James Newman is a 36-year-old English writer who has been in Thailand since 2001. He is the author of Bangkok Express (Spanking Pulp Press, 2012) and many other works of fiction…
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On Tuesday April 2, 2013, at 7pm, Neilson Hays Library is organizing an interesting event with American author John Shors who will be in Bangkok for an author’s talk and…
Noir is a much talked about genre that is represented across many disciplines, including literature, art, film and music. On Wednesday April 17, 2013, starting at 7:30pm and continuing until…
Recently, to celebrate their 4th anniversary, Dasa Books in Bangkok has released a list of bestselling books of the past four years. They have not taken into consideration Dan Brown’s most…
My favourite secondhand bookstore in Thailand, Dasa Books, is celebrating its 9th anniversary this month with the biggest sale of the year. Until March 31st, all books will be discounted…
Friendship of Gold by American author Max Ediger was first published in 2001 by Thai publishing house Nanmeebooks, but has long since been out of print. That was until June…
Books about prisons in Thailand sell well and Welcome to Hell – One man’s fight inside the Bangkok Hilton” by Colin Martin is a bestseller which ends up in the…
Under the pseudonym Bangkok Byron, a member of the influential literary site ThailandStories.com wrote in 2011 an essay putting forth the idea that writers in Thailand have by now established…
Bangkok is a wonderful place to be an expat lady. The fairly new Expat Ladies in Bangkok magazine is just one of the many venues where women in Thailand can express…
The question of whether one can make a living in Thailand as a writer depends pretty much on whom we are talking about. Established writers with literary agents and big…
