Eclectic crime fiction & informed, irreverent non-fiction from Asia & beyond
Asia, mon amour. Every time I go out in the street in my adopted continent, I see something that, by the central European standards I grew up with, is outrageous, logic defying, irresponsible, shocking or at the very least unusual. Sometimes it is terrible, at other times beautiful. Sometimes it is trivial,sometimes sublime, at other […]
Continue ReadingMy new guide to the Angkor temples in Cambodia, published by Moon in the US is out this month. It’s a completely revamped second edition on the temples and Siem Reap and features Phnom Penh and Battambang. And it’s the #1 New Release in the Cambodian travel guides on amazon where you can pre-order it […]
Continue ReadingEnjoyed the book launch for Cambodia: Journey through the Land of the Khmer with photographer Kraig Lieb. I participated in a panel on travel writing with Lonely Planet authors Greg Bloom and Nick Ray in front of an animated audience at Meta House in Phnom Penh. Thanks to everyone for turning up. Photo by Hans […]
Continue ReadingAn extract of my new book – with renowned American photographer and Lonely Planet veteran Kraig Lieb – Cambodia: A Journey through the Land of the Khmer, is featured in The Advisor this week. Read the text – about the country’s capital Phnom Penh – here.
Continue Reading“Cambodia: a Journey through the Land of the Khmer” (written by Tom Vater) went on sale over the weekend in Cambodia. these shots are from Monument books at the Phnom Penh airport. it will be available on Amazon US & Amazon UK within the next month. “Cambodia: a Journey through the Land of the Khmer” […]
Continue ReadingI somehow overlooked this excellent review of The Cambodian Book of the Dead at A Writer’s Side Quest from back in August. “I was left astounded by The Cambodian Book of the Dead. It defied and often surpassed my expectations of the genre…” I am currently in the last stages of editing the second Detective […]
Continue ReadingIn the light of several recent horrific rapes in Cambodia and the deplorable human rights situation in the country in general, I am republishing a 2003 story on gang rape in Phnom Penh. Cambodian sex workers In the shadow of the Independence Monument in Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh, young women sell themselves for 6$ a […]
Continue ReadingThe first edition of new my English language guide to Angkor Wat (including Siem Reap and the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh) is hitting shelves this month. After Moon Cambodia and Spotlight Angkor, this is my third book for Moon Guides and Avalon Publishing. You can purchase the book on Amazon. Content: A group of young […]
Continue ReadingAndy Brouwer, acclaimed Cambodian blogger plugs The Cambodian Book of the Dead this week. Read his post here.
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