-
Best Nonfiction Book Award
MOTT STREET, an American Library Association (ALA) Notable book of 2024, wins the 2024 CALA Best Book Award for Adult Nonfiction! It shares the honor with Fae Myenne Eng’s searing memoir ORPHAN BACHELORS. Ava and the whole team feel so much gratitude for the Chinese American Librarians Association and the ALA for showing MOTT STREET…
-
New in Paperback!
Look what comes out April 23, 2024! This warm and inviting illustration of Mott Street is reminiscent of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn and Angela’s Ashes. The handwriting-style font, which was used on the hardcover, works splendidly here too (Note: it’s the same font on the cover of Celeste Ng’s Our Missing Hearts, a book…
-
Winter Book & Author Fest
Penguin Random House + Library Journal introduce next season’s newest books at virtual book festival I’m thrilled to take part in the PRH + Library Journal book festival tomorrow, Thursday, Dec. 8th, 2022. They have a stellar line up, including keynote speaker Joy Harjo, and some of my favorite writers like Gina Apostol and Victor…
-
Goodreads Giveaway
Update: Two thousand seven hundred and twenty-two readers (2,722!) entered the Goodreads giveaway for a chance to read MOTT STREET. Congratulations to the 15 lucky winners. It gave me such a thrill to see their names on the site. Major kudos to: Linda, Angela, Mandybeth, Paige, Laura (auntieyorgareads), Jamie Ray, Betty, Carlos Giron, Jamie, Nesie,…