Blogs in November 2021

The Making Of Mrs Petrakis 9th November 2021

Cyprus in the run up to the civil war of the 1970s… the threat of it hangs in the atmosphere like a fine mist. A terrible thing, war. Against this backdrop of war and violence, the island’s inhabitants make the best...

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Island of Fear 2nd October 2021

Cyprus 1974 Turkish forces invade Kyrenia and parachute into Nicosia International Airport. In London a high-ranking RAF officer has been found dead in a seedy hotel and on the wall next to the body is the initials of the...

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The Island of Missing Trees 1st August 2021

It is 1974 on the island of Cyprus. Two teenagers, from opposite sides of a divided land, meet at a tavern in the city they both call home. The tavern is the only place that Kostas, who is Greek...

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Songbirds 22nd March 2021

The follow-up to the global bestseller The Beekeeper of Aleppo, Songbirds is a heart-breaking story for our times. She walks unseen through our world. Cares for our children, cleans our homes. Her voice unheard. She has a story to...

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The Way It Breaks 30th January 2021

Orestis is a young man who refuses to accept his lot in life. He wants a better job, a toned body, his own place, a brighter future. On a night out, he bumps into an old school friend who...

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