Kampot literary festival hopes to revive Cambodia’s lost art of storytelling

Guardian

Atmospheric Kampot is hosting the likes of Jung Chang and Madeleine Thien as it seeks to rebuild Cambodia’s literary scene and defend its freedom of speech

Boat on the Kampot river at sunset, Cambodia.
Words by the water … a boat on the Kampot river at sunset, Cambodia. The town’s literary festival begins on 1 November. Photograph: Alamy

Cambodia has long wooed visitors with its ancient temples and Phnom Penh’s chaotic charms, but next week the southern coastal town of Kampot will be in the spotlight as it hosts the Kampot Readers and Writers Festival (running from 1-5 November). Tiếp tục đọc “Kampot literary festival hopes to revive Cambodia’s lost art of storytelling”