James Fable has a wide range of literary interests, ranging from children's picture books to philosophical fiction.
After moving to Myanmar in 2016, he began work as a freelance travel journalist, writing regularly for Yangon-based magazine Myanmore and publishing articles with Travel360, Meditationmag.com, and Conquest Maps. This culminated in the publication of In Search of Myanmar in July 2019, an entertaining account of his travels round Myanmar.
James now lives in Heidelberg, Germany, and is currently working on a magical realism novel.
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James Fable's latest release, In Search of Myanmar: Travels through a Changing Land, is a witty and informative travel memoir that combines a personal narrative with political journalism.
Eager to learn whether Myanmar had changed much since the dissolution of its dictatorship six years earlier, James travelled round the country for nine months, investigating everything from the roots of the Rohingya genocide to the legacy of 'Miss Hairy Legs', the lesbian opium princess of Kokang.
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While his journalistic endeavours revealed fascinating and, at times, haunting truths about Myanmar, countless encounters with quirky characters ensured his journey was never dull. These included an obese monk, who wanted to know if there were many 'fat bastards' like himself in the UK, and a local English teacher, who claimed to have played football with the decapitated heads of Japanese soldiers during World War Two.
Sound interesting? You can buy the book via this link. Or, if you are not yet ready to part with a few pounds, why not download the first chapter for free?
Sound interesting? You can buy the book via this link. Or, if you are not yet ready to part with a few pounds, why not download the first chapter for free?
Having dabbled in poetry, children's picture books and travel writing, James is now focusing on a magical realism novel that combines elements of philosophical and psychological fiction, his favourite literary genres.
Titled Infinite Change (W. T.), it follows the story of the fragmented Thorn family and takes the phenomenon of change as its central theme. Writing decades in the future, Eliza Thorn attempts to make sense of why the silverware started bleeding after she left home, why her brother awoke one morning to find bristles sprouting on his shoulders, and why green sludge began oozing out of her mother's shoulder. Eliza's endeavours result in a set of memoirs that provide unique insights into the lives of her family members. But even then, she struggles to retrace the invisible threads of causality and explain exactly why so many horrors befell them.
James Fable recently completed the first draft of Infinite Change and is now in the process of editing it. If you're curious to take a sneak peak, you can read the first chapter for free.
Keen to read further chapters of Infinite Change and be the first to hear about its release? Then simply subscribe to his spam-free newsletter below.
Titled Infinite Change (W. T.), it follows the story of the fragmented Thorn family and takes the phenomenon of change as its central theme. Writing decades in the future, Eliza Thorn attempts to make sense of why the silverware started bleeding after she left home, why her brother awoke one morning to find bristles sprouting on his shoulders, and why green sludge began oozing out of her mother's shoulder. Eliza's endeavours result in a set of memoirs that provide unique insights into the lives of her family members. But even then, she struggles to retrace the invisible threads of causality and explain exactly why so many horrors befell them.
James Fable recently completed the first draft of Infinite Change and is now in the process of editing it. If you're curious to take a sneak peak, you can read the first chapter for free.
Keen to read further chapters of Infinite Change and be the first to hear about its release? Then simply subscribe to his spam-free newsletter below.