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Prospero’s Cell

Prospero’s Cell
  • Author(s): Lawrence Durrell
  • Location(s): Corfu
  • Genre(s): Nonfiction, Travelogue
  • Era(s): 1936-1938

A magical evocation of Durrell’s experiences on Corfu – before WW2. A slow sensuous life style – enjoying the elemental pleasures of daily life under the mythical Greek sun. Local villagers, intellectuals, illustrious visitors, all offer food for thought...

The Ebb (The Lady of the Pier)

The Ebb (The Lady of the Pier)
  • Author(s): Effrosyni Moschoudi
  • Location(s): Brighton, Corfu
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): 1930s and 1980s

When Sofia falls in love, a mourning spirit begins to haunt her… CORFU, 1987 On a long holiday with her grandparents, Sofia Aspioti meets Danny Markson, a charming flirt who makes her laugh. Although she tries to keep him...

The Greek for Love

The Greek for Love
  • Author(s): James Chatto
  • Location(s): Corfu
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): Modern

The two-line ad in the Sunday Times advertising Villa Parginos in Corfu conjured an image of long afternoons drinking wine on a marble patio shaded by a grape arbour, looking out over an impossibly blue Greek sea. Instead James...

The Papas and the Englishman

The Papas and the Englishman
  • Author(s): Roy Hounsell
  • Location(s): Corfu, Zagoria
  • Genre(s): Travelogue
  • Era(s): 1980s and 1990s

Roy & Effie Hounsell escaped from England to Corfu in 1980, before deciding in 1991 to buy and renovate a traditional stone house in Koukouli, one of the 46 villages in remote, mountainous Zagoria, on the north west Greek...

My Family and Other Animals

My Family and Other Animals
  • Author(s): Gerald Durrell
  • Location(s): Corfu
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): 1930s

Sometimes it’s pretty hard to tell them apart… my family and the animals, that is. I don’t know why my brothers and sisters complain so much. With snakes in the bath and scorpions on the lunch table, our house,...

My Corfu Love Story

My Corfu Love Story
  • Author(s): Effrosyni Moschoudi
  • Location(s): Moraitika
  • Genre(s): Novella, Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Spyri forever lives in the past, haunted by old memories. This summer, she meets a man she once loved, and he is about to change everything… Spyri, a half-Greek restauranteur in her early thirties, is back on the island...

Songs of Blue and Gold

Songs of Blue and Gold
  • Author(s): Deborah Lawrenson
  • Location(s): Corfu, The South of France (Le Midi)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern looking back

In the horseshoe bay of Kalami in Corfu, a tumultuous love affair begins between a renowned novelist and a woman escaping scandal. Years later, her daughter Melissa, running from her own past, returns to the island … Melissa’s life...

The Flow (The Lady of the Pier #2)

The Flow (The Lady of the Pier #2)
  • Author(s): Effrosyni Moschoudi
  • Location(s): Brighton, Moraitika
  • Genre(s): Historical, Paranormal, Romance
  • Era(s): 1930s, 1940s & 1980s

She won’t find peace until she finds redemption. But it’ll take more than love; it’ll take two worlds, to merge into one. CORFU 1988 Sofia arrives in Vassilaki brokenhearted over Danny. Just as a new boy comes into her...

The Raven Witch of Corfu – episode 1 of 4

The Raven Witch of Corfu – episode 1 of 4
  • Author(s): Effrosyni Moschoudi
  • Location(s): Messonghi
  • Genre(s): Fantasy, Romance, Suspense
  • Era(s): Modern world

A terrible evil lurks in the mountain… Lizzie is not your average tourist. She may have just arrived on the idyllic Greek island of Corfu, but her mind is not on having a good time. Far from it, Lizzie...

The Summer Trip

The Summer Trip
  • Author(s): Isabelle Broom
  • Location(s): Corfu
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

What if your life worked out perfectly . . . for someone else? It’s been 18 years since Ava spent the summer on the Greek island of Corfu, but she has never forgotten what happened during those months –...

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