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February
Have you ever wanted to delve deeper into the editorial process behind a published book? What follows is an exclusive Q&A between Kate James and Rose Michael (Senior Editor, Hardie Grant Books). Rose: Well, now the book is published and in your hands, how do you feel about the whole process? Was it as smooth [...]
22
February
This blog post was written for Readings Writer Kate James guest blogs the story behind her new book When Gods Collide. I had been thinking about Graham Staines for ten years. Graham was an Australian who moved to India in 1965 to work on a leprosy mission, and was killed there in 1999, burned alive [...]
21
February
We’re excited to announce that When Gods Collide is available as an eBook from various retailers. It is featured on the iBookstore (in their ‘Recently Reviewed’ section) and is only $8.99 for a short time only. You can also download the eBook from Kobo, Google eBooks, and Readings.
21
February
Kate James, author of When Gods Collide, was interviewed by Geraldine Doogue on ABC Radio National Saturday Extra. Find out more about Kate’s childhood in Ooty, the sense of being a ‘third culture kid’, and the significant cultural changes in mood and attitude she sees in today’s India. You can listen to the interview [...]
17
February
When it comes to evangelical Christianity, Australian author Kate James says, “You’re in or you’re out–you play hard or go home. There’s no middle ground.” Such attitudes surely informed James’s conversion to atheism, despite growing up in India amid the sheltered confines of the Christian school her missionary parents taught at. Returning as an adolescent [...]
16
February
I’ve not travelled to India. It’s always struck me as being a pilgrimage. I’ve known many people who have gone for a spiritual journey, and I’m not into all that. Despite discussing a wide range of religious experiences, When Gods Collide planted the idea that I could travel around India without worrying about accidently becoming [...]
15
February
I came away from reading When Gods Collide struck by the personal journey the author had undertaken. Kate James’ exploration of the 1999 murder of Christian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons in India is entangled with her upbringing in India and her struggle to reconcile her former faith with her current atheism. As [...]
15
February
It’s a bit hard to know where to start with Kate James’ new book When Gods Collide. With a tagline describing it as “An unbeliever’s pilgrimage along India’s Coromandel Coast” and a back cover blurb calling it “part detective story, part personal journey” I had certain expectations. Despite being an ‘unbeliever’ myself, I am quite [...]
13
February
The daughter of Christian missionaries, Kate James spent a good part of her childhood and early teens in south India, and she continues to visit India regularly when time and money allow. When Gods Collide: An unbeliever’s pilgrimage along India’s Coromandel Coast is Kate’s account of her journey to India to find out more [...]
13
February
Kate James’ insightful, intelligent and wryly humorous tale about one of her many journeys back to one of her two ‘mothers’, India, will appeal to anyone who has mixed notions of ‘home’ or who’s questioned the beliefs with which they were raised. Highlights throughout include drool-inducing descriptions of meals, an endless parade of interesting and [...]