Cyprus Mail and Living To See a Better Tomorrow
260 Feature article by Alix Norman, Cyprus Mail Hello and welcome to this week’s blog post which is a particularly happy one for me personally. My book, The Summer Will Come, has been featured in the Cyprus Mail! To say it has been an absolute whirlwind of an experience is an understatement. Alix Norman, Chief […]
The Summer Will Come and Cyprus Independence Day
166 The Summer Will Come and Cyprus Independence Day… a book which highlights Cyprus’ fight for freedom, from British rule, and a day which marks and celebrates the declaration of Cyprus’ independence. It was on this day on 1st October 1960 that Cyprus Independence Day was and still is celebrated across the Republic of Cyprus […]
My Inspiration Behind The Summer Will Come
52 My inspiration for The Summer Will Come is something I’ve long thought about and most often get asked by readers. As a UK Greek Cypriot, I’ve had many enriching experiences in my life which have opened my eyes to new things about me, people and the world. I guess we all get to that […]
Sharing one of my The Summer Will Come interviews as featured by Author Interviews
87 Hello and welcome to this week’s post where I am sharing a recent interview I did for Mike Jackson, the man behind Author Interviews, who featured my writing and my novel The Summer Will Come. His questions were just fabulous to answer and I’m truly grateful to him for all his support. Here is […]
In celebration of The Summer Will Come by Soulla Christodoulou…one year on.
47 As a way of celebrating the one year anniversary of The Summer Will Come’s release I thought I would share a special interview I did with beadyjansbooks titled “Cyprus: My connection, memories and now”. I hope you enjoy reading this and if you haven’t read my book that it will spike your interest! Thank […]
What inspired me to write The Summer Will Come
38 Hi! Welcome to this week’s post. I often get asked how I think of writing the stories I write and more recently, what inspired me to write The Summer Will Come. I’ve had many enriching experiences in my life which have opened my eyes to new things about myself, people and the world. But […]
Review for The Summer Will Come from Cathy at What Cathy Read Next
35 Huge thanks and gratitude to Cathy of What Cathy Read Next for her wonderfully perceptive and in-depth review of my newly released novel The Summer Will Come, available on AMAZON. 4 * AMAZON REVIEW – posted on 20th March 2018 Emotional, engaging story set in 1950s Cyprus and London “The Summer Will Come tells […]
Excerpt…The Summer Will Come – 25th March 2018 release date.
31 During the troubles in Cyprus, in the 1950s, many school children were caught up in the hype of achieving Enosis (unity) with Greece. Too young to be swear their allegiance to EOKA – the main group behind the fight – they often bunked school and planned their own crude attacks on the British military […]
Evagoras Pallikarides, an EOKA hero – his poem which inspired the book title The Summer Will Come
27 Thank you for joining me this week as I share with you the inspiration for the title of my book. The title of my novel The Summer Will Come has been taken from the poem written by Evagoras Pallikarides. Evagoras Pallikarides was a hero and poet. He was born on 27th February 1938 and died on 14th […]
Extract from The Summer Will Come: Doomed…like the journey of Odysseus
18 ‘It’s doomed. It’s doomed,’ repeated her yiayia over and over under her breath but loud enough for Elena to catch. ‘Doomed…like the journey of Odysseus…oh Lord be with us and keep us safe.’ She pulled her black head scarf around her and crossed herself. ‘Stop it,’ said Evangelia. ‘You’re going to scare the children. […]