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I was honoured to be interviewed for this German-language magazine all about Greece for their summer 2026 edition – perfect timing for the release of AN ISLAND HOME AND A SALTY DOG!  

After a long break, I’ve finally started posting on my blog again – if you’re interested, you can find it at www.octopus-in-my-ouzo.blogspot.com. You can also connect via my Facebook page and my Instagram. Thanks to everyone who has supported my new book, AN ISLAND HOME AND A SALTY DOG, currently only available on Amazon, directly

Michael Pugh’s magical story of his journey on horseback from Russia to Romania came out in July. Riding Through War and Peace takes the reader back to 2014, when it was still possible to travel that way through the Russian countryside, with its bucolic meadows and atmospheric battles sites and forgotten aristocratic estates, and into

Well, I did it – I finished the new book! About six years of Greek island life on Tilos with my dog since I bought my house. Thanks to the professional freelancers Debbie (editor), Ian (copy-editor), Ben (designer) and Rosie (cover illustration), I was able to self-publish with confidence and release it in June, as

Bestselling author Katie Carr has written a beautiful book of narrative non-fiction about, as she puts it, ‘sea, weather, family and the quiet work of finding your way after loss’. It’s about kayaking and motherhood, resilience and joy: https://summersdale.com/titles/katie-carr/thundery-at-times/9781837998388/ For a few years now I’ve worked with Canadian author Marion Crook giving early editorial feedback on

To help mark the 140th anniversary of Theodore Bent’s 1885 book ‘The Cyclades, or Life Among the Insular Greeks’, here I am reading some sections from the chapter on Santorini – now on YouTube. ‘On entering the basin of Santorin, one experiences directly the pleasant impression of seeing something utterly new…’

For all of September, my book TAVERNA BY THE SEA has been featured on the prizes banner of the Facebook group We Love Memoirs! It’s a wonderfully supportive group and members have been posting some lovely reviews (‘made me long for sun-filled days on an idyllic Greek beach…’… ‘makes the reader feel as if they

I lost my dad this winter, which was completely unexpected and extremely tough. As so often happens when something devastating happens in our lives, I’m changing my focus in work and devoting more time to my own creative endeavours. That’s what prompted this lovely new website – it’s also cheered me up creating it with

I was in London in early July and able to attend the launch of my client Mark Agnew’s book THERE WILL BE HEADWINDS. He entertained us with stories from his world-first adventure with a team kayaking the Northwest Passage – from encounters with polar bears to being trapped by the ice. For Mark, the journey

My book WILD ABANDON has been translated into Italian and published as INCANTO REMOTO by Morellini Editore in Milan! The journalist Maria Luisa Colledani, who has visited Tilos, wrote a wonderful review – read it here in the newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore. Ketty Iannantuono who also visits Tilos regularly wrote this beautiful endorsement:  “Incanto