ad a dreamy night becoming a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, along with many writer friends and colleagues. I signed the book with Andrea Levy’s pen, because her writing made me want to write. Many thanks to all at the RSL, especially Bernie Evaristo for her amazing speech
I had fun recording The Verb last week with Sarah Howe, Kayo Chingonyi and Mick Herron…talking ‘hidden’ language, places, history.
Beginning in a City, 1948 Stirred by restlessness, pushed by history, I found myself in the centre of Empire. Those first few hours, with those packed impressions I never looked at in all these years. I knew no room. I knew no Londoner. I searched without knowing. I dropped off my grip at the ‘left […]
Thanks to Westminster Library for a lovely launch, to Hercules Editions, and to Richard Scott and Jenny Wong for reading with me. The books are now available on the Hercules website
Ahead of the new Hercules Edition books, I chatted to Christopher Harding at the Telegraph about my Chinese ancestry and imagining China. You can read the article here
Happy to share the covers of new books due in May with Hercules Editions, both on the historical entanglements of Britain and China. More details here.
The Kids is going on a tour, mostly of the north of England! And the Midlands. And London of course. Here’s a photo of the bridge the train crosses over the Tyne…though really, it’s the view fromthe train on the bridge that I love. And some dates. Hope to see you somewhere, sometime… Wed 4th […]
So lovely that Radio 4 are re-playing Long Time No See this week – Book of the Week back in 2016, read by me and Colin Salmon
It wasn’t the nightmare we thought it would be, but it wasn’t great either!