I’m very pleased to announce that Granta have acquired my forthcoming non-fiction book, Hello, Stranger, an exploration of how welcoming strangers into our lives and worlds may make the world a better, richer place. The book is a response to two (real or imagined) crises: …
Yangon Projects
It’s been three or four weeks since arriving in Yangon, and it’s been a surprisingly busy time. There’s a lot going on with the Wind&Bones project that I run along with Hannah Stevens. We’ve been running a short story course at the Parami Institute, where …
Stealing With the Eyes: Publication Day
Today is the official publication day for my travel memoir, Stealing With the Eyes: Imaginings and Incantations in Indonesia. I always feel both excited and a little apprehensive to see a new book make its way into the world. I’ve heard via the grape-vine that …
A Box of Books: Stealing with the Eyes:
This morning I came home to find a mysterious box waiting for me, and I opened it up to find the author copies of my travel book Stealing with the Eyes: Imaginings and Incantations in Indonesia have finally arrived. The book is looking truly lovely. …
A Decade of Books in Emojis
This year marks a decade since the publication of my first book, Cargo Fever. As it is a Sunday morning, and I have nothing else to do, I thought I would mark the occasion by translating the titles of all my books into emoji. I’ve …
Snapshots of Museum Experience: Due out in July
I’m very pleased to say that Elee Kirk‘s monograph, Snapshots of Museum Experience: Understanding Child Visitors Through Photography will be published by Routledge in July this year. The book is drawn from Elee’s PhD thesis, and from the book outline that she and I agreed …
Sneak Preview of Stealing With the Eyes
I’ve just finished the final edits for travel memoir, “Stealing With the Eyes“, and the book is coming out from Haus Publishing in May 2018. I thought that in advance of the publication, I should post a a sneak preview of some of the images …
Stealing with the Eyes – out in May 2018
I’m very pleased to see the cover of Stealing with the Eyes, my memoir of anthropology and Indonesia, due out from Haus Publishing in 2018. The cover image is a photograph I took of Saumlaki harbour in Tanimbar back in 1994. I dug it out …
A Practical Guide to Happiness: New Edition out in 2018
I’m delighted that my introductory guide to the philosophies of happiness is to be re-released in early 2018 by Icon Books. It’s also got a handsome new cover. I’ll post on this blog when the book is out.
The Rocket Dog is Launched!
Today is the official launch date for Lucy and the Rocket Dog. 🚀🐶🎈🎊🎉 I’m not going to beat around the bush here. I think it would be an excellent thing if you all went and bought a copy. If you like any of the following, …
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