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Author of The Boy With Blue Trousers and The Concubine's Child

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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

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The Concubine’s Child

An evocative, multi-generational tale of a family haunted by the death of a young concubine in 1930s Malaysia.

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About Me

Largely set in Malaysia in the 1930s, The Concubine’s Child was my debut novel for adults.

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Reading Now

By: Carol Jones May 22, 2018May 22, 2018
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Half a billion Chinese readers can’t be wrong.

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Talking about The Concubine’s Child at Bookclub

By: Carol Jones May 7, 2018
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Here are a few discussion questions if you decide to read The Concubine’s Child for bookclub.

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Blog Tour

By: Carol Jones May 2, 2018
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I 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

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On Ghosts and Ghost Houses

By: Carol Jones April 22, 2018April 22, 2018
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Ghosts, ghost houses and magic are part of the vernacular in Malaysia.

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Old House in Fuqing

By: Carol Jones March 20, 2018March 20, 2018
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Fuqing was the birthplace of my partner’s paternal grandfather, who was born into a family of chopstick makers.

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By: Carol Jones February 26, 2018February 22, 2018
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The Travelling Cat Chronicles is a gentle meditation on friendship, seen through the eyes of a cat.

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By: Carol Jones February 18, 2018February 18, 2018
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The novel took me on a journey which was at times unsettling… nevertheless, I am still thinking about it two weeks after putting it down.

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The Scholar’s House – Fuzhou

By: Carol Jones January 1, 2018December 12, 2017
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As 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.

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In Praise of My Thesaurus

By: Carol Jones December 6, 2017January 16, 2018
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I found my thesaurus buried like treasure in a tub of books at my local charity shop almost forty years ago.

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Picture Books for Writers

By: Carol Jones November 22, 2017December 15, 2017
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You know the old saying, ‘A picture is worth a thousand words’.

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