In the first part of my interview with Yangsze Choo, we discussed the influence of her Malaysian-Chinese heritage in The Night Tiger. In the second part, we talk about her approach to writing fiction. LB: What/who influences your writing? YC: Ooh! There are so many writers that I love — among them, Haruki Murakami, Orhan Pamuk, Diana Wynne Jones, Tana French… so many wonderful books. And that’s not even including graphic novels which I think have really taken off more recently. I …
Month: July 2019
In my first YA Hits of 2019 post I wrote about two excellent debuts. In this post, I welcome the return of one of the most-loved authors in YA, Cassandra Clare. The …
Róisín Ingle recently said that this is “… the golden age of essay writing in Ireland and it is being spearheaded by women.” She said this at the launch of …
New York Times best-selling novelist Yangsze Choo is fourth generation Malaysian of Chinese descent. Both of her novels — The Ghost Bride and The Night Tiger — include Malaysian-Chinese culture …
As the Tour de France enters its punishing final week, my mind turns to books about cycling. Biographies of professional racers are the meat and potatoes of the genre, but …
Follow Me To Ground is the startling debut from Sue Rainsford that was longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize 2019. Rainsford introduces Ada and her father, the stand-offish healers of …
What first intrigued me about Yangsze Choo’s The Night Tiger was its Malaysian setting and that its main character was Malaysian-Chinese. I’m half Irish and half Malaysian-Chinese, and the books …
It is no secret that we care deeply about teen and YA books at Dubray, and love to talk about our favourites. Our Teen Book of the Month highlights many …
If I had to name just one book that best captured the spirit of the age in which it was written, it would have to be The Great Gatsby, published …
Lanny will haunt you like the sweetest, most melancholic dream. After a few initial pages of explosive typeface and nature narration one quickly falls into step with the pace of …
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