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Released at last: “You’re Not Alone” an athology in aid of MacMillan Cancer Care

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Fantastic Christoph! Great post.

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11705837_967531943267360_280957472_oThe wait is over:

“You’re Not Alone” an anthology in aid of MacMillan Cancer Care has been released. A paperback version is also available! Get your copy now!

Twenty-seven writers from around the world, including myself have entered an assortment of short stories for your pleasure, show your support by liking the new page on Facebook and expressing an interest in buying the book.

You’ll find the book on your Amazon  via these links:
http://smarturl.it/YoureNotAloneAnth
http://bookshow.me/B00Y5RCOOE

You’ll find the Facebook page here: 

https://www.facebook.com/yourenotalone2015

And here is the fund, in loving memory of Pamela Mary Winton

https://macmillan.tributefunds.com/pamela-mary-winton

100% of the royalties earned or accrued in the purchase of this book, in all formats, will go to the Pamela Winton tribute fund, which is in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support.

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An anthology, themed on relationships, of more than 20 authors 

from around the world –  from urban fantasy to stories that bring tears to the…

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Language and Culture Dominance on Stories

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IMAGE: AMITAV GHOSH, A GUEST AT THE UBUD WRITERS & READERS FESTIVAL

This is an interesting interview by with author Amitav Ghosh by ABC’s Michael Cathcart.  In the discussions, Ghosh talks about his life and his work, but he also points out a very important aspect of story-telling;  how a language or culture can dominate a story.

Amitav Ghosh was born in Calcutta, an Oxford graduate.; his life and work span countries and cultures.

In this program ABC (Australia) talked to Ghosh about what he has sensed in the ways in which people and cultures mix and adapt, especially with storytelling and his passion for telling the untold story. Often, in Amitav’s view, the colonial narratives are so often deaf to hearing particular voices.

ABC spoke to Ghosh about his novels The Hungry Tide (2004), and Sea of Poppies (2008) which are the first two absorbing instalments of the Ibis trilogy set in the port town and on the high seas between India and China.

On to Amitav’s audio interview with ABC: here, then click Audio

http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/booksandarts/ubud-writers-26-readers-festival3a-amitav-ghosh/5792940