For latecomers to the party an explantion of the picture on the ABOUT US page. Tan Tan Books had planned  a long  walk  with a  donkey  this summer as part of a promotional  tour. But  due to the strange vicissitudes of the Donkey Owner, known as the Welsh Wizard, whose skull  seems  to be as thick as the mule he sent us, it has all had to be postponed. See blogs passim for details.

Congratulations to Richard Flanagan  for his Booker win. But   yet ANOTHER   account of life on the Burma Railway? How many more  do  we need? And has anyone  rerembered that 100,000 Thai people died  as well?