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Kaya Cultural Connections 2013 Louis de Bernières, Victoria Hislop, Jeremy Seal, Sofka Zinovieff 27th April-3rd May Kaya Connections, a multicultural international festival of literature, music, art, food and culture, brought hundreds of people to Kaya village, near Fethiye, during a six-day program, from April 27 to May 3, that has been hailed a great success for the organizers, Rebecca Keskin and Jane Akatay. The festival, described as a celebration of the literature, film, music and food that connects Turkey and Greece, brought together in the same place... Read The Rest →
Greece and Britain in Women’s Literary Imagination, 1913-2013 April 12th 2013 Selwyn College, Cambridge Sofka Zinovieff will be giving the paper: ‘Lazy Greeks’: The Crisis, Greek Political Identity and the Scars of the Civil War Programme now available. http://www.mml.cam.ac.uk/greek/news/Women.html
A SECOND RUN OF SOFKA – THE PLAY January 9th to February 3rd 2013 The Calder Bookshop and Theatre 51 The Cut, SE1 8LF A second run of the play about the princess who became a communist. Russian Princess, wife, mother, inmate, friend, secretary for Laurence Olivier and eventually a Communist, Sofka’s journey through life was both fascinating and highly eventful. An evening of theatre, storytelling and beetroot soup For more information visit the website http://calderbookshop.com/pagetheatre.html Sofka Dolgorouky smiles in a photograph unearthed in Britain’s MI5 archives... Read The Rest →
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/
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 UK indie publisher Short Books. Under this new partnership, Atria intends to bring “the best in contemporary British writing” to North American readers. The new imprint, Marble Arch Press, will launch in fall 2012.... Read The Rest →
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 House on Paradise Street and the emotions of Greek politics, Monday 16th July http://www.symisymposium.org/
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 Counsellor Dr. Victoria Solomonidis presented the author and her relationship with Greece and referred briefly to the contents of the book. Through the story of one family, the House on Paradise Street is really a journey into... Read The Rest →
Calcot Manor Meet-the-Author Lunch with Sofka Zinovieff Dating back to the 14th century, Calcot Manor is more than a country house hotel set in over 220 acres of Cotswolds meadowland. Calcot Manor Near Tetbury Gloucestershire GL8 8YJ Tel. 01666 890 391 Condé Nast Johansens 2012 Awards for Excellence for Great Britain & Ireland, Europe & the Mediterranean: Calcot Manor named the ‘Most Excellent Family Friendly’ within the UK & Ireland section. “Most Excellent Family Hotel of the Year 2010” (‘UK and Ireland’) Recently featured as a... Read The Rest →