A Last Post about Cambodia…

…for now.Just to say, the pdf version of the magazine written by my students during the last Writing Workshop is now available from the Anjali House website here.You can read all about it and, if so moved, you can buy a copy to download for US$7. At over 50...

Back to London, Back to Poetry

I’ve been given two good pieces of advice about how to deal with my return to London and my “Western” life. First, I was told to give myself a week to just stare out the window and allow all the different pieces of myself to find their way back...

Progress, I Guess

Last year, I wrote posts here and here about the dredging and widening of the Siem Reap River and how it led to mass evacuations of the people living and working along its shores. A new village had been planned to accommodate the evacuees but it was nowhere near...

A Woman of Angkor, by John Burgess

Literally 15 minutes after I arrived at my guest house in Siem Reap a month ago, I had my first meeting of my stay. It was with the writer, John Burgess, who was here promoting his new novel, A Woman of Angkor. I have now finished reading it, and I have to say, I am...

More Launch Photos!

Me giving my IntroAs promised, here are some more photos from the launch party. If you missed the main post about the event, you can find it here:The view from the podium and the back ofour 1st 2 readers, Chuut and Vecheka. This was their 1st time, so they reada group...
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