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Sunday, February 21, 2010

Extreme Burns Society of Hong Kong, 2010 Meet

Nan Shan Peak, Lantau Island.

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Justin Hill: Prize Winning novelist currently chronicling events surrounding the Battle of Hastings, in 1066. The first of this series, Shieldwall, was picked as a Book of the Year by the Sunday Times. Justin's other work has focused on China and Eritrea, in East Africa. His first novel was picked as one a Book of the Year in 2001 by the Washington Post, and won a Betty Trask Award, the prestigious Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, and a cup of tea with Valerie Elliot: widow of TS Elliot. His second novel was picked by the Independent on Sunday and Sunday Telegraph's Christmas Picks, won the Somerset Maugham Award and was shortlisted for the Encore Award. His next novel is called Hastings. Guess what that's about..!

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