Cambodian and Vietnamese social media users were shocked by tragic videos on December, 2016. A Vietnamese Facebook account had posted several videos to Facebook showing a 2-year old boy being tortured. This is the story of how a Dutch man became one of Cambodia’s most hated men over night. Stefan…
In 2012, a collection of short stories called ‘Phnom Penh Noir’ was released, edited by the highly talented Christopher G. Moore, author of the Vincent Calvino series of books (as well as some very cerebral essays on a number of topics and a few insightful non-fiction books too). Moore has…
I want to make one thing perfectly clear: under no circumstances will I mention Cholon Duck. Never. I know why you’re reading this, and I’m not going to give you the satisfaction. You’ll get not a word about Cholon Duck out of me. I will, however, tell you all about…
Steven W. Palmer’s “Angkor Away” comes out just as the Kampot Readers and Writers Festival is about to put Cambodia on the literary map, so now is a good moment to review how Cambodia looks in English-language fiction.
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