A former international educator and bar musician, John Alan Urquhart writes about music, education, and culture from Hong Kong.

Born in France at the dawn of the Fifth Republic, I arrived in Canada by ocean liner, where I learned to read and write and to play the guitar. I have taught in both northern and southern Canada, Switzerland, China, and Hong Kong. I have published fiction and criticism in Canadian literary magazines like Canadian Literature and Prairie Fire. My most recent writing appears in Roots World, World Music Central, Pop Matters, and Modern Classical Music. I am polishing my memoir about my experiences in international education. Some excerpts from that are available here.