Stacey H Lee

Festival of AAPI Books
2023-05-13 10:00 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Billie Jean King Main Library, 200 W Broadway, Long Beach, CA, 90802, United States
Join us for the return of FAB (Festival of AAPI Books) Long Beach, featuring children’s, young adult, and adult authors, vendors, performers, and more, from across the Asian diaspora.
I will be speaking on the YOUNG ADULT/MIDDLE GRADE AUTHORS (MIDDLE GRADE PANEL) at 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM along with the following authors:

Julie Abe, EVA EVERGREEN & THE SEMI-MAGICAL WITCH
Jessica Kim, STAND UP, YUMI CHUNG!
Tracy Badua, THE TAKEOUT
Stacey Lee, RICK RIORDAN PRESENTS: WINSTON CHU VS. THE WHIMSIES

FAB LONG BEACH (co-sponsored by Long Beach Public Library and Bel Canto Books)
Saturday, 05/13/23 from 10AM to 4PM
Billie Jean King Main Library (200 W Broadway, Long Beach, CA 90802)
Free to attend; RSVP encouraged.

FEATURED AUTHORS
Julie Abe • Tracy Badua • Melissa Chadburn• Cathy Linh Che • Sheila Darcey• Arthur Kayzakian • Jessica Kim • Naz Kutub• Kien Lam • Minh Lê • Jayci Lee • Stacey Lee • James Fujinami Moore • Doua Moua• Alan Nakagawa • Diana Khoi Nguyen • Suzanne Park • Shiho Pate • Angela Peñaredondo • Christian Perfas• LeUyen Pham • Rod Pulido • Michelle Quach• Albert Samaha • Sehba Sarwar • Kiri Schwiethale • Benson Shum • Belinda Huijuan Tang • Julie Tieu • Jane Wong • Nancy Lynée Woo • Kyle Lucia Wu • Jeff Yang • Paula Yoo • Phil Yu

FESTIVAL SCHEDULE
10:00AM – 10:30AM
OPENING OF FESTIVAL & PERFORMANCE
10:30AM – 11:30AM
CHILDREN’S BOOK AUTHORS:

Benson Shum, ANZU THE GREAT LISTENER
Cathy Linh Che & Kyle Lucia Wu, AN ASIAN AMERICAN A TO Z

YOUNG ADULT/MIDDLE GRADE AUTHORS:
Your Story Matters: A Writing Workshop for Teens, presented by debut novelist Naz Kutub, author of THE LOOPHOLE.
ADULT AUTHORS (POETRY PANEL):

Diana Khoi Nguyen, GHOST OF
Kien Lam, EXTINCTION THEORY: POEMS
James Fujinami Moore, INDECENT HOURS
Nancy Lyne Woo, I’D RATHER BE LIGHTING

POETRY/FICTION READING ROOM:

Jayci Lee, BOOKED ON A FEELING
Christian Perfas, PLAY: A RECLAMATION OF SOUL

11:30AM – 12:30PM
MORNING AUTHOR BOOK SIGNING & PERFORMANCE
12:30PM – 1:30PM
CHILDREN’S BOOK AUTHORS:

LeUyen Pham, PARTY HEARTY KITTY-CORN
Minh Lê, DRAWN TOGETHER

YOUNG ADULT/MIDDLE GRADE AUTHORS (MIDDLE GRADE PANEL):

Julie Abe, EVA EVERGREEN & THE SEMI-MAGICAL WITCH
Jessica Kim, STAND UP, YUMI CHUNG!
Tracy Badua, THE TAKEOUT
Stacey Lee, RICK RIORDAN PRESENTS: WINSTON CHU VS. THE WHIMSIES

ADULT AUTHORS (NONFICTION PANEL):

Albert Samaha, CONCEPCION: CONQUEST, COLONIALISM, AND AN IMMIGRANT FAMILY’S FATE
Sheila Darcey, SKETCH BY SKETCH: A CREATIVE PATH TO EMOTIONAL HEALING AND TRANSFORMATION
Alan Nakagawa, A.I.R. HEAD: ANATOMY OF AN ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
Jane Wong, MEET ME TONIGHT IN ATLANTIC CITY

POETRY/FICTION READING ROOM:

Angela Pearedondo, nature felt but never apprehended
Belinda Huijuan Tang, A MAP FOR THE MISSING

1:30PM – 2:30PM
CHILDREN’S BOOK AUTHORS:

Doua Moua, TODAY IS DIFFERENT
Kiri Schwiethale, ABCS OF CAMBODIA
Shiho Pate, RAMEN FOR EVERYONE

YOUNG ADULT/MIDDLE GRADE AUTHORS (YOUNG ADULT PANEL):

Rod Pulido, CHASING PACQUIAO
Paula Yoo, FROM A WHISPER TO A RALLYING CRY: THE KILLING OF VINCENT CHIN AND THE TRIAL THAT GALVANIZED THE ASIAN AMERICAN MOVEMENT
Jeff Yang & Phil Yu, RISE: A POP HISTORY OF ASIAN AMERICA

ADULT AUTHORS (FICTION PANEL):

Suzanne Park, THE DO-OVER
Michelle Quach, NOT HERE TO BE LIKED
Julie Tieu, CIRCLING BACK TO YOU
Melissa Chadburn, A TINY UPWARD SHOVE

POETRY/FICTION READING ROOM:

Sehba Sarwar, BLACK WINGS
Arthur Kayzakian, THE BOOK OF REDACTED PAINTINGS

2:30PM – 3:30PM
AFTERNOON AUTHORS BOOK SIGNING & PERFORMANCE
3:30PM -4:00PM
THANK YOU AND CLOSING OF FESTIVAL
