The Culture Behind the Crisis: What You Need to Know Victoria will be taking part in Greece Is The Word!, a celebration of modern Greek culture and a cutting-edge, creative response to the Greek crisis. Others participating in this one-day event include historian Bettany Hughes, BBC correspondent Paul Mason and a pantheon of Greek stars […]
For novelist Victoria Hislop “courage” lies in the lives of every day people, whose stories act as the source of inspiration in her novels. Her stories either set in the island of Crete or in Granada are all connected by the common thread of courage, as exemplified by her heroes. In this talk Hislop unfolds […]
Victoria recently took part in a performance of Cavafy’s poetry, set to music by Athanasios Simoglou, and sung by the soprano, Sonia Theodoridou, at Pallas Theatre, Athens.
As many of you will know, the live webchat on Facebook as part of Richard and Judy’s Summer Reads was marred by technical glitches. However, readers posted questions to the Facebook and these were forwarded to Victoria. As promised, Victoria Hislop has answered your questions. Read about The Thread, her writing, her experience of being […]
Unfortunately technical problems prevented Victoria’s webchat scheduled for yesterday afternoon, as part of the Richard and Judy Summer Book Club. Those who wishes to send questions Victoria was really disappointed and asked that questions be sent via the R&J Facebook page to be forwarded to her. The questions, and her answers, will be posted at […]
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 moderator for the event was journalist Stavros Theodorakis. Excerpts from the novel were read by Victoria and the actor Nikos Orfanos, with music by Minos […]
