GAYSIANS Book Signing & Karaoke Party with Mike Curato
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GAYSIANS Book Signing & Karaoke Party with Mike Curato
Date:
June 21, 2025
Time:
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM EDT
Event Description:
Come celebrate the hometown release of GAYSIANS by award-winning Northampton author-illustrator Mike Curato. In his adult book debut, the acclaimed author of the young adult graphic novel FLAMER comes a heartwarming story following four gay Asians navigating love, identity, and friendship—a celebration of queer chosen family.?
Guests are invited to congratulate Mike, have books personalized, view exclusive artwork from GAYSIANS, and grab the mic for karaoke! Refreshments will be served. High Five Books will have all of Mike's books for purchase and signing.
Doors at 7pm; toasts at 7:45pm; singing & dancing till 10pm.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Meticulously observed and gorgeously illustrated, GAYSIANS is a fierce, funny, and tender story of queer resilience and self-discovery.
When AJ moves to Seattle in the early aughts, he's ready to reinvent himself as a gay Asian man—but his dreams hit reality fast with no friends, no job, and an apartment so far out, "not even lesbians live there." Then a spilled drink at a bar introduces him to K, a glamorous drag queen; John, a shy gamer; and Steven, a reckless flirt. AJ's "Boy Luck Club" helps him find love, pride, and belonging—until a brutal attack tests everything they know about friendship and family.
"I've been hunting for books like this my whole life; this story broke my heart and healed it." —Maia Kobabe, author of Gender Queer
