by AuthorSue | Mar 14, 2015 | Cambodia, philanthropy, Uncategorized, Writing
A quick post to tell about how I had the chance to join a few other long-term guests at my guest house to help a nearby Pagoda with a much needed construction project. The young family who own the guest house, Horizons, wanted to help the monks build a place where...
by AuthorSue | Mar 12, 2015 | Cambodia, philanthropy, teaching, Writing
I have spent the last few days in the small provincial city of Sisophon, the capitol of Banteay Meanchey province in northwestern Cambodia. To be honest, there isn’t a lot going on here. Tourists rarely come. You won’t find tuk tuks cruising the streets...
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...
by AuthorSue | Mar 5, 2015 | Cambodia, novels, philanthropy, poetry, publishing, Uncategorized, Writing
I’ve been called many things, but this one I like 🙂 ‘A Writer Abroad” This is also the name of a fairly new magazine (the 2nd issue is now out) whose mission statement is clearly stated on its cover: Connecting Writers ...
by AuthorSue | Mar 1, 2015 | Cambodia, philanthropy, teaching, Uncategorized, Writing
While I am here in Siem Reap, I make it a habit to find time to read aloud to the kids in the public school housed on the grounds of my favourite pagoda, Wat Damnak. The reading takes place in another favourite place of mine, the children’s library of the Centre...
by AuthorSue | Feb 26, 2015 | Cambodia, novels, research, Uncategorized, Writing
…or Sue’s Excellent Adventure! Most of what I am doing here in Cambodia is teaching workshops, working with kids and organising Writing Through. But I also wanted to do some research for my next novel. I had read about some villages on the top of Phnom...
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