I will be holding a book reading from my memoir, The Boat Not Taken at the Arts and Lecture Series, San Geronimo Commumity Center. Please join me at 6350 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., San Geronimo, CA, 94963; Marin County on Sunday, June 22, 2025 at 2:00 P.M.

Please join me via Zoom at the Senior Planet from AARP Author Talk: Joanna Choi Kalbus.

Tuesday, May 27, 2025
1:00PM PDT

Meeting ID: 87313185095

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Have you heard the news? @joannackalbus.bsky.social's The Boat Not Taken is officially out in the world—and she can’t wait to share it with you! Come celebrate at one of her upcoming events, starting with tonight’s exciting virtual launch featuring special guest Jimin Han.

Register: bit.ly/3GXjfIU

“I held onto Omai's free hand. With her other hand, she balanced a large bundle of our possessions on her head. She led us toward a monstrous black locomotive fuming on its tracks." (From my memoir THE BOAT NOT TAKEN) Last year, I took a plush train to Busan.

Fellow Betty @janishubschman.bsky.social's short story collection TAKE ME WITH YOU NEXT TIME sold out at AWP! You can secure your copy on the WTAW Press site: www.wtawpress.org/.../take-me-....
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Hi East Bay friends! I’m very excited about my in-person book launch at Orinda Books, 4 PM on May 8th! Join us for a reading, Q&A, and book signing. I look forward to meeting you!

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@WTAWPress @BettyBooks

In 1950s L.A., we didn’t have a Korea town. No napa cabbage? My
resourceful mother would substitute round cabbage. She’d make my
favorite foods from scratch: kimchi, mandoo, kimbap.
Preorder THE BOAT NOT TAKEN from Betty Books here:
www.wtawpress.org/product-page...

Visit our AWP booth (#T330) and greet our authors: @janishubschman.bsky.social, @menopunk.bsky.social, ANITA FELICELLI, LIZ GREEN, and HENRY HOKE.

Our panel, The Matrilineal Saga, will feature: @pegalfordpursell.bsky.social, MONTÉZ JENNING, @ilzeduarte.bsky.social, and @laurenalwan.bsky.social.

Betty's AWP events!

📍 Panel: The Matrilineal Saga – March 27, 10:35 AM, with @pegalfordpursell.bsky.social & @ilzeduarte.bsky.social
📍 Book Signing: TAKE ME WITH YOU NEXT TIME by @janishubschman.bsky.social – March 27, Noon
📍 Reading: Shoo Shoo Baby — March 28, 5:30 PM with @merliterary.bsky.social

I so enjoyed the movie Genius about the birthing of Look Homeward, Angel by Thomas Wolff, edited by Maxwell Perkins–the long process of editing and revising until author and editor are in agreement.

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THE BOAT NOT TAKEN: “We need to burn your mother’s clothes so that she has clothes to wear in the spirit world.” From the chapter “Jeong.”

My debut memoir will be launched on May 6, 2025. Preorder your copy from Betty Books here: www.wtawpress.org/product-page...

In case you missed today’s newsletter, you’re also missing out on some incredible writing advice from Betty authors! Don’t let inspiration slip away�€”catch up now! buff.ly/kRWKHWk <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:mfdvskjrioepzv3utwezntng" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@joannackalbus.bsky.social @janishubschman.bsky.social @sharonw.bsky.social @ilzeduarte.bsky.social #WritingCommunity

We're so excited for the 2025 AWP Conference & Bookfair in Los Angeles!

Visit us at booth #T330 and have your books signed our brilliant authors! Author signings will include: @janishubschman.bsky.social, @menopunk.bsky.social , @anitafelicelli.bsky.social, LIZ GREEN, and @henryhoke.bsky.social.

It’s been 25 years since i’ve had a business card, and it certainly didn’t have a QR code with a link to my website on it!

My memoir, THE BOAT NOT TAKEN, will be launched on May 6, 2025.

You can secure your copies at 20% discount from Betty Books here: www.wtawpress.org/product-page...