This video takes viewers through a full reptile zoo tour, exploring each enclosure one cage at a time. Unique species are ...

For close to two years, Karen Connelly lived among Burmese exiles and dissidents on the Thai-Burma border. She brings their experiences to life in her first novel “The Lizard Cage” (Nan A. Talese, 448 ...

This video follows a detailed cage by cage tour through a bustling reptile zoo, highlighting the animals and their carefully ...

You don’t need to start reading Karen Connelly’s latest knowing anything about her Governor General’s Award for non-fiction in 1993 or her five books of poetry or her enduring love for the country of ...

Karen Connelly's novel "The Lizard Cage" was a finalist for last year's Kiriyama prize for fiction. The award recognizes outstanding books about the Pacific Rim and South Asia. Our reviewer Alan ...

openDemocracy's editor Isabel Hilton interviews Karen Connelly on our weekly poDcast, click here to listen. This extract is from Karen Connelly's first novel, "The Lizard Cage" (Harvill Secker, 2007).

The Lizard Cage is a harrowing piece of fiction — with a lyrical streak — about inmates and jailers in a Burmese prison. Karen Connelly's novel first appeared in Canada and was named as a finalist for ...