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Running high on inspiration
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 26/05/2014
» A generally agreed-upon milestone for books on running was the release of world-renowned Japanese author and marathon runner Haruki Murakami’s What I Talk About When I Talk About Running in 2007. Dubbed as the “little book on running”, it was unique for its insights and musings on the activity.
A fascination with the past
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 02/06/2014
» Journalism is often a good preparation for a writing career. Yuwadee Maneekul, nom de plume of Yuwadee Vatcharangkul, is a former writer/editor at the Nation Group and her writing on culture and history has won praise from archaeologists and academics. She has published three non-fiction books to date and two novels: Kud Ahdeed Ko Rak (Digging Up The Past And Finding Love, 2007) and the recently released Jueng Rien Ma Puea Sarb (For Your Consideration). Both novels feature characters working in the field of archaeology who have to address problems to do with conservation, an area that the author feels is deserving of “more public and state attention”.
The voice of the pitch
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 16/06/2014
» Football fans, especially enthusiasts of the English Premier League, must have seen and heard Kittikorn U-dompol. The 47-year-old TV commentator has provided the voice of many live matches since 1990. He also once had a column in the popular Siam Keela newspaper.
Painting a different picture
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 18/06/2014
» Suchart Sawasdsri is better known as a literary editor and writer who has been in the publishing business for decades. In 2003 he had his first painting exhibition, and friends, fans and art critics perceived it as the writer’s “vacatio” — his break from the world of letters.
Punching above their weight
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 30/06/2014
» After the notable success of its efforts to popularise the annual book fairs it holds in Bangkok, the Publishers and Booksellers Association of Thailand (Pubat) is gearing up to promote small, stand-alone bookshops operating throughout the Kingdom. Held between June 21 and 29 this year, Thai Independent Bookstores Week managed to attract the participation of 41 independent bookshops based in Bangkok and other urban centres. Pubat secretary Pichet Yimthin recently spoke to Life about his organisation’s plans to help small-scale booksellers and why he thinks they provide a valuable service and play an important role in our society.
Taking an active role
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 07/07/2014
» Oraya Sutabutr has spearheaded many urban environmental campaigns, such as the Quiet Bangkok anti-noise-pollution effort, the Bangkok Bicycle Campaign, the Big Tree Project and the recent Big Trees Project’s Farmers’ Friend Rice that creates direct link-ups between organic rice growers in Yasothon province and consumers in Bangkok.
Sci-fi-loving sailor
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 31/03/2014
» Angelo Gualtieri, born of an Italian father and English mother, was brought up in England. This gave him a passionate temperament held down, sometimes unsuccessfully, by British reserve and upbringing. He started his career as a research engineer in the UK, then at the Stanford Research Institute in the US, before moving to Thailand years ago.
The story of their life
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 16/04/2014
» Dwellers of Klity village, an ethnic Karen hamlet set deep in the forest of Kanchanaburi province, are known for their quiet and painfully shy disposition. At an outdoor movie screening held earlier this month, however, they very much acted out of character.
The professional interviewer
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 28/04/2014
» Columnist and writer Worapoj Panpong’s nickname as “The Interviewer” is one that fellow writers and magazine journalists have given him, and one that he cherishes.
Poetry and pollution
Business, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 09/05/2014
» Environmental enthusiasts might be caught by surprise. By The River (Sai Nam Tid Chua) is a documentary film based on the toxic poisoning at Klity village in Kanchanaburi province, but it’s not a “green” film in the conventional sense. Your befuddlement is thus understandable. The film is a surprising departure from “save-the-world” films driven by serious content, grim footage, long interviews and heavy messages, if not cartoon animation that preaches urban kids to hug trees and denounce capitalists (remember The Lorax and Dr Seuss?).