In 2012 Raging Aardvark Publishing produced a book called New Sun Rising, an anthology of stories to raise money for the survivors of the March 11th 2011 triple disaster in Japan. An extract from my unpublished novel Dog Mountain was included and so began our relationship. Every year to celebrate International Flash Fiction Day they run a flashContinue reading “Competitions and Giveaways”
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Silma Hill Book Tour
It’s that time of year, folks. A new novel and a new book tour to promote it. I will be reading, signing books, answering questions and partaking of the odd tipple at the following venues: June 29th, The Blue Lamp, Aberdeen from 18.30. July 8th, The Wash Bar, Edinburgh from 18.30 July 9th, Rio Cafe,Continue reading “Silma Hill Book Tour”
Nicholas Hogg, Tokyo: A Review
Cargo Publishing are having a great year, bringing out Collete Victor’s What to do With Lobsters in a Place like Klippiesfontein, Andrew Raymond Drennan’s The Limits of the World and now Nicholas Hogg’s Tokyo. Here‘s my review of the latter in the Japan Times.
MacArthur’s Japanese Constitution: A Review
This week in the Japan Times I’m looking at a Kyoko Inoue’s study of the making of the Japanese constitution. Have a read here.
The Sun Gods and The Last Shogun: Reviews
This Sunday I have two reviews in the Japan Times. Jay Rubin is better known as one of Haruki Murakami’s translators, but he has just published his debut novel The Sun Gods. It’s about Japanese internment in American during World War 2 and you can read what I think here. The second piece is on RyotaroContinue reading “The Sun Gods and The Last Shogun: Reviews”
New Books by Wonderful Writers
I’ve had a week off work and, writing half a short story aside, have been letting my mind unwind from the exertions of finishing the last novel. Mainly I’ve spent my time lying in the park reading. Near our apartment there’s an ancient burial mound (Jomon period, roughly 1000BCE – 300BCE) that makes for aContinue reading “New Books by Wonderful Writers”
Banana Yoshimoto’s “Amrita”
This Sunday I’ve taken a look at Banana Yoshimoto’s Amrita for the Japan Times. You can read all about it here.
Happy People Have No Stories
They (specifically Christopher Booker) say there are only seven basic plots (overcoming the monster, rags to riches, the quest, voyage and return, comedy, tragedy, and rebirth, since you ask). Considering the sheer amount of stories that have been told over the millennia humanity has entertained and educated itself with fiction, that might seem surprising. We’re usedContinue reading “Happy People Have No Stories”
Salad Days
I have two pieces in this Sunday’s Japan Times. Reviews of the gorgeous Salad Anniversary by Machi Tawara and the thought-provoking The Japan-South Korea Identity Clash by Brad Glosserman and Scott Snyder. You can read them here and here.
Confessions of a Mask
Yukio Mishima is best known for his Sea of Fertility tetralogy, but Confessions of a Mask is a brave, honest book, and one that in part influenced some of the themes behind First Time Solo. In today’s Japan Times I take a look at the novel as part of the Essential Reading for Japanophiles series. You can read itContinue reading “Confessions of a Mask”
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