I first heard of Maria Tumarkin's memoir, Otherland (Random House, 2011) on Stuart Beaton's blog, http://rastous.podomatic.com, when he interviewed her while she was in Beijing for Australian Writers' Week this month. A day or two later, I read about her again when Shannon Young … [Read more...]
One month and counting
When I booked my flight to Hong Kong two months ago, my late April departure date seemed so far away. Now it's a month from today!I still remember that night Tom and I decided to buy those tickets to Hong Kong. I couldn't believe I was going to return to a place I hadn't … [Read more...]
Book of the week–The Rules of Inheritance
It's been a difficult week.On Monday, the brother of a good friend passed away at the age of 41 from metastatic melanoma. Feeling sad, the next day I picked up Claire Bidwell Smith's new memoir, The Rules of Inheritance (Hudson Street Press, 2012). I finished it twenty-four … [Read more...]
Kids and dragons
Guess what arrived this week?When my husband Tom and I booked tickets to Hong Kong for next month, we took advantage of Cathay Pacific's special Year of the Dragon fare, which included a free stuffed dragon.Pretty true to the ad, right?My two youngest kids … [Read more...]
Kitchen in a box
Guest blogger Stuart Beaton has been busy interviewing a slew of authors on his podcast site, http://rastous.podomatic.com/ as well as getting back into the new teaching term. But he's spent some time here blogging about his adventures teaching kitchen English. So bring out the … [Read more...]
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