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Priyanka Taslim (preorder ALWAYS BE MY BIBI) @bhootbabe.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

…Anyway, since the adaptation starring Maitreyi has been nixed for yet another unnecessary one that brings nothing fresh to Pride and Prejudice, reminder that I wrote TWO Austen-inspired (in the looser sense, so the plot can still surprise you) romcoms with South Asian (specifically 🇧🇩🇺🇸) heroines!

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Priyanka Taslim (preorder ALWAYS BE MY BIBI) @bhootbabe.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

It’s been one whole month since ALWAYS BE MY BIBI released! ✨ YA romcom ✨ travel romance set in 🇧🇩 ✨ slow burn ✨ dislike to love ✨ fashionista x farm boy ✨ big, fat Bengali wedding ✨ bride’s sister x groom’s brother ✨ family drama + platonic bonds ✨ teaming up to sabotage their siblings’ engagement

A picture of the book with a tree that has pink petals behind it. The book is leaning against a wooden column, and there are many colorful butterflies scattered around it. Cover art features a smiling Bangladeshi American girl in fusion Indo-western style holding a glass of seven color tea aloft with a tea garden visible in the background.

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Soumi Roy🏳️‍🌈🇮🇳 in 🇰🇷 @soumiroy1.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Hi everyone, I'm in need of work. I'm open for Query ($15), Synopsis ($20), & Submission Package Critique (query + synopsis + first 5 pages, $45). I provide extensive edits & feedback while keeping the author's voice intact. Turnaround time is 3 days.

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Priyanka Taslim (preorder ALWAYS BE MY BIBI) @bhootbabe.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Librarian friends, I’ll be @ the ALA conference this Sat, signing free books + giving away swag, so you can decide if this Junior Library Guild selection is right for your tweens/teens! 9:30-10:00am @ booth 406! Please swing by if you’re there! Fellow authors too! #ALA2025 #ALAC #ALAC2025 #booksky

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Priyanka Taslim (preorder ALWAYS BE MY BIBI) @bhootbabe.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

When they inevitably try to convince us, yet again, that progressive policies are a lost cause and they HAVE to cater to the right to win (while continuing to lose over and over) let’s remember tonight!

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Priyanka Taslim (preorder ALWAYS BE MY BIBI) @bhootbabe.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

I adore these pieces of Bibi and Sohel from ALWAYS BE MY BIBI, my YA romcom starring a fashionista who travels to a tea estate in Bangladesh for her older sister’s wedding, only for romance to brew between her and the groom’s brother. The first is by Pluto Vonspace, the second by Thar Chandran!

A teenage Bangladeshi couple. The girl has dark, wavy hair with heart shaped sunglasses on top and impeccable makeup. She’s glowering at the boy, who is trying to sneak a peek at a book she’s holding called THE GREAT BIG BOOK OF BIODATAS. The boy has an amused expression on his face. His hair is more straight, his complexion lighter, and he wears a straw conical hat on his head. Other than that, they’re both wearing the same black uniform.

A couple embracing with a beautiful tea garden behind them. There are pink flowers growing in the grass and also trees visible, alongside the terraced hills of tea plants. The sky is the color of sunset. The girl smiles and clutches at her floppy sunhat with a bangled hand painted in henna, wearing a yellowish white sundress and matching heels. The boy holds her gave while smiling fondly down at her, dressed in a white button up, dark pants and dark shoes. He holds a red umbrella in one hand and his straw hat is floating away. They almost look like they’re dancing.

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Priyanka Taslim (preorder ALWAYS BE MY BIBI) @bhootbabe.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

It's UK/🌎 publication day for Always Be My Bibi 🎀 🎊 Clueless meets Crazy Rich Asians in this YA rom-com about a spoiled American teenager who faces some major culture shock—and potential romance—when she jets off to Bangladesh for her sister’s wedding. Grab your copy now!

A photo of the UK paperback being held up by a pale hand with dark pink nails, pink flowers in light gray/blue planters and grass in the background.

Pink and purple sky background. UK paperback cover in the center. Text above says OUT NOW, text below says in the UK, AUS, IN and many other places around the world.

Pink arrows point to the following tropes in the book:

Travel romcom
Set on a tea estate in Bangladesh
Black cat/golden retriever
Fashionista/farm boy
About sisters/siblings
Clueless meets Crazy Rich Asians

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Priyanka Taslim (preorder ALWAYS BE MY BIBI) @bhootbabe.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

✈️ UK COVER REVEAL ✈️ Always Be My Bibi (Clueless meets Crazy Rich Asians): Teen fashionista Bibi jets off to a glam tea estate in 🇧🇩 for her sister’s wedding to its heir, not expecting her own romance to brew with the brother of the groom! Out June 19th from S&S in 🇬🇧 + intlly! Art: Shazleen Khan

Pinkish red background, a sketchy image of Dhaka. Priyanka Taslim (author name) written in red. In yellow, smaller text, the tagline reads “HER SUMMER OF ROMANCE IS ABOUT TO GET COMPLICATED.” The title of the book, ALWAYS BE MY BIBI, is in white, rounded, cute cursive letters, almost like skywriting, with hearts dotting the i’s and two xx’s under. In the foreground is the heroine, a Bangladeshi American teenager tugging down heart shaped pink/red/rose-tinted sunglasses, her makeup immaculately done, her hair loose, wearing a yellow blouse with blue and gold trim and a matching scarf, both bangles and charm bracelets on her wrists. This art is by Shazleen Khan, just like the U.S. cover.

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Priyanka Taslim (preorder ALWAYS BE MY BIBI) @bhootbabe.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

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Priyanka Taslim (preorder ALWAYS BE MY BIBI) @bhootbabe.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Not sure if #AlwaysBeMyBibi is your cup of tea? You can read an EXTENDED EXCERPT on @simonteen dot com until the end of June to help you make a decision! Open intl—all you need is an account with their website to be able to read the first SEVEN chapters!

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Priyanka Taslim (preorder ALWAYS BE MY BIBI) @bhootbabe.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

My in person launch party is TOMORROW for anyone in the vicinity of the Montclair Public Library!

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Priyanka Taslim (preorder ALWAYS BE MY BIBI) @bhootbabe.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

UK cover reveal tomorrow, maybe? Get the full effect on my Instagram! 👀

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Priyanka Taslim (preorder ALWAYS BE MY BIBI) @bhootbabe.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Join me for my virtual launch on Instagram live in eight minutes! @bhootbabe there too!

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Deborah Kalb @deborahkalb.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Q&A with Priyanka Taslim about her new YA novel, ALWAYS BE MY BIBI. tinyurl.com/4tywnt7p @bhootbabe.bsky.social

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Priyanka Taslim (preorder ALWAYS BE MY BIBI) @bhootbabe.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

It’s midnight, which means I’m officially the author of TWO WHOLE BOOKS! #WritingCommunity #booksky Welcome to the world, ALWAYS BE MY BIBI! You’ll look so pretty next to THE LOVE MATCH on my bookshelf! Find out more: linktr.ee/priyankataslim

The author in a ruffled white dress with flowy sleeves and pastel paint patterns sitting at a silver dining table, holding up a copy of ALWAYS BE MY BIBI with more stacked in front of her. Golden curtains in the background. White and gold flower decorations are visible. The author has dark, loose hair and dark eyes, a light, warm-toned complexion, and reddish/pinkish makeup.

ALWAYS BE MY BIBI is a YA romcom following a fashionista to a swanky tea resort for her sister’s wedding to its heir.

Similar to the previous photo, but this time, the author is also holding up a copy of THE LOVE MATCH, her first book.

THE LOVE MATCH is a YA romcom about a girl fake dating the “ideal” boy her mom sets her up with.

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Priyanka Taslim (preorder ALWAYS BE MY BIBI) @bhootbabe.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Are you a fan of travel romances? Want to write one someday? Check out my guest post for the Teen Librarian Toolbox about the timeless appeal of travel romances and how to write your own fresh take! Looking for a new one to read? ALWAYS BE MY BIBI is my Clueless meets CRA romcom set in Bangladesh!

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Alisha Erin Hillam @aehillam.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

she's here!! can't wait to read BIBI!!

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Priyanka Taslim (preorder ALWAYS BE MY BIBI) @bhootbabe.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

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Priyanka Taslim (preorder ALWAYS BE MY BIBI) @bhootbabe.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

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Priyanka Taslim (preorder ALWAYS BE MY BIBI) @bhootbabe.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

ALWAYS BE MY BIBI LAUNCH PARTY EVENTS: • Virtual launch: June 10th @ 7pm ET with Thya/wilted pages on IG live (one attendee will win a 🆓 copy) • In person launch: June 12th @ 6pm ET with Sathya Achia @ the Montclair Public Library (🆓 but registration recommended) 🍰🫖🎁 Register: shorturl.at/3Y4kq

Same info in tweet, just without pics of the author, conversation partner, and book.

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Jen @popgoesthereader.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

🌟 Hey, YA readers! You won't want to miss these 62 exciting new young adult books being published in June 2025! 🌟 popgoesthereader.com/hot-off-the-... #BookSky #YALit #KidLit

A series of ten book covers of young adult books being published in June 2025. Books featured including Always Be My Bibi, Never Thought I'd End Up Here, All Paths Lead To Paris, The Complex Art of Being Maisie Clark, I'll Pretend You're Mine, You've Awoken Her, The Protégée, Lovesick Falls, Lady's Knight and Tempest.

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Priyanka Taslim (preorder ALWAYS BE MY BIBI) @bhootbabe.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Happy (belated) #InternationalTeaDay to my very tea-themed YA romcoms! THE LOVE MATCH: MC works at a cozy Pakistani tea shop in Paterson, New Jersey while pondering her future ALWAYS BE MY BIBI: MC travels to a lush tea estate in Sreemangal, Bangladesh for her sister’s wedding to its heir 🫖☕️🧋🍵

A picture of my author copies shelf dipping various editions of The Love Match, the Always Be My Bibi arc, and the preorder art print, with a white teapot that has teal dragonfly patterns.

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Priyanka Taslim (preorder ALWAYS BE MY BIBI) @bhootbabe.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

#AlwaysBeMyBibi has received its first trade review—and it’s a very nice one from Kirkus! Other kind things they had to say about the book: “deftly woven together” “interesting snippets of [Bangladeshi] history” “a quick & fun read” OUT JUNE 10! #CrazyRichAsians x #Clueless / a modern day #Emma

A graphic with orange/yellow flowers in the background and the following quote on what looks like a torn piece of white paper: “family dynamics, love, and dating make for a bracing cuppa...”
- Kirkus

The cover of the book is on the other side of the quote and the graphic is decorated with a photo of a couple’s silhouette with trees and water in the background and rolling tea hills, both accompanied by white envelopes.

Information about the Always Be My Bibi preorder campaign. Preorder ABMB from Watchung Booksellers in Montclair, NJ (ships throughout the U.S.) to get a cute two sided bookmark and romantic print of Bibi and Sohel on the tea estate at no additional cost with your signed/personalized copy. Only while supplies last and until June 10th.

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Soumi Roy🏳️‍🌈🇮🇳 in 🇰🇷 @soumiroy1.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

🌟The Auction Is Live 🌟 Don’t miss your chance to bid on signed & personalized books by acclaimed authors! Every share counts. ❤️ A sneak peek into the items: www.32auctions.com/HelpSoumiReb...

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Priyanka Taslim (preorder ALWAYS BE MY BIBI) @bhootbabe.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Happy Mother’s Day! Although THE LOVE MATCH is a romance novel, one of the most defining and integral relationships in it is between Zahra and her mother. Next up, my fathers and daughters book, ALWAYS BE MY BIBI! #booksky

The Love Match and Always Be My Bibi stacked on top of each other, colorful flowers in the background, and text saying Happy Mother’s Day.

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Priyanka Taslim (preorder ALWAYS BE MY BIBI) @bhootbabe.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

I’ve donated a signed ARC of my next book, ALWAYS BE MY BIBI, to this auction! Please go check out all available items and see if you can help Soumi after the devastating loss of her life savings! www.32auctions.com/organization...

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Auction item 'Signed ARC of Always Be My Bibi' hosted online at 32auctions.

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Paul Duane 🥔 @paulduane.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

"Israel killed nearly two-thirds of the 124 journalists who died around the world in 2024" - you would imagine this would cause a commotion in the world of news journalism, wouldn't you.

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Priyanka Taslim (preorder ALWAYS BE MY BIBI) @bhootbabe.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

XO, KITTY x CRAZY RICH ASIANS This #YA #r stars a bratty fashionista who jets off to a romantic tea estate in Bangladesh for her big sister’s wedding to its heir, only to clash with the groom’s (annoyingly hot) younger brother. Will be #p June 10th! Get this dreamy print with your copy! #questpit

Art by Thar Chandran

The rolling hills and trees of a tea estate and the sky during sunset are in the background. In the foreground, Bibi and Sohel embrace, standing in grass dotted with pink flowers. His straw conical hat floats away as he holds Bibi’s face in one hand and a red umbrella over both of their heads in the other. Bibi wears a pale yellow, almost white sundress with a ruffled skirt blowing in the wind toward Sohel’s legs, a floppy sunhat that she holds with one henna painted, bangled hand, heels that match her dress and gold hanging earrings. She bites her lip, one eye shut, and smiles while Sohel cups her face, her dark brown hair fluttering around her. He has a gentle smile on his own face, his eyes closed. He wears a loose white shirt, dark pants and dark shoes, one foot slightly angled behind him. His outfit is based on that one Mr. Darcy look, iykyk. The artist was actually asked to evoke the feeling of 2005’s P&P with its absolutely gorgeous setting and sense of yearning, though Bibi is loosely inspired by Emma and the book is a beat for beat reimagining of neither.

ALWAYS BE MY BIBI
Preorder Campaign
To participate, preorder the ALWAYS BE MY BIBI hardcover from Watchung Booksellers in Montclair, NJ before June 10th, 2025*
*signed copies, art and bookmark only available while supplies last

Hardcover will be signed/personalizec

2 sided bookmark featuring Bibi and Sohel by themselves on each side, but if you bring two together it becomes an image of him waiting for her on top of a hill while she watches from below beneath a tree, both clutching umbrellas

Art print described in more detail in other picture

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Priyanka Taslim (preorder ALWAYS BE MY BIBI) @bhootbabe.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Oh my gosh, that’s my book! If you need a bookish vacation, jet off to a romantic tea estate during a glamorous wedding with Bibi next month! 😍

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Alisha Erin Hillam @aehillam.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

ALWAYS BE MY BIBI by @bhootbabe.bsky.social is going to be so good 👀😍

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Priyanka Taslim (preorder ALWAYS BE MY BIBI) @bhootbabe.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Sneak peek at the print you’ll get if you preorder ALWAYS BE MY BIBI, my tea estate romcom, from Watchung Booksellers in Montclair, NJ before June 10th* *while suppIies last 👀🫖🌿 Go see the full piece on my Instagram and find out more/get your copy using the Iink in my bio! Art by Thar Chandran

Text in white box trimmed in yellow says ALWAYS BE MY BIBI ART PRINT REVEAL. Image of two people’s feet close together on lush green grass dotted with pink flowers. She has white strap on sandals and a matching, fluttering white sundress with a ruffled skirt hem. He wears dark loafers and matching pants, one foot angled slightly up. This is NOT the entire image. Go watch my latest reel to see that. I’ll share it as a still image soon and it will have a full image description.

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Priyanka Taslim (preorder ALWAYS BE MY BIBI) @bhootbabe.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

In honor of #IndependentBookstoreDay, here’s a peek @ the #AlwaysBeMyBibi pre0rder campaign! If you pre0rder from my favorite indie, Watchung Booksellers, while supplies last, you’ll get: ✨ a 6x9 inch art print ✨ a 2 sided bookmark ✨ a signed/personalized copy 🌟 ships throughout 🇺🇸 🌟 out June 10th

PREORDER ALWAYS BE MY BIBI FROM WATCHUNG BOOKSELLERS FOR INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE
DAY TO GET…

Today only (April 26): 20% off

SIGNED/PERSONALIZED
HARDCOVER—AVAILABLE IN OTHER
FORMATS TOO

TWO SIDED BOOKMARK

A CUSTOMER 6x9 INCH ART PRINT—THIS IS JUST A PREVIEW

SWIPE TO GET A CLOSER LOOK AT THE PRINT LINEART AND BOOKMARK

*WHILE SUPPLIES LAST

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The art print is currently just lineart, but will be in color.

It displays Bibi in a sun hat and sundress biting her lip in a playful, flirty smile, holding onto her hat, while an also smiling Sohel, dressed in a Mr. Darcy-esque flowy shirt over simple pants and shoes, holds her face affectionately, his other hand holding an umbrella above them, a beautiful tea garden landscape in the background, his own straw hat floating away in the wind. It’s a rough preview, so things may change in the final.

This image shows both sides of the bookmark. One featured Sohel holding up an umbrella while waiting on top of a hill. The other features Bibi at the bottom of the hill under a tree, her umbrella closed by her side. Neither of their features are super defined. If you bring two bookmarks together, they become one image side by side.

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IBD 2025
INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE DAY APRIL 26, 2025
20% off all books

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Priyanka Taslim (preorder ALWAYS BE MY BIBI) @bhootbabe.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Book lovers—ALWAYS BE MY BIBI releases June 10th, but you can get it from @barnesandnoble.com for 25% off!!! Today through Friday ONLY, use code PREORDER25 at checkout! 🌴🍃🥥🫖✨ ⭐️ Clueless x Crazy Rich Asians 🌟 fashionista x farm boy ⭐️ travel romcom at a tea resort 🌟 #BNPreorder bit.ly/abmbibibn

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USE CODE PREORDER25 AT CHECKOUT

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The cover, showing a smiling girl winking behind heart shaped sunglasses while brandishing a colorful drink, is superimposed next to the above text with a palm tree and clear blue water in the background.

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Priyanka Taslim (preorder ALWAYS BE MY BIBI) @bhootbabe.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

The claim that “you can tell a book was written by AI because there were lots of em dashes” pisses me off so much! 😭 MY CULTURE IS NOT YOUR COSTUME! They will pry em dashes from my cold, dead fingers… 🥀🥀🥀 #booksky

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Priyanka Taslim (preorder ALWAYS BE MY BIBI) @bhootbabe.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

My unpopular opinion about romance books, especially romantasy, is that marketing should put a moratorium on the word “daddy” Can’t tell you how many times I’m nodding my head along to the premise of a book and then I see the words “shadow daddy” and get a visceral ICK It’s probably just me but…no

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Carmen 📚 Latinx Book Influencer 📚 @tomesandtextiles.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Join @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social to TAKE ACTION FOR LIBRARIES!

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Priyanka Taslim (preorder ALWAYS BE MY BIBI) @bhootbabe.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

The book in question! Out June 10th! If you preorder from Watchung Booksellers in Montclair, NJ (which ships t/o the U.S.) you can receive the bookmark pictured + a more elaborate art print (not the one shared today, but one that will be revealed soon) with your signed copy while supplies last!

A Bangladeshi American teenager with medium brown skin and brown hair in a yellow top with blue and gold trim, a matching scarf (urna) around her neck. She holds a glass of seven color tea in her hand that has gold trim around the rim. Her nails are pinkish red toned to match her heart shaped sunglasses and lipstick. Her eyeshadow is reddish gold. She has bangles and charm bracelets on her wrists in various colors and two gold rings on her pinky finger, as well as golden jhumka earrings on. She’s winking as she tugs down her sunglasses and smiling wide. Behind her, you can see the rolling green hills of a tea garden, a tree, and a pale blue sky with the sun peeking out. Pink and gold balls of light flicker behind her. The author’s name, Priyanka Taslim, is in pink at the top. Art by Shazleen Khan, design by Sarah Creech.

The blurb is too long. You can find details by looking up ALWAYS BE MY BIBI or checking the link in my bio. It’s essentially a YA romcom about a spoiled Bangladeshi American teenager who jets off to a luxurious tea estate for her older sister’s wedding, only to clash with the brother of the groom and his stuffy family, until the two of them come to the conclusion that they need to start breaking their siblings up. PLUS OTHER STUFF.

An image of an advance reader copy of ALWAYS BE MY BIBI next to two sided bookmarks that feature Bibi and Sohel and become an image of them on the tea garden together in the rain if you put two side by side. Placed on a burgundy background.

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Priyanka Taslim (preorder ALWAYS BE MY BIBI) @bhootbabe.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Meet Bibi and Sohel from my upcoming #Clueless meets #CrazyRichAsians YA romcom, Always Be My Bibi, brought to life PERFECTLY by @cookingbatter.bsky.social! 🍃 a bratty fashionista & broody farm boy are thrown together by their siblings’ wedding on his family’s tea resort 🫖 2 months to go! #booksky

Bibi: A brown-skinned teenage girl of Bangladeshi heritage with her black, wavy hair in pigtails and heart-shaped sunglasses on top of her head, clutching a binder called The Great Big Book of Biodatas to her chest while trying to keep the boy behind her from sneaking a peek, an expression of irritation and judgement on her heart-shaped face.

Sohel: A teenage boy of Bangladeshi and Manipuri descent wearing a straw conical farmer’s hat while he leans over Bibi’s shoulder with an expression of teasing amusement. He’s of a lighter complexion than her, and his artfully styled black hair is less wavy, with some loose strands framing his narrow, angular face. Both of them wear the formal, black uniforms with white collars and buttons of his family’s tea resort hospitality staff, but his is more clear because she’s holding the binder.

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Alisha Erin Hillam @aehillam.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

two new poems up with Lunch Ticket's Amuse-Bouche today! both these poems emerged as part of two months I spent living in Poland, and are near to my heart. gratitude to Lunch Ticket's editors—I'm so glad these poems have found a home 💙 lunchticket.org/two-poems-by...

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Two poems by Alisha Erin Hillam - Lunch Ticket

Two poems, Violin Man and Pierogi in Oświęcim, by Alisha Erin Hillam.

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