The Summer Will Come Book to Movie Project
65 by Soulla Christodoulou Hello and welcome to this week’s blog which is an extremely exciting one for me and a dream come true as The Summer Will Come begins its journey from book to movie! I have been working with a scriptwriter, who read the book and loved it. With her background in film-making […]
A Cup of Conversation with author Patrick MacDonald
111 Hello and welcome to A Cup of Conversation where I am joined by author Patrick MacDonald who is sharing his hopes of turning Darkness Falling into a musical, how he would like to have a conversation with Charles Trevelyan and is working on a new book which he describes in eight words for us. […]
A Cup of Conversation with author Ian Walford
288 Hello and welcome to this week’s blog post — A Cup of Conversation with a fellow author published by The Conrad Press. Ian Walford is not someone I’ve met but I have had a lovely video call with him and he is so easy to talk to. His passion for his writing comes across […]
My Book Love For James Walker’s Books Ravishment and The Hanging Tree
142 Double Book Review by Soulla Christodoulou James Walker has been writing books for some time and it was through my own book’s publication with The Conrad Press that we became connected. He is a published author with the same publisher. He writes the most incredibly charming books set in the 17th Century where galloping […]
My Book Love For Chrisoula Panagoulia’s One More Smile
108 Book Review by Soulla Christodoulou Welcome to this week’s My Book Love For post… my book review for a wonderfully rich in character and story epic family saga set in post-war Greece. The story, One More Smile, by Chrisoula Panagoulia, unfolds with poverty, a strict father and the loss of a mother. It pulled […]
My Book Love For Judith Bixby-Boling’s Priscilla Alone
51 Book Review by Soulla Christodoulou Judith Bixby Boling is a wonderfully supportive friend and author on Instagram and her book, Priscilla Alone was an absolute joy to read. Priscilla Alone…a story of courage, women united and overcoming adversity I read the first page of the book as soon as it arrived and I was […]
The Summer Will Come Book Excerpt
182 by Soulla Christodoulou This is a particularly emotional and heart-wrenching scene in The Summer Will Come. It comes at a point in the book where tensions are magnified as civilians are helplessly entangled and embroiled in the increasing animosity between the British Troops occupying the island and the EOKA freedom fighters. “As she neared […]
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 […]
A Cup of Conversation with author Patricia M. Osborne
33 Welcome to A Cup of Conversation with author Patricia M. Osborne who wrote her first poem when she was in Infants School! Things have certainly moved on since then and she now has an MA in Creative Writing via the University of Brighton. She has a new book coming out soon and shares her writing […]
A Cup of Conversation with author Effie Kammenou
41 Welcome to A Cup of Conversation with wonderful writer and food blogger Effie Kammenou. I instantly warmed to Effie on Twitter and her shining, gently personality comes through in her interview. She is of Greek heritage and her series “The Gift Saga”has been inspired by her father’s stories as well as her own inquisitiveness […]