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John Biggs’s Towards Forgiveness: Sino-Tasmanian Stories from Two Islands

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John Biggs‘s new collection of short story, Towards Forgiveness: Sino-Tasmanian Stories from Two Islands (Ginninderra Press), is now published. Learn more about the book here.

“The stories in Towards Forgiveness: Sino-Tasmanian Stories from Two Islands take place on two wildly different islands: Tasmania and Hong Kong. Although they are separated by geography and culture, John Biggs impressively links these two diverse locations together to show us their shared history and the traits that make us human. At times violent and emotionally wrenching, this collection ultimately celebrates our capacity for forgiveness and love. Each story is a gem in itself and as soon as you finish the collection you’ll want to read it again.” – Tammy Ho, founding co-editor of Cha: An Asian Literary Journal

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John Biggs’s poem “His Old Man Suit” was published in Issue #2 of Cha.

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Tin Dragons by John Biggs

John Biggs‘s new novel Tin Dragons has recently been published. You can read some excerpts from the book here.

Description: Jack Yang, orphaned in a horrific incident during the Tai Ping Revolution in China, seeks a new life far away in the tin mines at Emu Flat in Tasmania, as do many of his fellow Chinese. Emu Flat is also a magnet for misfits and fortune-hunters, including a crooked mine manager, his muscle-bound minder, the evil Wu Ying, and Terry and Lizzie, two working girls in the guise of English teachers. A dangerous swindle by Wu Ying throws them all together. Terry falls in love with Jack but he, recognising Wu Ying as the one who destroyed his family, is too obsessed with exacting a savage revenge …

John Biggs’s poem “His Old Man Suit” was published in Issue #2 of Cha.