Books & Boba is a book club dedicated to books written by Asian and Asian American authors. We cover a wide range of genres including contemporary, historical fiction, sci-fi, fantasy, YA, nonfiction, thrillers, graphic novels, and memoirs.
On this episode, we sit down with Chinese-Canadian author and cartoonist Teresa Wong to chat about her new graphic memoir,All Our Ordinary Stories: A Multigenerational Family Odyssey, an generation spanning recounting 100 years of her own family’s history in China and Canada. Teresa shares how she became a author/illustrator of graphic novels, as well as…
Read More
On this episode, we discuss our September 2024 pick, A Burning by MeghaMajumdar, a social novel about a poor girl in Kolkata accused of a terrorist attack she wasn’t involved in, and the aspiring actress and teacher who have the chance to clear her name but at the cost of their own social ascension. Join…
Read More
On this episode, we sit down with prolific writer Preeti Chhibber to talk about her new YA rom com novel,Payal Mehta’s Romance Revenge Plot,about high school junior Payal Mehta and her ill-conceived plan to get back at her longtime crush for micro-aggressing against her by making him fall in love with her… for revenge of…
Read More
On this episode, we welcome author Aurora Palit to talk about her debut novel,Sunshine and Spice,an adult romance story between two members of a conservative Bengali Canadian community who enter into a fake relationship to help solve each others cultural dilemmas out despite being complete opposites. We chat with Aurora about her writer’s journey as…
Read More
On our mid-month check in for September 2024, we highlight some of the latest Asian American publishing announcements, get some updates on which authors of Asian descent who made it to the National Book Awards long-lists, and touch a little on the latest controversy with NaNoWriMo! Upcoming books mentioned in our publishing news: Flashlight by…
Read More
On this episode, we chat with author Randy Ribay about his latest novel,Everything We Never Had, a YA story about four generations of Filipino men, each grappling with their own unique relationships with identity, masculinity, and father-son relationships. We talk with Randy about his inspirations for the book, as well as his thoughts on its…
Read More
Join us as we discuss our August 2024 book club pick, Land of Milk and Honeyby C Pam Zhang. A story about a Chinese American chef who is stranded abroad when a global climate catastrophe hits and decimates the world’s food supply, putting her chosen profession (as well as her own identity and livelihood) in…
Read More
On this episode, we chat with author Trinity Nguyen about her debut novel,A Banh Mi for Two, a sweet sapphic romance about a Vietnamese American exchange student and Vietnamese food blogger/street food vendor and their foodie adventures in Saigon. We chat with Trinity about the inspirations for her novel as well as what her favorite…
Read More
On our mid-month check in for July 2024, we recap some of the latest Asian American publishing announcements, as well as get some updates on the latest Books & Boba pick to get picked up for TV and which books by Asian authors made it into the New York Time’s best 100 books of the…
Read More
We’re taking the week off so our friends from They Call Us Bruce are helping fill in with their latest chat with author OiYan A. Poon, please enjoy! — Jeff and Phil welcome writer and race scholar OiYan A. Poon, author ofAsian American Is Not a Color: Conversations on Race, Affirmative Action and Family. She…
Read More