WoWasis had a very interesting conversation the other day with a cameraman from the BBC. We were discussing the red shirt protest in Bangkok in May of 2010, in which several reporters and camerapersons were killed or injured while in the line of fire. We mentioned that some of the most interesting footage was […]
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Steve Rosse’s short story of Phuket: Two for the Road
Here at WoWasis, we think Steve Rosse’s short story Two for the Road is one of the most poigant we’ve read on life in Thailand (see Steve’s bio at the bottom of this article. ) The story is reprinted from the book Thai Vignettes, published in book or ebook format from Bangkok Book House Two […]
Read the rest of this entry »WoWasis’ Philippines Bookshelf: Tribal books from the Luzon Cordillera
Two significant books regarding tribal groups in the northern Luzon Gran Cordillera area recently caught our eyes here at WoWasis. They’re both valuable for scholars as well as travelers, and are available at the bookstore in the Bontoc Museum, if you happen to be traveling in the area. Masferre: a Tribute to the Philippine Cordillera […]
Read the rest of this entry »WoWasis on Bookstores in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
Sarawak’s capital city of Kuching has a number of bookstores, and this is your best spot in Malaysia to pick up books on Sarawak. Several of these stores are within a few blocks of each other, allowing you to browse and compare selection before buying. See our book reviews for an idea of what’s […]
Read the rest of this entry »WoWasis Book review: Timothy Hallinan’s ‘The Fourth Watcher’
Following up on his excellent novel A Nail Through the Heart, Timothy Hallinan’s The Fourth Watcher (2008, ISBN 978-0-06-125726-1) is a continuation of the ongoing saga of travel writer Poke Rafferty and his family, ex- bar girl Rose, and adopted daughter Miaow. Hallinan is rapidly becoming a fixture in the Bangkok Fiction genre, whose prosaic […]
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Here at WoWasis, we’ve found some good reads about Singapore , including a number of very good fiction and non-fiction books. Here are some of our favorites: Fiction It takes a brave writer to create a bland protagonist, especially in a crime novel, where, presumably, the reader aspires to the lofty wit, intelligence, good looks, […]
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Much of the literature on Cambodia deals with the Khmer Rouge days, somewhat less on the glories of Angkor Wat. Travelers who haven’t read on either subject prior to entering Cambodia invariably dash to bookstores to catch up on what they’ve seen and heard. Here are a few books we here at WoWasis would consider essential […]
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One of the gripes voiced by veteran readers of Bangkok Fiction is that the common plot of western man-meets-bargirl has become so hackneyed that it’s really served its time, and should either be upgraded or retired. We’ve started to feel the same way about its replacements, the girl gets trafficked or children are molested by […]
Read the rest of this entry »WoWasis Book review: Harold Stephens’ Tales from the Pacific Rim
Harold Stephens is a well-regarded expat writer and sailor who has written a number of interesting books on Asian themes, and we’ve found his Tales from the Pacific Rim: The Man Who Wanted to Buy a Wife and Other Stories (2007, ISBN 0-9786951-0-0) to be a compelling read. There are twenty short stories in this […]
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