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 […]
Books…6 things I have learnt about Cover Design by Mya Glenister.
27 Welcome everyone! I am delighted Mya Glenister agreed to do this featured blog post! As a former teacher of Business Studies and Pastoral Leader in a local secondary school, I am a huge advocate of giving young people opportunities to learn, develop, enhance their skills and build resilience and confidence too. After launching a […]
Interview with whisperingstories.com – Soulla Christodoulou
79 Soulla Christodoulou This is the fabulous interview carried out for whisperingstories.com during my recent Book Blog Tour to promote the release of my second novel The Summer Will Come. I’m delighted to be sharing it with you here. This week on ‘The Writing Life of’: I am thrilled to be interviewing author Soulla […]
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. […]
Extract: The Summer Will Come – out on 25th March 2018
14 ‘When I say “ready”, throw your ammunition,’ commanded Katerina as her words carried on the chilly breath of the wind. Christaki wondered who she was talking to and struggled to catch her words. He couldn’t see anyone around, but then in the far distance he saw Melani. He recognised her yellow dress and floppy […]