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kaya events

06/05

Memory & Mollusks: In Celebration of Clam Down and Anam

June 5 | 7-9 PM ET | 18 West 21st Street, Suite 100, New York | Free, RSVP Here! Join AAWW for the joint launch of André Dao’s new novel, Anam, and Anelise Chen’s new memoir, Clam Down! André Dao is an author and researcher from Naarm/Melbourne, Australia. His debut novel, Anam, won the Prime […]

05/28

Writing out of the War Machine: A Literary Reading with André Dao

Wednesday, May 28 | 6:30-8:30 PM ET | The People’s Forum,  320 West 37th Street, New York | Free! A literary reading & conversation plumbing the responsibilities of writers in the constant wartime of empire. How can literature intervene in the collective imagination, disrupt imperial surfaces, and forge new commitments to shared liberation? Featuring readings […]

05/20

Anam Launch Reading at Chevalier’s

Tuesday, May 20 | 7-8:30 PM | 133 N Larchmont Blvd, Los Angeles | Free, RSVP here! Join us for the U.S. launch of award-winning Australian Vietnamese author André Dao’s novel, Anam, as part of the ongoing commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the end of the War in Vietnam this year. Dao will be […]

05/14

First Pass: A Conversation with Nicole Chung

First Pass, A Conversation with Nicole Chung: 5/14 @ 12PM PT / 3PM ET Join Kaya Press for a conversation with Nicole Chung—author of the award-winning memoir A Living Remedy, named a Notable Book by the New York Times—for a conversation about her career as a literary editor and the editorial process behind A Living […]

 

author news

Kim San
Colonial Koreans Across Linguistic and National Boundaries | The Inaugural Conference of the March First Symposium on History and Democracy

March 25, 2025 | 11:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m | Doheny Memorial Library, Friends Lecture Hall (DML 240), with hybrid access available for those outside of LA. This conference seeks to broaden and integrate existing historical accounts of colonial Korea (1910–1945) with an understanding of Korean diasporic experiences in countries such as the United States, China, and […]

Rajiv Mohabir
I Will Not Go Launch — Official Brooklyn Book Fest 2024 Bookends Event

Join us to celebrate the publication of the groundbreaking new anthology I Will Not Go: Translations, Transformations, and Chutney Fractals (Kaya Press, October 2024). Edited by Rajiv Mohabir, I Will Not Go features 17 Indo-Caribbean poets who experiment with their own personal interpretations of two famous Chutney songs. RSVP Here. The book launch will feature […]

Multiple Authors
Kaya Press and UCLA present: Mosaic of Stories

Every Spring, Kaya Press Managing Editor Neelanjana Banerjee teaches an exciting UCLA course in the UCLA Asian American Studies Department: Asian American Publishing with Kaya Press. Throughout the quarter, students learned the intricacies of the publishing industry and how an independent, Asian-diasporic press like Kaya navigates the industry. As their final, students produced and edited their […]