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Joint-Winner of the International Proverse Prize 2012

Set in Beijing and Hong Kong, ARTICLE 109 is a high-octane, page-turning thriller. A young solicitor, investigating the suicide of his former colleague, unravels a conspiracy to cause chaos on the financial markets by instigating the downfall of one of Asia's richest tycoons. ARTICLE 109, Joint-Winner of the Proverse Prize 2011, lifts the lid onHong Kong's fragile status as an international financial centre and the role it plays inChina's unrelenting march towards becoming the most powerful global economic superpower.

 Born in the United Kingdom, PETER GREGOIRE moved toHong Kong in May 2003. Currently the head of the legal department for theHong Kong subsidiary of one of the world's largest general insurance groups, Peter has also worked for the regulatory authorities inHong Kong and as a private practice commercial litigation lawyer in the City ofLondon. During his career, Peter has been responsible for implementing anti-money-laundering and anti-fraud compliance systems, dealing with ICAC investigations and litigating complex financial frauds through both the English andHong Kong courts.

     Peter has been writing fiction since 2006 and his stories have been published in a wide range of anthologies. His short story 'Dispute Resolution' won the senior category prize in the 2008 Standard/RTHK competition and a consultation with Pan Macmillan.

     ARTICLE 109, a fast-paced financial-crime thriller in which Peter draws on his inside knowledge of working in the financial services industry and his experience of the subtle political and economic relationship between Hong Kong and China, is his first full-length novel and Joint-Winner of the Proverse Prize 2011.

     Peter currently lives with his wife, Isa, his son, Luke and his oversized basset-hound, Dumbo, inHong Kong.

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A teenage boy in 1950's China observes and seeks to understand the adult world.

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CEMETERY MISS YOU, in the form of transcripts from audio recordings (similar to Samuel Beckett's "Krapp's Last Tape") recounts the first year or so of a Pakistani illegal's experiences in Hong Kong. The work begins by detailing the boy-man's middle-class experiences inPakistan, before he's all but forced to flee his home after shooting a man in the name of family honour. His life inHong Kong begins as a life of poverty, living on the streets. Less than a year later he's buying rounds of drinks on The Peak, driving around in private cars, spending thousands of dollars on footwear, and making regular short trips to mainlandChina.

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A young boy meets an alien, Eudoxus, learns about his people, and is protected by Eudoxus throughout his teenage and young-adult life. With authentic details about Provence, in the South of France and experience as a mercenary in the Congo.

 

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A young boy meets an alien, Eudoxus, learns about his people, and is protected by Eudoxus throughout his teenage and young-adult life. With authentic details about Provence, in the South of France and experience as a mercenary in the Congo.

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Mystery novel, set in the small hidden country of Andorra, high up in the Pyrenees. Proverse Prize 2010 Finalist. pbk.



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An unmarried mother of two boys and an elderly struggling writer meet through Facebook and become friends, offering support and advice.

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Joint-Winner, International Proverse Prize (2009) 

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A man is called "oblivious" by a girl-friend. He considers the truth of this and realises he has been neglectful of many things. To his surprise, he becomes involved in a North-Korean plot.

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A fascinating story set in Tang Dynasty China. Judge Quan is the magistrate at the centre of a fiercely fought court case involving a widow and the son of an Imperial Advisor. Many unusual historical details. pbk.

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THE SHINGLE BAR SEA MONSTER AND OTHER STORIES uses surrealism and black humour to explore human predicaments, emotions and aspirations, and to suggest solutions to life's challenges. The situations are extraordinary, the aspirations and emotions are common, and the solutions debatable. A young woman is taken to a sea monster's underwater palace and helps the mermaids preserve seaweed. A girl finds that her right hand can no longer feel. Another girl becomes her younger sister's guardian angel. Two men of different tastes and habits struggle to co-exist after the head of one is grafted to the body of the other. An executive experiences uncontrollable anger after undergoing open-brain surgery. Two sisters continue their childhood rivalry after being reminded of a favourite TV programme. A male scientist is forced to give up the child that he himself gave birth to. On the verge of burnout, a jadedLondon lawyer heads out to the Mojave desert to set up a new life for herself. Ghosts visit two sisters. A girl hears her dead grandmother speak. A modern day Lady Bluebeard lures men to grisly deaths, but adores her seventh husband and cannot bring herself to kill him. A young woman defends her passion for writing. A blind man in love carries a magical cane that makes flowers bloom on the pavement. An amnesiac builds a new life for himself. During the progress of a new relationship, secrets are revealed. A wife suspects her husband of having an affair with a group of mannequins. A woman flies toNew Zealand to begin a new life as a romance novelist. Another woman buys a lighthouse through the encouragement of a friend. A schoolboy learns to levitate and is stoned and drowned by jealous classmates. A man finds the button for rewinding his life. Conjoined twins learn to survive and even thrive in the world. The purchase of a duvet leads to estrangement between an established couple, caused by the woman's extraordinary metamorphosis into a feathered winged creature. Always interesting, these stories – with their often bizarre realities – prompt us to see our own lives from the perspective of others. Do we also live in a somewhat off-centre world?

 LAURA SOLOMON has an honours degree in English Literature (Victoria University, 1997) and a Master's degree in Computer Science (University of London, 2003). Her published books include Black Light, Nothing Lasting, Alternative Medicine, An Imitation of Life, Instant Messages, Hilary and David, and the poetry collection, In Vitro. She has won prizes in the Bridport, Edwin Morgan, Ware Poets, Willesden Herald, Proverse Prize, and Essex Poetry Festival competitions.

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International Proverse Prize Joint-Winner 2012

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"The Village in the Mountains" is set in a fictional, southern European country. After a brief period of democratic reform, the nation has once again become a totalitarian state. The narrator of the book --  a left-wing poet from a prominent family -- is exiled to a village in the high mountains near the country's border. Against this mountainous backdrop, an intense psychological drama is played out between the poet and the people with whom he comes into contact, compelling him to make a decision that will change his life forever.

DAVID DISKIN was born and brought up in the English Midlands and has spent most of his working life in Asia. He currently lives in Hong Kong where he pursues his interests in writing, natural history and photography.

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