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A short film shot by Hans Kemp of Visionary World and Crime Wave Press of a talk I gave in May 2011 about my then forthcoming book Sacred Skin, co-authored with Aroon Thaewchatturat, and published by Visionary World in July 2011. The talk took place at the first Bangkok Literary Festival at the Neilson Hayes […]
Continue ReadingThis week, I am at the UBUD Writers and Readers Festival in Bali to present my books Sacred Skin (with co-author and photographer Aroon Thaewchatturat, published by Visionary World) and The Cambodian Book of the Dead (published by Crime Wave Press). I will also be taking part in several panel discussions. Owner of Visionary World […]
Continue ReadingPhotographer Aroon Thaewchatturat and myself will be giving a talk on Thailand’s sacred tattoos, sak yant, in Bali at the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival next week. We will be presenting our recently published book Sacred Skin on October 6th at Bar Luna, Jl. Gootama at 7pm. Here’s a great article on Indonesia‘s long and […]
Continue ReadingJust 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 ReadingThe excellent Noir Nation Vol. 2, an eFormat magazine featuring of course Noir fiction and non fiction essays on tattoos, is out now, including an essay pillaged from my recent book Sacred Skin. It’s yours for 10 bucks! Here’s the amazon link!
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 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 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 […]
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