“The Thread” chosen for Richard and Judy’s Summer Reads
Victoria’s novel “The Thread” has been chosen for Richard & Judy’s Summer Book Club, in association with WH Smith. You can join Victoria for a live web chat at the […]
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Photo Gallery: Greek launch of “The Thread” at The Onassis Centre, Athens
One of the high points of an extended tour of Greece presenting the Greek publication of her novel “The Thread” too place at the Onassis Cultural Foundation, in Athens The […]
Homage to Thessaloniki
Victoria Hislop’s 2005 novel The Island was translated into more than twenty languages and topped best-seller lists in Greece and the UK. As her eagerly-awaited new book The Thread is […]
‘The Thread,’ a tale of survival and bonding
British author Victoria Hislop talks about her latest novel, inspired by 20th-century events in Thessaloniki By Sandy Tsantaki Greeks are likely most familiar with Victoria Hislop as the writer of […]
Recent Reviews
Guardian (11 November 2011, reviewed by Laura Barnett) Thessaloniki, May 1923: A ship docks in the harbour packed with Greek Orthodox refugees from Turkey, newly swapped for Greece’s Muslim population […]
Victoria talks to BBC’s “Meet the Author”
Victoria talks to the BBC’s Nick Higham about why she decided to base the story in Greece and its second largest city, the port of Thessaloniki. She also also talks […]
