

Bamboo Trilogy – Book Giveaway
To celebrate the publication anniversary of Bamboo Road, the final book in my SE Asian WW2 Trilogy, I’m giving away two signed copies of...


Jungle Heart: free download
I’m offering a free download of my new short story, Jungle Heart based on an episode in Bamboo Heart . It is shortly to be launched by...


Ann Bennett describes the background to her “Bamboo Trilogy”
Great to be featured on Liz Lloyd’s blog Lost in a good book’ today. Lizanne lost in a good book Today I have great pleasure in welcoming...


74th Anniversary of the Fall of Singapore
74 years ago today, Singapore fell to the Japanese after a bloody campaign lasting just over two months. On this day, Feb 15th 1942,...


Bamboo Heart wins Book of the Lunar Year on Asian Books Blog
Fantastic that Bamboo Heart won Book of the Lunar Year – Year of the Horse – announced yesterday on the Asianbooksblog with further...


Bamboo Heart – Inspirations Part 2
At the end of the Second World War allied intelligence services surveyed newly-released prisoners of war with so-called liberation...


Inspirations for Bamboo Heart – Part 1: Beginnings
Welcome to my first post on a new regular blog about my writing. I’m getting ready for the upcoming UK launch of my novel Bamboo Heart,...