The aforementioned essay, “Free Range,” on traveling with my daughters in Tanzania, has been selected for The Best Women’s Travel Writing, Volume 10, along with a score of other true stories by peripatetic women writers. The anthology is now out and available for purchase…(Read More)
A New Essay
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“Free Range,” an essay I wrote for Brain, Child magazine this spring about taking my two young daughters to Tanzania — and ensuing perils — is now available to read online. Here it is…(Read More)
Sur le sable
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Written by a contemporary French author I admire, Michèle Lesbre, Sur le sable (2009) is a paean to Modiano, a contemporary French author Lesbre clearly admires. In pure Modiano style, a chance encounter between two lost souls on a beach, as a house burns in the night behind them, results in the unspooling of…(Read More)
Anne and Scottish author Jason Donald will be at OfftheShelf bookshop in downtown Geneva – signing their own books, recommending other authors’ books, and chatting with customers – on Saturday, June 7, 13.45 – 15.00, as part of a “Love Your Local Bookshop” celebration. For more info, please see here…(Read More)
Expat Life
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Switzerland’s news-in-English magazine, The Local, spoke with Anne recently about An Unexpected Guest and living as an expat writer: “My life feels very rich for having lived and spent time in many different places… But living as an expat isn’t like being on an endless holiday.” For the full article, please…(Read More)
A spellbinding account of environmentalism, obsession, myth, the Pacific Northwest, native peoples, and one extraordinary magical golden Sitka spruce standing lone and proud on an island in British Columbia, sprung from an article by the author, John Vaillant, in The New Yorker. A must-read for anyone interested in any of the above topics–and…(Read More)
Betty Smith’s classic novel about a resilient young Irish-American girl growing up poor in Brooklyn at the turn of the 19th to 20th century is favored reading for young adolescents, but anyone who hasn’t read it as a kid should read it as an adult. I still think back to phrases from…(Read More)
When people think about trees, most don’t immediately think of New York City. But this richly illustrated book from Benjamin Swett, former writer and photographer for the NYC Parks Department, has both the images and stories to prove their long and enduring relevance to all five boroughs…(Read More)
Hello, Paris
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Janet Hulstrand in Bonjour, Paris has this to say about An Unexpected Guest: “This is a story that stays with you… An intriguing peek into diplomatic life… fraught with tension and suspense…. Those who love Paris will delight in local detail… for all who love intelligent storytelling and thoughtful examination of the complex challenges of…(Read More)
“Sixty Seconds with Anne Korkeakivi,” a Q&A for Words with JAM e-magazine, is super brief. But I still manage to reveal something about the novel I’m currently working on…(Read More)
