In December 2010, Michael David Nepia intends to walk the 750 km from Bangkok to Chiang Mai in an attempt to raise money for charity and give hope to children who were not as fortunate as most of us. Such a big task could never happened without Hope Worldwide Thailand, a non-profit organization dedicated to …
QUESTION: And Then One Morning is a powerful story about what you personally experienced on the Island of Phi Phi during the 2004 tsunami. You’re a veteran now in Southeast Asia, being successful in Thailand and Singapore. Do you have any ideas for a new book? ANSWER: “Unless I am caught up in an earthquake, …
Q&A with Bangkok-based tsunami survivor Aaron Le Boutillier Read More »
Bangkok Knights, first published in 1989, is Collin Piprell famous collection of short stories about the Bangkok go-go bar scene. Collin’s other books of fiction include Bangkok Old Hand (1993), Yawn ( 2003), Kicking Dogs (2000), and MOM (2010). Read what each story is about here.
In a recent interview, Jim Newport, the author of ‘The Vampire of Siam’ trilogy talked about his books, his future writing plans, the publishing industry, and films. Read the entire interview here.
Ramonne is the second novel in Jim Newport’s vampire trilogy: The Vampire of Siam (2004), Ramonne – The Return of The Vampire of Siam (2005) and The Reckoning – The Tale of the Vampire of Siam (2006). Read a book review here.
Sri Maha Mariamman Temple is one of the two most revered temples by Indians and Thai Indians who live in Bangkok. The temple is located on Silom Road on the corner of Thanon Pan (opposite Silom Soi 20). It is anly a 15 minutes walk from the Chong Nongsi BTS Skytrain station. Read a full …
Hindu Temple in Bangkok: Sri Maha Mariamman Temple Read More »
It is common knowledge that most of the foreign writers stationed din Thailand are male. Here is a photo collage of some of them: top row, left to right: Aaron Le Boutillier, Larry Welch, and David Young; bottom row, left to right: Collin Cotterill, Andrew Hicks and Voicu Mihnea Simandan. To find out what place …
Chiang Rai resident Cornelis Hoek, a Dutch visual artist, has brought to Bangkok his exhibition of paper-cut collages entitled “The World in Our Hands.” You can visit it between June 1 – 29, 2010 at Neilson Hays Library, downtown Bangkok. Read the exhibition review here.
Neilson Hays Library boasts a collection of 20,000 English language books, subscriptions to numerous newspapers and magazines (both local and international), a rotunda specially reserved for art exhibitions and a courtyard with a café gallery. Click here for a library review.
On behalf of Keera-Pat International School (KPIS), Bangkok, I would like to invite all booklovers to “Author’s Day,” an event which will take place on March 26, 2010 from 13:00 to 14:30. KPIS is one of the emerging schools on the scene of quality international education in Thailand and thus we acknowledge the importance of …