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...
by AuthorSue | Feb 23, 2015 | Uncategorized
Last week we ran another workshop here in Siem Reap. This was important for two reasons: first, it was the first one run for the terrific NGO Sala Bai, which takes some of the country’s poorest young adults and gives them training in the hospitality industry...
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