A Writer's Moment in Cambodia

My first night sleeping in my guest house in Siem Reap was fine, for the first three hours. After that, jet lag set in and I was up looking at the clock every hour or so from then on. But I wasn’t fussed. This was Friday night, the next day was Saturday and all...

Kuala Lumpur: The Trip Begins

My last post was called “Miles to Go Before I Sleep.” Well, I’ve gone miles — many thousands of them — but there hasn’t been much sleeping. The jet lag has been pretty intense. I’ve only been here in Kuala Lumpur for about 36...

Miles to go before I sleep

Tomorrow I head off to Kuala Lumpur and then Cambodia. The 2012 tour begins. It’s hard to believe it’s been a year since I was in Asia, promoting A Clash of Innocents and setting up the writing workshop at Anjali House. That trip was a whirlwind of events...

Waxing Poetic with Pindrop Poets

Sarah Salway is one of my favourite writers. I love her novels. I love her poetry. I love her quirky photographic obsessions and idiosyncratic view of the world.Kiran Millwood Hargrave is less known to me, but still someone who’s work I am eager to know...

Taylor Mali and "What Teachers Make"

I’m flying back after a quickie trip to the States to see my son at Uni, and my brain is too much of a mush to do much thinking. So I thought I’d let this clever fellow do the thinking for me.Taylor Mali  is a wonderful, funny, subversively truthful...