Robot See, Robot Do *by Vikram Madan
• *Duck-A-Muck *by Vikram Madan
• Extraordinary Eliana and the Magnificent Hmong New Year by V.T. Bidania; illust by Suji Park
• *Two Little Hot Dogs *by Camey Yeh
• Sisters Alone by Shifa Saltagi Safadi
• *Robot Ramen Cafe *by Deandra "Nika" Tan
• All That Chandni Knows by Khushboo Patel
• Raja's Journey by Varsha Bajaj; illust by Chaaya Prabhat.
• *The Last Giant *by Jade Zhang

Book news mentioned on this episode:

• APALA Awards for Youth Literature)
• Bookshop.org now offers ebooks)

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The Books & Boba February 2025 pick is The Verifiers) by Jane Pek

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