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Asian American Pacific Islander Adventure featuring Alka Joshi, Sarah Ahn, Rosa Kwon Easton, and Kristina McMorris
May 13 @ 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
$16.99 – $78.97
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 Coronado Public Library to celebrate AAPI Month with four talented and accomplished members of the AAPI community: New York Times bestselling author Alka Joshi; TikTok and IG megastar and founder of Ahnest Kitchen, Sarah Ahn; debut novelist and attorney Rosa Kwon Easton; and New York Times bestselling author Kristina McMorris.
Registration
Registration for this event is FREE and open to the public, but seating is limited. However, if you want a little VIP treatment (and who doesn’t?), make a book purchase below to guarantee event admission and priority seating (limited spaces available).
But why choose just one book? Purchase all four and receive a $20 discount (online special only; not available at event).
Your book(s) will be delivered to you at the event for signing and reserved seating. Books will also be available for purchase and signing at the event.
About the Authors and Books
Alka Joshi is the internationally bestselling author of the Jaipur Trilogy: The Henna Artist, The Secret Keeper of Jaipur and The Perfumist of Paris. She was born in India and came to the U.S. with her family at the age of nine. She has a BA from Stanford University and an MFA from California College of Arts.
Her debut novel, The Henna Artist, immediately became a New York Times Bestseller, a Reese Witherspoon Bookclub Pick, an LA Times Bestseller, a Toronto Star and Globe & Mail Bestseller, an Indie Bookstores Bestseller, a Cosmopolitan Best Audiobook, and an Amazon and Goodreads favorite. It was Longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, has been translated into 29 languages and optioned as an episodic series.
Six Days in Bombay is her fourth novel and is a sweeping tale of identity and self-discovery that takes readers from Bombay to Prague, Florence, Paris and London, to uncover the mystery behind a famous painter’s death.
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® (formerly NovelNetwork®):
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® (formerly NovelNetwork®):
About the Coronado Public Library
The mission of the Coronado Public Library is to meet the informational, recreational, and cultural needs of the community and to actively promote reading, life-long learning, and the pursuit of knowledge.
