The release from house arrest of Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burmese democracy leader (November 2010), the release of some Burmese political prisoners by the government (October 2011), the nominal…
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In 2012, this writing portal has seen a change of focus and an attempt at rebranding. As for me 2012 was the year of archery, most of the articles highlighted…
Ten years ago, Asia Books still had a book-publishing branch and, in 2002, quite a few books by local and international writers residing in Thailand saw their way on the…
I started this writing portal in December 2009 and, as of October 2012, I have posted 400 articles, which reflect my interest in archery (and sports in general), travelling (mainly Thailand)…
Mr. Cheng’s Silver Coffeepot (2012, 424 p.) is New Asian Writing’s second anthology of short stories that comprises the fictional work of forty-five writers from around the world who set their…
The English translation of the Thai novel The Brotherhood of Kaeng Khoi by Uthis Haemamool has been published and is available on naiin.com. The novel was translated by Bangkok-based US writer Peter Montalbano. Beware that,…
The Rage of a New Ancestor. 2010 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology by Declan O’Sullivan (ed.) is made up of 14 short stories set in 10 different Asian countries. Cover…
Although I’m Christian, for me, as an expatriate who has been living in Thailand for a decade, Buddhism is present everywhere I go and in every aspect of my life….
Jasmine Nights by Thai-American author S.P. Somtow is a coming of age, semi-autobiographical novel which has recently been re-republished by Diplodocus Press. The book’s first edition was published in 1994 by…
When I first met A.D. Thompson – or Dan for the people who know him -, author of Diner Dharma – A Monk in Trouble in West Texas, he was…
