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THE SERPENT – The Day I met serial killer Charles Sobhraj – Live at the Patpong Museum, Bangkok

December 21, 2022tom

Charles Sobhraj (born 6 April 1944), also known as the Bikini Killer, is a French thief, fraudster and serial killer. He preyed on Western tourists throughout Southeast Asia during the 1970s. He was nicknamed The Splitting Killer and The Serpent. Sobhraj allegedly committed at least a dozen murders. He was convicted and jailed in India […]

The UBUD Writers and Readers Festival Panels Online

February 10, 2013February 10, 2013tomLeave a Comment

While I was at the UBUD Writers and Readers Festival in Bali last October, I took part in three panel discussions that have no gone online as audio files. You can listen to: Check out Forget the 60s, Writing to the Power of E and Give me the World. Other highlights include talks with Nick […]

Tom Vater and Aroon Thaewchatturat present Sacred Skin at the Indian Cultural Center, Bangkok, June 30th

June 28, 2011June 28, 2011tomLeave a Comment

Writer Tom Vater and photographer Aroon Thaewchatturat will be giving a talk on the history of Sak Yant at the Indian Cultural Center in Bangkok – Sukhumvit Soi 23, Jasmine Tower, 27th Floor – on June 30th at 6.30pm. Signed copies of their brand new book, Sacred Skin, Thailand´s Spirit Tattoos, will be available at […]

Tom Vater and Aroon Thaewchatturat present Sacred Skin at The Space, June 28th!

June 23, 2011June 18, 2011tomLeave a Comment

Tom Vater and Aroon Thaewchatturat will present their new book Sacred Skin, Thailand´s Spirit Tattoos, at The River Space, in Bangkok on June 28th. The River Space is a project initiated by James Nachtwey. The dinners are inspired by Jim Haynes and his famous Paris dinners which have now lasted for more than 30 years. […]

Tom Vater and Aroon Thaewchatturat at the National Museum of Thailand on June 15th!

June 3, 2011June 19, 2011tomLeave a Comment

Tom Vater and Aroon Thaewchatturat will be giving a talk on the history and the contemporary significance of Sak Yant, Thailand´s Spirit Tattoos for the National Museum in Thailand on June 15th. As tradition dictates, the talk, accompanied by a slide show of images from their forth-coming book Sacred Skin, will only be open to […]