Dust
Kate is a woman who chooses to work in Pakistan. She creates a second family for herself, far from the cherished warmth of her parents in rural Suffolk, their surrounding soft landscape in stark contrast to the raw land and humanscape of a remote corner of the northwest Himalayas.
Journalism
Another Kind of Traveller
Another Kind of TravellerJustine contributes an article to Wexas Traveller on another kind of traveller in these Covid times. You can find the full magazine here and her article is below: Justine Article from Traveller Vol 50 No 1
Justine considers the symbolic meaning of our passports in Wexas Traveller
Justine considers the symbolic meaning of our passports in Wexas TravellerJustine has contributed an essay to the new issue of Wexas Traveller on the layers of meaning in a simple passport. You can find the magazine here https://www.wexas.com/traveller-magazine. A...
Justine has published an essay
Justine has written a new article – described by one reader as “breathtaking” – for The WVoice, a publication of Women’s Voices Now
Latest
Dust has now been published!
Justine's new novel, Dust, is now available on Amazon in hardcover, paperback and Kindle and to mark the occasion the blog Women Writers Women's Books has published an interesting Q&A with her. You can see that at Justine's Facebook page or here.
Talking Desserts and the Divine
Talking Desserts and the Divine 'What is your view on religion?' I was asked in an email from a very dear friend. We had been discussing the various merits of cakes, how best to eat them. the company of friends, some faintly rarefied films, similarly off-beat music...
In the Valley of Mist a Book of the Day
In the Valley of Mist a Book of the Day On their Facebook page, the Dayton Literary Peace Price selected Justine's In the Valley of Mist as its book of the day. The book was awarded the 2010 non-fiction runner-up. See their page...
About Justine
Justine combines being a writer and commentator with working at the grass roots in two fields that make many uneasy: conflict and the psychological damage of violence.
As a writer and journalist Justine has been writing on South Asia for twenty-five years. While doing this she simultaneously set up an organisation in Kashmir, North India, rehabilitating those suffering from the psychological fallout of conflict. In short, Justine works as both writer and mental trauma specialist.
As a journalist and writer she is the author of six books, ranging in subject from war to Hindi film.