http://uk.annezouroudi.com Anne Zouroudi - UK version Sat, 21 Aug 2010 09:00:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm back from a brief sojourn in the Greek islands, where everyone's primary occupation was staying cool - and sane - in temperatures which were hitting the low forties. Not so much of a problem when you're there to relax - a short walk from the shade of a convenient ... http://uk.annezouroudi.com/2010/08/21/taking-the-heat/ I am absolutely thrilled to have a lovely review - by author Tom Nolan - in the Wall Street Journal, ahead of the publication of The Messenger of Athens in the States this coming week. Mr Nolan describes the book as 'bucolic noir', which seems very apt to me. Here's what ... http://uk.annezouroudi.com/2010/07/17/the-wall-street-journal-and-an-old-piano/ I had the pleasure, this week, of visiting the beautiful Woodborough Hall in Nottinghamshire, in the company of my good friend, comic crime writer Chris Ewan. It was our honour to be the closing event of the Lowdham Book Festival, organised as always by the dynamic and book-devoted Jane Streeter. ... http://uk.annezouroudi.com/2010/07/04/new-tricks/ I feel honoured to have been asked to write a guest-blog at Murder is Everywhere, a site run by six international crime writers including Yrsa Sigurdardottir in Iceland, and Leighton Gage in Brazil. Michael Sears and Stanley Trollip - who I had the pleasure of sharing a panel with at Crimefest - ... http://uk.annezouroudi.com/2010/06/05/guest-blog-at-murder-is-everywhere/ Forgive me, dear readers, for my prolonged absence from my own blog - my mind has long been occupied with the plot and planning of Book Five, to the detriment of just about everything else life has to offer. But I was pleased to have a break from Book Five's sin of ... http://uk.annezouroudi.com/2010/05/24/bristol-crimefest/ First and foremost, let me wish a happy, healthy and prosperous 2010 to you all, and offer my thanks to everyone who's bought and read my books during the last year - your support is always appreciated. Secondly, I offer a reprimand to myself, as a quick check before I wrote this revealed ... http://uk.annezouroudi.com/2010/01/05/happy-new-year/ I can't believe September has almost been and gone, but the leaves falling in the wood and the distinct nip in the morning air tell me it must be so. If I'm honest, my disbelief is rooted, in large part, in my dismay at my failure - in my own eyes ... http://uk.annezouroudi.com/2009/09/27/season-of-mists-etc/ It's a long time since I wrote my blog, but my excuse is a long absence in Greece, where it was, of course,  hot. Here in the temperate climate of the UK - and especially the northern counties - it's easy to forget how hot that hot is. Before my ... http://uk.annezouroudi.com/2009/08/24/summer-heat-greek-style/ It isn't often the thermometer hits the heady heights of the high twenties here in Derbyshire, but it's managed it this week, and after a trip to the local supermarket earlier this week, my in-car reading (on a tarmac carpark, admittedly) was an impressive 33c. Everyone around me is complaining about ... http://uk.annezouroudi.com/2009/07/03/summer-heat-uk-style/ I have been in a Welsh state of mind for the past week or so. Firstly, I went to see the fabulous Rhydian at Sheffield City Hall. For those of you who don't know, Rhydian won the X-Factor talent show on UK television last year. He is, I believe, a Welshman born ... http://uk.annezouroudi.com/2009/05/30/the-welsh-connection/