It’s December, and you know what that means. Hang up those stockings and pile those presents under the tree! (Psst, books of color are the best stocking stuffers.) Kaya Press wishes you a warm and happy holiday season! Props to our intern Richard An for making this festive GIF of our staff!
Kaya Press is happy to announce that Cathy Linh Che will be joining our team as Publicity & Events Associate starting in January! Cathy is amazing poet and the Managing Director of Kundiman. Here she is with Kaya poet Nic Wong in Singapore, where they had a recent reading, eating kaya toast. (Kaya toast is a […]
KSIP alumna Nona Leon (USC ’15) is the Book Publicist at Rare Bird and the 2014 Audio/Hachette Books at Hachette Book Group. Nona dropped by our KSIP meeting two weeks ago to share her insights and experience in the publishing industry beyond Kaya! How did you first get involved with Kaya Press, and how did […]
We recently interviewed Nicholas Wong, author of Crevasse, for our December issue of our newsletter. Check out his insights into the translation process, identifying as a “global poet,” what #LitinColor means in Hong Kong. What context—if any—would you give to readers before they delve into Crevasse? Especially for those who may not typically read poetry, how […]
We love to see our authors having an international impact. Thaddeus Rutkowski, author of ROUGHHOUSE, spoke at the Singapore Writers Festival. He participated in two events. The first, titled “Crimes and Misdemeanors,” invited authors to share their favorite anecdote or reading based on the theme. The second, titled “Real to Print: The Burden of Experience,” explored how […]
This past September, we hosted a booth at the literary extravaganza that is the Brooklyn Book Festival in New York. Our return to the Festival after not participating for several years was definitely a hit, largely due to our diverse plethora of featured activities! Highlights from the Brooklyn Book Festival: 1. Kaya and Kundiman […]
