Tom Vater

I have been interviewed about my first novel, The Devil’s Road to Kathmandu, out now with Crime Wave Press,  on Pat Bertram’s literary blog.

August 25th, 2012 | Tags: adventure fiction, Afghanistan, Author, crime fiction, Crime Wave Press, hippie trail, India, Interview, Iran, Kathmandu, London, Nepal, novel, Pakistan, Pat Bertram, The Devil's Road to Kathmandu, Tom Vater, travel fiction, Turkey | Category: Writer´s Corner | Leave a comment

Nice spread and review of my book (with co-author Aroon Thaewchatturat) Sacred Skin on Japanese blog Miyakeaya. Sacred Skin was designed by acclaimed and award-winning London illustrator Austin @ NEW.

May 13th, 2012 | Tags: Aroon Thaewchatturat, Asia, Bangkok, Blog, book, Hans Kemp, London, Miyakeaya, NEW Design, photography, review, Sacred Skin, Sacred Tattoos, Sak Yant, South East Asia, tattoo, Thailand, Tom Vater, Visionary World, writer | Category: Japan, Thailand | Leave a comment

England’s uncaring, fractured society is experiencing temporary meltdown this week, with kids as young as seven looting and fighting the cops, while the British leadership and right wing press is frothing at the mouth and talking maximum violence, maximum punishment and zero reflection on why their country is on fire. Unlike the British establishment, this [...]

August 11th, 2011 | Tags: Bad Kids, BBC, BBC bias, capitalism, corruption, Darcus Howe, England, government, instability, London, looting, media, media bias, opinion, police, riot, The Black Lips, Tom Vater, UK | Category: UK | Leave a comment

I attended a Thai festival at Bexleyheath in South East London last weekend. Much to my surprise, one of the performers on the festival stage was the fantastic Georgia from Bangkok´s equally fantastic Ad Here Blues Bar. Georgia did some Blues and Jazz standards for a crowd of several hundred Thai and local punters…a great [...]

August 12th, 2010 | Tags: Ad Here, Bangkok, Banglamphoo, Bexleyheath, Camden market, Chatutchak, London, Thai community in Britain, Thai culture, Thai festival, Thai food, Thailand, Thais abroad, Tom Vater, UK | Category: Thailand, UK | Comments (2)