Ibrahim Tahir
Peter Guest
Wardah Books lies at the historic heart of Malay Singapore
Category: Profiles
The journalist
Gwen Robinson
The veteran Thai journalist Kavi Chongkittavorn on the state of regional media.
Line and content
Craig Thomas
The art of pushing political boundaries but never stepping over them in Vietnam.
The blogger
John Fuller
Blogger Nguyen Chi Tuyen says he’s ready to sacrifice his life for freedom.
Starfall
ko ko thett
Lynn Moe Swe, the celebrated poet from Monywa who passed away in September.
Drawing Charlie Chan
Calvin Godfrey
The genius behind Charlie Chan Hock Chye.
Light as air
Michelle Vachon
I was warned about interviewing Cambodia’s greatest architect, Vann Molyvann.
The singing dissident
Nguyen Qui Duc
How the former pop singer turned into a protest artist.
The humaniser
Tillman Miller
In the wake of Donald Trump, writing about refugees has become a political act.
Dressing up stories
Max Crosbie-Jones
A profile of Thai artist Jakkai Siributr
The stubborn writer
Khai Q Nguyen
Few people outside of Vietnam have heard of Nguyen Binh Phuong
Một nhà văn lì lợm
Khai Q. Nguyen
Trò chuyện với Nguyễn Bình Phương
Attitude adjustment
Nic Dunlop
Thailand once had the freest press in Southeast Asia.
Guardian of Yangon
Poppy McPherson
Thant Myint-U writes “with an eye to what the past might say about the present”
Truth to power
Penny Edwards
You Need to Apologise to the People is in Burmese, written by a Burmese, about Burmese people
Benedict Anderson
John Sidel
Benedict Anderson left a prodigious legacy for Southeast Asian studies
When genocide starts
Minh Bui Jones
The éminence grise of the Cambodian genocide
Books for everyone
Nic Dunlop
Established in Chiang Mai in 1989, publisher Silkworm now boasts more than 200 titles
Victor’s justice
Minh Bui Jones
The international defence counsel-cum-Khmer Rouge fellow traveller
Hidden history
Luke Hunt
Steven Boswell talks about his book King Norodom’s Head
Purity and Danger
Minh Bui Jones
Putting the family ghost to rest
Soth Polin
Penny Edwards
What happens when the musicality of Khmer literature is transposed to a new world order?