Bamboo People 6th March 2020
Chiko isn’t a fighter by nature. He’s a book-smart Burmese boy whose father, a doctor, is in prison for resisting the government. When Chiko is forced into the army by trickery, he must find the courage to survive the...
Blogs in March 2020
Elephant Run 6th March 2020
In 1941, bombs drop from the night skies of London, demolishing the apartment Nick Freestone lives in with his mother. Deciding the situation in England is too unstable, Nick’s mother sends him to live with his father in Burma,...
A Daughter’s Promise 30th September 2019
From award-winning author, Ann Bennett comes a captivating story of love and loss during WW2. A daughter’s promise to her dying father uncovers wartime secrets that cast dark shadows over three generations… In 2015, 90-year old Grace Summers receives...
The Missing Sister 9th March 2019
Belle Hatton has embarked upon an exciting new life far from home: a glamorous job as a nightclub singer in 1930s Burma, with a host of sophisticated new friends and admirers. But Belle is haunted by a mystery from...
Burma Chronicles 6th October 2015
Guy Delisle’s newest travelogue revolves around a year spent in Burma (also known as Myanmar) with his wife and son. Burma is notorious for its use of concealment and isolation as social control: where scissor-wielding censors monitor the papers,...
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