Small and dynamic, ARTASIA PRESS aims to produce the best quality English language magazines in Thailand. We bring together stunning photography, in-depth, serious feature stories, high resolution reproduction and the best papers, with the results telling our readers that we are succeeding.
 

 

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

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.

Book chapters "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).
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.

Editorial director

Asia-Pacific Tropical Homes (Bangkok: Artasia Press)
Phuket Magazine (Artasia Press).
SEA Yachting (Artasia Press).
Si Samui Magazine (Artasia Press).

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

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.

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.

Correspondent

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.

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.

Associations

Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand
British Club (Bangkok)
Royal Bali Yacht Club (Bali)
Siam Society (Bangkok)

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

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.

 

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