Over the years many films, local and international, have been shot on location in Thailand. Now the French government has announced...

This sounds like something from a tabloid. But the news (the Nation 23 November 2005) is that by Royal decree Angelina Jolie has become...

Over at Sarah Weinman’s blog she mentions the success of Indie publisher Akashic in bringing out Manhattan Noir, Baltimore Noir, San...

I had good news from our Paris-based agent that the French rights to Zero Hour in Phnom Penh have been sold to a French language...

Last week I spent time with a German TV documentary crew who were in Bangkok to film Vincent Calvino’s Bangkok. I took the crew around...

On Saturday morning (19 November 2005) I spoke before 250 members of the Pattaya Expat Club about Gambling on Magic. The venue was the...

After Icelandic author Arnaldur Indridason who wrote Silence of the Grave in Icelandic (and later translated into English) walked away...

Novels set in Southeast Asia have started to gain recognition and some impressive awards. David Bergen’s Time in Between won the Giller...