In my informal chat with different publishers from Thailand, I’ve heard plenty of times that it is very difficult to publish a successful farang-written book that does not revolve around…
Title of the Book: Jasmine Nights Author’s name: S.P. Somtow (Somtow Papinian Sucharitkul) Genre: semi-autobiographical novel Year when the action takes place: 1963 Setting: Bangkok, Thailand Justin, the main…
After a successful and rewarding life spent in the US Navy, Larry Welch, author of The Human Spirit – Stories from the Heart, moved to Thailand where he operates…
Peter Montalbano is an American Bangkok-based writer, musician and linguist, member of the Bangkok Writers’ Guild. In this interview, Peter talks about his novel project, The Lover with a Thousand…
Peter Montalbano is an American Bangkok-based writer, musician and linguist, member of the Bangkok Writers’ Guild. In this interview, Peter talks about writing and his novel project, The Lover…
I first heard of Bangkok Blondes sometime in 2007 during a Bangkok Bookcrossers meeting, when the book was introduced to the gathering of book lovers by Anette Pollner, the coordinator…
I’m writing this article in response to my fellow Bangkok-based writer, Gary Dale Cearley, who in his latest blog post asked the following question: Do you feel the need to…
Yesterday, on December 10, which is recognized as Constitution Day here in Thailand, the members of the Bangkok Writer’s Guild met for the last time this year at their usual…
Trirat Petchsingh is a contemporary Thai writer who writes fiction in English rather than Thai. He was born in 1954 in Petchaboon, Thailand but was educated abroad, earning a degree…