News & Events
Upcoming Events
Wednesday, May 8 at 7:00 PM | Ray Stoeve's The Summer Love Strategy book launch event in conversation with Parisa Akhbari | Charlie's Queer Books | Seattle, WA
Saturday, May 11 at 3:15 PM | Q&A, book signing and conversation with teen poet Ashnavi Ghosh | Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books | Pittsburgh, PA
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Thursday, August 8 | APALA Youth Literature Award-winning author Shannon C. F. Rogers' Eighteen Roses book launch event, in conversation with Parisa Akhbari | Powell's Books Burnside | Portland, OR
News, Articles and Media
SheReads Exclusive Interview with Parisa Akhbari (Article)
Writing in the Margins: School Library Journal's Teen Librarian Toolbox (Article)
Interview with Kris Clink's Writing Table (Podcast)
Turn the Page Interview (Podcast)
How Iranian Food Became its Own Character: Fresh Fiction (Article)
Writing YA Literature as an Adolescent Therapist: Writer's Digest (Article)
Interview with Happy to Meet Cute! (Podcast)
Parisa Akhbari's Playlist for Her Novel, "Just Another Epic Love Poem": Largehearted Boy (Article)
Q&A: Parisa Akhbari, Author of Just Another Epic Love Poem: The Nerd Daily (Article)
The Never-Ending Journal: When Writing Comes to Life with Parisa Akhbari: Bookish Brews (Article)
Four Questions with Parisa Akhbari: Publishers Weekly (Article)
Interview with Book Q&As with Deborah Kalb (Article)
Interview with Cantina Book Club (Podcast)
69 Most Anticipated Queer Books for Spring: Autostraddle (List)
15 Best Young Adult Books You Need to Read in 2024: Cosmopolitan Magazine (List)
20 YA Romances We've Fallen For: Kirkus Reviews (List)
Interview with The Rumpus (Article)
25 Books by Debut Authors to Read in 2024: We are Bookish/Netgalley (List)
How I've Learned to Make Space for My Queerness and My Culture: Zibby Magazine (Article)
Interview with A Novel Idea/NPR Sonoma County (Radio)
Most Anticipated YA of 2024: SheReads (List)
Booklist Starred Review (Article)
Publishers Weekly Review (Article)
Cover Reveal and Excerpt on Penguin Teen (Article)
Interview with Coming Out Pod (Podcast)
Past Events
Sunday, April 21 at 3:00 PM | "Love is in the Air: Coming of Age and Falling in Love in Young Adult Fiction" panel and book signing | LA Times Festival of Books | Los Angeles, CA
Friday, April 12 at 3:00 PM | "A Story to Live In" poetry workshop | Make.Shift Art Space with Northwest Youth Services | Bellingham, WA
Saturday, April 6 at 4:00 PM | reading, book signing and Q&A | Bellingham Public Library with Northwest Youth Services | Bellingham, WA
Tuesday, March 19 at 4:00 PM | reading, book signing and open house | Ophelia's Place | Eugene, OR
Friday, March 15 at 7:00 PM | book launch, signing, and conversation with author Maya Prasad | Third Place Books Ravenna | Seattle, WA