Event
Book Launch: Elephant Walk
Hosted by Avatar Publishing
This event has ended. It took place on Tuesday, October 27, 2026.
Book Launch: Elephant Walk launches the Khmer edition of Michael Hodgson's novel Elephant Walk at the Bophana Center in Phnom Penh on October 27, 2026.[1][2] The evening has a photo exhibition, a book talk, two short films and a book signing.[1]
- When
- Tuesday, October 27, 2026, 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm, Cambodia time
- Where
- Bophana Center
- 2 hours
Avatar Publishing publishes the novel in two volumes, translated into Khmer by Viriya Lim. Its narrator is Kosal, a young elephant.[1] The exhibition, Portraits of 19th-Century Cambodia by Gsell, shows photographs by Émile Gsell of Cambodian life in the 19th century.[1][2]
Program
Tuesday, October 27, 2026.[1]
- From 5:30 p.m.: guests arrive, and the exhibition is on view.[1]
- 5:45 p.m.: welcome by Sopheap Chea, director of the Bophana Center, and a presentation of the book by Socheata Huot, director of Avatar Publishing.[1]
- 6 to 6:50 p.m.: Michael Hodgson talks about writing and film and Viriya Lim about translating the novel, then they take questions.[1]
- 7 to 7:30 p.m.: Elephants and the Lives of Bunong Minorities in Mondulkiri, a session on the Bunong people of Mondulkiri, with a talk by Sopheap Chea on documentary filmmaking and a screening of two short films from 2020, Dull Trail and Memories.[1]
- Book signing and sales of both volumes.[1]
Visiting
Times are local to the venue, and dates and times can change at short notice.[1]
Source
- From the Avatar Publishing and Bophana Center program and Avatar Publishing's Instagram announcement (both read October 26, 2026).
References 2
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 Avatar Publishing and Bophana Center, Book Launch: Elephant Walk, program (PDF in Khmer and English, linked from Avatar Publishing's Instagram post of October 20, 2026; read October 26, 2026)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Avatar Publishing, Elephant Walk book launch announcement (Instagram post, October 20, 2026)