On this episode, we sit down with author Allison King to chat about her debut novel <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-phoenix-pencil-company-allison-king/22086768?aid=11692&ean=9780063446236&listref=author-interviews" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Phoenix Pencil Company</a>, a novel that's part historical fiction, part magical realism, and part sapphic romance about a young woman who discovers her family's secret magical power to reconstruct anything written by a pencil while taking care of her ailing grandmother and learning about her own family's history from Shanghai to Taiwan to the States. Follow Allison on Instagram at&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/allisonkingwrites/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@allisonkingwrites</a> and check out her debut novel <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-phoenix-pencil-company-allison-king/22086768?aid=11692&ean=9780063446236&listref=author-interviews" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Phoenix Pencil Company</a> available now on the&nbsp;<a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/throwback-maurene-goo/18639107?aid=11692&ean=9781638930204&listref=author-interviews" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Books & Boba bookshop</a>!Books & Boba is a podcast dedicated to reading and featuring books by Asian and Asian American authorsSupport the Books & Boba Podcast by:<ul><li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/booksandboba" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Joining our Patreon to receive exclusive perks</a></li><li><a href="https://booksandboba.captivate.fm/bookshop" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Purchasing books at our bookshop</a></li><li><a href="https://booksandboba.captivate.fm/merch" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rocking our Books & Boba merch</a></li></ul> Follow our hosts:<ul><li>Reera Yoo (<a href="https://twitter.com/reeraboo" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@reeraboo</a>)</li><li>Marvin Yueh (<a href="https://twitter.com/MarvinYueh" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@marvinyueh</a>)</li></ul> Follow us:<ul><li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/booksandboba/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/BooksandBoba" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/197124-books-boba" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Goodreads</a></li><li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/booksandboba" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a></li></ul> The Books & Boba July 2025 pick is&nbsp;<a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/bingsu-for-two-sujin-witherspoon/21442725?aid=11692&ean=9781454954026&listref=book-club-picks-91552a56-f7a9-40f3-b303-66310685ac2e" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bingsu for Two</a>&nbsp;by Sujin WitherspoonThis podcast is part of&nbsp;<a href="https://booksandboba.captivate.fm/potluck" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Potluck: An Asian American Podcast Collective</a>

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