Author Archives: jbwye

What do You Think?

Posted on April 29, 2013 by jbwye

I enjoy a good old controversy, and maybe there’s one about to generate. Check out this long-awaited review of BREATH OF AFRICA in an e-zine of great repute and thousands of followers – Travel News. (You may have to register … Continue reading →

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Pause for Thought

Posted on April 26, 2013 by jbwye

Ooooops nearly missed it! (The article about me in the on-line edition of our local newspaper, the Eastbourne Herald. Here’s a taster: “I have heard it said that we all have a book inside us, just waiting to get out. … Continue reading →

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An Ode to Africa

Posted on April 26, 2013 by jbwye

Does this make you yearn to go back there – or resolve to visit this magical place at least once in your life time? There’s something about Africa – especially Africa south of the Sahara – which gets to you. … Continue reading →

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From One Horse Lover to Another

Posted on April 23, 2013 by jbwye

I am privileged to feature Teresa Cutler-Broyles on my blog this week. Her thoroughly enjoyable book One Eyed Jack, published by Crooked Cat, took me back to my horse-mad youth with its Pony Club gymkhanas, and rainy days curling up … Continue reading →

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More winter 2013 releases!

Posted on April 22, 2013 by jbwye

Originally posted on Crooked Cats' Cradle:
Banish the winter blues with more exciting stories! February / March 2013 Releases Discover romantic spells, revealing Tarot cards, canine adventures, political uproar, chilling secrets and chocolatey murders… Contemporary Fiction / Black Comedy A…

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MAGIC – A World Wide Product

Posted on April 16, 2013 by jbwye

My good friend and colleague at Crooked Cat, Ailsa Abraham is my very first guest author. In order to complement the theme of dark psychological drama which runs as a thread through BREATH OF AFRICA, I commissioned her to write … Continue reading →

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A Substantial Hymn of Joy to Kenya

Posted on April 8, 2013 by jbwye

BREATH OF AFRICA – the second half. (see Half way Through) I liked the way that, alongside the maturing of its characters, your novel became substantial as it progressed. The changing consciousness of the two boys, and of all the main … Continue reading →

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Beauty … Sensitivity … Compassion … Poignance

Posted on April 3, 2013 by jbwye

BREATH OF AFRICA EXTRACTS FROM REVIEWS received from  Authonomy readers: “One of the bestselling points of this story is the beauty of Africa; the title and the protagonist’s love for the country hints at an astounding nation, filled with beautiful … Continue reading →

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Half-way through BREATH OF AFRICA

Posted on April 2, 2013 by jbwye

Here’s some feedback from a friend I thought I’d lost contact with – she’s living in Australia now. What an amazing place is the internet! Dear Jane, I’m being slow to read your novel – because it’s reading on computer-screen, … Continue reading →

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An Intriguing Journey

Posted on March 29, 2013 by jbwye

Another Interview, this time with Jo Valiyi, of the New Eastbourne Writers – My 60 seconds with… J.L. Bwye – author of BREATH OF AFRICA Set against the backdrop of Kenya’s beautiful terrain, Breath of Africa takes the reader on … Continue reading →

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