Eyelands.gr and Strange Days
Books invite you to our very first
EYELANDS BOOK AWARDS
CEREMONY
MAY 4th
2019, 18:00
With guests of honor:
Authors
Catherine McNamara
(Australia/Italy)
Book: The Cartography of
OthersGrand prize winner for
published book
Gita –Theodora Simic
(Bosnia-Herzegovina)
Book: Occam’s Razor
Prize winner for
unpublished novel
We will read excerpts from
the Prize winner books and talk with the award winning authors who
will speak about their books and talk with the audience
The ceremony is the first
part of the «Spring Fest» of Strange Days Books and Eyelands.gr.
Presentations of two new books will follow after the awards ceremony.
Guests Authors: Despina
Charalampidi, Victoria Makri, Georgia Mama
From Strange Days
Publishing: Stavroula Diamanti, Gregory Papadoyiannis
Polis Art Cafe –
Pesmazοglou Street, Athens
https://www.facebook.com/polisartcafe/
Catherine McNamara
grew up in Sydney, ran
away to Paris, and ended up in West Africa running a bar. Her
collection Pelt and Other Stories was longlisted for the Frank
O’Connor Award and was semifinalist in the Hudson Prize, and her
short stories have been Pushcart nominated, shortlisted and published
in the UK, Europe, USA and Australia. Catherine lives in Italy.
I grew up in the Balkans
(early lessons in the ways of life), and lived in Canada for thirty
years (continuation of early lessons) with my husband who is an art
historian, a piano teacher, and a HIP music enthusiast. Lately we
spend a good part of the year close to the Adriatic Sea, in southern
Herzegovina (the sea holds no memories but for the rocky cliffs, the
morning mist and clear waters of turquoise blue). I was born on the
small and wondrous island of Korcula in Croatia, and later moved to
Belgrade, Serbia. Both countries denied me citizenship after the
break-up of Yugoslavia.
My background is in
philosophy and IT. I had studied philosophy and history at the
Belgrade University before moving to Canada, where I obtained a
diploma in computer programming/systems analysis, with specialization
in mid-range computers.
I am a systems analyst by
day (for almost twenty-five years), historical fiction writer by
night(for several years). When a friend asked why I write historical
fiction, I said: “Wouldn’t you, if you had to spend eight hours a
day in a cubicle?” The literary world does not resound with my
name.To date, I have completed nine such short stories, a play, and
this novel. I am currently working on my second historical fiction
novel, loosely based on the life of Sir Francis Drake and the fate of
Raphael’s cartoons. Occam’s Razor, a story of Bernini, was also
shortlisted at the 2017 CHAUCER BOOK AWARDS Historical Fiction
pre-1750s.
