The 2024 APALA Literature Awards winners have been announced! Congratulations to the winners and honorees! Read the full announcement here.
Applications are now being accepted for the Talk Story: Sharing Stories, Sharing Culture Grant. Read more here. Learn more about the grant here. Applications due: March 15, 2024.
The Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA) Scholarships and Awards Committee is excited to announce the recipient of the 2024 APALA Gayatri Singh Award: Ray Pun! Read the full press release here.
Dr. Sarah Park Dahlen attended the National Book Award ceremony on November 15, 2023. She served as a judge in the Young People’s Category.
On April 2, 2024, Dr. Sarah Park Dahlen will host documentarian, producer and activist Curtis Chin (author of Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Asian American Cultural Center (1210 W. Nevada St.) Food for Thought at 12 noon and at the School of Information Sciences (501 E Daniel St Room 126) at 7 pm. Book sales on site.
The Asian Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA) Executive Board is proud to endorse Dr. Ray Pun in the American Library Association’s 2025-2026 Presidential election. Read the full press release here.