Our third feature in the Writers Open House includes two entertaining travel stories from travel writer and photographer, Jeremiah A. Gilbert.

You can read Jeremiah's first contribution, Rushed Ruins in Split here and the second one, Slow Boat from Macau here. 

Jeremiah A. Gilbert is an award-winning photographer and travel writer. His travels have taken him to over a hundred countries and all seven continents, while his photography has been published internationally and exhibited worldwide. He is the author of four travel books, including Can’t Get Here from There: Fifty Tales of Travel, From Tibet to Egypt: Early Travels After a Late Start, and On to Plan C: A Return to Travel, which documented his return to travel post-COVID and was the first to include his photography. His most recent, Around the World in Eighty Photos, is out now.
 
www.jeremiahgilbert.com
@jg_travels

Our second entry in the Writers Open House is a wonderful piece of memoir from accomplished author and loyal supporter of this blog, Ronald Mackay.

You can read Ronald's contribution Getting By here.

Ronald Mackay

Originally from Coupar Angus, Scotland, Ronald Mackay lived in Dundee while attending the Morgan Academy from 1947 until 1960. At that time, Dundee was known internationally as the city of the three “Js” – jute, jam and journalism.

Ronald draws significance from his own memories and occasionally from those of others who ask him to. He and his wife, Viviana, reside in Voorburg, the Netherlands. They spend much of the winter in rented accommodation in Santa Cruz de Tenerife and in the rugged municipality of Buenavista del Norte.

Ronald is author of “Fortunate Isle, a Memoir of Tenerife”, “The Kilt Behind the Curtain”, and “Windows On My Worlds: A Collection of Short Stories”.

Ronald and Viviana - Voorburg, The Netherlands

Our new feature, Writers Open House, begins with a powerful fictional story from respected author and publisher, Shane Joseph.

You can read Shane's contribution The Merchant of Death here.

Shane Joseph is a graduate of the Humber School for Writers. He is the author of eight novels and three collections of short stories. Shane’s second novel, After the Flood, a dystopian novel of hope, released in 2009, won the Write Canada Award for best novel in the futuristic/fantasy category. His short fiction and non-fiction have appeared in literary journals and anthologies all over the world. His blog at www.shanejoseph.com is widely syndicated, he has a monthly column in The Sri Lankan Anchorman journal, and is the Book Reviews Editor for Devour Art & Lit Magazine. His most recent novel, Victoria Unveiled, was released in September 2024.

Shane is the owner and publisher of Blue Denim Press (www.bluedenimpress.com), a literary press he founded in 2011. To date, the press has published over 50 titles (fiction and non-fiction) in paperback and e-book formats.  In particular, Shane loves editing to release the story from within the words.

More details on Shane’s work, blog and book reviews can be found on his website at www.shanejoseph.com.  He maintains an active presence on social media via Facebook, Instagram, Threads, Linked-In, Twitter and Goodreads. He has a growing collection of You Tube videos produced by him on literary topics.