by AuthorSue | Jul 8, 2014 | Cambodia, film, Uncategorized
Starting tomorrow, 9 July, there will be a special film series beginning in Edinburgh at the Scottish Storytelling Centre. The Just Independent Asian Film Festival aims to open our eyes to the realities of Asia today as seen through some of its newest and most...
by AuthorSue | Jun 10, 2014 | Cambodia, philanthropy, teaching, Uncategorized, Writing
A lot has happened to my writing workshop lately. For the past four years, I have been running a creative writing workshop at the educational shelter, Anjali House, in Siem Reap, Cambodia. From the start, I believed it was a wonderfully successful experience both for...
by AuthorSue | Jun 6, 2014 | Cambodia, novels, philanthropy, Uncategorized, Writing
Thanks to the interviewing, writing and perseverance of Helen Hunt (http://www.helenmhunt.co.uk), an article about me, my novels and the work I do in Cambodia was published in a recent edition of The Weekly News. Although we didn’t find out about the article...
by AuthorSue | Jun 3, 2014 | Cambodia, film, Uncategorized
In the past, Cambodia had a thriving film industry. That, like everything else, was obliterated in the 1970’s by the Khmer Rouge. But that industry is now coming back to the extent that a Cambodian film, The Missing Picture, was nominated for an Oscar this year....
by AuthorSue | May 28, 2014 | Cambodia, Writing
I didn’t mean to write a post while I was away in Paris. So just think of this as a little greeting from the banks of the Seine. It’s been a wonderful few days. During the weekend, my husband and I mostly ate, lurching from one wonderful meal to the next,...
by AuthorSue | May 23, 2014 | Cambodia, novels, Writing
I’m no fool. When I started thinking about what else I wanted to explore through my series of Cambodian novels, I thought to myself, “Gee, there is a rich and complicated history between Cambodia and France. I love Paris. I’m sure I need to do some...
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