Last updated: 13 November 2026
This page is a snapshot of what I’m working on right now.
If you’ve landed here for the first time ever and want the regular homepage introductions, start here.
Current focus
Most of my time is going into running The Flicks Community Movie Theater in Phnom Penh, which I relaunched at a new location after a 5 year hiatus, and right next to the Tuol Sleng S21 Genocide Museum in town. Phnom Penh has its art house movie theater back!
I’m also launching The Black Book: Phnom Penh later this year, or early next year. It’s a luxury printed pocket guide: twenty dollars buys three months’ access to 90 hand-picked offers at 30 of the city’s best local bars. You’ll be crazy if you don’t have one in your back pocket.
Work
I write and translate for publications including Dutch newspapers of de Volkskrant and NRC, and work as an editor and language consultant for international companies and publishing houses. I also organise media training for executives and organisations across Southeast Asia.
My work sits somewhere between journalism, literature, and practical language, depending on the project and the deadline.
Writing in progress
- Als het vuur gedoofd is (When the Fire Dies) — a Dutch novel about identity and escape (nearly finished)
- The Hostel on the Other Side of the World — a Dutch novel about digital identity and performance
- Always Almost There — a memoir about chasing “elsewhere” all the time
- The Gorin Case — an English literary novel structured across dual timelines, blending psychological precision with the slow-burn tension of a spy thriller, based on true events, and also written for a television series
- Eat Out, Lose Fat — building a healthier relationship with food (coming soon)
- The Phnom Penh Survival Guide — to be read “before you ruin your life”
- Johnny Be Good — the biography of John Ryan, an expat in Cambodia
Written for television
- The Gorin Case — 8 episodes, set in modern-day Eastern Europe, based on the novel mentioned above
- Undertow — limited series, 4 episodes, Isle of Man grooming drama
- Flagged — limited series, 8 episodes, Australian/Thai drugs intel drama
Projects
- Expedition Kilimanjaro — my tour company since 2008
- The Flicks Community Movie Theater — the relaunched movie theater in Phnom Penh
- Lord Penh — events guide and creative platform in Phnom Penh
- Phnom Penh Passport — city discovery booklet with discounts for visitors
- The Black Book Phnom Penh — the bar discount book for locals and expats
- Krama Magazine — a quarterly high-quality print magazine from Phnom Penh
Where I am
Phnom Penh — my base since 2010.
On my radar
Da Nang in Vietnam, for my Water Festival escape this month. Hills, towns, beaches. Done.
Pets
Fifty Shady (2014), Chickpea (2025) and Chhmar (2026).
Find me online
Get in touch
Working on something I could help with? Drop me a message.