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💗📚 Festival of AAPI Books (FAB) 2026 Recap! 📚💗

We are beyond thankful for everyone who helped make this year’s @fablongbeach such a wonderful celebration of AANHPI joy, community, and solidarity!

By the numbers, we:
- hosted 24 authors, illustrators, and publishing professionals
- organized 4 author panels, 6 Storytime readings, a clay art workshop, a children’s craft corner, and our first ever Book Lover’s Journaling meetup during the Opening Reception
- showcased 14 small businesses and nonprofits at our Vendor Market
- raised $500 for future literary festivals ($225 in raffle ticket sales + $225 in @belcantobooks matching funds)
- welcomed more than 300ppl to the Michelle Obama Neighborhood Library

All this was accomplished with the care and dedication of our amazing volunteer team, the behind the scenes support of @portoflongbeach @friendsoflbpl @lbplfoundation, and the generous help of @lbcitylibrary staff! Special thanks to @nannette_rica40_photos for all the amazing event photos!

Thank you again to all who helped plan and setup, shared their creativity and expertise, and attended FAB 2026!

Keep an eye out for dates for @liwanaglitfest in 2027, and we’ll see you back at FAB in 2028!

📚💗🎉
#festivalofaapibooks #fablongbeach #belcantobooks #longbeach #literaryevent #librarylove #reading taken in Michelle Obama Neighborhood Library by @fablongbeach

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Three more sleeps until @fablongbeach returns to the Michelle Obama Neighborhood Library on Sat 7/11, 11am to 4pm!

👉🏽👉🏽👉🏽 for all the details!

1. Full Author Lineup with:
@storytimewithcal
@kimberlytso
@annsukwang
@unbreakablemintonai
#jolenegutierrez
@averyandaugustine
@soojimoo
@kailayu
@lolaxkenneth
@goodkwento.nfm
@emeryleebooks
@joss.richard
@julietieuwrites
@thenomaddreamer
@aimeephanwrites
@cblee_cblee
@davidoftheyoon
@jchenwriter
@devislaskar
@jasminiolani
@mononoke97
@eeewhysee
@fuzz.garden

2. The full schedule with:
11am - 12pm Opening Reception + Book Lover’s Journaling Meetup (organized by @notekating)
12pm - 3pm Kids Craft Corner with @teachaapi

3. Vendors + Tablers with:
Bel Canto Books
Cheery Human Studios
Friends of the Long Beach Public Library
Gemmae Bake Shop
Hot Tropiks
Kayan Pepper Co.
Lacelit Studio
KUBO LB
Native Sol
TeachAAPI
Teofilo Coffee Company
The Lola x Kenneth Collaboration
Wonderly Press

4-12. Individual panels and workshops + author photos

13. Library Map with free parking!

14. Reminder to RSVP for your favorite sessions at belcantobooks.net/fab-long-beach for a chance to win the signed book of your choice!

See you Saturday! 📚💗🎉

📍FAB Long Beach
Sat 7/11, 11am to 4pm
Michelle Obama Neighborhood Library
5870 Atlantic Ave, LB taken in Michelle Obama Neighborhood Library by @fablongbeach

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Let the countdown for FAB Long Beach 2026 begin! 🎉🎉🎉

In just five weeks, Festival of AAPI Books (FAB) Long Beach returns to the Michelle Obama Neighborhood Library on Sat 7/11!

We’re thrilled to showcase these amazing authors and artists from across the Asian diaspora:

CHILDREN’S BOOK AUTHORS
@storytimewithcal
@kimberlytso
@annsukwang
@unbreakablemintonai @writerjolene
@averyandaugustine
@soojimoo

YA / TEEN + ADULT AUTHORS
@emeryleebooks
@joss.richard
@kailayu
@lolaxkenneth
@julietieuwrites
@thenomaddreamer
@goodkwento.nfm
@aimeephanwrites
@cblee_cblee
@devislaskar
@jasminiolani
@davidoftheyoon
@jchenwriter
@mononoke97
@eeewhysee

CLAY ART WORKSHOP ARTIST
@fuzz.garden

Visit belcantobooks.net/fab-long-beach to RSVP now for the authors you’re excited to see, and be entered into a raffle for a free signed book of your choice! (Must follow @fablongbeach and have domestic US mailing address to win.)

We’ll also have free @fablongbeach tote bags (while supplies last), along with kids’ craft activities, a vibrant popup market with AAPI small businesses and local nonprofits, book signings, and more!

📍FAB Long Beach
Sat 7/11, 11am to 5pm
Michelle Obama Neighborhood Library
5870 Atlantic Ave, LB
👩🏽‍💻belcantobooks.net/fab-long-beach

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#fablongbeach #festivalofaapibooks #aapibooks #literaryfestival #authorevent #booksigning #authortalk #longbeach #belcantobooks taken in Michelle Obama Neighborhood Library by @fablongbeach

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We are all set up at @fablongbeach . Here til 4pm today! @cherimoyalilikoi has her mini books and creations too.
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Our brick & mortar is open til 8pm today.
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• #nativesol
#fablongbeach #festivalofaapibooks #longbeach #nativesolpopup by @fablongbeach

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TALKING TIC TAC TOE CHICKEN WITH KIMBERLY TSO

Fab preview panel by @fablongbeach

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Discover the world of Suspicious Activity. Meet author Nathan Cayanan this Sat July 11, at @fablongbeach . Come through to grab your signed copy of this gritty crime novel following Bingo, a top member of a Filipino-American run mafia navigating the dark aftermath of the 90s gang wars. At its core, the story is about a man born into doing very bad things, wrestling with his mind while trying to survive and finding love in the san grabrel valley.

#SuspiciousActivity #NathanCayanan #FilipinoAmericanFiction #LBC #GraphicNovels

Visit www.hottropiks.com for Filipino pop culture and book news. taken in Michelle Obama Neighborhood Library by @fablongbeach

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One last IG live before FAB! join us tonight on @atemarcelareads__ live at 7pm PT! by @fablongbeach

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Part 2 fab panel preview by @fablongbeach

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FAB PANEL PREVIEW PART 1 ADULT LIT by @fablongbeach

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📚 Festival of AAPI Books!
📍Michelle Obama Neighborhood Library, Long Beach, CA
📆 Sat. 7/11, 11 am to 5 pm
Organizers: @belcantobooks + @fablongbeach

#fablongbeach #aapibooks #filipinoauthors #authorevent taken in Michelle Obama Neighborhood Library by @fablongbeach

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Our conversation got cut off, this is the second half of it. Hopefully I can get the rest but thank you so much to David Yoon and Jennifer Chen! Catch them this Saturday at @fablongbeach by @fablongbeach

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