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The thinking person's poet
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 13/05/2013
» One of the verses in Zakariya Amataya's new book of poetry reads:
Chopin at the bit
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 29/08/2013
» Chanyapong Thongsawang's bio is pretty straightforward: he fell in love with the piano when he was about seven years old, and more than 20 years later the feeling's stronger than ever. When other kids started dozing off at the first strains of classical music, it was the start of a lifelong journey for Chanyapong that has become more and more "extreme" as years have rolled by.
Living poets' society
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 02/09/2013
» The winner of Thailand's most distinguished literary prize, the SEA Write Award, will be announced on Friday. The category for this year's competition is poetry, and to warm up for the big day, we talk to the finalists about their works and literary lives.
The taming of the big-headed monster
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 05/09/2013
» Whenever Jaturachai Srichanwanpen, or "Chuan", can get away from running his shoe shop in Yaowarat, he turns all his energy into a creative force in the dramatic world he likes to inhabit. Though never a student of drama, the 27-year-old has been involved in theatre since high school in various capacities, from performing, songwriting and scriptwriting to directing.
October remembrance
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 09/10/2013
» Monday marks the 40th anniversary of the Oct 14, 1973, student uprising which ended the military dictatorship and brought about a great change in the Thai political system. To commemorate the event, there are various cultural events lined up around the city, from plays and documentaries to exhibitions. We preview some of them here.
Lessons in letters
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 14/10/2013
» Before receiving an official phone call from the judging committee or the competition organiser, Angkarn Chanthathip learned he had won this year's SEA Write Award from a post "some Facebook friend made". It wasn't on his Wall, but randomly in the Newsfeed _ perhaps the most un-poetic mode of modern communication.
The 'Empress' of Chinese nonfiction
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 18/11/2013
» For Chinese-born British author Jung Chang, having her books scanned and downloaded illegally is something that's very "encouraging". At least in China, that is, where two of her books, Wild Swans and Mao: The Unknown Story, are banned. Her latest book, Empress Dowager Cixi, a biography of a woman who unofficially controlled the China's Manchu Qing Dynasty for 47 years from 1861 until her death in 1908, is pending publication in the country, a situation for which she doesn't "hold up very high hopes".
Drawing the readers in
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 25/11/2013
» Reviewing the 16th Singapore Writers Festival on my return to Bangkok, it struck me that it would probably be more appropriate to call what went down in the city-state earlier this month a forum for authors and fans of thought-provoking literature.
Bright and early
Muse, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 14/12/2013
» Chinese artist Yu Jordy Fu's career has literally been a shooting rocket, launched at a very young age. She held her first solo exhibition when she was six. At seven, a compilation book of her art was published. At 17, she was accepted by Central Saint Martin's College of Arts and Design in London even though she hadn't even finished high school. At 19, another book was published. At 22, she had her work exhibited at the Venice Biennale (she was the youngest participant, of course). At 26, she started her own design and architecture company.
Future by design
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 08/01/2014
» It's difficult to sum up in one sentence what the "Hello World!" exhibition at Thailand Creative and Design Center (TCDC) is all about. It's logos and posters. It's product design. It's technology. It's chocolate. It's innovations in various fields from the past 50 or so years.