Victoria Eaves-Young : Author

My old lecturer and an expert on Japan -

100 years since Japan's Kanto earthquake - and the massacre that followed - ABC listen September 1st marked 100 years since Japan's devastating Great Kantō Earthquake, a 7.9 magnitude quake which claimed over 105,000 lives. In the wake of the disaster, rumours spread about Koreans looting properties and poisoning wells, resulting in an upswell of vigilante violence that saw thousands...

What better reading companion when you’re feeling a bit under the weather ?

So very excited that this book is out today. Congratulations Alli - hope to follow in your footsteps very soon!

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Inspiration at it’s best

The last samurai - will he make a cameo appearance in One Thousand Springs?

When your trusty companion is tucked up with house sitters - the next best friend is Laurence who loves his morning 🍯

Someone wants to come in out of the rain to be my first reader 💕

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Writing a book is like running a marathon - it’s sometimes a lonely road that has no end in sight. But finish you must - nothing like the feeling of achievement on your own terms. Only one person wins the race - but everyone makes it in the end. Very proud of my fellow writer Annie Robson Author who is among the runners - in both the marathon and the writing.

And the sun keeps rising and the edit keeps going

Time out to celebrate a good friend’s birthday

My characters live under the oppression and restrictions of wartime and yet they too have the courage to find their own way

Breakfast with Laurence before the day’s edit begins.
(Footnote - nothing but fruit - a legacy of my days as Sales & Marketing Manager at Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary). 🌼

What if you discovered your entire existence was based on a lie?
On a crisp autumn evening, in a small Japanese village, two women go into labour. What should be a moment of joy turns to tragedy as the life of only one child can be saved, and the life of one mother is sacrificed. Reiki, son of the deceased, tormented Countess Miho, and Australian journalist Roger Edwards is raised by the three strong women in his grandfather’s household: Roku, the housekeeper, Haru, the ex-geisha, and kitchen maid Asami. When Japan declares war, Roger and Reiji are forced to return to Australia, and the carefully held secrets of Reiji’s birth start to unravel. What happened that night?
Will the words of the condemned Japanese prisoner of war unlock the secrets of Reiji’s existence, or will it take a confrontation with the women themselves?
From the ruins of the Pacific War, Reiji’s journey to his truth works backwards through the depravity and brutality of the war years as seen through the eyes and lives of Roku, Haru, and Asami.
Will Reiji be able to understand the lengths they went to, the strength they demonstrated and that a single truth seen through different eyes, will always mean different things.

So looking forward to this debut novel.

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So excited to find my “warrior”. The original terra cotta warrior was my companion at the National Library when I completed research for my first book Writing Japan’s War. My metal warrior is just what it will take !

Not a bad place to start the edit ✍️

It’s a cold snap here in Hobart - but part one of my manuscript has been printed for the big red pen 🖊️

“Ray began to count backwards in his head. A habit that had never been broken. A habit that Haru had taught him as a child to counter anything confronting in his life. Slowly, consciously forming each number with purpose and clarity. When he reached the last number, he realised the profoundness of the practice, especially to his life right now. Start at the end to end at the beginning.”
A Thousand Springs

I am so inspired by this amazing writer- Jo Dixon - her first book The House of Now and Then was a standout this year - so absolutely excited for the release of her 2nd novel next year. Watch this space - her trajectory is on the rise and I am very privileged to know her.

What if you discovered your entire existence was based on a lie ?
My novel “One Thousand Springs” based around the lives of three women in Japan in the first half of the 20th Century will show that a single truth seen through different eyes, will always mean different things.

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I just spent a lazy morning in my pjs while the rain fell softly - finishing this book! Marvellous, delicious, scrumptious, fantabulous! What a wordsmith! I was drawn into each and every character, each and every place, each and every emotion. Highly recommend this intriguing book set here in my home state of Tasmania - and written by my writer pal Jo Dixon. Can’t wait for her next offering