Parikiaki and New Book Based on Real Experiences of Families Forced to Leave Cyprus in the 1950s
303 Article sourced from Cyprus Mail Hello and welcome to this week’s post which may look like a deja-vu (well, it actually just might be!) and another newspaper feature in the Parikiaki — one of the most popular Greek Cypriot newspapers in the UK. I was sitting up in bed reading one night and my […]
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 Book Excerpt
274 by Soulla Christodoulou This is a short excerpt from a school scene in the village of Kato Lefkara, the home of Elena, her twin brother Andreas and their mother Evangelia. I’ve chosen to share this with you as it shows the children’s innocence and excitement about moving to London. “It was the day of […]
The Summer Will Come chosen as a Year of Learning Festival Book Club Read by Barnet Libraries
80 The Summer Will Come was chosen as a Year of Learning Festival Book Club Read by Barnet Libraries, London, and last night I attended a book club ‘Meet The Author’ event to meet the readers and to talk about my writing. It was over a year ago I contacted the Library Service making enquiries […]
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 […]