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A Peek at Paris

Adieu to Asia! I’m so sad to leave — I’ve had the most amazing time. This next section of my trip accelerates considerably, as I rocket through Europe. I’m not stopping anywhere longer than two nights, so I have to cram as much seeing and experiencing as I can into every stop. With only aContinue reading “A Peek at Paris”

Inarticulate in India

I… …don’t have any idea where to even begin. I’ve been in Mumbai this week, and as I sit here, trying to encapsulate the experience, I can’t. This city is so incredible, wild, incongruous, contradictory — there are too many words. There are not enough words. Mumbai has taken my breath away, and infused herContinue reading “Inarticulate in India”

Speeding Through Singapore

At a little under two degrees off the equator, Singapore is the furthest south I’ve ever managed to visit on this planet. And this city has definitely managed to persuade me to line up more destinations in the southern hemisphere for future journeys! I’m not in the unique city-state of Singapore for long, so myContinue reading “Speeding Through Singapore”

Hankering for Hong Kong

Okay. Oh. Kay. I’m here in Hong Kong, and I left my brains back outside on the roof. Mind officially blown, is what I’m saying, by this astonishing city. You know, I’ve been in some big cities in my time — got a number more coming up on this journey, too — but I haveContinue reading “Hankering for Hong Kong”

A Yen for Yokohama

My travels took me on to Yokohama this week, and it was a day of absolute discovery for me. Japan, after being pretty much flattened in the Second World War, has done an extensive and brilliant reconstruction of their lovely country. It’s been fascinating for me to wander the streets in my comfortable role ofContinue reading “A Yen for Yokohama”

A Taste of Tokyo

Konnichiwa! As promised, I’m reporting in from [what is for me, at least] the world’s longest road trip, as I seek to add a bit of sensory reality to my upcoming novel EIGHTY DAYS IN APRIL. Destination number one, which you may have guessed if you follow me on twitter [#80DaysofResearch]– is Tokyo. This isContinue reading “A Taste of Tokyo”

A Vineyard For Two

‘My Grape’ Queen has a new novel out! [See what I did there…?] Okay, so Laura Bradbury’s not just my queen, but she is the queen of the ‘My Grape’ series of autobiographies. And this year Laura, who has recently come through a life-saving liver transplant, continues full-speed ahead, with all flags flying. An internationallyContinue reading “A Vineyard For Two”

Adventure INCOMING

Earlier this week I shared the very exciting news that I have a new book coming out with Berkley next year, and a second in 2021. I loved working with the Berkley/Penguin Random House team on FINDING FRASER, and am beyond thrilled to have a chance to do it again. Something new in the processContinue reading “Adventure INCOMING”

We have a winner!

Man. It’s been crazy around here lately, and trust me when I say there is MORE to come. One of the more wonderful things taking up my time was getting a chance to see the always funny and fascinating author Mahtab Narsimhan launch her book ‘Embrace the Chicken’. I chatted with Mahtab here on theContinue reading “We have a winner!”

NEWS!

so… In this morning’s Publisher’s Marketplace… Author of FINDING FRASER, kc dyer’s 80 DAYS IN APRIL, in which an adventure-averse booklover applies for a job with ExLibris Expeditions as a last-ditch attempt to help save her family’s book store and finds herself in a Jules Verne-inspired race against time — and a handsome rival —Continue reading “NEWS!”