Three official languages Fiji has a population of about 900,000 spread over 300 islands, yet has three official languages: Fijian, Fijian...

Fiji ranks 9th in the World! With the Rugby World Cup due to kick off in Japan in just two weeks, it's time I enlightened you about the...

DS Singh's favourite pudding! Detective Sergeant Susie Singh, Horseman's invaluable partner in my Fiji Islands Mysteries, never misses a...

He laid down his life for his friends. In 1969, Fiji issued a stamp to mark the 25 years since Corporal Sefanaia Sukanaivalu V.C....

I've told you a little about the fearsome Fijian warriors of pre-colonial times, but you might not know that their descendants punched...

Not many Fijians have seen a tagimaucia, beloved as the national flower of their island nation. This is not surprising as the tagimaucia...

I want to share with you the engraving below by Rev. Thomas Williams in his 1858 landmark work of anthropology, Fiji and the Fijians. I'm...

Whatever your weather, you'll want more of this soup! It's hardly surprising that many traditional Fiji ingredients come from that...

What's different in Fiji? In the scatter of islands which make up Fiji, the indigenous Fijian majority share a deep Christian faith, so...

Why is my sweet tooth nagging a little now it's November? No, it's not a Hallowe'en hangover, but anticipation of Diwali, the annual...

In the wake of the August release of Death by Tradition, my second Fiji Islands Mystery, several of you have told me that Fiji is now top...

In the last few weeks, I've been humbled by the generosity of readers who volunteered to read an advance proof of Death by Tradition, the...

How did a respectable Bostonian lady come to be living in a Fijian village in the 1840s? These were violent years of inter-tribal wars,...

For the last few weeks, I've been writing an article about a beautiful Sydney house known locally as Ashfield Castle. It has involved way...

First-time visitors to Fiji may be a little surprised at first to see men in skirts, but not for long. Before they even leave the...

It's 28th February - just in time to keep my vow to write a new post every month in 2018. Whew! Vinaka (thanks) to readers who told me...

Relating all my slip-ups and pitfalls with Fiji body language would fill a slim volume - now that's an idea! So in this post I'll tell...

Fijians love a feast! Readers of Death on Paradise Island have told me they enjoyed hearing about Fijian food. One said she couldn't wait...

Yes, indeed! Two centuries ago, mariners dreaded these lovely islands. In 1789 Captain William Bligh, set adrift in an open boat by...

"No one told me it would be like this!" The novelist wailed as she hurled her computer through the window. The cat sleeping beneath...