A Grecian Earn: The Figurine launches into number one
Victoria Hislop’s The Figurine has become the UK Official UK Top 50 number one in its mass-market fiction paperback launch week, just edging out Claire Douglas’ The Wrong Sister (Penguin), […]
Greece
I’ve been to more than 40 Greek islands — this one is my favourite
The other day, I did a quick count of all the Greek islands I have visited, and it came to more than 40, with dozens more on my wish list. […]
The thrilling corners of Greece that inspired Victoria Hislop
Novelist Victoria Hislop has found ‘the storytelling spark’ in Crete, Thessaloniki and the streets of Athens. Who better to ask for an inspirational guide to their highlights? (from The Telegraph, […]
Five best books about . . . Greece — chosen by Victoria Hislop
(for The Times, July 26 2019) These five books are important works about Greece — fiction and nonfiction — and all of them will help any reader to understand the […]
Patra represents the extremes of Greece – sublime and mundane
It took Victoria Hislop a while, but she learned to love the chaos and joy of Greece’s third-largest city (in The Guardian, Saturday 29 July 2017) When I visited Patra for […]
Revisiting “The Island”
As Spinalonga enters the final stage of its nomination as a UNESCO World Heritage site, the cast and crew of the iconic Greek MEGA TV show The Island look back […]
