Lesley Naylor
We are speaking today with Lesley Naylor, author of the new book ‘The Land of Trees’ by Leonard H. Le Blanc III When did you first come to Thailand? First trip was in 2010. My partner (he had already fallen in love with Thailand and been visiting for years) and I made the three hour […]
Fatherland by Karen Schur-Narula
Wood Horse Press, 597 pages, 2016. http:www.amazon.com Leonard H. Le Blanc III It is fascinating to note the eerie parallels between the current situation in the U.S. and Germany’s Weimar Republic during the 1920s. Overt racism, street thugs who brawl against opponents, law and order breakdown, the polarization of all political parties, financial turmoil, frequent […]
Want to write? Don’t do it!
by Leonard H. Le Blanc III I have been asked by other aspiring writers, since I am doing a lot of book reviews again for Expat Life in Thailand, how can they become a writer? I am immediately reminded what Daniel Craig (James Bond movies) just told other aspiring actors who want to become thespians: […]
The Land of Trees
by L. A. Naylor Roots Books, 329 pages, 2019. https://lanaylor.com/ by Leonard H. Le Blanc III I had a troubled childhood. To escape, I buried my face in books. The page turners I liked most effortlessly whisked me away to places I’d never been to and plunked me into situations I had never been in. […]
Leaving Thailand A Memoir
by Steve Rosse Independently published, 246 pages, 2020. https:amazon.com by Leonard H. Le Blanc III When any writer reaches national, even international, stature they name a geographic area, genre or whole subject after them. Examples are sufficient. Southwestern U.S. Navajo Lands are simply known as “Tony Hillerman Country.” Parts of England are known as “Jane […]
The Customs of Cambodia
by Zhou Daguan, edited and translated by Michael Smithies. Siam Society, 2001, (4th revised edition). www.siamsociety.com The Khmer Empire and Angkor Wat still holds a remarkable fascination for many people even today. After almost a millennium of the height of its power and glory its retains its influence on our imaginations. Thais borrowed some of […]
Fighting for Success by Dr. Lynne Miller
Sumalee Books, 202 pages, 2021. https://sumaleeboxinggym.com/ by Leonard H. Le Blanc III There is an old U.S. saying about New York City, “If you can make it there, you can make it anywhere.” We can add Phuket to that pithy phrase. Lynne Miller has done the business equivalent here by starting a Muay Thai (MT) […]
Steven W. Palmer
We are here today speaking with Steven W. Palmer, a noted regional author and “bon vivant”. His literary output includes The Angkor Series (Angkor Away, Angkor Tears and Angkor Cloth, Angkor Gold). ‘Turning the Tables – A Love Story for the Chemical Generation,’ ‘The Electric Irn-Bru Acid Test (The Glas Vegas Chronicles Book 1)’ In […]
Angkor Away by Stephen W. Palmer
Next Chapter, 2021, 200 pages. www.amazon.com by Leonard H. Le Blanc III I once read ‘Henderson the Rain King,’ a Pulitzer Prize nominated effort by Saul Bellow. The story’s protagonist was visiting my old hometown of Danbury, Connecticut, USA, so I could easily visualise his geographical movements. But I quickly discarded it. First, it was […]
Bangkok Buckaroo
by Steve Rosse Kindle edition, 191 pages, 2020. https:www.amazon.com by Leonard H. Le Blanc III Some people completely shun life. We call them hermits. Almost everyone else deals with life as best they can. But a few rare people are just like King Kong. They furiously beat their chests, loudly wailing about all the many […]