by AuthorSue | Oct 25, 2015 | Cambodia, philanthropy, teaching, Travel, Writing
Ah, jet lag….. Traveling to SE Asia from London doesn’t get any easier. I sleep in deep, melatonin-induced bouts of slumber, only to wake up rarin’ to go every four hours or so. That is, my brain wakes up rarin’ to go, but the rest of me...
by AuthorSue | Oct 2, 2015 | Cambodia, philanthropy, teaching, Writing
it’s always a pleasure to turn my blog over to someone who has recently returned from facilitating a Writing Through workshop. There are no better ambassadors for the work that we do than the talented and brave people who go out into the field and work with the...
by AuthorSue | Sep 4, 2015 | Cambodia, novels, philanthropy, poetry, teaching, theatre, Travel, Writing
It feels a bit like confession: ‘Dear God, it’s been 6 weeks since my last blog.’ Well, I’ve been busy. Doing what, you ask? * recovering from throwing my son and new daughter-in-law’s wedding * flying to California to help my son and new...
by AuthorSue | Jul 24, 2015 | Cambodia, philanthropy, poetry, short story, teaching, Writing
My NGO, Writing Through, recently held 2 workshops in the Phnom Penh centre of Enfants du Mekong — one in English and one in French! Let me turn my blog over to the Facilitators, Lisa Edmondson and Anne-Estelle Bourgeon, for their reports. First, Lisa’s...
by AuthorSue | Jun 25, 2015 | Cambodia, philanthropy, poetry, short story, teaching, Uncategorized, Writing
Over the past three months, our intrepid Writing Through Facilitator, Katy Oglethorpe, traveled – first with me (Sue Guiney) and then, for most of the time, on her own – throughout the northwest of Cambodia, delivering our workshops to the children in the...
by AuthorSue | May 15, 2015 | Cambodia, philanthropy, politics, research, Writing
When I was doing my research for my latest novel, Out of the Ruins, I walked along some pretty frightening streets in the part of Siem Reap that the tourists usually don’t see. I saw some upsetting scenes which I won’t describe now, but a few did land...
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