There are a great deal of instances of violence in Rober Cormier’s The Chocolate War. Below you will find examples of most (if not all) of them, classified according to…
Alan Van Every is an artist who lives and creates in Bangkok. But, before coming to Thailand in early 2008, Alan’s studio location was in a building that had once…
There are thousands of foreign teachers living and working in the Land of Smiles. While everybody seems to know that a vast majority of these teachers are actually not qualified…
Although archery is not as popular as muay thai or takraw, there are still several private and university archery clubs where amateur and professional archers can train. The biggest outdoor…
A Drop of Glass and Other Stories is a collection of short stories by Sidaoru’ang is the pen name of Wanna Sawatsi, a Thai fiction writer. She was born in 1943….
History’s Fiction – Stories from the City of Honk Kong is a collection of short stories by Xu Xi (originally named Xu Su Xi), a Chinese novelist and short story…
The Runaway by Morley Callaghan is the story of Michael, a boy whose life is divided between the pleasures of childhood, the pangs of love and the problems at home….
The Licence by Frank Tuohy is the story of Peter, a teenager who has to cope with the recent death of his mother, a fussing aunt, an insecure father, and,…
Secrets by Bernard MacLaverty is the story of a great-nephew and his great-aunt Mary who “had been dying for some days now and the house was full of relatives.” The…
Next Term, We’ll Mash You by Penelope Lively is the story of Charles Manders who “had black hair, slicked down smooth to his head. His ears, too large, jutted out,…