= They came with the rain last night, stayed with the pelting rain and left with the rain as it petered out almost three hours later: Master Siriworn, with family and friends. A breath of youthful air… more →
the written wor(l)d en deux langueswrote 1 week ago: = They came with the rain last night, stayed with the pelting rain and left with the rain as it pete … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: Yes, my visa and labour permit have been extended for another year – one day past the deadline. And … more →
wrote 3 months ago: = It seems I’ve developed tunnel vision in life: when I get into gear over some lengthy written unde … more →
wrote 10 months ago: Since, judging from their online versions, neither the Bangkok Post nor The Nation seem to bother to … more →
wrote 11 months ago: It’s this time of year again: the long list of the SEA Write Award 2012 is out. Fifteen novels are i … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Absent With Own Leave, that is – since 24 November. Not that I went anywhere at all, but heavy house … more →
wrote 1 year ago: . 8:45am: 14cm. The cocks are back to crowing normally – well, almost: too much still. Perhaps they … more →
wrote 1 year ago: . Siriworn and Jadet came last night but Mother Ganga had better things to do than crashing in on th … more →
wrote 1 year ago: . Not so long ago I translated a story by Siriworn Kaewkan, ‘Lanta, Carrie May and me’, which takes … more →
wrote 1 year ago: . Thirty-three years and counting. After all this time, I still keep learning Thai, or rather Thai m … more →
wrote 1 year ago: At 3:30pm today, I get a call from Siriworn Kaewkan: Jadet Kamjorndet is this year’s SEA Write Award … more →
wrote 1 year ago: . The morning sun is too hot to sit sipping coffee – a wonderful title for a collection of (usually … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Just out is the list of the seven final contenders for the SEA Write Award, crowning this year a col … more →
wrote 1 year ago: . Once more on Siriworn Kaewkan’s latest collection of short stories, self-published and self-titled … more →
wrote 1 year ago: . A 14th of July to remember: first outing on crutches to get my teeth fixed once again – stitches t … more →
wrote 2 years ago: The Indian Ocean was heaving, exhausted, after sending a tide of demented waves lashing at seaside r … more →
wrote 2 years ago: . Last night I got an email from immateriel.fr, where three dozen Thai novels and collections of sho … more →
wrote 2 years ago: . Something happened to this blog on Saturday. The number of viewers shot up, from a low of 25 views … more →
wrote 2 years ago: . So yesterday I got this and then that mail intimating that there’s a book fair coming up in Taipei … more →