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04/23

Creative Contagion: An Online Writing Workshop Series with Kaya Press

At Kaya, publishing is people. We recognize that traditional industry models can’t protect or propel the stories we champion, so we are re-envisioning our architecture to build a resilient, independent foundation for the future. As part of our commitment to collective possibility, we are launching our first-ever online workshop series, Creative Contagion. Featuring Kaya writers, […]

05/17

Literaoke returns to NYC!

May 17, 2026 | Sunday @ 3:30PM | Purgatory (675 Central Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11207) Shake off the winter with Kaya Press as Literaoke returns to NYC! Come see performers sing their hearts out to their favorite karaoke bangers and then read from their work. Featuring: Helyn Chen-Zheng IG: @helynchenzheng.pdf Helyn Chen-Zheng is a writer […]

05/02

Catch Kaya at the Indie Lit Fair!

May 2, 2026 | 12PM – 6PM | Washington Square South (between Thompson St & Sullivan St) Catch Kaya Press and so many other incredible independent presses at the 10th annual Indie Lit Fair! This free book fair will also include a reading from our very own Ed Lin, who will be at the Festival […]

04/30

Sia Figiel on screen, and Kaya at the LA Asian Pacific Film Festival!

April 30, 2026 | Friday, @ 8:30PM | Directors Guild of America (7920 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90046) Join us for the LA premiere of BEFORE THE MOON FALLS, an “intimate portrait of acclaimed Samoan writer Sia Figiel … [that] illuminat[es] the complexities of inconsistently treated mental illness and the devastating toll it […]

 

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Ed Lin
Catch Kaya at the Indie Lit Fair!

May 2, 2026 | 12PM – 6PM | Washington Square South (between Thompson St & Sullivan St) Catch Kaya Press and so many other incredible independent presses at the 10th annual Indie Lit Fair! This free book fair will also include a reading from our very own Ed Lin, who will be at the Festival […]

Sia Figiel
Sia Figiel on screen, and Kaya at the LA Asian Pacific Film Festival!

April 30, 2026 | Friday, @ 8:30PM | Directors Guild of America (7920 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90046) Join us for the LA premiere of BEFORE THE MOON FALLS, an “intimate portrait of acclaimed Samoan writer Sia Figiel … [that] illuminat[es] the complexities of inconsistently treated mental illness and the devastating toll it […]

Lois-Ann Yamanaka
Blu’s Hanging Comes to the Stage!

March 26 – April 26, 2026 | Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays @ 7PM, Sundays @ 2PM | Kumu Kahua Theatre (46 Merchant St Honolulu, HI 96813) Adapted into a play by Kaya’s very own R. Zamora Linmark, Blu’s Hanging will be coming to Honolulu’s Kumu Kahua Theatre this March and April! The production opens March 26 […]