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Entries Tagged as 'Asia Books magazine'

Iain Banks – Interview

March 25th, 2008 · No Comments

A disturbed teenager slaughtering rabbits and torturing wasps; A futuristic religious leader decapitating his nemesis, keeping the head alive as he uses it daily as a punch bag; A serial killer intent on murdering those who represent the excesses of Thatcher’s Britain. Just a few examples of the dark, warped, and often perversely funny themes […]

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Hold Your Peace – Nobel Peace Prize Winner Bishop Carlos FX Belo

April 1st, 2005 · No Comments

In the 50 odd years since he left the catholic mission that was his childhood home, Carlos Fillipe Ximenes Belo has come a long way. From Wailakama village on Timor’s north coast, he traveled through seminaries in Rome and Portugal, only to return to a homeland that was under the tyranny of Indonesian occupation, where […]

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Bishop Carlos FX Belo interview

April 1st, 2005 · No Comments

In the 50 odd years since he left the catholic mission that was his childhood home, Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo has come a long way. From Wailakama village on Timor’s north coast, he travelled through seminaries in Rome and Portugal, only to return to a homeland that was under the tyranny of Indonesian occupation, where […]

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Dr Hans Blix interview

April 1st, 2005 · No Comments

Truth is often cited as the first casualty of war. For former chief weapons inspector Dr Hans Blix, the US-led invasion of Iraq left another ideal seriously wounded – critical thought. In a world increasingly fragmented along religious, economic and geopolitical lines, he says the need for governments to examine complex issues through rational thought, […]

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Lynne Truss – Eats, Shoots and Leaves interview

December 1st, 2004 · No Comments

Punctuation vigilante Championing the rights of the apostrophe to exist may not seem a likely way to gain literary stardom, but author Lynne Truss has done just that with her book Eats, Shoots And Leaves, writes Greg Lowe.

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Hong Kong

April 1st, 2004 · No Comments

Hong Kong is renowned for its fast pace, loud locals and amazing architecture — a nexus of shop-till-you-drop. Greg Lowe hits the city’s streets to find the best places to wine, dine and spend time.

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Ian Rankin interview

January 1st, 2004 · No Comments

Not many punk rockers will tell you it was a copper that made them what they are today, but bestselling British author Ian Rankin is an exception to this rule. He owes his livelihood to one Detective Inspector John Rebus, a hard-nosed Edinburgh cop who works on instinct, plays by his own rules, and is […]

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