Hard cover of U.S. HarperCollins edition An ebook version of “The Secrets of Jin-shei”, a historical fantasy that I wrote in a white heat in 2002, was released this year…Continue readingThe “Blessed Book”
Lovereading.co.uk once wrote that they love epic books with swathes of characters creating a wonderfully complex plot, but asked rather plaintively: “Sometimes is it all too much?” They produced a…Continue readingToo many characters?
I wrote this piece nearly 20 years ago for the online journal Swans, talking about a different war, different refugees — my war, my refugees. So little has changed, nothing…Continue readingTHEY CHANGE THEIR SKY
Wars, refugees and the twilight of the spirit Wars seem to come naturally to our species. Too naturally. I once read that we and a handful of species of ants…Continue readingRefugees of war
Crowd-funded stories of war and exile to help refugees The time has come for the stories from the ragged edges of silence to be given a voice, stories that will…Continue readingSun of a foreign sky
Telling the stories of war and exile The time has come for the stories from the edge of darkness, from the ragged edges of silence, to be given a voice,…Continue readingChildren of a Different Sky