Be part of the story! Volunteer at KRWF 2019 We’re seeking volunteers who have a passion for literature, community arts & social development. We welcome friendly and enthusiastic people who have the time and patience to join and work with a vibrant team of people, working together, to make our fourth edition – mission possible! […]
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The Lotus Pond Villa, Cambodia WRITERS & ARTiStS RESIDENCY DETAILS About the Lotus Pond Villa In 2017, Kampot Arts & Music Association (KAMA) leased the Villa as a new festival hub and office for the team of KRWF staff and volunteers with a view to develop a year-round schedule of workshops and writers retreats and […]
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It’s a wrap! KRWF 2017 has been an incredible event and while it’s now time to reflect upon and reconcile this year’s festival, it’s also a moment to send out our love and thanks to each and all of you who have joined in and helped to make 2017 the best festival yet. Personal highlights […]
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What prompted you to enter the KRWF Cambodian Emerging Writers Prize? I entered the KRWF Cambodian Emerging Writers Prize because I had never heard of a writing competition for Cambodians before. It was both intriguing and exciting when I first read about it and I thought to myself: “why not?” And so I did. What […]
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White Mask The alarm screeched in her ears, a telltale sign that lights were streaking the sky and the sun was just shy of full bloom. It must be a beautiful sight, the girl thought as she hit the snooze button. It was only an hour later did she stumble out of bed, cursing beneath […]
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Hands will always have fingers. He was on his rust-eaten green cyclo. Truth be told, he was snoozing away on it. It had been like that for the last five years of the twenty-five years he’d owned it. The leather seat had worn off, shedding debris every time he mounted and dismounted. “Never mind that […]
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You are the Country Director of the Heinrich Böll Foundation in Cambodia. Can you describe what the organisation does? The German Heinrich Böll Foundation works independently and nurtures a spirit of intellectual openness. We maintain a world wide network with currently 33 international offices. Key areas of our activities include the promotion of women’s rights, […]
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Luke Hunt came to journalism in the early 1980s after traveling through what was then some of the world’s trouble-spots, including Northern Ireland and the south of Morocco. Hunt initially worked for Australian Associated Press and then Agence France-Presse where he served as bureau chief in Afghanistan and Cambodia and later as Deputy Economics Editor […]
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“I think all countries face their own kind of censorship and conversations are always necessary to make sense of this world. Communication is the key to understanding.” You are the founder of the Ubud Writers Festival, an idea which came to you in the wake of the Bali bombings. What made you think of […]
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If I wanted to compose a trivia question in which the answer was Jeni Caffin, what might I ask? How about: What literary festival director once shared an apartment with a fellow theatre student named Mel Gibson? So you got your start in acting? My parents insisted I get a university degree first, so at […]
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