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2026

• Strange Familiars receives a starred review and is featured as Library Journal's SFF Book of the Month

• For No Mortal Creature featured in People Magazine: 7 Wuthering Heights Book Adaptations to Read Before Seeing the Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi Movie

• Strange Familiars featured in Hodderscape's Slow Burn Romantic Fantasy roundup

• Strange Familiars featured in Library Journal's Violence, Vengeance, and a Cup of Tea: 2026 SF & Fantasy Preview

• Strange Familiars featured in Library Journal's Prepub Alert of May 2026's notable titles

• Strange Familiars featured in Booklist's 26 Most Anticipated Titles for 2026

• Strange Familiars on bookhype's Best of Fantasy 2026

• For No Mortal Creature featured in getunderlined's 'Our Favorite Enemies-to-Lovers YA Romances'

 

2025

• The Girl with No Reflection shortlisted for the 2025 ABIA John Marsden Book of the Year for Older Children (ages 13+)

• Books+Publishing announcement of The Girl with No Reflection being shortlisted for the 2025 ABIA

• Penguin Australia books shortlisted for 2025 ABIA (The Girl with No Reflection)

• For No Mortal Creature announced as the Readings Young Adult Book of the Month for October 2025

• For No Mortal Creature voted as one of the Readings Best Young Adult Books of 2025

• Booklist review of For No Mortal Creature

• Readings Review of For No Mortal Creature

• The Newtown Review of Books review of For No Mortal Creature

• Interview on Bookstr: 5 Fantasy Authors Explain the Rules of Magic and Science

• Good Reading Magazine: Keshe Chow on her new fantasy novel For No Mortal Creature

• Falling Hard for Romantasy Author Panel

• From 'unashamedly political' to 'really steamy': SBS' summer reading guide

• Epic Reads: The 13 Most Anticipated YA Books to Read in October 2025 (featuring For No Mortal Creature)

• Reactor Mag: All the New Young Adult SFF Books Arriving in October 2025 (featuring For No Mortal Creature)

• Book Riot: New YA Book Releases for October 8, 2025 (featuring For No Mortal Creature)

• We are Bookish (NetGalley): 10 Book Recommendations for Romantasy Readers

• For No Mortal Creature: Ten of the best fantasy books you don't want to miss

• ArtsHub: Best New Books Published in October 2025 featuring For No Mortal Creature

• The Nerd Daily Guest Post: Five Wuthering Heights-Inspired Novels To Add To Your TBR

• Interview with Colin Magazine: Between Worlds: Keshe Chow on Grief, Ghosts, and the Gothic Heart of Fantasy

• W'Sup Magazine - Rise of Australian Romantasy: Keshe Chow

• Interview on The Fiction Magnet about For No Mortal Creature

• Podcast interview (Must Love Books podcast) about For No Mortal Creature

• The Honey Pop: Sweet Listens: Tune Into These October Audiobooks (featuring For No Mortal Creature)

• Q&A with Campaign for the American Reader about For No Mortal Creature

• For No Mortal Creature: the page 69 test

• For No Mortal Creature named as Robinson's Bookshop October YA Book of the Month

• Appearance on the VATE (Victorian Association for the Teaching of English) YA Book Stack Podcast - on Spotify here. On Apple Podcasts here.

• The Girl with No Reflection recommended in Northwest Asian Weekly - New world and chance at a new life: Book recommendations

• Book Riot article featuring For No Mortal Creature: 8 New YA Books Featuring AANHPI Voices

• For No Mortal Creature featured on bookshop.org's 2025 Releases by Asian authors

• For No Mortal Creature featured on withcindy's Youtube channel: Asian Readathon 2025

• For No Mortal Creature featured on Rich in Color's New Releases

 

2024

• Bookseller article about The Girl With No Reflection on the Sunday Times Bestseller List

• Readings Children's and Young Adult August 2024 bestseller list

• Publishers Weekly review of The Girl With No Reflection

• Readplus review of The Girl With No Reflection

• Better Reading Kids review of The Girl with No Reflection

• Penguin Picks: 4 YA romantasy books you should read this spring

• Extract of The Girl With No Reflection at Reactor mag (formerly tor.com)

• Lamont Books - The Girl With No Reflection: Secondary Fiction Book of the Month

• The Nerd Daily article - Not Like Other Dragons: Five Books that Do Dragons a Little Bit Differently

• Radio interview on 3CR Melbourne's Published or Not segment

• Good Reading Magazing Q&A about The Girl With No Reflection

• ArtsHub article: The rise of the romantasy genre, feminist fantasy and diversity in literature

• Penguin Australia 'Fresh Voices' Q&A

• Better Reading: Your Preview Verdict: The Girl With No Reflection by Keshe Chow

• Most Anticipated YA books of August 2024 list at Barnes & Noble

• August's Most Anticipated Books at We Are Bookish (Netgalley)

• The Girl with No Reflection - Audible Editor's Pick for August

• The Girl with No Reflection - a Powell's Books Pick of the Month for August 2024

• Publishers Lunch article featuring The Girl With No Reflection, selected as a 2024 Buzz Book

• Harper's Bazaar Malaysia: New Books To Add To Your Reading List In August 2024

• The Mary Sue - 10 Best Fantasy Romance Books, featuring The Girl With No Reflection

• Books and Publishing review of The Girl With No Reflection

• Better Reading - Your Preview Verdict: The Girl with No Reflection by Keshe Chow

• Readings - Great Young Adult Reads for the School Holidays

• The Pinnacle Gazette: New Young Adult Releases Bring Adventure And Mystery

• Paste Magazine: The Best New YA Books of August 2024

• Reactor Mag: All the New Young Adult SFF Books Arriving in August 2024

• Locus Mag: New books, August 6 2024

• Goodreads article - 52 New YA Books to Keep Teens (and Adults!) Reading All Summer Long

• The Nerd Daily - Winter YA books based on Taylor Swift songs

• Penguin Australia - Which YA fantasy should you read next

• romper magazine - The 13 books on our summer reading list

• Online launch event for The Girl with No Reflection with Chloe Gong

• Interview with FairyLoot about The Girl with No Reflection

• Interview with East City Bookshop about The Girl with No Reflection

• 'On the cusp' interview with Lisa Tirreno 

• The Writing Process - interview with Catherine Gunther

• The Girl With No Reflection review - Luchia Houghton

• Readings Review of The Girl With No Reflection

• Interview on Bookish Brews - Writing Mythology Elements in Fiction

• Interview on 24hr K Pop TV blog

• Podcast interview with 'Of the Publishing Persuasion'

• Appearance on 'Must Love Books' Podcast with Krystle Hope

• Appearance on 'Well Read' Podcast with Megan Bjerke

• Shepherd Books - The best fantasy books that feature Chinese dragons

 

2023

• Announcement of my second book deal with Delacorte Press (PRH) - FOR NO MORTAL CREATURE in Publishers Weekly

• Interview in Uncharted Magazine about my award-winning short story, 'MINE'

• Mention in an article about genre fiction in Australia by Hugo Award winning author Shelley Parker-Chan

• 'Mirror, mirror, on the wall' - interview with Elnora Gunter

• Cover reveal on blog 'Takes Two To Book Review'

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2022

• Announcement of my book deal with Delacorte Press (Penguin Random House)- THE GIRL WITH NO REFLECTION - in Publishers Weekly

• Video of my Victorian Premier's Literary Prize acceptance speech

• Wikipedia mention for Victorian Premier's Unpublished Manuscript Award

• Article in The Age profiling Victorian Premier's Literary Prize winners

• "Victorian Premier's Literary Awards Winners Announced" at Creative Victoria

• Arts Review article

• Interview on Mugshot Writers (Instagram)

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2021

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• Rachel Funari Prize for Fiction, June 2021, Books + Publishing article

• Review of my poem "plantlove" in Wrongdoing Magazine, June 2021

• Cheat River Review artist statement 

• Lipmag Q&A: Rachel Funari Prize for Fiction winner

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​2020

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• Perito Podcast interview: listen or read ​

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