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Collin Piprell
73/50 Aree Samphun Park Condominium
Soi Aree Samphum, Soi 1
Phaholyothin Road
Bangkok 10400, Thailand
Tel. (662) 617-2657; tel./fax
619-6916; mobile 01 924-8708
E-mail:
cpipre@mozart.inet.co.th;
collin@aapress.net
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Books |
Thailand's Coral Reefs
(Bangkok: White Lotus, 1995). Photos
by Ashley J. Boyd.
A Diving Guide to Thailand
(Singapore: Times Editions, 1994).
Photos by Ashley J. Boyd.
Thailand: The Kingdom Beneath
the Sea (Bangkok:
Artasia Press, 1990; out of print). Photos by Ashley J. Boyd.
National Parks of
Thailand, in
collaboration with Denis Gray and Mark Graham (Bangkok: IFCT, 1991;
2nd ed. 1994).
MOM
(in completion), a novel.
Yawn
(Bangkok: Asia Books, 2000), a novel.
Kicking Dogs (Bangkok: Asia Books, 2000; bookSiam, 1995; Editions Duang Kamol,
1991), a novel.
Too Many Women
(bookSiam, 1995; first pub. as Bangkok Knights by Editions Duang
Kamol, 1989, 2nd ed. 1991), a collection of short stories.
Bangkok Knights
(Bangkok:
Asia Books 2001; published as Too Many Women by bookSiam,
1995).
Bangkok Old Hand
(Bangkok: Post Books, 1993), a collection of stories and essays. |
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Book chapters
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"Bangkok",
a chapter in The Pacific Rim: The Wall Street Journal Business
Travel Guides (New York: Fodor's, 1991).
"Sports and Recreation in Thailand", a chapter in A Guide to
Thailand (Singapore: Suntree/Jack Chia-MPH Group, 1991).
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Feature articles,
essays, and short
stories |
Several hundred stories since 1987 in
publications that include The Bangkok Post, Asia Times,
International Herald Tribune, Far Eastern Economic Review,
Asian Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, ShowBoats International,
Boat International, Action Asia, Arts of Asia,
Discovery, Sawasdee, Asia-Pacific
Tropical Homes. |
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Editorial director |
Asia-Pacific Tropical Homes
(Bangkok: Artasia Press)
Phuket Magazine (Artasia Press).
SEA Yachting
(Artasia Press).
Si Samui Magazine
(Artasia Press). |
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Former editorial director |
Fah Thai
(Artasia Press).
Sarika Magazine
(Artasia Press)
Cambodia
(Artasia Press)Heritage
Magazine(Artasia
Press).
Power & Sail Thailand
(Artasia Press). |
Writer
and editor
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1998: www.phuket.com
(Phuket Island Access), a
website.
1997-99: Sail Thailand
(Artasia Press), an annual.
1990-91: Discover
Thailand (Bangkok:
BIG, 1990), an annual.
1993: Tourism
Authority of Thailand Marine Sports Brochure.
1990: Accent Thai
(Bangkok), a magazine. |
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Writer |
1992-1994: International Labour
Organization. Under
contract to produce features on selected labour issues in the Asia
and Pacific region.
1993-1997: Hitachi
Foundation. Nine
articles for Age of Tomorrow on scientific research and
regional development, focusing on Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and
Singapore. |
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Correspondent
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1994-2002:
Action Asia (Hong
Kong). Accredited as Thailand correspondent.
1997: ShowBoats
International (U.S.A.)
Asia representative; occasional correspondent.
1992-94: Tourism
Asia (Singapore)
Accredited as Thailand correspondent.
1990-92: Monday
Magazine (Canada)
Accredited as Thailand
correspondent. |
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Teacher |
1976-77: Carleton University
(teaching assistant in Political
Science)
1979-81: Oxford Intensive
School (tutoring in
English-language writing and research skills, together with a
variety of other social science and humanities subjects)
1984-90: Thammasat
University. Courses in
creative non-fiction, research writing, and business writing.
1991/1997: Bangkok
Community Services.
Introduction to Creative Writing.
2000-01: Artasia Press.
A series of writing/editing workshops conducted on Phuket, Thailand.
Open to all interested writers and editors.
2000-06:
Artasia Press. Occasional in-house writing/editing workshops. |
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Associations |
Foreign Correspondents Club of
Thailand
British Club (Bangkok)
Royal Bali Yacht Club (Bali)
Siam Society (Bangkok) |
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Education |
1978-80 Pembroke
College Reading for a D.Phil.
Oxford University
(incomplete)
Politics and Philosophy
1976-78 Carleton Univ.
M.A. in Political Science
Ottawa, Canada
1972-76 Concordia Univ.
Hon. B.A., Political Sci.,
Montreal,
Canada With Distinction |
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Awards |
Canada Council Doctoral Fellowship,
1978-81
Carleton University
Graduate Scholarship
1976-77 |
| References |
Frank Hagemann
ILO, Geneva
hagemann@ilo.org
John Everingham
Publisher and Managing Director
Artasia Press
Bangkok
johneve@mozart.inet.co.th
Denis Gray
Southeast Asia Bureau Chief
Associated Press
Bangkok
dgray@ap.org
Other references can be supplied on request. |
Sample work available
Before-and-after editing samples
from various UN assignments.
Report
(written and edited): “The worst forms of
child labour”, ILO-IPEC
Asian regional meeting, Phuket, Thailand, 10 September 1999. |