News & Events
Upcoming Events
Saturday, October 26 at 4 PM | reading, book signing and Q&A | The Lavender Library | Sacramento, CA
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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
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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
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How I've Learned to Make Space for My Queerness and My Culture: Zibby Magazine
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Writing YA Literature as an Adolescent Therapist: Writer's Digest
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Writing in the Margins: School Library Journal's Teen Librarian Toolbox
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Parisa Akhbari's Playlist for Her Novel, "Just Another Epic Love Poem": Largehearted Boy
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News and Media
Download the Pride in Your Words zine from Penguin Random House here
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SheReads Exclusive Interview with Parisa Akhbari (Article)
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Interview with Kris Clink's Writing Table (Podcast)
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Turn the Page Interview (Podcast)
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Interview with Happy to Meet Cute! (Podcast)
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Q&A: Parisa Akhbari, Author of Just Another Epic Love Poem: The Nerd Daily (Article)
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The Never-Ending Journal: When Writing Comes to Life with Parisa Akhbari: Bookish Brews (Article)
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Four Questions with Parisa Akhbari: Publishers Weekly (Article)
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Interview with Book Q&As with Deborah Kalb (Article)
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Interview with Cantina Book Club (Podcast)
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69 Most Anticipated Queer Books for Spring: Autostraddle (List)
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15 Best Young Adult Books You Need to Read in 2024: Cosmopolitan Magazine (List)
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20 YA Romances We've Fallen For: Kirkus Reviews (List)
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Interview with The Rumpus (Article)
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25 Books by Debut Authors to Read in 2024: We are Bookish/Netgalley (List)
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Interview with A Novel Idea/NPR Sonoma County (Radio)
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Most Anticipated YA of 2024: SheReads (List)
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Booklist Starred Review (Article)
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Publishers Weekly Review (Article)
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Cover Reveal and Excerpt on Penguin Teen (Article)
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Interview with Coming Out Pod (Podcast)
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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
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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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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
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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
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Friday, April 12 at 3:00 PM | "A Story to Live In" poetry workshop | Make.Shift Art Space with Northwest Youth Services | Bellingham, WA
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Saturday, April 6 at 4:00 PM | reading, book signing and Q&A | Bellingham Public Library with Northwest Youth Services | Bellingham, WA
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Tuesday, March 19 at 4:00 PM | reading, book signing and open house | Ophelia's Place | Eugene, OR
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Friday, March 15 at 7:00 PM | book launch, signing, and conversation with author Maya Prasad | Third Place Books Ravenna | Seattle, WA