#270 – Author Chat w/ Samira Ahmed
On this episode we sit down with author Samira Ahmed about her newest novel This Book Won’t Burn, a YA coming-of-age story about a girl who moves to a...
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 author Samira Ahmed about her newest novel This Book Won’t Burn, a YA coming-of-age story about a girl who moves to a...
On this episode we discuss our April 2024 book club pick, Yellowface by R.F. Kuang, which follows the story of struggling writer June Hayward who finally finds the publishing...
In honor of next weekend’s Festival of AAPI Books (which we will be exhibiting at again), we’re sharing some of the conversations we recorded at last year’s festival which...
It’s a Marvin only episode for this month’s book news check-in, let’s see how it goes as he reviews some of the latest Asian American publishing announcements, as well...
On this author chat, we sit down with Sheila Sundar about her debut novel Habitations, a decades-spanning story of identity, immigration, expectation and desire, and of love lost and...
On this episode, we sit down with author A.H. Kim to talk about her latest novel Relative Strangers, a contemporary adaptation of Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibilities following the...
On this episode we discuss our March 2024 book club pick, Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-Reum & translated by Shanna Tan, a story about a woman...
On this episode, we welcome author Vanessa Le to chat about her debut novel The Last Bloodcarver, a Vietnamese-American inspired YA fantasy about a girl with the power to...
On our mid-month check in for March 2024, we recap the latest Asian American book and publishing announcements, as well as go over some exciting adaptation and festival news!...