by AuthorSue | Mar 1, 2015 | Cambodia, philanthropy, teaching, Uncategorized, Writing
While I am here in Siem Reap, I make it a habit to find time to read aloud to the kids in the public school housed on the grounds of my favourite pagoda, Wat Damnak. The reading takes place in another favourite place of mine, the children’s library of the Centre...
by AuthorSue | Feb 26, 2015 | Cambodia, novels, research, Uncategorized, Writing
…or Sue’s Excellent Adventure! Most of what I am doing here in Cambodia is teaching workshops, working with kids and organising Writing Through. But I also wanted to do some research for my next novel. I had read about some villages on the top of Phnom...
by AuthorSue | Feb 23, 2015 | Uncategorized
Last week we ran another workshop here in Siem Reap. This was important for two reasons: first, it was the first one run for the terrific NGO Sala Bai, which takes some of the country’s poorest young adults and gives them training in the hospitality industry...
by AuthorSue | Feb 18, 2015 | poetry, publishing, Writing
Two poetry collections and umpteen published single poems later and I still have never made it into one of the big journals. But every now and again I throw caution to the wind and send out a submission to one of those important literary magazines. Then I have trained...
by AuthorSue | Feb 14, 2015 | Cambodia, philanthropy, poetry, short story, teaching, theatre, Writing
A fifth anniversary and a first birthday — last night was the celebration ending this year’s collaborative Writing Through Cambodia workshop between Anjali House and the Phare Cambodian Circus. What an amazing night. It began with us all attending opening...
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