Yuan Changming's CNF Collection RETURN TO ROOTS released today

book title: RETURN TO ROOTS (live sketches of southern Hubei)

author: yuan changming
publisher: Alien Buddha Press (Phoenix City)
release date: 22 feburary 2026

link: https://alienbuddhapress.wordpress.com/2026/02/22/spotlight-return-to-roots-live-sketches-of-southern-hubei-by-yuan-changming/

https://www.amazon.com/Return-Roots-sketches-southern-Hubei/dp/B0GHNCQRPK/ref=sr_1_3?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.MUEZfPwP1B7qRc-1E02OyIUnzvoSHpiga-_SbGcZgpg0qAoGw39Qjl-ypEsrE3LLImUrilFu2bcJBvuCPO7GI9syVLEO-erLfHBr3yr4jyJQwvcIPBvHFN1HZ7ZtRPZz55PDRi6bDwsp2KQVHn3RjdzCAxkZ5wDsOF993T7QBVOdNJV_p92OU36GxfhzZuPBFC7HtKuZ0W3uRnFa_hVb9vITLQITVzordQOX_N0rEeo.SFBxxHHuL6B-2wLelQqcn_b5R5RS-jnbZTo_wXtsbeE&dib_tag=se&qid=1771780969&refinements=p_27%3AChangming+Yuan&s=books&sr=1-3

https://youtu.be/KySv4DWNz-E?si=N1GG4-wugCJNLa0R

as the author's debut cnf collection, Return to Roots includes 20 personal/travel essays he wrote in december 2024 right after he returned from his annual sojourn in his native place in central china. drawing on his observing experiences during his stay in jingzhou, the collection offers an insight into the ancient chinese tradition  "to return to their native place for retirement" like leaves falling back to their roots. among the 20 pieces included, as many as 18 have previously been published individually in print or online magazines. 

take a look and thanks for your attention/interest!

Jeton Kelmendi's Poetry Collection Released

title: THE ROOTS OF HEAVEN - a bilingual edition in Chinese and English

author: Jeton Kelmendi [Albania]

publisher: Poetry Pacific Press

release date: january 21, 2026

Yimao Jiang's Poetry Collection Just Released

 title: Selected Poems of Yimao Jiang - a bilingual edition in Chinese and English

author: Yimou Jiang

publisher: Poetry Pacific Press

release date: december 18, 2025

Yuan's debut short story collection FLASHBACKS just released

 title: Flashbacks: a collection of hyperrealistic naratives 

author: yuan changming

publisher: Goldfish Press (seattle)

release date: feburary 6, 2025

link: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1950276325?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.hvJr9SRvH0yscc17wJ4O-ucqk3LZcQdpZXpCke4epDpCu8pNXa252X3XNMWIlvHA42PwLkQuoQy3Tu9z8Ln-ElktNHWQJwYoCJJ60n5zltt7ePy_rMV5pmiH_Ae1do8NI3wtIKiWbRzQYkE6Xb7A7ca4aqy5I74WUYeplL_1Mx73GXqZTHyuJl8J_8lwfIfi_GXtYFtRr0TJ6io8CjxCIJFK2xLO1Da9INpg1UQ8KrQ.-ITZa_0pFzkEBaSQFTnWGWlAwBgwY8qIRPTnmN9_5Aw&dib_tag=se&qid=1738951005&refinements=p_27%3Ayuan+changming&s=books&sr=1-23&xpid=y2hDx-GvT0QcY&asin=1950276325&revisionId=&format=4&depth=1

note: Included in this debut colletion are 40 short stories I have written since early 2022. While about thirty of them have already been published individually in print or online, "emotional curiosity" was twice nominated for the 2024 pushcart prize, "eloping to zhuhai" for the 2025 pushcart and "fengshui" for the Best of the Net for 2023. 

Yuan's Debut 'Silver Romance' THE TUNER just released

 title: THE TUNER: 16 most moreish days in a life time (a 'silver romance')

author: yuan changming 

publisher: Alien Buddha Press

release date: feb. 5, 2025

links:: amazon.com/TUNER-most-moreish-days-lifetime/dp/B0DSCC6NRH

alienbuddhapress.wordpress.com/2025/02/05/spotlight-the-tuner-16-most-moreish-days-in-a-lifetime-by-yuan-changming/

author's note: as a subgenre of contemporary romance, a 'sivler romance' focuses on sexual love among retirees or senior citizens. as all boomers are becoming more and more advanced in age, are they still in need, and capable, of sexual love, even passionate about it? surely, they are, since they can remain as young as they feel!

S. McFarlane's Debut Chapbook Released

 title: Not Merely Monuments

author: Stuart McFarlane

publisher: Poetry Pacific Press

release date: december 23, 2024

book description: This short collection of poems explores a variety of themes, from the timelessness of ancient monuments to the serene beauty of nature, and from the complexities of war to the intimate moments of ageing.

links: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DR956JZW

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DR956JZW

Yuan's 1st novel DETACHING just released

 Yuan Changming's debut novel DETACHING just released today

here're the links::

https://www.amazon.com/Detaching-Yuan.../dp/B0DCNN474N

https://alienbuddhapress.wordpress.com/blog/

https://x.com/thealienbuddha/status/1830789723901829567...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1Gd4_K2MaM

This (hybrid) novel, which tells a story about how Ming tries to find meaning and happiness in life afer achieving his 'Canadian Dream' as one of the first new immigrants from post-Mao China, is actually the first part of Yuan's 'dream book', a trilogy titled TOWARDS, whose second and third parts are due out via an LA-based press next year as a duology called Mabakoola: Paradise Regained.