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February
In 1977, Kate James first read about Graham Staines in an Australian Christian newspaper called New Life. Born in Melbourne, in an evangelical Christian family, Kate moved to India with her parents and brother in 1980 when she was seven years old. Little did Kate know she would be haunted by her life experiences amongst [...]
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February
A journey through India in search of the story behind the religiously inspired mob murder of Graham Staines, provides the narrative framework for author Kate James’ exploration of religion, faith and identity in When Gods Collide. As the daughter of two Australian missionaries working in India, James grew up encapsulated in the same evangelical Christian [...]
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February
Kate James, a (self-proclaimed) chubby, mango-haired, Lonely Planet author struck me as a courageous adventurer, serial traveller and an investigative journalist of sorts. On her journey through India’s Coromandel Coast, James seeks to answer her own spiritual questions. Raised a Christian, a faith belonging to her parents, she never really owned it for herself. Australian [...]
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February
Kate James reveals a well-kept secret in When Gods Collide. It’s a secret that could bring untold pain to her family. A secret that could disgrace her in the eyes of everyone that she holds dear. This secret is that some Christians are not religious by choice; that some do not believe in a holy [...]
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February
Pre-order When Gods Collide ebook now! For those of you who prefer to read in digital format you’ll be pleased to know that When Gods Collide will be released as an ebook on February 14th. You can pre-order your copy now from: Amazon Kindle Store iBookstore
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January
“Curiouser and curiouser,” I found myself proclaim as I travelled through Kate James’ second book When Gods Collide. Like Alice wondering why she had suddenly grown so tall, I started each chapter wondering where this book would take me. At first glance Kate’s memoir feels like it is going to be about religion and faith, [...]
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January
Thanks to Ilona Nicola for the very first book club review of When Gods Collide! “Was I just as bad as Elizabeth Gilbert and all the condescending seekers before her?” Despite Kate James’ protestations, When Gods Collide: An unbeliever’s pilgrimage along India’s Coromandel Coast is a story about a woman’s search for belonging – to [...]
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January
Thank you to everyone who took the time to write and send a sample book review. It certainly was a tough decision to choose only thirty reviewers from a huge selection. The chosen few will be reading our first two book club titles: When Gods Collide and The Testimony. Follow the links to pre-order your [...]
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December
Hardie Grant Books has a new literary non-fiction and memoir list. This blog has been created so that people can get involved with reading and reviewing these new and upcoming titles and then share their reviews right here. Do you love reading and writing? Do you want to win prizes and get your reviews published? Do [...]
