I remember the December 26, 2004 tsunami well. In fact, nobody who was in any of the eleven affected countries will ever forget the shock and the suffering of those…
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There are very few Thai authors who use the medium of the English language as their primary writing language. Two of the most famous ones are the Eton-educated SP Somtow,…
Cesare Polenghi is an Italian-born researcher and professor who was born in 1968, Milano, Italy. His extensive career as a teacher in Japan and as a graduate and undergraduate student…
For many years, most – if not all – photographs that I took lacked people in them. I was not aware of this until the publisher of a Romanian magazine,…
When one says ‘Thai movies,’ I bet there are only a few genres you can think of: comedy, with its share of transvestites and “funny” sound effects; horror, with same…
The recent publication of Bangkok Noir – edited by Christopher G. Moore – (Heaven Lake Press, 2011) has created a lot of interest, as it comprises the short fiction of…
The problem that I have these days with books is that I have too many. Way too many unread books wait for me on the shelves of my library in…
The City of Ayutthaya is one of my favourite places in Thailand. I have been there on several occasions, both by myself and together with family and friends and I…
The book launch of Bangkok Noir brought together a great number of Thai and Western writers who shared their involvement in this project and their understanding of ‘noir.’ Here’s a…
I have been in touch with Bangkok-based author Christopher G. Moore for some time now. This happened both through his books (His Lordship’s Arsenal and Cold Hit) and via…
