…‘the Traveller world’ and, in particular, of some of those who have been forced to seek asylum – many in Great Britain – following political upheavals in their home territories…

…of 13-year-old Rowan Scrivener, a sufferer from schizophrenia, from his London family to an institution in Kent, described by its director as ‘a private asylum for the mentally deranged’, where…

…asylum. Having survived landmines, firing squads and storms, we are left to wonder whether Jamal, his family and friends, are doomed to live in the ‘purgatory’ of an Australian-adminstered ‘transit’…

…asylum seekers in Australia. The story is told by Bridget, and her first-person narrative draws the reader in from the very first line. The book is packed with a variety…