For the next 10 weeks follow along as we go behind the scenes of Fred's Diary 1981. 

Robert Fear takes us on his journey, as he travels in Asia taking daily notes in a diary. 

This authentic look into his dairy has been extended by going behind the scenes with Robert as he reveals himself to us each week with an original inside look.

The series is being produced by Rukia Publishing who are featuring it on their website and including it in their upcoming Blog Tour. Find out more and read the first part of the series on the following link: http://itpmeetsrukia.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/rpbp-behind-scenes-of-freds-diary-1981.html

We will also be publishing the whole series here and have started a new page:
Behind the Scenes so that you can keep up with the weekly updates.
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I thought you might be interested in this article published on Sarah Jane's Blog today:

Reader reviews can tell you a lot about a book.

If you see nine 4 or 5 star ratings and a single 1 star rating, what does that say to you? Does it say the book is not worth reading because 1 person out of ten didn't like it? No, I think it means the opposite! 9 out of 10 people must have really enjoyed it! Do you see the difference here, are you an optimist or a pessimist?

Well, I'm an optimist. Most of the time anyway, but especially when it comes to book reviews.

Let's take a look at Fred's Diary 1981.

Read the rest of Sarah Jane's blog at: 
www.rukiapublishing.com/sarah-janes-blog/rpbp-asmsg-the-critical-review

Here is my review of Xamnesia: Everything I Forgot in my Search for an Unreal Life
by Lizzie Harwood

5.0 out of 5 stars
​Loved every word
By Robert Fear on 19 Jan. 2016
Format: Kindle Edition

​As a lover of travel stories it didn’t take long before I was enjoying this wonderful memoir. It is extremely well written, easy to read and there is a sparkle of self-deprecating humour throughout.

It was a great experience to be alongside Lizzie during those well-rewarded but sometimes extremely difficult times in Xamnesia. Her honesty and down to earth attitude endeared her character to me.

Although I was sorry to finish the book, I’m sure there will be more.


Links:
UK: www.amazon.co.uk/Xamnesia 
US:  www.amazon.com/Xamnesia

Thank you so much to Jean Gill for sharing the following message and photos on the 'We Love Memoirs' Facebook group. Enjoy the rest of the diary Jean.

We have SNOW here in Provence so it seems like the right sort of day to do some 'cocooning' as they call it here, and visit Asia via Fred's Diary, which I won in a WLM interview giveaway. Thank you Robert Fear! If you want to use the photo of me and Sherlock reading your book, then help yourself. For those who haven't met Sherlock, he's our adopted hunting dog and he lives with Blanche, our Great Pyrenees, who of course is outside in the snow. Here's what it looks like outside too in our 'parc' ...
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Get your own copy of Fred's Diary:
Paperback: getBook.at/FD81Paperback
Kindle: getBook.at/FredsDiary1981

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Read this fascinating new interview with author Robert Fear:

awesomegang.com/RobertFear    

Review is from: Fred's Diary 1981: Travels in Asia (Kindle Edition)
By Amazon Customer
January 8, 2016

This book will make you feel like you are actually traveling with Mr. Fear. It's such a great, true diary experience that will give you the bug to travel yourself. I loved reading this book because it takes you out of your everyday life into places you might not normally get to go. His easy to read passages are the perfect education if you are planning on taking a backpacking trip yourself overseas. Some of his mistakes are hilarious, while others are truly scary. SPOILER ALERT: Foreign jails! I highly recommend this exciting book for anybody with serious wanderlust.
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Many thanks to Susan Joyce for this great review of Fred's Diary 1981: Travels in Asia.

A Fascinating Journey!
4 out of 5 stars
By Susan Joyce Du Bosque
on 6 January 2016

Fred's Diary 1981 is based on Fred's actual hand-written diary as he travels to Hong Kong, Thailand, India and Nepal. Jotting daily notes, he records the mundane and the marvelous!

In Hong Kong, he finds work as an extra in a TV production, then picks up his backpack and moves on to Thailand. Being stoned is a big part of Fred's travel adventures and being in possession of drugs gets him thrown into a Thai jail. Seemingly hell, I felt anxious while reading this chapter. But Fred handles it well, thanks to smoking more grass. Oh the folly of youth! Luck is on his side, and he gets deported to Nepal where he explores waterfalls, treks snow-capped mountains, and visits Buddhist temples. Then on to near-death bus rides, a wedding in Kashmir, and beyond—Fred discovers what works and what doesn't in his journey.

As a world traveler, I enjoyed Fred's reflections of the different cultures, the new foods he enjoyed, and the special friendships he formed with fellow travelers as he backpacked through Asia in the early 1980’s.


Susan is the author of The Lullaby Illusion and her second book Good Morning Diego Garcia is available to pre-order at www.amazon.co.uk/Good-Morning-Diego-Garcia