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Blogs in January 2019

My Sister, the Serial Killer 13th January 2019

When Korede’s dinner is interrupted one night by a distress call from her sister, Ayoola, she knows what’s expected of her: bleach, rubber gloves, nerves of steel and a strong stomach. This’ll be the third boyfriend Ayoola’s dispatched in,...

The Star of Simbako 18th December 2018

A missing diamond. A civil war mystery. Can a courageous geologist use her skills to unravel the truth? Nursing a broken heart, geologist Sam Harris goes to Simbako in West Africa to work in the diamond fields of Fona....

Hold 10th December 2018

Moving between Ghana and London, Hold is an intimate, powerful coming-of-age novel. It’s a story of friendship and family, shame and forgiveness; of learning what we should cling to, and when we need to let go. ‘You have to...

Hit the Bottom and Escape 12th June 2018

Richard and Graham are in Ghana. Thrust together by Graham’s ill-considered actions the two strike an unlikely friendship, and vow to discover as much as they can about the corner of Africa they find themselves in. They journey onward...

The Cartography of Others – Short Stories 7th June 2018

A Japanese soprano sets sail for arid, haunted Corsica where she seeks her lost voice. A nude woman at the window of a Hong Kong hotel watches her lover dine in an adjacent building, but is her desire faltering?...