From the monthly archives:

March 2008

The Last Concubine tour dates 2008 updated and other events!

28 March 2008

Thursday April 3rd
4.30 pm
Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival
Christ Church College, Oxford
www.SundayTimes-OxfordLiteraryFestival.co.uk
Event with Ellis Avery (author of The Teahouse Fire, published by Vintage)
Thursday April 24th
6 pm
Kinokuniya bookstore, 1071 Avenue of the Americas, New York, USA
tel +1 212-869-1700
Illustrated talk on Madame Sadayakko/Madamu Sadayakko
Saturday June 7th
Ekota Campus, Nihon Daigaku,
Tokyo, Japan
Illustrated talk on Madame Sadayakko
week of [...]

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Talk by Lesley at Japan Society Southern Counties on March 27th

20 March 2008

Thursday March 27th
7.30 pm
Japan Society Southern Counties
Physic Garden Hall,
Petersfield, Hampshire
For further details please visit: www.jssc.org.uk
Illustrated lecture on The Last Concubine: Secrets of the Women’s Palace

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Lesley giving lecture at Asia House on Wednesday March 19th

17 March 2008

Wednesday March 19th
6.45 pm
Asia House
63 New Cavendish Street, London
www.AsiaHouse.org
Illustrated lecture on The Last Concubine: Secrets of the Women’s Palace
This is a joint lecture with the Japan Society and Asia House. See also http://www.japansociety.org.uk/events/080319_combined_lecture.html
Asia House members and concessions £5, Non-members £8

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The Last Concubine book launch

16 March 2008

Lesley met readers and signed books at the book launch for The Last Concubine on March 5th at the Royal Over-Seas League. She also gave a lecture and there was a sword fighting display with samurai swords.
Some photos of the event:

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Why are people so fascinated by geisha?

6 March 2008

The word geisha means ‘arts person’ – gei is ‘art or arts’, sha is ‘person’. Geisha are performers who spend five years – as long as a university course – learning to sing, dance, play musical instruments, act and make charming conversation. They are as strictly trained as ballerinas in the west. But they are [...]

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