Emily Midorikawa

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Emily Midorikawa's debut novel will be published by Manilla Press in July 2026. Set in Japan in the early 2000s, A TINY SPECK OF BLACK AND THEN NOTHING is the story of Anna, who teaches English to bored students by day; and Loll, who passes her nights working in the smoky atmosphere of the Moonglow hostess bar, where she pours men's drinks, lights their cigarettes and laughs playfully at their jokes. Unlike Anna, who has come to Osaka to learn more about her Japanese heritage, Loll seems to have no clear reason for being there and no easily discernible past. And so when Loll suddenly disappears, there are only the barest clues as to where she might have gone. But, desperate to find her friend, Anna refuses to give up. Soon she is thrown ont ...more

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Emily Midorikawa Having written two group biographies - A Secret Sisterhood (2017), co-written with Emma Claire Sweeney and Out of the Shadows (2021) - I am now workin…moreHaving written two group biographies - A Secret Sisterhood (2017), co-written with Emma Claire Sweeney and Out of the Shadows (2021) - I am now working on a novel. It's set in the same period, the Victorian era, as my most recent non-fiction book and has already involved a great deal of historical research. Although I could have taken a different approach, I felt that my subject, which is based on real events, was better suited to fiction this time round. I'm enjoying the challenge of writing in a different way and am looking forward to discovering where this story takes me.(less)
Emily Midorikawa With two small children about the house, at the moment it's more of a case of carving out enough time to write rather than struggling with writer's bl…moreWith two small children about the house, at the moment it's more of a case of carving out enough time to write rather than struggling with writer's block. However, I've had lots of past experiences of getting stuck and really struggling to move forward. Over the years, I've developed a few strategies for getting past this feeling. In less serious cases of getting stuck (when, for instance, it's just a short section of the book I'm working on that's causing me problems) I might simply try to push through it. I'll keep turning up at my desk at my usual writing time, keep my fingers close to the keys and keep thinking about the work. Often, if I stick to my routine I'll find that the feeling of being blocked starts to solve itself. When things are more serious than that, and if circumstances allow, I will switch to a different writing project for a while or work on research related to the book I am writing, which might well lead to me getting inspired in new ways. Other tactics include walking and making soup. Moving one foot forward then the other, or continuously stirring the pot, can be very effective for freeing the imagination. They work for me, anyway.(less)
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