literature



STORY OF THE DAY • Nov 24, 2021 • 7 min read

Food Magazine serves Southeast Asian food on fresh ‘Plates’

By Huei Ting Cheong • Nov 24, 2021
Editor Dee May Tan’s periodical breaks from the food culture status quo with alternative narratives featuring social justice, cultural heritage and the environment

Mar 18, 2021 • 10 min read
Publishing

Once a necessity, book piracy today holds Cambodian literature back

Book piracy was an essential act in the post-Khmer Rouge years, providing affordable literature to the masses. But today, lost revenue as a result of illegal counterfeiting is holding Cambodia back from developing a flourishing publishing scene of its own
By Kiana Duncan • Mar 18, 2021

Nov 03, 2020 • 7 min read
Art and literature

Camus in Khmer: The publisher translating classic literature for Cambodia

Absurdist novel The Outsider has been republished in Khmer for the first time since 1973, introducing a new generation of Cambodians to Albert Camus' work. Meet the Phnom Penh publishing house behind this initiative returning classic literature to the Kingdom
By Alexi Demetriadi • Nov 03, 2020