Episode 255
#255 - January 2024 Book News
It's time for our first mid-month book news check-in for 2024! It's been a light news month to start off the year, but that doesn't mean we don't have some exciting new publishing announcements to go over, including a new literary project by Keanu Reeves!
Upcoming books mentioned in our publishing news:
- The Book of Elsewhere by Keanu Reeves & China Miéville
- Bones of Jade, Flesh Like Ice by Gracie Marsden
- The Lotus Inn by Nisha Sharma
- Men Like Ours by Bindu Bansinath
- Make My Wish Come True by Alyson Derrick & Rachael Lippincott
- She Gets the Girl: A Christmas Novella by Alyson Derrick & Rachael Lippincott
- Sun, Moon and Star by Nancy So Miller
- A Fly in the Chai by Zenia Wadhwani; illust by Chaaya Prabhat
- I Am a Bon Dancer by Brandi-Ann Uyemura; illust by Amy Matsushita-Beal
- No Purchase Necessary by Maria Marianayagam
- Follow Us by Liann Zhang
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