WORKSHOPS
Posted on 07. Apr, 2010 by Paul Sochaczewski in Writing Workshops
Exploring Your Personal Odyssey Sharing the Journey Almost Famous Breaking Through Wake-Up Writing Paul has run his writing workshops in some 20 countries. He prefers to run his creative writing workshops in stimulating settings (the best-restored private castle in Switzerland, a restored windmill in Majorca, a private game lodge in Zimbabwe). Clients include: National Museum […]
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Posted on 07. Apr, 2010 by Paul Sochaczewski in AUTHOR
Paul Sochaczewski has a family history of involvement in the arts, sports and exploration. _______ My great great great grandfather, Josef (The Kalicz Kid) Sochaczewski, played in a regular Friday night poker game with Frédéric Chopin. Josef, who was losing big, had just bet a sackful of zloty on his hand, attempting to draw to […]
Read MoreSome of my favorite links
Posted on 07. Apr, 2010 by Paul Sochaczewski in Links
You might consider encouraging some of the many smaller NGOs working in Asia. Here are some I support. BORNEO Bruno Manser Foundation – the eponymous NGO founded by Bruno Manser, the famous Swiss who supported the Penans to fight for their forest home. Save Rivers – a passionate local NGO supporting local upriver people in […]
Read MoreIGOLF-International Golf and Life Foundation
Posted on 07. Apr, 2010 by Paul Sochaczewski in IGOLF
IGOLF-International Golf and Life Foundation I am chairman and creative director of IGOLF- International Golf and Life Foundation. The sport of golf is growing in importance around the world. We believe that golf can be a positive force in people’s lives and play an important role in creating environmental and social sustainability. IGOLF wants to […]
Read MoreAlmost Famous
Posted on 07. Apr, 2010 by Paul Sochaczewski in News and Events
Almost Famous A master class in creative non-fiction ________ Sponsored by Neilson Hays Library, Bangkok, Thailand Thursday June 7, 2010. 08.30-17.00 [email protected] Tel: +66 2 233 1731 ________ Are you ready to write for publication? Strictly limited to 12 participants, preference will be given to people who have taken one of Paul’s previous classes. If […]
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Posted on 07. Apr, 2010 by Paul Sochaczewski in News and Events
Almost Famous A master class in creative non-fiction ________ Sponsored by Indonesian Heritage Society www.heritagejkt.org Jakarta, Indonesia Thursday May 6, 2010. 08.30-17.00 ________ Are you ready to write for publication? Strictly limited to 12 participants, preference will be given to people who have taken one of Paul’s previous classes. If space permits, other aspiring […]
Read MoreSharing the Journey
Posted on 07. Apr, 2010 by Paul Sochaczewski in News and Events
Sharing the Journey Travel writing with style ________ Sponsored by Indonesian Heritage Society www.heritagejkt.org Jakarta, Indonesia Tuesday May 4, 2010. 08.30-17.00 Wednesday May 5, 2010. 08.30-17.00 ________ You’ve fought with crocodiles in the Philippines and meditated in a frigid cave in Ladakh. You’ve nibbled grilled grasshoppers in Isaan and had a life-changing conversation with a […]
Read MoreAn Inordinate Fondness for Beetles
Posted on 07. Apr, 2010 by Paul Sochaczewski in News and Events
An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles Alfred Russel Wallace and the Theory of Natural Selection ________ Sponsored by GoWild! or email [email protected] ________ Kristal Hotel, Jalan Terogong Raya Cilandak, Jakarta, Indonesia Monday May 3, 2010. 19.30 Requested donation rp 50,000 ________ Charles Darwin has been lionized as one of the giants of western thought for his […]
Read MorePaul’s IHT articles now on NY Times
Posted on 07. Apr, 2010 by Paul Sochaczewski in News and Events
The articles I’ve written over the past 20 years for the International Herald Tribune (maybe 25 stories) have been transferred to the New York Times database. To access these stories go to the NY Times homepage, https://global.nytimes.com/ and in the search box type my name Paul Spencer Sochaczewski and then click “All results since 1851”. […]
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Posted on 07. Apr, 2010 by Paul Sochaczewski in News and Events
Travel Writing with Style _________ Royal Bhutan University Bhutan April 15, 2010
Read MoreThe Girl by the Side of the Road
Posted on 07. Apr, 2010 by Paul Sochaczewski in Articles, Personal essays
The Girl by the Side of the Road Thirty years on, searching for the girl whose eyes said “I’m going to surprise you.” LADAKH, India In 1979 I took a black and white photo of a young girl in Ladakh. She was perhaps ten. She wore a rough robe of homespun wool, she carried a […]
Read MoreChina’s Emperor is Tanned, Rested and Ready
Posted on 07. Apr, 2010 by Paul Sochaczewski in Articles, Personal essays
China’s Emperor is Tanned, Rested and Ready Homeless Hawaiian heir to the throne seeks financial support to restore Ming Dynasty greatness HONOLULU, Hawai’i I had naively thought that China’s 2,000 year old imperial system ended when 12-year-old Pu Yi, the last emperor, was overthrown in 1912. “Not so,” declares Elmer. “I’m the last emperor.” I […]
Read MoreAlmost a Knight to Remember
Posted on 07. Apr, 2010 by Paul Sochaczewski in Articles, Personal essays
Almost a Knight to Remember I rather liked being called “Sir Paul” SOON-TO-BE-NATION OF SAVANTIS, Can’t-tell-you-where I turned down a knighthood recently. It was a tough decision – I liked the sound of “Sir Paul.” I had replied to a notice in the International Herald Tribune that had offered “an economically available, State Sanctioned Hereditary […]
Read MoreAunt Sarah Rather Liked Her Original Childhood Name
Posted on 07. Apr, 2010 by Paul Sochaczewski in Articles, Personal essays
Aunt Sarah Rather Liked Her Original Childhood Name Popping balloons instead of Chinese firecrackers; “mystic influence to the center” HONOLULU, Hawai’i I filled out the forms and wished my ancestors had been Burmese or Chinese. I was changing my name to my grandfather’s original, and Win or Wong would have been a lot easier to […]
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