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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.

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

Looking for more of my books? I also write as Julie Brooks.

You know the old saying, ‘A picture is worth a thousand words’.

One of the things I enjoyed most about the novel was the almost 19th-century use of an omniscient narrator.

The most difficult part of revising is tricking your brain into seeing your work in a new way.

I am definitely not the kind of hardworking writer who gets in three hours of writing before breakfast.

No peeve is too petty, no excess is too great for the uber-rich characters in Kevin Kwan’s third novel.

Let’s hope Melanie Cheng decides to write a novel next!

Here are a few of my favourite things to do in Kuala Lumpur, the setting of my novel ‘The Concubine’s Child’.

It’s quite ironic that a tool of war evolved into a piece of statement jewellery.

I love revisiting holiday snaps and doubly so when they help my research.

I expected to like ‘The Buried Giant’ but in fact I loved it!