Half a billion Chinese readers can’t be wrong.
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The Boy With Blue Trousers
From the mulberry groves of the Pearl River Delta to the shores of South Australia, comes an epic story of Australia’s gold rush
Read MoreAuthor of The Boy With Blue Trousers and The Concubine's Child
From the mulberry groves of the Pearl River Delta to the shores of South Australia, comes an epic story of Australia’s gold rush
Read MoreAn evocative, multi-generational tale of a family haunted by the death of a young concubine in 1930s Malaysia.
Read MoreHalf a billion Chinese readers can’t be wrong.
Read MoreHere are a few discussion questions if you decide to read The Concubine’s Child for bookclub.
Read MoreI may not be doing a real-world tour for the publication of The Concubine’s Child, but the novel is busy touring the digital world. Thank you to the many reader/reviewers who have taken the time to read my baby and craft their opinions. Much love. Cx
Read MoreGhosts, ghost houses and magic are part of the vernacular in Malaysia.
Read MoreFuqing was the birthplace of my partner’s paternal grandfather, who was born into a family of chopstick makers.
Read MoreThe Travelling Cat Chronicles is a gentle meditation on friendship, seen through the eyes of a cat.
Read MoreThe novel took me on a journey which was at times unsettling… nevertheless, I am still thinking about it two weeks after putting it down.
Read MoreAs I write scenes for my next novel set in a wealthy landowner’s house, I look back on these photographs of a Scholar’s House in Fuzhou, the capital of Fujian province.
Read MoreI found my thesaurus buried like treasure in a tub of books at my local charity shop almost forty years ago.
Read MoreYou know the old saying, ‘A picture is worth a thousand words’.
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