News & Events
Upcoming Events
Saturday, October 26 at 4 PM | reading, book signing and Q&A | The Lavender Library | Sacramento, CA
Saturday, November 2 at 12:30 PM | Love Story author panel with Jade Adia, Q&A and book signing | Portland Parks Foundation Park Tent | Portland Book Festival | Portland, OR
Saturday, November 16 at 1 PM | Finding the Words: Teen Poet Protagonists and Their Journeys Through Hope and Love panel with Sarah Mughal Rana, Q&A and book signing | YA HQ Tent Texas Book Festival | Austin, TX
Selected Writing
How I've Learned to Make Space for My Queerness and My Culture: Zibby Magazine
Writing YA Literature as an Adolescent Therapist: Writer's Digest
Writing in the Margins: School Library Journal's Teen Librarian Toolbox
Parisa Akhbari's Playlist for Her Novel, "Just Another Epic Love Poem": Largehearted Boy
News and Media
Download the Pride in Your Words zine from Penguin Random House here
SheReads Exclusive Interview with Parisa Akhbari (Article)
Interview with Kris Clink's Writing Table (Podcast)
Turn the Page Interview (Podcast)
Interview with Happy to Meet Cute! (Podcast)
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)
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
Thursday, August 8 at 7:00 PM | APALA Youth Literature Award-winning author Shannon C. F. Rogers' Eighteen Roses book launch event, in conversation with Parisa Akhbari | Powell's Books at Cedar Hills Crossing | Beaverton, OR
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
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
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