✨Not Your China Doll✨ Out Today!!

it's pub day for my biography of Anna May Wong

It’s a dream come true to finally be celebrating Not Your China Doll’s publication today. Thank you to all of you for following along and cheering me on throughout this multi-year journey! If you’ve enjoyed this newsletter and the insights I’ve shared into Anna May Wong’s life and career, I have a feeling you’ll enjoy the book even more. There are a few easy things you can do in the coming days to help support it:

• Buy the book from your local bookstore or favorite online retailer

• Attend one of my upcoming events in NYC, LA & SF (details below)

• Take a photo of yourself with your copy of Not Your China Doll and post it to social media. Don’t forget to tag me! IG: @kayteesal & @annamaywongbook Twitter: @ksalisbury 

• Write a review on Amazon or Goodreads

• Invite me to join your next book club via Zoom

• Share this newsletter with a few friends you think would enjoy the book

Thank you again for all your love and support! I look forward to seeing many of you soon!

Is that Akim Tamiroff and Anna May Wong fighting over a copy of Not Your China Doll?! (The two actors share a moment on the set of Dangerous to Know, 1938)

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Upcoming Events

March 12 - NYC Book Launch
Red Pavilion, 1241 Flushing Ave, Brooklyn, NY
Buy tickets

March 14 - In conversation with Ed Park
The Strand Bookstore, 828 Broadway, 3rd Floor, Rare Book Room, New York, NY
Buy tickets

March 14 - In conversation with Mayukh Sen + Screening of Daughter of Shanghai
Metrograph, 7 Ludlow St, New York, NY
Buy tickets (use code AMW40 at checkout for 40% off the annual membership)

March 18 - In conversation with Lisa Ling
Zibby’s Bookshop, 1113 Montana Ave, Santa Monica, CA
SOLD OUT

March 19 - In conversation with Nancy Wang Yuen at the Chinese American Museum of Los Angeles
The Historic Pico House, 424 N. Main Street, Los Angeles, CA
Reserve a spot

March 20 - In conversation with Jeff Yang
Vroman’s, 695 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA
Open to the public

March 25 - Screening of Piccadilly + Book Signing
Roxie Theater, 3125 16th Street, San Francisco, CA
Buy tickets

March 28 - Book Talk at Book Passage
Book Passage, San Francisco, 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA
Open to the public

April 18 - In conversation with Graham Hodges & Yunte Huang
MOCA, 215 Centre Street, New York, NY 10013
Reserve a spot

May 17 - Writing Asian & Asian American Biography
BIO International Annual Conference
Leon Levy Center for Biography, CUNY, 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016
Buy tickets