London Training

As I described in this post, I am now training people to facilitate my Writing Through workshops in schools and NGO’s throughout Cambodia. This past weekend, I held my first London-based training session and it was great fun. Ten of us came together in the...

Anjali House Goes to the Circus

Anjali House is the educational shelter in Siem Reap where my Writing Through Cambodia creative writing workshop started five years ago. Since then, it has become important to me in ways that go far beyond my own workshop with the older kids. Last month when I was...
Writing, Teaching and Writing Through Teaching

Writing, Teaching and Writing Through Teaching

There is no doubt that in today’s world of writers, teaching plays a big part for most of us. Some teach in university Creative Writing degree programs, but most teach in other places like retreats, writing organisations, schools, prisons, even their own living...
Phare Cambodian Circus

Phare Cambodian Circus

I have now seen this troupe several times and visited their school in Battambang, and I am still amazed. Phare trains poor Cambodian kids in arts like painting, music, video and circus skills. They have been giving livelihoods to poor Cambodians and spectacular...