Tag Archives: New Caledonia

Raylene Ramsay’s The Literatures of the French Pacific

Posted on January 30, 2018 by jananson

Raylene Ramsay’s monograph The Literatures of the French Pacific: Reconfiguring Hybridity has a misleading title. The book deals not with the French Pacific as a whole, but specifically with the French-speaking country of New Caledonia. I can only think this … Continue reading →

Posted in Literary criticism, Pacific Islands, Storytelling | Tagged Claudine Jacques, Déwé Gorodé, hybridity, Kanak, métissage, New Caledonia, Nicolas Kurtovitch, Raylene Ramsay, The Literatures of the French Pacific | Leave a comment

Kindness to Strangers

Posted on November 1, 2016 by jananson

The first thing I need to report about my expedition to New Caledonia is the incredibly generous hospitality I received there. From all kinds of people: indigenous Kanak, white Caledonians, metropolitan French, and other expatriates. They welcomed me into their … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, Travel | Tagged Caledonian, England, EU referendum, immigrants, Jeremy Corbyn, Kanak, New Caledonia | 3 Comments

Cycling Back to the South Pacific

Posted on August 23, 2016 by jananson

One thing I always intended to blog about was my field research for Deep Time. I’ve done a post about the trip to Gabon, but not yet about the one to New Caledonia – and now I’m about to return … Continue reading →

Posted in Ecology, Travel | Tagged Cretaceous, cycling, Deep Time, flora, New Caledonia, novel, prehistoric, trees | 3 Comments

Welcome to Deep Time

Posted on February 23, 2015 by jananson

‘Deep time’ is geological time, the millions of years over which the Earth and its creatures have evolved. Deep Time is also the name of my epic novel of prehistory, to be published by Hawthorn Press on 9 May. The … Continue reading →