Asian American Pacific Islander Adventure featuring Kristina McMorris, Sarah Ahn, and Rosa Kwon Easton
May 12 @ 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
$16.99 – $57.98
About the Live, In-Person, Adventure
In 1992, the month of May was designated by President George H. W. Bush as Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.The annual celebration honors the many contributions and accomplishments of Asian Americans, Pacific Islander Americans, and Native Hawaiians.
We are delighted to work with the Carlsbad City Library to celebrate AAPI Month with three talented and accomplished members of the AAPI community: New York Times bestselling author Kristina McMorris; TikTok and IG megastar and founder of Ahnest Kitchen, Sarah Ahn; and debut novelist and attorney Rosa Kwon Easton.
Registration
Registration for this event is FREE and open to the public, but seating is limited. Make sure to arrive early to receive your seating ticket. For questions about seating, please contact the Carlsbad City Library.
Pre-order your book(s) below to be delivered to you at the event for signing. And if you can’t decide, why not purchase all 3 for a fun discount! Books will also be available for purchase and signing at the event.
About the Authors and Books
Kristina McMorris is the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of two novellas and eight historical novels, including the million-copy bestseller Sold on a Monday.
Set in 1880’s Oregon, her new book, The Girls of Good Fortune, features a woman who awakens in an underground cell amid Portland’s notorious Shanghai Tunnels. Accustomed to adapting for survival-being half-Chinese passing as white-she must rush to retrace her path before unearthed secrets prove deadly.
To schedule a book club visit with Kristina or any of our authors on Adventures by the Book® :
Sarah Ahn is ATK’s social media manager and the creator of the Ahnest Kitchen website and author of The New York Times bestselling cookbook, UMMA. She records her experiences on Instagram and TikTok of living with her Korean immigrant parents, chronicling her mother’s cooking, grocery shopping trips, and more. Many of Sarah’s posts have gone viral with 10+ million views and they have sold grocery stores out of product. She has been featured on NBC News, ABC News, Yahoo News, and Good Morning America.
Nam Soon Ahn, her mother, is a former restaurateur whose culinary wisdom and recipes form the foundation of this book. Together, they honor their heritage with love, flavor, and authenticity.
In their book, Umma: A Korean Mom’s Kitchen Wisdom and 100 Recipes, a 384-page deep dive into Korean home cooking, mother and daughter share decades of wisdom and techniques that help anyone cook like a Korean umma. Every recipe has a story, some profoundly moving, as her mother share memories of her own mother’s cooking in Korea while Sara ties foods to family life and growing up in Southern California.
Accompanied by vibrant photography, Umma isn’t just a cookbook – it’s a heartfelt tribue to the love, resilience, and culinary legacy of the women who have shaped cuisine: the Korean umma.
Rosa Kwon Easton is a Korean American writer, lawyer, and elected trustee of the Palos Verdes Library District. She is an Anaphora Writing Residency Fellow and has been published in CRAFT Literary, Writer’s Digest, StoryCenter.org and others. She is a graduate of Smith College, Columbia University, and Boston College Law School, and lives in sunny Southern California with her husband and Maltipoo.
Her debut novel, White Mulberry, is a rich, deeply moving portrait of a young Korean woman in 1930’s Japan who is torn between two worlds and must reclaim her true identity to provide a future for her family.
To schedule a book club visit with Rosa or any of our authors on Adventures by the Book® :
About the Carlsbad City Library
The mission of the Carlsbad City Library is to “provide community members of all ages with convenient access to high quality resources and services to inform and enrich individual and community life.”
