Writers’ and Activists’ Café in Sofia
This week, with Wind&Bones, I embarked upon a new venture here in Sofia: a weekly café for writers and activists, …
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To Express or to Explore? The Art of Nonfiction
Some months ago — in that strange, hushed lull after finishing the manuscript of one book, and starting to think …
Hospitality, Islam and How to Resist Hatred: a piece in Heated Magazine
At the age of eighteen, I travelled to Pakistan, where I spent nine months, teaching in a school and then …
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The Exorcism of Nay Pyi Taw on BBC Travel
Myanmar’s new capital city of Nay Pyi Taw is a strange, half-deserted place. A city of wide spaces occupied by …
In the Southeast Asia Globe: Witchcraft, gentrifiction and the trouble with foreigners
I’m very happy to have a piece out in the Southeast Asia Globe on witchcraft, gentrification and problem with foreigners …
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On the Art of Staring into Space
I love train journeys. I love them for the opportunity they give for life to establish a different rhythm. Over …
The Philosophy of Happiness on Highbrow
My new course on the philosophy of happiness has just been published on Highbrow. I really like Highbrow and their …
Reclaiming the Pleasure of Writing Online
Almost fifteen years ago now, I started up my first blog. At the time, I was grappling with questions of …
Communing with Wizards in Myanmar
When I came back to Myanmar seven months ago, I decided to dedicate myself to improving my language skills. When …
Stealing With the Eyes in the TLS
Stealing With the Eyes has just been reviewed in the Times Literary Supplement by poet, musicologist and Balinese gamelan expert …
Mit den Augen stehlen: Kosmopolis 35
I’m delighted to have a piece out in German in the forthcoming Kosmopolis 35 – Interkulturelle Zeitschrift aus Berlin. It is …
Interview with Faisal Oddang for the British Council
Whilst in Indonesia, the British Council asked me to do an online interview with the remarkably energetic and prolific Faisal …
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Interview in Manusia Magazine
One of the biggest delights of being in Bali at the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival in 2018 was talking …
“Hello, Stranger” to be published by Granta
I’m very pleased to announce that Granta have acquired my forthcoming non-fiction book, Hello, Stranger, an exploration of how welcoming …
