Monthly Archives: April 2011
Casey Calouette: “The Little Black Gas Book”
Hello Casey, could you please describe yourself in five words? Fragmented engineer with a cause. What can you tell us about “The Little Black Gas Book”? Back in 2008 during the height of the financial crisis I was working on ways … Continue reading
Filed under Author interview, Books, Non-fiction, writing
Shangri-la / Zhongdian (Tibet) – 香格里拉/中甸（云南）
Shangri-la is located in a Tibetan county in northwestern Yunnan Province in southwest China, about 1,000 kilometres east of Lhasa. It is the capital of Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, close to the Myanmar and India borders. In other words, quite a … Continue reading
Street dancing in Shangri-la
One of the things I love about China is how people dance in public, mainly in the morning or in the evening. People gather in a park or in a public area, someone turns on the music, and sometimes up … Continue reading
Paul M. Schofield: “Trophy”
Hello Paul, could you please describe yourself in five words? “Born with rich inner imagination” What can you tell us about “Trophy”? “Trophy” is about struggle, not only on an individual level, but on an epic scale involving the very existence … Continue reading
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Tiger Leaping Gorge (Yunnan) – 虎跳峡（云南）
What a beautiful name! And what a beautiful place! The Tiger Leaping Gorge is a canyon on the Yangtze River, one of China’s longest rivers. The gorge is located near Tibet, where the river takes its source, about 60 km north … Continue reading
Each Angel Burns, by Kathleen Valentine
I posted an interview of Kathleen Valentine on this blog a little while ago (You can read the interview here). The last few weeks have been crazy but I have now found the time to read her novel, Each Angel … Continue reading
Yvonne Joye: “Ten Fingers and Ten Toes”
Hello Yvonne, could you please describe yourself in five words? Wife, mother, writer, grateful, optimistic, laughter What can you tell us about “Ten Fingers and Ten Toes”? Ten Fingers and Ten Toes is a true story and though it is my … Continue reading
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A trip to Lijiang – 漂亮的丽江
I am back in Hong Kong after a few weeks in Yunnan. It is such a beautiful place that I fell in love with it and with its people. I spent my last week there travelling around and I will be … Continue reading
