by Allan Stratton | May 21, 2010 | Chanda's Secrets at Cannes and TIFF, Filming Chanda's Secrets, News, Writing
Watch the trailer for LIFE ABOVE ALL on the Cannes Film Festival’s official website HERE!
by Allan Stratton | May 20, 2010 | Chanda's Secrets at Cannes and TIFF, Filming Chanda's Secrets, News, Writing
LIFE ABOVE ALL, the film adaptation of my novel CHANDA’S SECRETS, has received a ten minute standing ovation and a rave from Roger Ebert! Roger Ebert’s Blog: Of emotion and its absence The Daily Maverick: Applause, emotion and Life Above All From CBC News:...
by Allan Stratton | May 18, 2010 | News, Writing
Sorry to take time away from the Vietnam/Cambodia tour, but hey, I’ve had kind of a busy weekend I thought you’d like to know about — namely a trip to Chicago and then off to Cannes! First off, I flew down to Chicago, Friday — like you...
by Allan Stratton | Apr 13, 2010 | News, Travels, Writing
Well, if you’re going to visit a foreign country, what better time to go than during its national book fair? Especially if one’s book is at the fair and one’s publisher is the gracious and generous Mr. Ton Quang Toan, or simply Ton as he likes to be...
by Allan Stratton | Apr 9, 2010 | Travels, Writing
Last post, I included a chapter from my comic adult novel The Phoenix Lottery that demonstrated how life interacts with imagination in the creation of fiction. (My actual experiences with a santerían purification ritual outside Guardalavaca, and at the duPont mansion...
by Allan Stratton | Apr 6, 2010 | Travels, Writing
Hi there, Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve written and showed pix from Cuba: of Varadero, the duPont estate, and my experience with santería. These have been mixed in with two excerpts from my first novel, The Phoenix Lottery. In those you read about our hero...
