writing career – Tom Vater

Talking about writing at My Book Place

November 4, 2018November 4, 2018tomLeave a Comment

I was interviewed at My Book Place a while ago about all things bookish…. What is your favorite book of all time? Hard to say, so many – Geek Love by Katherine Dunn, the Chandler novels, Treasure Island by Stevenson, Burmese Days by George Orwell, The Quiet American by Graham Greene, Killing Mr Watson by […]

Interview on Creative Writer’s Post

February 22, 2017February 22, 2017tomLeave a Comment

Liz Kingsbury McKeown interviews me about my writing career. It was fun. Do something creative with your life. Don’t work for a boss in an office all your life. Don’t fall into consumerist trappings. Don’t get a mortgage if it means having […]

Kathmandu Reloaded!

December 7, 2011December 7, 2011tomLeave a Comment

I have just published a feature in the Friday supplement of The Rising Nepal, one of the country’s Eng;ish language newspapers. Why? Well, The Rising Nepal helped me start my career in 1997. The paper graciously offered me the use of a typewriter and I hammered out a series of feature stories on Nepali culture […]