Books and Movies about Cambodia /category/books-movies/ Mon, 17 Jan 2022 14:05:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 41177183 Two books to better understand Phnom Penh’s history and architecture /books-movies/two-books-to-better-understand-phnom-penhs-history-and-architecture/ /books-movies/two-books-to-better-understand-phnom-penhs-history-and-architecture/#respond Mon, 17 Jan 2022 14:03:10 +0000 /?p=912202 While Phnom Penh is a pretty small city — its 2 million residents would be quickly swallowed in neighboring Saigon or Bangkok — it manages to contain significant architectural variety, and its manageable size allows for an easy exploration of … Continue reading →

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]]> /books-movies/two-books-to-better-understand-phnom-penhs-history-and-architecture/feed/ 0 912202 Where to buy children’s books in Phnom Penh /kids/where-to-buy-childrens-books-in-phnom-penh/ /kids/where-to-buy-childrens-books-in-phnom-penh/#respond Mon, 01 Mar 2021 18:44:21 +0000 /?p=910615 A round-up of the best places to buy new and used English-language children's books in Phnom Penh, from picture books and fairy tales to textbooks and boxed sets. Continue reading →

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]]> /kids/where-to-buy-childrens-books-in-phnom-penh/feed/ 0 910615 The 10 best movies set in Cambodia /books-movies/the-10-best-movies-set-in-cambodia/ /books-movies/the-10-best-movies-set-in-cambodia/#comments Fri, 10 Nov 2017 09:37:53 +0000 /?p=10384 Today’s blog post is from Phnom Penh cinema buff and film critic, Niall Crotty, who for many years ran a Phnom Penh movie house. Film was once a hugely important and respected medium in Cambodia, with no less than King … Continue reading →

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]]> /books-movies/the-10-best-movies-set-in-cambodia/feed/ 8 10384 Read: Interview with Robert Carmichael, author of When Clouds Fell From the Sky /books-movies/robert-carmichael-interview-when-clouds-fell-from-the-sky/ /books-movies/robert-carmichael-interview-when-clouds-fell-from-the-sky/#respond Fri, 18 Sep 2015 08:16:01 +0000 /?p=383186 With When Clouds Fell From the Sky, a book released earlier this year, journalist Robert Carmichael gives a compelling account of a Cambodian diplomat who disappeared in Democratic Kampuchea, and his family’s decades-long search to find out what happened to … Continue reading →

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]]> /books-movies/robert-carmichael-interview-when-clouds-fell-from-the-sky/feed/ 0 383186 Read: A Clash of Innocents by Sue Guiney /expat-life/read-clash-innocents-sue-guiney/ /expat-life/read-clash-innocents-sue-guiney/#respond Wed, 25 Feb 2015 07:46:49 +0000 /?p=11187 This month, the Siem Reap Women’s Book Club is reading A Clash of Innocents by American author Sue Guiney. Somehow the book, which is about the lives of Cambodia expats, didn’t make it onto my radar when it was published in … Continue reading →

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