An Athenian presentation and book reading in October “The House on Paradise Street” by Sofka Zinovieff. The Athens Centre 7.00 pm, Wednesday 10th October 2012 48 Archimidous Street, Mets, Athens 11636, Greece Phones: 210 7012-268 or 210 7015-242 For more information about the Athens Centre: http://athenscentre.gr/
http://www.odyssey.gr/artsLiving/books/articles~2005~historyinherdna~article Vivienne Nilan May/June 2012 Sofka Zinovieff channels her fascination with Greece and its recent past through fiction in her continuing quest to understand its present. Recent history haunts Greece with a corrosive legacy of war, occupation, civil war, and dictatorship that is etched into the collective psyche. The past and its
The English Athenian Sofka Zinovieff’s new novel The House on Paradise Street passionately describes how Greece’s past inevitably shaped its present. 20 Aug 2012 MICHAEL SWEET Sofka Zinovieff at Calcot Manor in Gloucestershire. PHOTO: MICHAEL SWEET It’s in a quintessentially English setting, far-removed from her home overlooking Vouliagmeni Bay in
Simon and Schuster’s Atria Books intends to bring “the best in contemporary British writing” to North American readers Atria Books Teams Up with Short Books to Launch UK Lit Imprint By Maryann Yin on July 30, 2012 2:23 PM http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/atria-books-teams-up-with-short-books-to-launch-uk-lit-imprint_b55154 Simon & Schuster’s Atria Books imprint has entered into a trans-Atlantic co-publishing agreement with
14th Symi Symposium 2012 Samos 15-18 July “A Progressive’s Toolbox in Times of Crisis: staying relevant while leading change” Star guest speakers included Catherine Ashton, EU Commission Vice-President, Kumi Naidoo, Executive Director of Greenpeace International and Robert Skidelsky, Emeritus Professor of Political Economy at the University of Warwick. Sofka’s talk about The
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A launch party to celebrate the publication of the paperback edition of The House on Paradise Street All Welcome Monday, 30 July at 8.00 pm The Old School (off main square) Chora, Patmos
GREEK NEWS AGENDA Monday, July 2, 2012 The House on Paradise Street London’s Hellenic Centre hosted, on June 20, a book presentation of Sofka Zinovieff’s The House on Paradise Street. The event was organized by the Press and Communications Office of the Embassy of Greece in London in collaboration with the publishing firm Short Books. Embassy of Greece in London Cultural
A short interview for the Greek National Tourism Organisation http://www.visitgreece.gr/
