Foreign Correspondents’ Club Presents Appropriate Appropriation a talk by Geoff Ryman Wednesday, August 18, 6:30 PM

Mr. Ryman has won acclaim for his work in fantasy and science fiction, including the 1984 World Fantasy Award for his novelette regarding Cambodia, 'The Unconquered Country'. He is visiting Cambodia for research on a new novel, and to conduct seminars and writing workshops with Khmer writers. Mr. Ryman will discuss fantasy and historical writing, the process of research, and contextualising Cambodian stories. There will be a short question and answer session after the talk. For more information contact: Nou Hach Literary Journal (012) 526 840 http://www.nouhachjournal.net/ Heritage Watch (012) 832 160 www.heritagewatch.org

EastEnders vs. HIV THE BBC's latest medical drama, Taste of Life, may prove to be one of the most important programmes in the corporation's history. Set in a busy hospital with a young cast of sexually active doctors and nurses, it doesn't exactly sound ground-breaking, but former EastEnders producer Matthew Robinson reckons his new soap has the potential to change lives. Taste of Life, you see, isn't set in a fictional town in the South-West or an inner London teaching hospital, the drama unfolds in Phnom Penh and isn't meant just to entertain, it is designed to save viewers' lives. It's an example of 'edutainment' - the new buzzword in overseas aid - and is one of a raft of soaps currently being produced with western cash and talent in the developing world. Taste of Life 's opening storyline features a pregnant 16-year-old who is rushed to hospital when her back-street abortion goes wrong. So far, so soap; but Robinson promises that this is revolutionary stuff. 'Cambodians have never seen anything like it,' he says on the phone from Phnom Penh. It's difficult to convey to a British audience what an effect a show like Taste of Life , which begins this month, can have. For Matthew Robinson though, the enormous benefits outweigh the ideological concerns: 'These soaps are monitored and researched and don't get the next year's funding if there's not a demonstrable shift in people's behaviour. The medium works,' he says. He is confident that Taste of Life will be a success: 'There is no history of writing TV scripts here, there isn't even a history of writing novels. This is a country where half the population is under 18 and where anyone who could have taught the younger generation about the creative industries was murdered by Pol Pot.' Full story at: http://observer.guardian.co.uk/screen/story/0,6903,1278469,00.html

Exposition/Exhibition by Pich Sopheap (painting) and Linda Saphan (photography)at Shinta Mani in Siem Reap Cambodia. more at www.saklapel.org

Learn Khmer Online NEW ONLINE COURSES FOR KHMER LANGUAGE New courses for Fall 2004 extension term at UHM Outreach College http://myuh.hawaii.edu/pls/uhdad/avail.classes?i=MAN&t=200513 These following courses are offered to the community, professional/ non-professional, and non-UH students. Intermediate Khmer CRN:1616 Third-level Khmer CRN:1617 To register go to UHM Outreach College: http://myuh.hawaii.edu/pls/uhdad/avail.classes?i=MAN Click on Fall 2004 Extension-NEW http://myuh.hawaii.edu/pls/uhdad/avail.classes?i=MAN&t=200513 Click on Cambodian (CAM) For more information, please contact: Mr. Alan Hunley UHM (University of Hawaii at Manoa) Outreach College 2530 Dole Street, SAK D-401 Honolulu, HI 96822 ahunley@outreach.hawaii.edu Phone: (808)956-3411 Fax: (808)956-9422

“Telling Cambodia's new stories” Nou Hach Literary Journal Presents a lecture by Geoff Ryman, World Fantasy Award Winner “Telling Cambodia's new stories” at the Buddhist Institute Sunday, August 8, 2004 Registration 8:30 am, lecture, questions and answers 9:00 am to 11:00 am Mr. Ryman is visiting Cambodia for research and to conduct writing workshops. He will discuss writing skills, publishing in developed and developing countries, research, and fantasy writing. Writers, researchers and the general public are welcome to attend. Mr. Ryman’s talk will be presented in English and Khmer translation. There will be a short question and answer session after the lecture. Mr. Ryman has won numerous awards for his work in Fantasy and Science Fiction, including the World Fantasy Award in 1984 for his fantasy novel about Cambodia, ‘The Unconquered Country’. For more information, please contact Nou Hach Literary Journal info@nouhachjournal.net www.nouhachjournal.net

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