Kelly also helped us with some of the Books for Maui graphics!! If you’re looking for a Kanaka Maoli designer with publishing experience to make social media assets or a cover reveal for your book, she’s amazing!

Pacific Islanders in Publishing has partnered with over 40 Pacific Islander bookish content creators for this year’s #PasifikaReadathonChallenge . Together, we’ve created a bingo card to encourage people to read the various genres written and illustrated by Pacific Islanders.

my copy of DRAGONFRUIT has arrived!! thank you sm Keala Kendall!

look how pretty 😍

and i’m in the acknowledgments 😭🥹 māuruuru roa Makiia!!

I’ve been lucky enough to read Manuia’s haunting thriller twice now. I’m so glad so many agents saw how talented she is—and how important (and gripping) her story is too! I can’t wait to see her book on shelves. 🫶🏼

As you build your booklists for AAPI Month, please include Pacific Islander authors on your 'AAPI' lists. If you cannot find PI-authored books, you can visit Pacific Islanders in Publishing (in my bio), where you can find new books on our home page and in our blog posts.

QueryTracker interviewed me. You can read the interview here if you're interested in learning more about me, my book, or my second querying experience:
querytracker.net/offers/intervi…

Thanks QT for the opportunity!

I am thrilled to work with Keala Kendall on her gorgeous, captivating, atmospheric, gothic horror. Lehua's confiding voice immediately pulled me into the story and held me close. I can't stop thinking about this book. Ah!

Thank you for saying yes, Keala. Welcome to Andrea Brown Lit!

Join us tomorrow at 7pm PT on Instagram Live to discuss our first PEAK Reads book club pick, EVERY DROP IS A MAN'S NIGHTMARE, with the author Megan Kamalei Kakimoto and Honestine Fraser from Teen Vogue.

For YA editors, I also have an IRON WIDOW meets esports QUEEN’S GAMBIT sci-fi with
👾 a VR battle royale tournament and an irl killer on the loose
👾 a Hawaiian mc
👾 Bio-mech battles where you become what you kill and hunt the competition
👾 backstabbing competitors and sponsors

If there are editors interested in a MEXICAN GOTHIC meets WHITE LOTUS Native Hawaiian horror, let my agent know! We’re going on sub next year. There’s

🔪 One boat on and off the island
🔪 A wellness resort built into the bones of an old sugarcane plantation
🔪 Hawaiian folklore

Palestinian books are being censored in increasing numbers across the country. This is why WNDB is pledging its support to the Palestinian writing community in the American diaspora. Please find our commitment here: diversebooks.org/wndb-statement…

If I must die, let it be a tale.

#FreePalestine
#Gaza

This grant will support our various projects to uplift Pacific Islanders’ voices in publishing. Thank you @CLLNZ

Thanks Pasifika Entertainment Advancement Komiti! I had a great time at the Next Goal Wins premiere! Everyone should go see this fun movie when it comes out Nov 17th.