Author of 3 books, in @npr @washingtonpost @bostonglobe @sfchronicle @salon, etc. founded @713books, IG/Threads: @lcheuk22
Los Angeles, CA
Joined October 2008
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Leland Cheuk retweeted
Happy pub day to 7.13 Books #38 and @jihoon_park94 for his debut novel STICKMAN.
Tope Folarin calls it "haunting." I call it a surreal and deadpan exploration of alienation, masculinity, and what it means to be Asian American in late capitalism.
BUY IT!
bookshop.org/p/books/stickma…
Also coming in 2027 from @WhiskeyTitBooks with stories originally pubbed in @TheSchooner @ElectricLit @JoylandPub and more #coverreveal #indiebooks
Leland Cheuk retweeted
Happy pub day to @MattWForeman for the US edition of SUNSET AT LION ROCK, a coming-of-age novel set during the lead up to the 2019 pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong. Aube Rey Lescure calls it “…a virtuosic, kaleidoscopic insider’s tale...”
Get it now!
bookshop.org/p/books/sunset-…
Leland Cheuk retweeted
Thank you to Alban Fischer for this amazing cover for my forthcoming novel Stickman, about a Korean American Uber driver's obsession with a classmate-turned-school shooter (based off of the Virginia Tech Shooter); and thank you to @lcheuk/@713Books for publishing my first book!
Leland Cheuk retweeted
Glorious @CATranslation news for anyone who loves the art of literary translation.
Lucky, lucky San Francisco!
publishersweekly.com/pw/by-t…
Leland Cheuk retweeted
The press is honored to be included in this long list for one of the biggest literary awards in North America alongside many big house books.
Congrats to Ruyan Meng, the author of THE MORGUE KEEPER!
The 2026 Shields Prize Longlist! On behalf of the Jury, Carmen Maria Machado shared: “It’s been such an honor and a privilege to encounter this body of work by women and non-binary authors, who are writing some of the most exciting literature...” 1/5 buff.ly/q0NMcIo
Leland Cheuk retweeted
“Humanity’s reliance on absolutism seems to be a degenerate response to a natural, legitimate—perhaps even say hardwired—desire for ‘answers.’” @lcheuk talks absolutism and Norse gods with Kurt Baumeister, on the occasion of his new novel. lareviewofbooks.org/article/…
ALT A headshot of Kurt Baumeister
Leland Cheuk retweeted
Today is pub day for THE MORGUE KEEPER by Ruyan Meng, 7.13 Books #35. Asian Review of Books calls it “devastating.”
Karissa Chen, bestselling author of HOMESEEKING, calls it “chilling” and “Kafkaesque.”
It’s a cautionary tale for authoritarian times.
bookshop.org/p/books/the-mor…
Leland Cheuk retweeted
while I’m here, few notes on @epiphanylit (whose 20+yrs of lit history I’m thrilled to join):
—the new print issue is out and it’s gorggg
—we reopen for subs in nov
—writers are paid
—we are always looking for astute, energetic readers to join the team! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
Leland Cheuk retweeted
some news, as they say:
Please join us in welcoming @saralippmann as Epiphany’s new Editor-in-Chief! A longtime teacher, editor, writer, and literary co-conspirator, Sara shares our love for collective work and championing original voices.
As she says: “We are better in conversation, in collaboration.”
Leland Cheuk retweeted
Joyland Editions will open to un-agented submissions from March 1-March 31.
Writers should submit a PDF of their complete manuscript (~20,000-60,000 words) and a cover letter no longer than one single-spaced page including a brief author bio and description of the work.
Submissions will open on March 1 via Submittable, where you’ll find more detailed guidelines. In the meantime, please send any questions to [email protected]. We look forward to reading your work.
Leland Cheuk retweeted
Joyland Publishing is now a nonprofit. Donations directly support Joyland Magazine and Joyland Editions, a small press publishing two novellas every year.
More information on how to make a donation here: givebutter.com/U3aYNg
Leland Cheuk retweeted
Congrats to Samantha Schoech on the pub day of her debut collection MY MOTHER'S BOYFRIENDS! The San Francisco Chronicle calls it "beautifully alive." Vendela Vida calls it "Witty and utterly enchanting." Order it now: tinyurl.com/ff62pkhr
Leland Cheuk retweeted
Joyland Magazine is entering a new chapter.
We are proud to announce the launch of Joyland Editions, a small press dedicated to publishing two novellas each year. Joyland Editions is founded by @michellelynking and distributed by @asterism_books.
Read more about Joyland Publishing in @PublishersWkly.
publishersweekly.com/pw/by-t…
Leland Cheuk retweeted
I am so ridiculously pleased to share, finally, that I have a new novel coming out in about nine months called BEINGS and it's about aliens and loneliness and queerness and archives. Eee!
(and apparently there's already a pre-order link: bookshop.org/p/books/beings-…)
ALT Publishers Marketplace deal report for my novel, BEINGS, being published by Bloomsbury. It reads: Author of ALL MY MOTHER'S LOVERS Ilana Masad's BEINGS, braiding together an account of the first American alien abductees, who claimed to have encountered ETs in the New Hampshire mountains in 1961, with the letters of a forgotten lesbian science-fiction writer and the frantic observations of a modern-day archivist obsessed with both these stories, to Mo Crist at Bloomsbury, for publication in fall 2025, by Eric Simonoff at William Morris Endeavor (NA).
Leland Cheuk retweeted
Gobsmacked to learn that ‘How to Build a Rewarding Creative Life’ is the third most listened to Otherppl with Brad Listi 'Craftwork' episode of 2024.
Also, wow is the episode in quite fine company.
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