The island of the missing trees by Elif Shafak

Who is Elif Shafak?

 1 Review 

The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak review – superlative storytelling

2 Audio NPR's interview 7-Minute Listen and transcription

3 Women's Prize for Fiction

4 Video 

5 Discussion questions

'The island of Missing Trees', is a book that draws on the traditions and folklore in Cyprus, as it weaves a rich tapestry of history to create a backdrop of war and a story of healing as people are forced to face injustices and loss but also find love and a new peace.

Ruth Ozeki, American - Canadian writer, filmmaker and Zen Buddhist Priest

Abouth Ruth Okeki 

A tale for the time being Goodreads

Video Interview

A book of form and emptiness

“The Writer You Are is Enough.” Ruth Ozeki on Process and Acceptance

The bone people by Keri Hulme

The bone people

In 1984, the novel won the New Zealand Book Award for Fiction.^[60] The following year it won the Pegasus Prize for Literature, which that year had been earmarked for Māori fiction,^[10] and subsequently became the first New Zealand novel and first debut novel to win the Booker Prize.^[61][62][39]

 Who was Keri Hulme? 

died in December 2021

Booke Prize video

Booker club: The Bone People by Keri Hulme ( The Guardian)