by AuthorSue | Feb 14, 2016 | Cambodia, philanthropy, poetry, short story, teaching, Writing
This past Saturday night Writing Through held the Big Event which showcased the work of 24 students from Anjali House, the educational shelter where these workshops began. It was a beautiful, though somewhat steamy, Siem Reap night, and this year, the event was held...
by AuthorSue | Feb 7, 2016 | Cambodia, philanthropy, poetry, teaching, Travel, Uncategorized, Writing
Last week I ran the first of my Writing Through workshops for this year. Others have done theirs already, but this was my first, and it was held with students at Anjali House, where my programme first started six years ago. The theme this time was ‘Place’,...
by AuthorSue | Jan 21, 2016 | Cambodia, poetry, short story, teaching, Travel, Uncategorized, Writing
I’m on my way back to Cambodia, this time for what has become my annual two-month trip. Two months always sounds like a very long time, but when I look at the calendar and all that I have already lined up to do, I realise it will go by in a snap. Packing is...
by AuthorSue | Jan 12, 2016 | novels, poetry, teaching, Writing
What do we really mean by literacy? This is something I have been thinking about a lot lately, both as a writer and as an educator. We know what we mean when we say someone is illiterate. Often, to those of us in the West, that word is used to mean stupid, at worst,...
by AuthorSue | Dec 18, 2015 | Cambodia, novels, philanthropy, poetry, short story, teaching, Writing
2015 has been an incredible year for me, full of development, both personal and professional, world travel, and big changes. I can already tell that the new year will bring more of the same. I think it’s time for a rest during this holiday season and so I bring...
by AuthorSue | Nov 7, 2015 | Cambodia, philanthropy, poetry, short story, teaching, Writing
Finally, after all these years of coming to Cambodia, I have experienced a real Cambodian monsoon. Actually, several days of them. Monsoon — the word alone summons up all these feelings of exotic otherness. And, although they can be a colossal pain in the butt,...
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