by AuthorSue | Dec 29, 2017 | philanthropy, teaching, Travel, Uncategorized, Vietnam, Writing
The story of this trip starts in Singapore, actually, in the training session I led for Writing Through prospective volunteers in 2016. At that time, a wonderful trainee named Stephanie took me aside and said I had to bring the program to Vietnam, her home country. My...
by AuthorSue | Sep 20, 2017 | Creativity, philanthropy, Singapore, teaching, Writing
(Read to the end for the big reveal!) CSR: Corporate Social Responsibility: when a corporation takes decisive and apparent action to uphold and promote positive social values. In other words, the way in which a company contributes via active fundraising, financial...
by AuthorSue | Sep 8, 2017 | Literacy, teaching, Writing
International Literacy Day really snuck up on me this year. I must admit, the calendar is full of random celebratory days and I tend to ignore most of them (although my favorite might be International Talk Like a Pirate Day on September 19 — ooh, ooh,...
by AuthorSue | Aug 6, 2017 | Cambodia, Creativity, film, philanthropy, poetry, short story, teaching, Travel, Writing
As most of you know, when I am not writing novels and poetry, I am running a non-profit organisation which I founded called Writing Through. It is some of the most rewarding, exciting and creative work I have ever done, and the word is getting out about it. In...
by AuthorSue | Apr 2, 2017 | poetry, politics, teaching, Writing
The recent death of Yevgeny Yevtushenko has moved me to write down some thoughts I have been having lately about the intersection of poetry and politics, or actually, any creative writing in general and the present political situation the writer finds her/himself in....
by AuthorSue | Mar 8, 2017 | Cambodia, Creativity, Gender Equity, poetry, teaching, Writing
What better way to celebrate International Women’s Day than to go out into a countryside school and write poetry with a bunch of kids? One of Writing Through’s partners, ODA, is an educational shelter for extremely disadvantaged kids in the Angkor district...
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