Bel Canto Books | Festival of AAPI Books (FAB) Long Beach 2024

Join us for the Festival of AAPI Books Long Beach at the Michelle Obama Neighborhood Library on Saturday, May 4th from 10am to 5:30pm!

Join us for the return of FAB (Festival of AAPI Books) Long Beach, featuring children’s, young adult, and adult authors, vendors, arts and crafts, and more, from across the Asian diaspora.

FAB LONG BEACH (co-hosted by Bel Canto Books and Long Beach Public Library, with generous support from the Friends of Long Beach Public Library and the Office of Councilwoman Megan Kerr)

Saturday, May 4, 2024 from 10AM to 5:30PM

Michelle Obama Neighborhood Library, 5870 Atlantic Avenue, Long Beach CA 90805

Free to attend; RSVP encouraged.

FEATURED AUTHORS

Rachell Abalos • Gina Apostol • Kaylin Melia George • Lee Herrick • Brandon Hoàng • Pete Hsu • Carolyn Huynh • Linda Kao • Sarah Kuhn • Michelle Lee • Jenny Liao • Virginia Loh-Hagan • Makiia Lucier • Kunthon Meas • Rooja Mohassessy • Viet Thanh Nguyen • Shadab Zeest Hashmi

FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

10:00AM – 10:30AM

FESTIVAL OPENING

10:30AM – 11:30AM

CHILDREN’S BOOK READINGS (TWEEN SPACE):

• Rachell Abalos, Our Nipa Hut
• Kaylin Melia George, Aloha Everything

ADULT AUTHORS PANEL #1 (COMMUNITY ROOM):

• Pete Hsu, If I Were the Ocean, I’d Carry You Home
• Rooja Mohassessy, When Your Sky Runs into Mine
• Shadab Zeest Hashmi, Comb

11:30AM – 12:30PM

MORNING AUTHOR BOOK SIGNING (OUTDOOR PATIO)

12:30PM – 1:30PM

CHILDREN’S BOOK READINGS (TWEEN SPACE):

• Virginia Loh-Hagan, A IS FOR ASIAN AMERICAN
• Michelle Lee, MY LOST FREEDOM

ADULT AUTHORS PANEL #2 (COMMUNITY ROOM):

• Lee Herrick, Scar and Flower
• Carolyn Huynh, The Fortunes of Jaded Women
• Kunthon Meas, Sunsets and Regrets

1:30PM – 2:30PM

CHILDREN’S BOOK READINGS (TWEEN SPACE):

• Jenny Liao, EVERONE LOVES LUNCH BUT ZIA

YOUNG ADULT PANEL (COMMUNITY ROOM):

• Sarah Kuhn, From Little Tokyo with Love
• Makiia Lucier, Dragonfruit
• Linda Kao, A Crooked Mark
• Brandon Hoàng, Gloria Buenrostro Is Not My Girlfriend

PUBLISHING ROUND TABLE (TEEN SPACE):

• Agatha Isabel, entrepreneur and author of HOUSEPLANT HOOKUPS
• Christina Newhard, author and publisher of Sari-Sari Storybooks
• Jhoanna Belfer, founder and owner of Bel Canto Books
• Meg Mateo Ilasco, writer and editorial director at Penguin Random House

2:30PM – 3:30PM

AFTERNOON AUTHORS BOOK SIGNING (COMMUNITY ROOM)

3:30PM -4:30PM

VIET THANH NGUYEN IN CONVERSATION WITH GINA APOSTOL (COMMUNITY ROOM)

Seating is first come, first served. Please contact FABLongBeach@gmail.com for accessibility accommodation.

4:30PM – 5:30PM

VIET AND GINA BOOK SIGNING (COMMUNITY ROOM)

5:30PM

FESTIVAL CLOSING

POPUP VENDORS / TABLERS

• Bel Canto Books
• Bitty Bao
• Books & Boba
• KUBO LB / Flipp Family
• Gemmae Bake Shop
• Gloo Books
• Heritage Press
• KUBO Organizing Project
• Plants, Progress, People
• Tayo Na Library
• Tuttle Publishing
• We Are Sun Raised

Plus BOOK SIGNINGS, WORKSHOPS, KIDS’ CRAFT CORNER, FOOD TRUCKS, and MORE!

RSVP encouraged – free to attend. Free parking – 5870 Atlantic Avenue, Long Beach CA 90805. For more info, visit our festival website here.

Confirmed authors at FAB (Festival of AAPI Books) Long Beach at Michelle Obama Neighborhood Library on Saturday 5/4/24 from 10am to 5:30pm

Bel Canto Books | Festival of AAPI Books (FAB) Long Beach 2024