Articles
Publishers Weekly — 11 New Books to Read this AAPI Heritage Month
Honolulu Magazine — Celebrate AANHPI Month with These Can’t Miss New (And Forthcoming) Titles
Civil Beat — Noir May Be Just What Hawai’i Needs Right Now
SF Book Reviews — The Killing Spell by Shay Kauwe
The Hawaiʻi Review of Books — When Words Kill, Interview with Shay Kauwe
Hawaiʻi Public Radio — Native Author Debuts Fantasy Novel that Breathes Magic into ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi
KHON2 — Kauaʻi Writers Garden Unveils New Authors, Shining Hawaiʻi Lit
Grimoire Ink Reviews — The Killing Spell Review, Five Stars
The Financial Times — Stories of Superheroes, Spellsmiths, and Southern Gothic Terror
Locus — New Book Releases: April 2026
Reactor — All the New Fantasy Books Arriving in April 2026
Polygon — 3 New Fantasy and Sci-Fi Books to Read this April
Seattle Times — Spring into Reading with these 11 New Paperbacks
Crime Reads — The Best Mysteries, Thrillers, and Crime Novels of April 2026
Transfer Orbit - Here are 9 New Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books to Pick Up this April
Book Riot — 11 Exciting New Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books of April 2026
Muses of Media — Most Anticipated New Book Releases in 2026
Reactor — Read an Excerpt from The Killing Spell with Shay Kauwe
Left Unread Books — 5 Black & Brown ARCs I’m Excited to Read
Library Journal — Review of The Killing Spell
Booklist — Starred Review of The Killing Spell ★
Civil Beat — New Hawaiʻi Novels Bring the State to Life Through Many Genres
Electric Lit — 67 Books by Women of Color to Read in 2026
Book Riot — Native Hawaiian Voices in YA and Adult Books are Growing in 2026
Publishers Weekly — Starred Review of The Killing Spell ★
Crime Reads — 10 Speculative Mysteries and Thrillers to Check Out in 2026
Reactor — 30 SFF Titles to Look Forward to in 2026
Library Journal — Violence, Vengeance, and a Cup of Tea, 2025 SF & Fantasy Preview
Book Riot — It Was the Best of Times, It Was the First of Times: 5 Exciting SFF Debut Novels Coming in 2026
The Bookseller — Solaris Lands Shay Kauwe’s Hawaiian-inspired Urban Fantasy
Blogs, Podcasts & Guest Posts
It’s Lit Podcast — Ep. 173 with Shay Kauwe
Campaign for the American Reader — What is Shay Kauwe Reading?
Karen Khronicles — Interview with Shay Kauwe, Author of The Killing Spell
Fantasy Cafe: Women in SF&F — The Kuleana of Being an Eldest Daughter
Odyssey Writing Workshop — Developing a “Second Sight” for Writing
WOW! Women on Writing — Interview with Odyssey Graduate, Shay Kauwe