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 | Feb 1, 2016 | Cambodia, philanthropy, teaching, Uncategorized, Writing
So, I’m back — back in my room at my guesthouse, back at the educational shelter, Anjali House, where this all began. I spent my first week wearing my Anjali House Board Member hat, checking in on administrative and fundraising tasks, talking to the staff...
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 | Dec 11, 2015 | Uncategorized
I’m writing this on Tuesday, but you’ll be reading it days from now because I’m going off-line for a bit. I’m taking myself on a much needed short writing retreat. I have half a poetry collection burning a hole in my computer and a notebook...
by AuthorSue | Dec 4, 2015 | Uncategorized
Given the time of year, you would be forgiven for thinking that Nik Perring’s latest collection, Beautiful Trees, was a stocking stuffer. After all, it is small, paperback, illustrated and full of bite-size morsels. But this book, the second in a trilogy of...
by AuthorSue | Nov 15, 2015 | Cambodia, philanthropy, teaching, Uncategorized, Writing
I arrived back in London at 5.30 in the morning on Saturday. The flight seemed uneventful. I watched a film (Ted 2 — I know, ridiculous, but so funny), had something to eat and then went to sleep. So far so good. But when I landed and turned on my phone I found...
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