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Just in time for our appearance at the UBUD Writers and Readers Festival in Bali, Noir Nation posts a short film interview with photographer Aroon Thaewchatturat on Sacred Skin, the first English language book on Thailand’s spirit tattoos, Sak Yant. Watch the clip here! Watch it here!
Continue ReadingAroon Thaewchatturat, photographer and co-author of Sacred Skin, my book on Thailand’s spirit tattoos – sak yant in Thai – is interviewed in this short film at Wat Bang Phra, during the annual Wai Kru (Respect your teacher) festival, during which thousands of tattoo devotees descend on this temple famous for its tattooing monks, an […]
Continue ReadingDagmarah Mackos interviews me about my second novel, The Cambodian Book of the Dead, in last weekend’s Phnom Penh Post. Read the full interview here. Inside The Cambodian Book of the Dead: Cambodia 2001 – a country re-emerges from a half century of war, genocide, famine and cultural collapse. German Detective Maier travels to Phnom […]
Continue ReadingDeutsch/Franzoesischer Fernsehsender arte hat letztes Jahr einen kurzen Film über mein Buch Sacred Skin (mit Fotografin Aroon Thaewchatturat), dem ersten englischsprachigen Titel über Thailands heilige Tätowierungen, gesendet. Nun ist der film online zu sehen. Regie: Marc Eberle Kamera: Marc Eberle, Hans Kemp Interviews mit dem Fotografen James Nachtwey und dem Tätowiermeister Ajan Neng Onnut. Sacred […]
Continue ReadingOn August 13th, my first novel, The Devil’s Road to Kathmandu, got a positive mention on the crime blog Do Some Damage! “… I liked the atmosphere, the tension, the setting and the characters. The writing was tight and there were memorable lines and some nice turns of phrases…. Scroll down the page and check […]
Continue ReadingAirports in Ko Samui, Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Siem Reap and Phnom Penh all continue to stock Sacred Skin prominently. The first illustrated Sak Yant book in English featuring detailed portraits of masters and devotees paired with an insightful text. Described in TIME as a book that “… will further popularize a centuries-old tradition.” Sacred tattoos, […]
Continue ReadingPart 2 of Bookcase, a program broadcast by ASEAN TV/Nation TV is now online, featuring photographer and co-author Aroon Thaewchatturat and myself talking about our book Sacred Skin, the first English language title on Thailand’s sacred tattoos. Watch Part 2 here! Watch Part 1 here! Photograph taken at Backstreet Books, Chiang Mai.
Continue ReadingI have been interviewed about my first novel The Devil’s Road to Kathmandu, about my fiction imprint Crime Wave Press and my writing career by Al Guthrie for Criminal-E, a British crime fiction blog promoting today’s leading crime writers. Read the interview here. Buy The Devil’s Road to Kathmandu here. Buy The Cambodian Book of […]
Continue ReadingThai journalist Manote Thripati recently interviewed photographer Aroon Thaewchatturat and myself on Bookcase, a show on ASEAN TV, about our book Sacred Skin, the first English language book on Thailand’s spirit tattoos which has become a regional bestseller since its publication last year. The first part of the program is online now and can be […]
Continue ReadingSacred Skin, the first English language book on Thailand’s sacred tattoos, is now available at the excellent Backstreet Books in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand. Why is this remarkable? Well, Backstreet Books and its owner, bookmaster George O’Brian, have been a source for much of my reading matter in the past decade – the selection, especially […]
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