I'm a writer, a world citizen: across earth, water & sky
above image courtesy of Pam Renault - Poitier A blanket of dark clouds covers the sky of that gloomy afternoon, yet an indefinable joy drags my thoughts, through those same alleys where, a few weeks before, an autumn sun had radiated over our steps.The smell of wet leaves and grass, tickles the desire for a …
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(excerpt from my novel Mists on the Moor - Nebbie nella Brughiera) The water flows. With it time, which only leaves traces on my body, in my spirit. While indelible memories re-emerge in the dreams of the night that is always too long. The long walks along the sea where the waves carry to the …
Tito Bassi: la trilogia "El Molino del OSo" . Read about the author who lives in Guatemala City . My review - la mia recensione It all began a long time ago… in a quiet area of Insubria, what is today commonly called Canton Ticino. Perhaps the villagers had first noticed Otto, a …
Los devoradores de mazapán * Mario Chavarría Gonzáles (con le illustrazioni di Ruth Angulo) Carvajal Educación S.A. Literatura infanttil - Novela Guatemalteca Editorial Norma – Ciudad de Guatemala , agosto 2013 ISBN 978-9929-42-031-1 I was myself immersed together with Ximena in the bowels and labyrinths of the old Capital of Guatemala: La Antigua, …
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ISBN 978-9929-42-210-0 Ten years have passed and Isabel and Inés have grown up: do you remember the young protagonists of the novel La Mosca Dragon? Arturo Monterroso brings us back to Guatemala, still full of political strokes, bloody attacks where drug traffickers, soldiers and those who make little money, say how to run terror. This …
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. Per chi non avesse ancora conosciuto Chrysalis e Joshua... per fr./euro 28.- vi spedisco a casa vostra il romanzo, impachettato con carta-regalo! Inserite i vostri dati personali al link soprastante e un'eventuale richiesta di dedica, il romanzo vi sarà inviato entro le 24 ore. . And for those who had not yet met Chrysalis …
Claudine, interviewed by Don Massenzio
Today we sit down with author Claudine Giovannoni. She is going to tell us about her inspiration and work.
Please enjoy this edition of 20 Questions:
Q1) When did you first realize you wanted to be a writer?
I loved to intrigue people with my stories since I was able to speak… I always kept a diary and when I started flying around for work, I used to write down many things from my feeling, the countries I visited, the people I met, about their habits… albeit some funny and some sad stories.
Q2) How long does it typically take you to write a book?
A couple of years. I am never in a hurry, and the ideas have to first ripen… priorities are my kids and family, my cats… I am morally involved protecting fauna and flora (my husband is the World Wildlife Foundation – WWF president in southern…
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El estuario de la memoria di Tito Bassi Editorial Vitela Seviglia - España ISBN: 978-84-944659-0-1 prezzo 30.- € here you may order * aquí se puede ordenar Bajo el luminoso título de El estuario de la memoria Tito Bassi publica sus recuerdos, los de un hombre de acción que supo hacerse a sí mismo, que …
. . El jueves 24 de septiembre de 2015, a las 20:00 tendrá lugar en Sevilla en el pabellón de Guatemala de la Exposición Universal de 1929, la presentación del libro El Molino del Oso de Tito Bassi, a cargo de Manuel Merinero Villagrasa y Jaime Galbarro García. El escritor Tito Bassi, oriundo de la …
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I was not even twenty when I first met Tito: he was a fascinating person, singular and unreachable. Or at least if I considered all the stories and rumors going around about him! He was emanating a strange aura, his smile was captivating, and his strange accent made me smile. I saw him again on an …
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I wrote this novel especially for them, the young! I wish I could bring more awareness to our moral obligation towards the planet Earth... with a mixture of modern fairy tale and educational romance that deals with the theme of the "journey" and the contrast between good and evil. * Questo romanzo l'ho scritto …
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* Un nuovo avvincente romanzo dell'autrice di successo Nunzia Scarponi (altre sue opere: Un anno una Vita - Maremmi Editori 2006; Il girasole nero - Il Filo 2006; Per non morire - Il Filo 2008; Cuori di vetro - Edizioni Croce 2009; L'amore quello vero - Centro Studi Tindari Patti 2010) *
di Eleonora Biondi su Corriere del Ticino 23.7.2013 (cliccare sull'immagine per visualizzare il testo)
Il Cammino della Luce è il suo nuovo romanzo... vi lascio il video promozionale! Buon ascolto... * Con Michela avevamo, anni or sono, iniziato una collaborazione che, sfortunatamente, non ha potuto essere continuata come auspicato. Il nostro lavoro congiunto I Quattro Elementi era stato un successo... entrambe siamo dell'avviso che bisogna istruire i propri …
Claudine Giovannoni 