Press

Reviews of my books and interviews

Jim Algie Interview for Phuket News About His New Book

The Phuket News interviews Jim Algie, author of The Phantom Lover and Other Thrilling Tales of Thailand, about why quite often fiction is the only way to tell the truth about Thailand, in the February 5th, 2014 edition. Email interview by Jody Houton  What in your...

Straits Times reviews Bizarre Thailand

Mark Fenn reviewed the nonfiction collection Bizarre Thailand in Singapore’s Straits Times newspaper, giving the book a big thumbs up and singling out some of the funnier lines. Illuminating and irreverent, it offers a taste of Thailand far from Bangkok’s glitzy...

Christopher G Moore reviews Bizarre Thailand

“I’d recommend Bizarre Thailand to anyone who wants a new perspective about Thai cultural elements that have made and continue to make Thailand unique and amazing. Algie has taken his journalistic instincts inside the half-concealed enclaves, which shields the most...