Khlong Press

17/10/2020

Sneak preview of our K2 zine, which was twice delayed by various kinds of turbulence, but which will finally achieve full physical manifestation in early 2021. It's shaping up to be a wider-ranging and much darker affair than our first publication.

Cover photography by the ever brilliant Nick McGrath https://www.facebook.com/nmcphotography

Prose and photography by the irreverent Dhanainun Dhanarachwattana
https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifechronology/albums

05/01/2020

New year, long-running project. Dhyan Ho's 'The Stones of Krung Thep' - Printing in 2020

28/07/2017

Full colour mockup for the final stage of editing Dhyan Ho's The Stones of Krung Thep: A photographic exploration of the manual labourer as artist and poet. Next up, we're off to the printer.

27/03/2017

Jeff Ross, Dhyan Ho and Boung Dhanarachwattana working over an early layout of The Stones of Krung Thep. New s**t soon.

30/08/2016

Khaosod English article and interview with the creator of our soon-to-be-published photobook, 'The Stones of Krung Thep', by Dhyan Ho. Pre-order details coming soon.

BANGKOK — When the VVIPs gathered to applaud Bangkok’s latest monument to achievement Monday night, it’s unlikely they gave thanks to the thousands of men and women who raised it 314 meters into the sky.

03/07/2016

Building site graffiti scrawled by a construction worker in a Bangkok office tower block. This image is taken from Dhyan Ho's upcoming photo book titled: 'The Stones of Krung Thep', which will be published by Khlong Press.

The text in the photograph reads: "กูมีย้า" / "I have drugs" (misspelt). Much of the graffiti written on the walls of construction sites like this is used as a means of communication between workers to buy and sell 'yaba' (methamphetamine-based pills), often used by manual labourers in Southeast and East Asia to work longer hours.

18/02/2016

We have unearthed a small, final batch of hard copies of the first edition of Khlong! With no immediate plans to print another edition of this first book, these may well be the last copies in circulation.

If you'd like to own a small piece of Khlong history, please send us a message via FB or email us at: [email protected] and we'll provide you with bank account details for direct deposit/transfer (within Thailand), or Paypal for those further afield.

Books are 300 baht for orders within Thailand, and 500 baht / $14 USD for international orders (postage included).

08/02/2016

A short update for our readers and supporters: Khlong 2 is temporarily on hold due to the current political situation in certain SEA countries. In short, and without going too far into it, there are a couple of pieces we can't publish without the possibility of putting one or two contributors at danger of prosecution. We're also unwilling to self-censor because f**k that. This decision leaves us at a bit of a stalemate. We'll be weighing up our options and hope to release the second book a little later in the year, even if it means selling online rather than in stores.

In the meantime, we'll soon be publishing a brilliant photo essay called The Stones of Krung Thep by Dhyan Ho.

(Cover photo by Nick McGrath Photography)

07/11/2015

Our heartfelt thanks to The Magazine - Bangkok Post for the excellent article on independent publishing and your kind words about our own publication.

November's issue of The Magazine is available for purchase in most English-language bookstores/newsagencies in Thailand and as a downloadable PDF via: http://themagazine-online.com

12/09/2015

Dhanainun Dhanarachwattana, whose photographic meditations on death and decay will feature in the upcoming edition of Khlong, is hosting a solo exhibition at JAM. Dhanainun is a remarkable photographer with a highly idiosyncratic, philosophical take on urban sprawl and decay. He's also a damn good writer.

The exhibition opens on September 25th and runs until October 23rd. We strongly urge you to check this one out.

Exhibition details courtesy of Coconuts Bangkok: http://bangkok.coconuts.co/2015/09/10/photography-dead-animals-make-people-remember-death

More of Dhanainun's work here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifechronology

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