The Undercover Soundtrack 
June 10th
The Undercover Soundtrack is a series where Roz Morris hosts a writer who uses music as part of their creative environment – perhaps to connect with a character, populate a mysterious place, or hold a moment still to explore its depths. 
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Soundtrack by Brian Eno, Erik Satie, Max Richter, Nils Frahm, Olafur Arnalds, Marsen Jules, Peter Broderick, Rival Consoles, Goldmund, Speedy J

​The article on Roz Morris' excellent site can be found here:

https://mymemoriesofafuturelife.com/2016/05/04/the-undercover-soundtrack-toni-davidson/


Excerpt from new novel published in the Mulberry Fork Review.
​May 3rd 2016

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'A tense and intuitive exploration of Vietnamese identity in the West. Terse phrases capture the danger and beauty of the mountains, the commotion of Saigon and the hedonism of parties, while the men's outlooks favour the pragmatic rather than the emotional. As their worlds hurtle towards each other Davidson builds the ever-present tension into a blistering finale.' The List

The Alpine Casanovas
at the Edinburgh International Book Festival.

A Little Bit of History Repeating
Baillie Gifford Corner Theatre,
August 15th at 7.00pm

Madness, obsession, history, family and fate shape these two novels of the global age. Toni Davidson’s The Alpine Casanovas is a bold, challenging exploration of two men of Eurasian heritage living worlds apart but joined by destiny. Susan Barker’s The Incarnations sweeps between China past and present, and portrays a man, stalked by his soulmate, and condemned to repeat the same mistakes over and over again.

Freight Books Website

Edinburgh International Book Festival
 From the Photo archive: #23
Cologne, 2002. British Council Tour. Photo by Michael Oreal Not sure who other guy is…?
Location: Hue, Vietnam         Excerpt Music by Goldmund: 'Finding it There' from the album The Malady of Elegance.  http://www.unseen-music.com      

Read Niall Griffiths' testimonial for The Alpine Casanovas.

''The ambitious embroidery of this novel consists of many threads, including identity, war, globalisation, hedonistic yearning, the vulnerability of the human soul and body caught up in immeasurably powerful political forces. In lesser hands, this would be chaotic, but Davidson has created something compelling, crystalline, compact, and, in the end, deeply moving. The Alpine Casanovas contains Robert Stone's sunrise flags and Denis Johnson's smoking trees. It is a superb piece of storytelling.'

Downtown Ho Chi Minh City.

 'Beat was being given a tour of his birthplace, the city sights and landmarks that he could have no recollection of.'  from The Alpine Casanovas

Mark Waddell: Friend of the family.

Check out this excellent review of his work.
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/ariane-sherine/give-me-a-sign_b_7963030.html