Andrew Marr in the New Statesman I “hugely enjoyed Putney by Sofka Zinovieff, about sexual obsession in the freethinking 1970s, and the anti-paedophilia world of today. It is beautifully written and genuinely shocking; it’s as if Nabokov had given Lolita eyes and a very clear voice.” Alex Preston in The Observer “Smart and furiously gripping.”
The latest Woody Allen story is creepy, but let’s not call it criminal Sofka Zinovieff I don’t defend the film director over his alleged affair with 17-year-old Christina Engelhardt, but the realities of power and sex are complex The Guardian 20 Dec 2018 I love the #MeToo movement. As the mother of two
Tuesday 2 April 2019, 7 pm The Hellenic Centre, 16-18 Paddington Street, London W1U 5AS Sofka will speak to The Anglo-Hellenic League about the Anglo-Greek lives of the families described in three of her books: two fictional, Putney (2018) and The House on Paradise Street (2012), and one autobiographical, Eurydice Street: A Place in Athens (2004). Free entry; booking essential –
Gliterary Lunches 29th November 2018 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm The Principal Grand Central, 99 Gordon Street, Glasgow G1 3SF Speakers: Sarah Vaughan & Sofka Zinovieff Putney by Sofka Zinovieff The Author Sofka Zinovieff studied at Cambridge, then lived in Greece and Moscow. She is the acclaimed author of three works of nonfiction, Eurydice
The Vancouver Writers Fest 2018 Festival: October 15-21 The Interviews with Mark Medley Friday, Oct. 19 at 1pm, Performance Works The Globe and Mail’s former Books and current Opinions editor leads a thrilling triple-bill of one-on-one interviews with an international panel of three stalwart fiction writer. Craig Davidson, Iain Reid & Sofka Zinovieff.
Athens launch of Putney Wednesday September 19 at 7 pm Athens Centre Archimidous 48, Athens 116 36
Author talk Thursday 6th September 6.30-7.45pm Putney Library 5-7 Disraeli Road SW15 2DR http://www.putneysw15.com/default.asp?section=info&page=conputneynovel002.htm
Gransnet Best Summer Reads 2018 https://www.gransnet.com/life-and-style/books/best-summer-reads Putney – Sofka Zinovieff (Bloomsbury Circus – £14.99) From the moment Ralph meets nine-year-old Daphne – dark, teasing, slippery as mercury – he is consumed by an obsession to make her his. But he is twenty-five and Daphne is only a child, and even in the bohemian abandon of
Sofka Zinovieff at the Bloomsbury Institute Monday, July 9th from 1pm (GMT) | Watch it live via Bloomsbury’s Facebook Page Watch live as Sofka Zinovieff joins us at Bloomsbury HQ for an exclusive behind-the-scenes interview with her editor and before Bloomsbury staff about the writing, research and imagination that went into creating her bold and
