Books
Culture | May 2020
John Carr reviews Leo Kanaris’ gripping potboilers with private eye George Zafiris. Both Codename Xenophon and Dangerous Days are spiked with Zafiris’ incisive descriptions of Athens and its resilient crisis- scarred people. Whether you opt for the beach or balcony to snuggle with these thrillers, before long, you’ll be rooting for the un...
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Insider Stories | May 2020
Born during the Spanish Civil War, author Miriam Frank was five years old when she boarded the famous Serpia Pinto in 1941, unaware that she and her mother Kate were escaping the round-ups, separations and extermination camps of Nazi Germany. By the age of 12, Miriam had fled two wars and lived in three continents and now divides her time...
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Culture | Apr 2020
Timothy Jay Smith’s Fire on the Island unveils the complex layers that guise the sun-drenched, bougainvillea-tinted Greek isle, blighted by declining tourism and the seemingly intractable refugee crisis. There are family feuds and a corrupt clergy. There is racism and homophobia. But there is romance, humour and mystery too! An engaging s...
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People | Apr 2020
Crime novelist Jeff Siger – whose 'trouble in paradise' murder mysteries get under the seamy underbellies of whitewashed Greek isles, presents his 10th book in the Chief Inspector Andreas Kaldis series, Island of Secrets, set in his beloved Mykonos.
Congratulations! “The Mykonos Mob”—now available in paperback as “Island of Secr...
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City Life | Apr 2020
Greece has been a powerful muse for countless scribes throughout the ages. Athens Insider rounds up 8 must-read contemporary tales that will help you get under Greece’s skin.
Dinner with Persephone, Patricia Storace
Dinner with Persephone is the product of Patricia Storace’s year spent living in Greece and provides a great ...
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Culture | Apr 2020
A brilliant read, full of humour and spontaneity, Polly Samson’s skilled writing offers a fascinating, often voyeuristic account of the sexual jealousy, alcoholism, and bohemian lifestyle that pervaded the creative set in 1960’s Hydra. Recounted through Erica, the daughter of Australia’s tragic literary couple, writers George Johnston and...
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Insider Stories | Mar 2020
Best-selling writer Sofka Zinovieff on how she believes the pandemic will change us. Suddenly, pressing issues become irrelevant, petty problems like colouring one's hair get top billing!
Time has stretched and contracted during the developing crisis with coronavirus. It is hard to believe that it was only three weeks ago that...
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People | Sep 2018
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jeffrey Eugenides is in Athens to speak at length on his latest book, Fresh Complaints, a compilation of short stories, gender fluidity and keeping the cheer in the Trumpian era.
Jeffrey Eugenides, writer of passionate sagas and real-world tales about growing up and growing old, and himself a memb...
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People | Sep 2018
Karine Ancellin meets Sofka Zinovieff, whose latest book, Putney, set in Britain and Greece, walks into the uncomfortable centre of the #MeToo storm while questioning the free-spirited interpretation of consent and control in the ‘70s. A compelling novel by Bloomsbury, Putney has received critical acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic.
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What's On | Sep 2018
WHAT: Book lovers, unite! In occasion of Athens’ christening as the World Book Capital of 2018, the Association of Book Publishers announces the 47th Book Festival in Zappeion. This year, the festival honors sung poetry, a wide, popularly European genre that combines literature and music. The two-week-long program includes screenings, lectures, con...
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City Life | Nov 2017
Amanda Dardanis joins the slow living movement and retreats from the mad whirl at one of these comfy-cosy and welcoming book nooks where you can easily while away a morning or afternoon, lost in a world of words.
Poems & Crimes Art Bar
A quaint and chameleon-like literary den that evolves with the hour. Walk into Poems &...
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