More Greek reading
Starting off with my second instalment of Symi observations, stories and history, ‘Carry on up the Kali Strata’ is a collection of pieces, mostly first published in the Symi Visitor newspaper. Sadly, the newspaper is no more, but you can find my contributions, plus other things, in this second book about life on Symi. This one started out in landscape form because of the photos we included, photos by Neil of course. It then went to the more standard portrait size and layout to make it consistent with my other books, and the photos remain. The Kindle versions also has photos and you can find the Amazon page here: Carry on up the Kali Strata You should also find links to the Kindle versions from that page.
A few days ago I was thrilled to be interviewed by Effrosyni Moschoudi. Effrosyni was born in Crete and now lives in Athens. She has published several books and you can find links to them on her blog. Effrosyni’s debut novel, The Necklace of Goddess Athena, is a supernatural mystery of Greek myths and time travel, and a touching family story with a good measure of romance. The book is a #1 Amazon bestseller.
You can find more about Effrosyni, her writing, and her promotions of other authors’ work, on her blog Effrosyniwrites.com – the interview with me should be published there towards the end of May, and I will let you know when it appears.
And for today’s third idea for summer holiday reading with a Greek connection, how about ‘My Family and other Animals‘ by Gerald Durrell? This classic account of a family moving to Corfu in the 1930s when Durrell was 10 was recently adapted for British television, proving how timeless it is. I remember reading it at school, and since, and it’s still worth a re-read now. I remember when we first moved to Symi, someone asked us what Symi was like. I said, then, that if you read My Family and other Animals, you will get a rough idea of how Symi is. Of course it’s a bit more advanced now but still, the characters, the events, the traditions and the fun are all still here, along with the wildlife and the heat. That’s my third recommendation for the day and I hope it gives you some inspiration to read Durrell again, or explore Effrosyni for the first time, or even just carry on (up the Kali Strata) with some James Collins humour.
