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The Death of Sally Song by Julianne Cheah

THE DEATH OF SALLY SONG by Julianne Cheah

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Someone is Coming by TA Morton

SOMEONE IS COMING by TA Morton

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Pearl (Penang Chronicles Vol.2) by Rose Gan

PEARL (PENANG CHRONICLES, VOL. 2) by Rose Gan

£9.99

Western Chant by Barbara Ismail

WESTERN CHANT (KAIN SONGKET MYSTERIES, VOL.6) by Barbara Ismail

£8.99

Escape 2021 by David McMillan

ESCAPE by David McMillan

£9.99

Dragon Penang Chronicles Vol. 1 by Rose Gan

DRAGON (PENANG CHRONICLES, VOL. 1) by Rose Gan

£9.99

You Might Want to Marry My Husband by Yap Swi Neo

YOU MIGHT WANT TO MARRY MY HUSBAND by Yap Swi Neo

£9.99

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Death of a Coast Watcher by Anthony English

DEATH OF A COAST WATCHER by Anthony English

£8.99

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Congratulations Anthony English for being shortlisted for the @thesocietyofauthors #paultordaymemorialprize !

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‘Death of a Coast Watcher’ by Anthony English

In 1943 on Bougainville Island, New Guinea, a Japanese officer beheads Hugh Rand, an Australian spy — a coast watcher. The spectators include villagers he terrorised as his mind frayed under the stress of pursuit by soldiers and their hounds.

Rand’s influence transcends his death. For decades he plagues characters who strive to cope with him and one another in New Guinea, the Gilbert Islands, Australia and Japan. Who misperceives? Lies? Self-destructs? Suffers? Loves? The layers unfold as the author entices us through cultural, historical and intellectual curtains, deep into minds and relationships disturbed by the Pacific war and Rand’s legacy.

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Congratulations Rose Gan on a really successful au

Congratulations Rose Gan on a really successful author talk at Woodbridge Library in Suffolk, England. Rose was over from Malaysia to deliver a fascinating talk to a crowd of fifty local residents about fellow local and 18th-century adventurer Captain Francis Light, the man who established the British settlement of Penang. Following the talk Rose signed copies of her books ‘Dragon’ and ‘Pearl’, the first two volumes in Penang Chronicles.

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Off press! ‘Pearl’ by Rose Gan, Volume 2 in th

Off press! ‘Pearl’ by Rose Gan, Volume 2 in the Penang Chronicles.

Francis Light, the enigmatic Martinha, and the island of Penang

In this second volume of Penang Chronicles, the eponymous pearl, Martinha Rozells, embodies the diverse heritages of the Straits of Malacca in the 18th century. From her birth in Phuket to her childhood at the court of Kedah, we enter the fascinating world of a well-born woman of the Indies. Meanwhile her new husband, Francis Light, is still the dragon in search of his elusive pearl: a British settlement on the Straits of Malacca.

From the courts of Siam and Kedah, to capture by the French and Dutch, from the salons of Calcutta through gun-running in the Straits, Pearl takes the reader on an astonishing journey culminating in the attainment of a dream on the island of Penang.

‘Rose Gan’s trilogy takes the reader on a masterfully compelling eighteenth-century birth-to-death journey alongside Francis Light. Vividly imagined scenarios interwoven with the threads of history are guaranteed to keep the reader fully engaged. Dragon, Pearl and Emporium set the benchmark for historical fiction of the region.’
Marcus Langdon, author of Penang: The Fourth Presidency of India 1805–1830

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Join us at Woodbridge Library, Suffolk, for an eve

Join us at Woodbridge Library, Suffolk, for an evening with author Rose Gan! Rose's new series of historical fiction, Penang Chronicles, is set in Suffolk in the 18th century and chronicles Melton-born, Woodbridge-educated adventurer Captain Francis Light on his dangerous voyage to establish the first British Port in the Indies: Penang.

Event: An evening with author Rose Gan
Time: Thu 19 May 2022, 19:30
Place: Woodbridge Library
Cost: £6 per person, includes a glass of wine
Booking: Call Woodbridge Library on 01394 330855 to book your place.

Melton-born, Woodbridge School-educated 18th-century adventurer Francis Light travelled from Suffolk to Sumatra, the Straits of Malacca and Siam, through shipwreck, sea battles, pirate raids and tropical disease, to realise his ultimate dream of establishing the first British port in the Indies: Penang.

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