In my shop you can register for upcoming family story workshops: Family Stories: Beginning, Middle & End in late September 2024
Buy signed copies of Rebel Talk, my previous books and e-books.
There’s my exclusive merch collaboration: Lost in Shanghai Bea Collection tea and coffee cups.
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Rebel Talk – the art of powerful conversations
$29.95Rebel Talk is an excellent opportunity to learn new skills — both in business, and in life. Develop fascinating insights into how we can improve conversation and cultivate our powers of persuasion while getting along better. No small feat! Especially as we emerge from COVID and have to relearn social skills. The book is timely and practical — not to mention entertaining. more
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The Beijing Bureau
$30.25NEVER BEFORE has China dominated headlines across the world as it does today. Through coercive trade bans, its Belt and Road Initiative, Wolf Warrior diplomacy, military manoeuvres and its control of the diaspora, China is flexing its international muscle. At home in China, the Communist Party is tightening its grip and driving patriotic fervour… more
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China Baby Love
$16.99How one woman turned her life upside down to help those who needed it most – half a world away. Every orphan comes with a story. Every journalist has a story that stays with them… more
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From Rice to Riches
$16.99Jane Hutcheon’s connection to China goes back more than one hundred and fifty years, when her great-great-grand-uncle Phineas, a Scottish tea merchant, was drawn to its shores… more
Merch
Bea Collection Cups in Shanghai Red
$55-$100To celebrate the return of Lost in Shanghai, We’ve created these beautiful cups. You can read about our collaboration here.
Lovingly handmade beside the ocean in Sydney, the cups are stoneware (using Australian clay), dishwasher-safe and microwave-safe. They come in two sizes (tea or coffee) for freshly brewed tea, coffee or tasty morsels of your choice.
Bea-time cups in Shanghai Red are exclusive to Lost in Shanghai.
Workshop
Family Stories: Middle (Part Two)
You’ll learn how to plan and organise the interview, find the right subject or interviewee, learn to ask good questions and discover how to connect with your subjects so they’ll feel at ease and give you good stories! I’ll share tools for creating a wide-ranging life story interview and answer your questions. After this workshop you’ll be able to conduct your own life story interviews and I’ll share other resources so you can continue to hone your skills. /more
Workshop
Family Stories: End (Part Three)
In this 2 hour 15 minute online workshop you’ll work with the life story interview you created in the fortnight since the second workshop. You’ll learn about producing transcripts, using your interviews as a type of ‘master-plan’, discovering ways to use your interviews in a variety of ways. I will also share ways to create a memorial booklet for a loved-one. /more