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 | Apr 8, 2015 | Cambodia, poetry, Writing
Over the five years that I have been engaged with all things Cambodian, I have written two novels set there, started to research a third, taught a couple of hundred students, raised money and awareness. I now joke that it seems I work in Cambodia although I live in...
by AuthorSue | Mar 23, 2015 | Cambodia, philanthropy, poetry, short story, teaching, Writing
I have just come back to Siem Reap after running the second of our Writing Through workshops for the children of the Enfants du Mekong centre in the remote northern village of Banteay Chhmar. Much has changed. The road which last year looked like this: is now,...
by AuthorSue | Mar 9, 2015 | Cambodia, philanthropy, poetry, short story, teaching, Uncategorized, Writing
I spent this past week in Phnom Penh. I come every year. I have always loved its craziness, its mass of humanity on the streets, the astonishing juxtaposition of developed and undeveloped. Mostly now, though, it is a city full of friends, and I spent many nights this...
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