Chiew-Siah Tei – Iain Maloney

Talk About The Passion

I know, I’ve been a bit quiet recently. Partly I’ve been recovering from (read: trying unsuccessfully to lose weight gained / liver damage sustained on) my book tour but I’ve also been cerebellum deep in research for what will hopefully become novel three (going by published books, not by drafted books – this will beContinue reading “Talk About The Passion”

Review: ‘The Mouse Deer Kingdom’ by Chiew-Siah Tei

Exile and Immigration The Mouse Deer Kingdom Chiew-Siah Tei Picador, RRP £8.99, 374pp Chiew-Siah Tei’s first novel, Little Hut of Leaping Fishes, followed the rise of Chai Mingzhi from small boy to learned Mandarin during the later Qing period (late 19th Century). The book climaxes when the Boxer Rebellion forces Chai, his sister, his niece andContinue reading “Review: ‘The Mouse Deer Kingdom’ by Chiew-Siah Tei”

Happy Hogmanay

End of the year, and all that. I have to say, 2013 has been fantastic. Vintage. Every year I write a list of all the things I want to achieve by the following December. Lose weight, study Japanese properly, things like that. December 2012 I wrote for the next year ‘Finish Wasting Embers‘. Nailed thatContinue reading “Happy Hogmanay”