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Another review on Sacred Skin on Hymnodista! “People will always do bad things and rules will always be broken, but as one master pointed out, the sacred tattoos are silent and powerful reminders of a righteous path that all of us, whether we wear yant or not, should aspire to follow.”
Continue ReadingSacred Skin, my book on Thailand’s sacred tattoos, with images by Aroon Thaewchatturat, a current bestseller in Southeast Asia, has been reviewd on a blog named Free Tattoo Patterns Online who had this to say: “…Vater has a long history of writing about the subcultures of this part of the world and talks with authority […]
Continue ReadingFrench blog La Jupette de Jeanette offers a page on my new book Sacred Skin this week!
Continue ReadingGet Addicted To reviews Sacred Skin online! Read the full review here.
Continue ReadingMy new book, Sacred Skin – Thailand’s Spirit Tattoos, has been reviewed by Thai Guide to Thailand blog this week. “Information in easy to understand plain English about Sak Yant, the Magic Tattoo or Buddhist Tattoo has been hard to find – until now. Sacred Skin – Thailand’s Spirit Tattoos is a new book by […]
Continue ReadingMy new book, Sacred Skin, an exploration of Thailand’s spirit tattoos, photographed by Aroon Thaewchatturat and published by Visionary World, has just been reviewed on the popular Needles and Sins Tattoo blog. “Frenzied text…intense photography…”
Continue ReadingCat and Nat(Living the Thai Lifestyle), a popular Bangkok blog, covered last month’s dinner event the city’s art venue The Space, to help launch Sacred Skin, my new book on Thailand’s sacred tattoos.
Continue ReadingBob Baxter, editor-in-chief of TattooRoadTrip.com and past editor-in-chief of the award-winning tattoo magazine Skin & Ink, for 14 years, reviews my new book Sacred Skin and writes that the book is ‘a beautifully organized, visual treat for both tattoo artists and collectors’ and that it is ‘clearly-written, entertaining treatise is packed with fascinating facts and […]
Continue ReadingI have just been interviewed by Donald Gilliland, owner of Dasa Book Cafe, Bangkok’s best second hand bookshop, for his popular blog Garlic Never Sleeps. I answer questions about the life of a writer working in Asia, about past publications and my new book Sacred Skin, and also talk about some of my other (music) […]
Continue ReadingSign of the times, I suppose. In another effort of shameless self-promotion, I have created a Tom Vater facebook page about my writing, which will run new and old stories, some of them culled from this blog, others from other online sources. If you are on facebook, join up and read interesting stuff about Asia […]
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