Sakon Nakhon Travel Guide

When 16-year-old Thai guitarist Nene Royal walked onto the America’s Got Talent stage in the summer of 2026, she gave millions of viewers outside Thailand a glimpse of something Thailand already knew: the country produces musicians of extraordinary skill and stage presence. Nene — whose real name is Rattikarn Amloy — had already built a […]

Love in Thailand is often quieter than people expect. It doesn’t announce itself. It shows up in timing, in small gestures, in what’s left unsaid — a plate of food placed without asking, a pause that carries more meaning than anything spoken. For those who’ve spent time in the Northeast, in Isaan, this becomes familiar […]

On a full moon night in Sakon Nakhon, a solitary monk walks along a forest path. The moonlight silvers the leaves overhead, casting long shadows across the ground. Somewhere ahead, soldiers call out warnings. Gunfire cracks the air, but the monk continues, his pace unbroken. This moment — drawn from the life of Ajarn Wan […]

Ysaan Books has just announced the publication of a new book by Ajarn David, author of the bilingual book of poetry “Poems from Sakon Nakhon”. The new book, “Life Lessons from Isaan, Thailand” is also a bilingual work —  one that’s been translated from the book เมล็ดใจบาน (A Seed Blooms in the Heart), which Ajarn […]

Following quickly in the footsteps of Thai Poetry for Creative & Critical Thinking Skills, an activity based textbook for Thai students, Ysaan Books has just published Discover Thai Culture Through Poetry: Cross-Cultural Poems for Creative Learning, a textbook for educators worldwide who want to combine the study of literature with multicultural learning. To celebrate the […]

The Sakon Nakhon small press Ysaan Books has just announced the publication of Thai Poetry for Critical and Creative Thinking Skills by Ajarn David, the author of many of the blog posts and listings here at MySakonNakhon.com. Ajarn David’s new textbook offers a fresh and engaging approach to English language instruction in Thailand — one […]

Ysaan Books has announced the publication of Poems from Sakon Nakhon. This bilingual book of Thai poetry in English, the first of its kind, is available now in both paperback and hardcover internationally at Amazon.com. Visit the Amazon listing at Poems from Sakon Nakhon. A Thailand collector’s edition with a handmade indigo cloth slip cover […]

Thai poetry has a rich history dating back to the Sukhothai Kingdom (1238–1438), where early poetic forms like “Lilit” (ลิลิต) and “Chan” (ฉันท์) were first used, and the Ayutthaya period (1351–1767), when Thai poetry flourished with court poets composing works in sophisticated meters, such as “Khlong” (โคลง) and “Kap” (กาพย์). However, there hasn’t been much […]