Tour dates, public lectures and other news
Forthcoming lectures: Monday April 11th 6.15pm Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan, Yurakucho Denki North Building 20F Yurakucho 1-7-1, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-0006, Japan tel +81-3-3211-3161 Illustrated talk: The Yoshiwara and the world of Japanese courtesans Watch this space!
Forthcoming lectures: Tuesday March 8th WORDS BY THE WATER, Keswick, Cumbria Japanese Culture Many people are fascinated with the ancient traditions of Japanese culture: geishas, courtesans, Samurai. These two writers, travellers and experts on this mysterious country, tell of their research and travel. with John Man 5.15pm, Studio, £7.50 tel. 01803 86 73 73 Visit … Read more
Forthcoming lectures: Saturday June 26th 3.00 – 5.00 pm Ipswich Literary Tea, Ipswich Arts Festival, Arlington Brasserie, Ipswich, Suffolk Box Office 01473 433100 £8 (£6 concessions) Law and disorder: Making an impression throughout history. Discussion over tea and cakes with Giles Kristian, author of Sons of Thunder, and Paul Sussman, author of The Hidden Oasis. … Read more
The Last Concubine just came out in Thai. This is the beautiful cover. Big in Thailand!
Friday May 14th 11 am Lincoln Book Festival, Lincoln Drill Hall, Lincoln Festival Box Office tel 01522 873 894 £4 (£2 concessions) History panel: Law and disorder: How to make an impression throughout history. With Giles Kristian, author of Sons of Thunder, and Manda Scott, author of Rome: The Emperor’s Spy *** Tuesday May 18th … Read more
Spoke on Fighting for the shogun: the story of a ship, some samurai, nine French officers and the battle for Hokkaido – at the Japan Society, at a very convivial Japanese pub called The Crane and the Tortoise (suitably auspicious name) on Gray’s Inn Road. My talk was followed by sushi and sake and a … Read more
Launched The Courtesan and the Samurai on March 25th and now hoping for a keen wind to fill her sails! The launch took place at Daunts bookshop on Marylebone High Street, in London, and there was a good-sized gathering of friends, colleagues, my publisher and my agent, as well as Colin the master swordsman, who … Read more
Wednesday April 21st 6.30 pm Japan Society Crane and Tortoise (room to rear of main bar), 39 Gray’s Inn Road, London WC1X 8PR tel 0207 828 6330 Illustrated talk: Fighting for the shogun: the story of a ship, some samurai, nine French officers and the battle for Hokkaido. £7.50 including a light Japanese buffet following … Read more
Japan, 1868: the last shogun has been defeated, the age of the emperors is about to begin – and in Japan’s frozen north a diehard band of loyalists plans a desperate last stand. Hana is just seventeen when her husband goes to war, leaving her alone and very vulnerable. When enemy soldiers attack her house … Read more
Wednesday, April 15th – BERLIN 18.00 Illustrated lecture: The Last Concubine: Secrets of the Women’s Palace At the centre of the German-Japanese Society of Berlin, Deutsch-Japanisches Zentrum Berlin, Saargemünder Str. 2 Thursday, April 16th – HAMBURG 19.00 Reading: The Last Concubine Shiawase Japanisches Restaurant Jungfernstieg 7 Hamburg Friday, April 17th BIELEFELD 19.00 Illustrated lecture: The … Read more