Caron Eastgate James (now Dann) is a journalist, novelist and researcher who lived in Thailand for four years in the 1990s, where she worked as a teacher and journalist, then researched and wrote her novel and, later, used that research as a starting point for her PhD thesis. She was born in Dunedin, New...
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An Outdoor Trip is a storybook for children aged 7-12 that I wrote in 2004 after a trip to Kanchanburi Province, Thailand. Eric Barrientos, the artist who did the illustrations for The Ironman. A Play, is currently working on the illustrations for An Outdoor Trip. The book will be published towards the end...
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Starting this academic school year, apart from four Grade 7 core subjects, I will also be teaching TEOFL to Grade 11 & 12 students at an international school in Bangkok. This is the first post in a series of teaching materials that I have prepared for my TOEFL lessons.
TOEFL (pronounced “toe-full”) =...
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One of my favourite pastimes is watching sports (not on TV, but rather live). The first football match that I saw live in Thailand was in 2008, when Thailand lost 0-1 (if I remember well) to Japan during the World Cup 2010 Qualifiers. At that time, I was impressed by the Japanese supporters,...
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Writing short stories that readers will remember even after they has turned the last page of the book is difficult. The difficulty lies in the fact that short story writing is a craft that encompasses more than just putting together a short piece of fiction. In only a few thousand words, the story must...
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I like to read books that not only provide an entertaining reading experience but also give the readers an insight into bygone eras. By that I don’t necessarily refer to historical fiction, but rather to novels (most of which fall under the genre of literary fiction) that incorporate in their prose snippets of...
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Collin Piprell is a Bangkok-based Canadian writer, author of several books about Thailand: Bangkok Knights, Bangkok Old Hand, Yawn, and Kicking Dogs. He has been living and writing in Thailand since 1984. In this interview he talks about his books, life in Thailand, the publishing industry and blogging.
Voicu Mihnea Simandan: Your first collection...
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MOM is Collin Piprell’s latest novel, a book catered to science-fiction fans and mainstream readers alike. Here’s a synopsis:
A god is born! MOM, the machine mall-operations manager, has recently awakened to self-consciousness. Too bad about the personality disorder.
Cisco Smith is an alpha test pilot for realities generated by Worlds UnLtd. He lives in...
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Stephen Leather is an English writer, born in 1956 in Manchester, known worldwide for his high-packed action novels of crime, military and terrorism. But, in Thailand, he is mostly known for Private Dancer (2005) – a novel about love, betrayal and death -, and Confessions of A Bangkok Private Eye (2006) – a...
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Private Dancer by Stephen Leather is a book that was tremendously well-received in Thailand. Bernard Trink from Bangkok Post – the biggest English-language daily in Thailand – believes that “Private Dancer ought to be made available to every tourist at port of entry” and Pattaya Mail wrote that the book “should be compulsory...
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