4th August 2018 / 0 Comments

The Museum Of Freedom & Tolerance

Here’s what the TMFTA writes :

We are proud to partner with Western Australia’s peak writing body, Writing WA, to amplify some of the wide-ranging talent found in our State across the writing and publishing spectrum, with a focus on telling untold and ‘invisible’ stories from diverse communities. We encourage you to seek out and share the texts we recommend, and support their authors as part of a thriving and inclusive literary community.

We asked writingWA CEO Sharon Flindell about some of her favourite Western Australian books that reflect the great diversity of lived experiences in our State, and here are some of her picks:

http://mftwa.org.au/our-projects/writing-wa/

23rd July 2018 / 0 Comments

Westerly 63.1 – Toqburneh – تقبرني

Hey everyone,

Westerly 63.1 has been published. It holds amongst many inspiring stories, my photographs and words in a creative non-fiction piece, Toqburneh

تقبرني

63.1

Since 1956, Westerly has been publishing lively fiction and poetry as well as intelligent articles.

The magazine has always sought to provide a Western Australian-based voice, although its contributors and subject matter have never been geographically exclusive. It covers literature and culture throughout the world, but maintains a special emphasis on Australia, particularly Western Australia, and the Asian region.

Westerly has a strong international reputation, and is listed in some of the world’s major cultural indexes. It has been instrumental in the careers of many of the regions most prominent and internationally renowned writers. These include major Western Australian writers such as Randolph Stow, Dorothy Hewett, T.A.G. Hungerford and Elizabeth Jolley; highly-awarded contemporary writers, including Tim Winton, Kim Scott, and Sally Morgan; and important local poets like John Kinsella, Tracy Ryan, John Mateer, and Lucy Dougan.

It is published at the Westerly Centre (formerly the Centre for Studies in Australian Literature) at the University of Western Australia, with assistance from the Western Australian State Government by an investment in the project through the Department of Culture and the Arts, and the Australian Federal Government through the Australia Council for the Arts. Our Writers’ Development Program is supported by Copyright Agency Ltd.’s Cultural Fund.

The print magazine is published twice a year in July and November, while the website publishes content throughout the year, including two Online Special Issues available for free digital download.

Cover image by Matthew Hooton

10th July 2018 / 0 Comments

First Print: The Palace Of Angels

Hey everyone,

Today the first copies of The Palace Of Angels arrived!

Books are going out this week and paperbacks are available through livinginthestrange, online retailers and selected stores.

The Palace Of Angels

Synopsis:

“Angels bring us our hearts. And when a heart meets a heart, the eye sees no flaw…”

Palestine 2014, once again on the brink of war: Adnan is desperate to find his way out of the pre-dawn existence in the checkpoint queue. In the midst of a volatile turn of events, his eyes catch a shining soul through the yellow-lit darkness of the night. Her red nails match the blood that suddenly awakens his heart. As their life story would have it, she is an Israeli soldier. From that day, Adnan comes to realise his destiny is not written in stone and that he has choices to make. At the same time, his lifelong friend Ali is thrown the cruellest of fates and embarks down the long dark road of revenge. In the ensuing months, Adnan follows a number of terrifying paths and eventually chooses life.

Available as an eBook, Kindle etc.

Also available as Paperback here : https://www.amazon.com/Palace-Angels-Mohammed-Massoud-Morsi/dp/8799904039/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8

As well as at other online retailers.

Here is the Goodreads page for it. Post your review so others know what you think of it.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40710783-the-palace-of-angels

Check out my Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/mohammedmassoudmorsi/

Also check out this post for the Giveaways running on all three novels.

Pre-order and Giveaways

3rd July 2018 / 1 Comment

Pre-order and Giveaways

Hello world,

The Palace of Angels has been released and is available for pre-order as a paperback from Living In The Strange.It’s available as an eBook already and will soon hit stores and online retailers.

http://livinginthestrange.com/product/the-palace-of-angels/

It ships within the next two weeks. All prices in AUD.

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Also a small reminder to register for the giveaways.

You can find links to all of them here

Simply add your name, email and you’re in the draw to win a signed copy of either or all novels you wish to participate in the draw for.

Good luck.

Salaam

Morsi

29th June 2018 / 0 Comments

The Palace Of Angels

Dear Readers & Visitors,

First of all I have to give out a special thanks to Jim Magnus, a former journalist of the West Australian (apparently when it was a real newspaper) for his long hours spent in my office, philosophising, editing, laughing, crying and not the least drinking lots of tea and coffee. Only I know how much that has meant to me.

And I am grateful from the core of my soul to those who shared and trusted me with it. Thank you. It’s been a long journey to get this far. For me as well as for you.

“Angels bring us our hearts. And when a heart meets a heart, the eye sees no flaw…”

Release date : 01 JULY 2018

The Book is available for pre-order on Kindle now and will available for pre-order in Paperback from Living In The Strange before going out to stores.

1st April 2018 / 0 Comments

Margaret River Readers and Writers Festival

I’m still trying to get my head around summer in the southern hemisphere. That summer having passed is bizarre to me. My senses, emotions and actions are in spring mode. I’ve spent most of my life on the northern hemisphere and if anything that’s how my emotional body clock ticks. Is it changeable though? As I go through editing my latest novel from Israel-Palestine with my good friend Jim Magnus, I am also working on a few vignettes, short stories and essays. These are signs that tell me I’m in the mode of beginnings, of creation. However the changing light signals the opposite. Is this possible I ask myself? Is it possible that there is a difference? Who am I or what am I to add significance to such a triviality? Or is it?

The beginning of 2018 I will explore this and I will explore further living in the strange. The Egyptian-Arabic expression that describes living outside of Egypt, beyond the place where the sun sets. I continue to work on my autobiography and continue to talk to people about how we perceive who we are. How we look at our identity. I’m excited to venture to Margaret River for the Margaret River Readers and Writers Festival as a guest speaker. It’s three days showcasing an array of storytelling talent. With more than 50 writers, journalists, illustrators and presenters readers join writers as stories are brought to life in many forms. I look forward to meeting writers such as Assaf Gavron whose writing offers insight and hope into the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. I can’t wait to hear the readers and their hopes and dreams and least but most importantly, answer their questions.

Check out the line-up here.

If you’re in Perth, make your way to Margaret River. It’s on the shores of the Indian Ocean, where the Souther Ocean muscles in. The air is cold and crisp I remember, the water clear and untamed. I look forward to seeing it again. It’s been more than a decade since I last visited. I look forward to meeting you.

Salaam

Morsi