Writing a novel: a writer’s journal part 26 What I am reading: Eyeing Everest by Steve Tolbert I must admit that a little over a week ago I had never heard of author Steve Tolbert. My supervising lecturer recommended I have a look at least one of the books written by this American born writer [...]

Writing a novel: a writer’s journal part 25 What I am reading: photographic books on Nepal. As a part of my research for background information for my children’s novel, I have been on a few visits to my local public library. Their collection of titles on Nepal is not great, but I did find several [...]

My supervising lecturer let me borrow several novels to read which she thought might give me some ideas and insights about writing a novel set in a troubled country. The first of these was set in Pakistan. Iqbal: a novel written by Francesco D’Adamo is based on the real life story of Iqbal Masih. Iqbal [...]

“You’ve got to love libraries. You’ve got to love books. You’ve got to love poetry. You’ve got to love everything about literature. Then, you can pick the one thing you love most and write about it.” Ray Bradbury I love libraries – all those books on all those different topics, all those wonderful adventures to [...]