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‘Dead Letter’ by Marc Kuhn (Book Excerpt)

by New Asian Writing • 27/06/2014 • 0 Comments
Dead Letter Book Cover

About the author: Marc Kun is the author of best-selling books, Dead Letter and the Pope’s Stone. He has also written About A Farm. He is a retired radio executive. Read his interview here. Here you can read the excerpt from his book,…

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‘Social Media Secret Sauce’ by Adam Houlahan (Book Blurb)

by New Asian Writing • 26/06/2014 • 1 Comment
Social Media Secret Sauce

Adam Houlahan’s first book Social Media Secret Sauce is available now. To know more, read his interview here. Are you a small business owner who wants to “do” social media but don’t understand it? Do you have social media but can’t get…

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‘Happy That It’s Not True’ by Carlos Aleman (Book Excerpt)

by New Asian Writing • 26/06/2014 • 0 Comments
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Happy That It’s Not True, part of a three book series gives the reader a glimpse of the interconnectedness of friends, strangers and family members.The end of the book reveals a sort of parallel universe existing and providing the possibility…

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‘Shadow Sister’ by Carole Wilkinson (Book Excerpt)

by New Asian Writing • 25/06/2014 • 0 Comments
Shadowsister book cover

About the author- Carole Wilkinson is the author of the bestselling, award-winning Dragonkeeper and Ramose series. Here you can read the book excerpt from Shadow Sister which is book five in the Dragonkeeper series. Courtesy- Carole Wilkinson.   Chapter One Bellyache The dragon groaned.…

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‘Shirley’ by Susan Scarf Merrell (Book Excerpt)

by New Asian Writing • 24/06/2014 • 0 Comments
Shirley Book Cover

Shirley, the latest book by writer Susan Scarf Merrell is the story of a fictional young couple who spend a year at Bennington in 1964 with novelist Shirley Jackson and her husband in this captivating psychological thriller. Read the excerpt below.…

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NAW Poetry

A Tree at the Centre of Flood

by New Asian Writing • 21/06/2014 • 0 Comments
Gabriel Bamgbose

A tree stands at the centre of flood, the only thing standing on our land, overthrown by flood.   I long to see that stump on which we used to sit, after the farm’s work. That fire place, where we…

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Signs Taken for Wonders

by New Asian Writing • 21/06/2014 • 0 Comments
Gabriel Bamgbose

They came with their rod and showed us signs that they were God sent. Laden with the merciful mantle to lead us to our own promised land; they showed us signs in your name and immerse our minds in wonders.…

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‘FLY’ by Anuradha Handique

by New Asian Writing • 12/06/2014 • 0 Comments
The Cost to Understanding 2

She let herself into a new world; And let the old world go forever. Life is short they say, So why squander in despair that leads nowhere?   She heard the voice of hope, Greeted dreams on her way on…

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‘Today’ by Ananya S Guha

by New Asian Writing • 12/06/2014 • 0 Comments
The Date 2

Today is another story, not another dayevery day is a story, a narrationof fact, fiction and the mind.a dog whimpers, limps across the road.so does another man, another woman.still, today is different.yesterday had another story, the moonand a sleepless night.…

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Book Review- More Men on My Mind, Radha Thomas

by New Asian Writing • 10/06/2014 • 0 Comments
more men on my mind

More Men on My Mind has a very glossy eye catching cover which appeals to the eye. So does the text. Radha Thomas has skilfully treaded the thin line between voyeuristic pleasure and a literary novel. I think she has stumbled…

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‘The Girl with the Witchy Eyes’ by Gerry Christmas

by New Asian Writing • 09/06/2014 • 0 Comments
Gerry Christmas

The old man wasn’t much to look at. Sure he didn’t look his age. He appeared to be in his late fifties though I’d guess he was definitely a decade older than that. No head-turner, that’s for sure. Not with…

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