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  • launch-with-stand
    28 Apr, 2024

    RAINBOWS IN THE EYES SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED!

    Yesterday, Saturday 27 April, Rainbows in the Eyes was successfully launched at Cafe Caravan on the Boudhanath kora, Kathmandu, Nepal. The day long event (9am to 6pm) with the focus on the main session (2pm to 3:30pm) was attended by walk-ins, no doubt attracted by the banner stand outside, and invitees, with an overall mood of joyousness and celebration as befitted the occasion! Many thanks to everyone who came!

  • book-2-launch-invitation
    19 Apr, 2024

    RAINBOWS IN THE EYES....ABOUT TO LAUNCH!

    Louisa Kamal is delighted to announce the launch of her second book, Rainbows in the Eyes, on Saturday, 27 April 2024, just a year after that of her much acclaimed first book, A Rainbow of  Chaos. Like its predecessor, the book is published by Atmosphere Press and will be available for pre-order in both hard and e-book versions shortly. The launch will be held in Cafe Caravan, Boudhanath, Kathmandu, Nepal, with an open invitation to browse and meet the author from 9am to 6pm, and the main session scheduled from 2pm to 3:30pm. 

  • maxis-book-club-event
    08 Mar, 2024

    MAXIS BOOK CLUB LIVE VIDEO LINK

    Two days ago Louisa did a live video link with the members of the Maxis Book Club in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The event was biiled as an eMeet & Greet and was held to celebrate International Women's Day, 8 March 2024. In addition to talking about her book, A Rainbow of Chaos, Louisa also discussed with the participants key issues such as women's empowerment and the need to face and overcome problems of whatever nature. All the book club members had previously been able to purchase copies of A Rainbow of Chaos and it is hoped to continue to collaboration with another such event in the future. 

  • Kagbeni-Haiku
    07 Aug, 2023

    A LITTLE TREASURY OF KAGBENI HAIKU

    Earlier this year, Louisa spent a month volunteering at Mustang Buddhist College in the northwest of Nepal. As part of her course, the young monks were asked to compose haiku in English as a way of helping them to be creative and spontaneous in the language. They all tried their best and, in order to further encourage them and also showcase the college itself,  Louisa decided to create and publish them in book form. A Little Treasury of Kagbeni Haiku features both the students' haiku and her own photographs taken in and around Kagbeni. It is now in its final pre-publication phase and will also be available as a PDF file through this website. Watch out for full details on the Publications page!

  • INTERVIEW WITH LOUISA KAMAL ON BOOKVIEW
    25 Jul, 2023

    INTERVIEW WITH LOUISA KAMAL ON BOOKVIEW

    BookView Review had just publsihed an extended interview with Louisa Kamal in which she talks about the process of writing, her experiences of living abroad and plans for future books. Here is her answer to the question, "­A Rainbow of Chaos is described as 'the first in an empowering nonfiction series.' Where do you envision the series going from here?"

    I am currently in the process of writing the sequel, Rainbows in the Eyes, while simultaneously living through what is destined to become the basis of the third book in the series. One of my major concerns is how to maintain the reader’s interest, how to distinguish the sequels from the original. After all, Rainbows in the Eyes will pick up where A Rainbow of Chaos left off, and 2021 plunged both Nepal and me into an even worse phase of COVID than that which we had struggled through the previous year. Right now, I am trying reinvent the flashback technique which was the basis for A Rainbow of Chaos, using it in the sequel to provide insights into the earlier stages of my life, and thus enabling the reader to gradually learn more about what has made me the person I am today. As for the third book—right now I am thinking of abandoning my original working title of For Every Storm, A Rainbow in favour of Swallow the Sunset, Drink the Rainbow—the mood will become increasingly dark as my fight for legal freedom grows ever more tumultuous and distressing. Will there be more than a trilogy? Impossible to say at the moment: a lot depends on my readers, but I really hope so!

    Read the full interview here.