A Girl Who Was Nearly a Flower, my second illustrated children’s book in collaboration with artist/illustrator, Francesca Filomena, is now available for purchase in paperback and eBook (Kindle). Available for purchase from in most ... [Read more]
An Unruly New Imprint from Enchanted Lion Books
Enchanted Lion Books (Brooklyn, NY) has announced an exciting new imprint: Unruly. Positioned to expand the picture book genre with illustrated titles created for middle grade, teenage, and adult readers, Unruly will be breaking new ground in ... [Read more]
With Freedom to Singapore by Oswald Wellington Gilmour—Republished
A few weeks ago, I republished Singapore to Freedom, Oswald Wellington Gilmour’s account of his escape from Singapore in 1942 during WWII. In 1950, he wrote a sequel to that book, With Freedom to Singapore, which outlines his return ... [Read more]
Singapore to Freedom—the story of a WWII escape—republished after 70 years
In February 1942, Japanese forces invaded the then-British Colony of Singapore. My grandfather, Oswald W. Gilmour was there at the time, working as Deputy Municipal Engineer. As little military support was forthcoming from the British forces, Oswald ... [Read more]
Enchanted Lion Books: The World’s Most Innovative Children’s Book Press Needs Your Help
Enchanted Lion Books, a Brooklyn-based “bold independent publisher dedicated to sharing stories from around the globe that nourish the moral imagination” have been hit hard by Covid-19. With school and library closures, and the economic downturn, ... [Read more]
Love Song Illustrated Book—Now Available
Love Song, my illustrated children’s book, in collaboration with artist, Francesca Filomena, is now available for purchase in hardback. Paperback and eBook (Kindle) editions will follow before end of May 2020. I hope you enjoy the story! ... [Read more]
The Homemade Home
A couple of years back, I finished writing a story, The Homemade Home. It’s about an unfortunate child called Barnaby, who struggles to grow up in a world mostly populated by cruel, greedy and insensitive adults. It’s definitely a sombre ... [Read more]
Barnaby Prepares his Escape from Aunt Margaret
A heart is for loving and for being brave,” whispered his little heart. “No one will ever love us in this house, but we can at least be brave. Let’s escape from here!”
from The Homemade Home
A Misreading of Somebody Else’s Nut Tree
I recently picked up a used copy of Somebody Else’s Nut Tree by Ruth Krauss and Maurice Sendak (Harper & Brothers, 1958) on Abebooks. It’s one of the many books Krauss and Sendak collaborated on together, as I’d discovered reading ... [Read more]
Love Song – Available May 21st, 2020
I’m delighted to announce the forthcoming release of my children’s illustrated book, Love Song. Produced in collaboration with the Italian illustrator, Francesca Filomena, Love Song is slated for release May 21st, 2020, and ... [Read more]
The Flowerdrops Illustrated Book—Now Available
The Flowerdrops, my first illustrated children’s book, in collaboration with artist/illustrator, Aubrey Roemer, is now available for purchase in hardback, paperback and eBook (Kindle). Available for purchase from Amazon in most regions, ... [Read more]
Bertolt… or How to be Alone in Difficult Times
Bertolt is a tree and a book. Bertolt, the tree, is an enormous, old oak who must be five-hundred years old. Bertolt, the book by Jacques Goldstyn, measures barely 6″ x 8″ and, at the time of writing, is just three years old. And yet this ... [Read more]
Making Mistakes Working from Home
A two-minute motivation if you’re new to working from home. The colorful picture below is not an advertisement for my book (illustrated by Aubrey Roemer), The Flowerdrops. Rather, it’s a small selection of some of the failures ... [Read more]
Free Download of The Magnificent Green Sisters
For the weekend 20-22 March 2020, The Magnificent Green Sisters will be available as a free download on Amazon. (Link below) A few years back, I wrote a children’s story (for age 8 and up) about three young heroines who take on a series ... [Read more]
The Flowerdrops—New Release Date
I’d planned to release my book, The Flowerdrops (illustrated by Aubrey Roemer) tomorrow, 20th March 2020—the first day of spring. But given the current disruptions due to COVID-19, the book is going to be 5-7 days late. I’ll post again as ... [Read more]