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Call Dial-A-Poem Thailand to be cool, calm and collected
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 09/04/2026
» 'This is an invitation to stay calm," said the voice on the other side of the line, followed by the sound of waves. "Breathe in and out. I am helping you find inner peace."
Finding meaning in a fragmented city
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 18/03/2026
» Fragments Of Loneliness, a new play by Chakorn Chamai, will stage on Friday at LiFE Studio in Bangkok's Phra Nakhon district, inviting audiences to examine an urban malaise in an achievement society. Instead of giving answers or moral conclusions, the play raises questions about the meaning of human existence.
The infinite anomaly
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 26/12/2025
» Genki Kawamura returned this year with his second feature film Exit 8. His debut, A Hundred Flowers (2022), follows Yuriko, an ageing piano teacher, who unravels in the grip of dementia and her son, Izumi, who comes to term with losing her again. While Yuriko's mind is fading, her son's memories are vivid. In particular, her disappearance still haunts him.
Thai-Danish short story contest open to submissions
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 22/10/2025
» Danish Nobel Laureate Karl Gjellerup's novel The Pilgrim Kamanita (1906) recounts a borderless tale of a spiritual quest -- a journey of an Indian merchant's son from carnal desire to nirvana -- that captured the public's imagination. Now, it is time to pen stories that draw inspiration from this Buddhist masterpiece.
Queer Film Festival calls on Southeast Asian auteurs
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 04/08/2025
» The second edition of the 29 Queer Film Festival is now accepting submissions until Aug 15.
Communication breakdown
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 29/07/2025
» Athipat Boonleang, a deaf gay rider, was on the way to deliver a parcel. Confused by the customer's location, she sent a text message to no avail. She contacted an online sign language interpretation service only to find that it is suspended.
Korean Literature Translation Awards seeks entries
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 11/07/2025
» The 56th Modern Korean Literature Translation Awards is now open for entries. Translators from around the world are invited to submit English editions of contemporary Korean literature before the end of August.
The next chapter?
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 30/06/2025
» How has sexual and gender diversity in Thailand evolved? Following the enactment of the Marriage Equality Bill, Life spoke to new-gen LGBTI on what hurdles still remain to be overcome?
Promoting co-existence
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 12/05/2025
» While parents were sitting on picnic blankets, kids were romping with laughter reverberating across the yard. Stationed according to their own age in an arcade, players hit flashing buttons to create notes as fast as possible -- hence rearranging popular songs with melodies of different generations.
Thai women still left holding the baby
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 18/03/2025
» If you buy abortion pills a day after 12 weeks of pregnancy, you have committed a crime.