It’s #AAPIMonth so it’s time to tap the sign 👇🏼

If you have an “API” list that doesn’t include Pacific Islanders, it’s not an “API” list—it’s an Asian list and that’s okay! You can celebrate Asians during May without erasing Pacific Islanders. Just call it an Asian list, not API

Volume 61.1 of Australian Society for French Studies edited by Anais Maurer, Jeffrey Zuckerman & Dr. Julia Frengs features work on new directions in contemporary Mā'ohi literature, with work by titaua peu Taimana Ellacott Ariirau Richard-Vivi. Browse: bit.ly/AJFS61-1 Eric J Disbro Manuia Alexis Bergantz

✨Excited to have a paper and a short story in this collection on Ma’ohi literature. ✨
I wrote about my Indigenous research methodology based on the tīfaifai, & colonialism in the Pacific. Check it out!

A big thank you to the editors Dr. Julia Frengs Anais Maurer & Jeffrey Zuckerman

Anais Maurer and Jeffrey Zuckerman and I are so thrilled to announce the publication of our special issue in the Australian Journal of French Studies! Eric J Disbro Manuia

liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/aj…

this is a Kealani Netane and Keala Kendall appreciation post.
these talented authors have their own books and contracts but still find the time to contribute so much to our Pacific Islander writers community. i’m proud to call them my friends 💕

#WriterCommunity

This year, we hope to see more book lists including Pacific Islanders in their AAPI month posts. As a reminder, if your AAPI book list does have any Pacific Islander books, it is not AAPI.

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.

I just finished Dragonfruit last night (it was amazing! everyone should read it) and I was so excited to see Manuia's article in the author's note! If you haven't read it yet, it is also a must read. apex-magazine.com/nonfiction/how…

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

look how pretty 😍

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

this is the prompt for my book SALT WATER BLOOD… what if the ocean could speak?

it’d tell this story👇🏼

THIS POLYNESIAN GIRL HAS AN AGENT 🥹🎉

With a total of 8 offers (luck was on my side, I’m deeply grateful!), I’m thrilled to team up with Marin Takikawa - FREE PALESTINE 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸 on my YA speculative thriller SALT WATER BLOOD, and other cool projects! 📘✨

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. 🫶🏼

EDITORS, KEEP YOUR EYES ON YOUR INBOXES!!!
This story sticks with you and is exactly the type of Polynesian tale we need on shelves
✅haunting
✅epic
✅deep ties to cultural trauma and healing
✅gripping mystery
💚family above all
congrats Manuia and Marin Takikawa - FREE PALESTINE 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸 🥳

L'historien calédonien Louis-José Barbançon vient d'écrire ce texte de 7 pages intitulé '1984-2024, il est encore temps'. 🔍 Cet éclairage historique est particulièrement utile pour comprendre ce qui se joue actuellement en Nouvelle-Calédonie.

FB : O.Fandos

New Caledonia's capital was on Saturday flooded by two simultaneous waves of French and Kanaky flags as part of two demonstrations in downtown Nouméa, only two streets away from each other and under heavy security surveillance. rnz.co.nz/international/…

I was fortunate to read an early version of Kristiana Kahakauila's book and it is so fun!! Definitely put it on your TBR! harpercollins.com/products/clair…

CCBC released their annual children’s book diversity statistics. The first graphic is the % of Pacific Islander created books since 2018. The 2nd graphic shows the diversity statistics by the creator's race/ethnicity. Click the link for all the statistics. ccbc.education.wisc.edu/literature-res…

My Book is OUT! dukeupress.edu/the-ocean-on-f…