A Playful Ode to A Difficult Dad
Rana Haddad interviews Sofka Zinovieff on the publishing day of her latest book, Stealing Dad, which tells the unlikely story of a dysfunctional ...
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Retail Therapy in Athens: In Defence of Old-Fashio...
Tom Hall makes a dispassionate appeal for the romance of a more humane...
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Booktique. Beautiful Books and Objects in Kolonaki
Delve into this beautifully curated collection of books and objects in...
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What to Buy the Philhellene in your Life?
With Christmas right around the corner, why not treat the Philhellene in your life to a title from the Pocket Greek Library, suggest the publishers at Aiora Books? How can you resist the best of Ancient Greece in handsome pocket-sized hardcover editions that bring the wisdom of millennia into the everyday? From Aristotle to Plato, the ser...
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Spy Daughter, Queer Girl: Leslie Absher’s Poignant Memoir
More than a poignant memoir, Spy Daughter, Queer Girl is a thrilling detective story where the stakes are both unique to the child of an intelligence officer and painfully universal. Leslie Absher unravels deep-seated secrets: of her family, her identity, and her father's role in Greece's CIA-backed junta. She speaks to Diana Farr Louis o...
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Athens Art Book Fairk
Do you like art? Do you like books? If the answer to those two questions is yes (and honestly, what else could it be) then the Athens Art Book Fair is happening this weekend and it’s for you. Hosting artists, publishers and everything in between with a range of art, book and art book based activities, the fair promises a broad range of nourishing f...
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Meet our Athens Literary Salon speakers!
Athens Insider is pleased to present our exciting line-up of speakers at the Athens Literary Salon as part of the Athens City Festival on two dates at two different venues - on May 21 at Insider’s urban roof garden and on May 28 at the University of Athens Museum in Plaka. Our literary panel will discuss a wide range will discuss a wide ...
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Ruth Padel: Poet of the Labyrinth
A poet, writer, conservationist, musician, archaeologist and Hellenophile, Ruth Padel is someone with the willingness to engage with the big issues, both personal and political. The vast range of her imagination, intellect and emotional sympathies embrace the worlds within this world and the need for connectivity between them: the bonds ...
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Capturing the Psyche of Greece’s Most Beautiful Homes
When Arabella von Friesen and John de Falbe of the legendary Chelsea bookstore John Sandoe, consistently voted as one of the UK’s best-loved independent bookshops, decided to do a podcast to promote Miguel Flores-Vianna’s Haute Bohemians in Greece, they knew they could count on writer Sofka Zinovieff, philhellene and John Sandoe fan. Migu...
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Victoria Hislop’s Island Affair with Crete
From moonlight pilgrimages to sacred monasteries and London-worthy fish tavernas, best-selling author Victoria Hislop shares her best Insider secrets about Crete - the magnetic Greek island that has stolen her heart. How - and when - did your deep connection with the island of Crete begin? My first visit was in 1980. I was tra...
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Meet award-winning poet and author Ruth Padel in conversation with biographer and curator Ian Collins on May 2...
Athens Insider continues with its Literary Salons with international literary luminaries as part of the Athens City Festival with poet and author Ruth Padel and Runciman-award winning writer Ian Collins on May 24 at the National Observatory atop the Hill of the Nymphs. The Athens Literary Salons feature writers who have set their books in...
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A peek into Greece through travel books
Escape into books that give flight to your imaginations, and the miles they inspire you to hike, drive and fly. Here is our compilation of a few classics and a few contemporary reads on Greece that are as transformative as the journey itself. The Colossus of Maroussi - Henry Miller The esteemed writer Henry Miller explores human na...
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