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 […]
Saturday, March 29, 8-10PM Groundfloor Club | 160 Glendale Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90026 Join Kaya Press, AAWW, and Slant’d for a night of karaoke and literature at this year’s Literaoke for AWP25! RSVP at our Eventbrite to reserve your spot and stay updated! Featuring: Cathy Linh Che Annakai Hayakawa Geshlider Ashaki Jackson Maya Lu […]
Please join us at a celebratory Happy Hour for Kulhar Books, launching this year from Kaya Press — hoping to publish, innovative, overlooked, and WEIRD books coming out of the South Asian Diaspora. This is also a Happy Hour meet-up event for South Asians at AWP, and a special invite out to LA South Asian […]
A Conversation with James Yeh: 3/10 @ 12PM PT / 3PM ET Join Kaya Press for a conversation with James Yeh—writer and editor at Columbia University—as we discuss the work of an editor and take a close look at the editorial process behind Francisco González’s “Serranos”! Register at bit.ly/firstpass3. James Yeh is a writer, editor, […]
A Conversation with Vivian Lee: 2/20 @ 1PM PT / 4PM ET Join Kaya Press for a conversation with Vivian Lee—senior editor at Little, Brown—as we discuss the work of an editor and take a close look at the editorial process behind Curtis Chin’s memoir Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant! Register […]
We’re simply heartbroken by the devastation of recent wildfires. Kaya Press was originally planning a Lunar New Year gathering, but we have decided to turn it into a fundraiser for community who have been affected by the wildfires, including fellow local small press Hesse Press (run by Clare Kelly), and the Altadena Children’s Book Fund—to […]
