San-Dan-Ka

Democrazy Theatre Studio in Bangkok is presenting a new performance titled San-Dan-Ka, directed by Teerawat Mulvilai. The performance was inspired by Anupong Chantorn's painting representing monks as crows. It will be performed at Democrazy from today until 8th February.

Verisimilitude

Harry Nicolaides, author of the novel Verisimilitude, has been sentenced to three years in jail, on a charge of lese majeste. The sentence was reduced from six years because he pleaded guilty. His self-published novel, which reportedly sold only a handful of copies, includes an indirect criticism of Prince Vajiralongkorn.

The offending passage (the second paragraph on page 115) has been published in various Australian newspapers (The Australian, 5th September 2008; The Age, 10th September 2008; The Sydney Morning Herald, 16th December 2008; The Canberra Times, today). It was also quoted yesterday by The Scotsman newspaper in Scotland.

Dirty Words

Dirty Words: A Literary Encyclopedia Of Sex, edited by Ellen Sussman, consists of almost 100 chapters, each of which discusses a different 'dirty' word. The chapters are more anecdotal than literary, but it's great that a serious book on this subject has been published, especially with an uncensored cover.

In his chapter on one of the words (yes, that one), Jonathan Wilson quotes a paragraph verbatim from my website without any attribution. The editor has already confirmed that I'll be referenced properly when the book is reprinted.