Visit Palazzo Bembo in Rialto, Venice and see a new installation of images, word and music: Kintsugi on until 24 November 2019. A collaboration involving Anoma, Romesh and Sharon.
Hear REEF on Radio 4 Extra
Reef as abridged for Radio 4 Book at Bedtime in 1994 is being broadcast again on Radio 4 Extra over seven days. You can also hear all the episodes on-line. BBC.
Rethinking Civil Society
Check out Rethinking Civil Society for thoughts about what makes for a good society. A project at the University of York where I gave a talk last week. You cans scroll through dozens of contributions from Andrew Motion to Ken Loach.
Cricket & the Novel
The World Cup begins today, so how nice to see The Match recommended in The Times.
Reef turns 25
Reef was published in 1994. In January, this year, at the Fairway Galle Literary Festival we celebrated the book’s 25th anniversary with readings and a literary dinner organised by Widya Kumarasinghe at the Amangalla with chef Sagar Rajput. Here’s a glimpse including photographs from the FGLF Facebook page.
Galle Literary Festival 2019
The Fairway Galle Literary Festival starts on Wednesday 16th January. I’ll be doing four events on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. See the What’s On page for details. Hope to see some of you there!
ARVON WORKSHOP: SEPTEMBER
A workshop on revising and editing with my co-tutor Antonia Hodgson (author of The Last Confession of Thomas Hawkins and editor at Little Brown) and guest James Runcie (whose Grantchester Mysteries were turned into a much loved TV series). Book early!
24-29 September 2018 at the Ted Hughes Arvon Centre.
In the Studio
Now available on-line and BBC iPlayer: what I've been working on.
New Essay
My piece on Jose Rizal's classic novel Noli Me Tangere is published in the new spring issue of Slightly Foxed. You can order the magazine from slightlyfoxed.com
For a taster, here are the first couple of pages.
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New Fiction
You can read my most recent short story, set in Singapore, in Griffith Review published in Australia and available on-line
Monkfish Moon: 25 year anniversary
Celebrating in Crouch End Waterstones with Lawrence Scott, as we had 25 years earlier!
Inscribe Workshop, London
Good luck to the writers who came on the Inscribe workshop at Debden House on 3 June!
Writer in the Library
If you were there, hope you enjoyed the stories about working in the British Library. Here is a request slip from one of my earliest involvements with the library.
Kolkata: UEA Writing Workshop
Oh Calcutta!
A Tiny Story: Tasha the Starfish
This is a story for UNICEF's #ForEveryChild.
Arvon Fiction Retreat: Totleigh Barton
Fiction writers in the making ...
RSL School Visit: Acland Burghley
Thanks to all those who came to event on 22 June 2016 and special thanks to all the students who asked questions! Good luck to all!
Shakespeare Anniversary
Read about the day Ariel came to me underground and underwater here.
Celebrating Lorca in Granada
Asian Achievers Award 2015
People's Award for Media, Arts & Culture. Asian Achievers Award at Grosvenor House, 18 September 2015. A surprise!
