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 interviews & new releases By Jo Parfitt, Summertime Publishing, on August 19th, 2011
Earlier this year I had the pleasure of working with Karen Greve Young, who wanted me to help her turn the draft of a shared memoir, written with her mother, Vicki, while she was ill with ovarian cancer, into a published book. This book appealed to me because it is about so many things: mothers and daughters; the art of letter-writing; sustaining a relationship despite Karen’s moves abroad; that proceeds from the book go to charity; that ovarian cancer is a silent killer and awareness about this illness needs to be [...]
interviews & new releases By Jo Parfitt, Summertime Publishing, on June 29th, 2011
It is hard to be funny in real life and on the page. Debbie Fletcher, who wrote her hilarious memoir, Bitten by Spain, manages to do so though. Listen to my interview with her for my Writers Abroad radio show and just enjoy her frankness and her wit. [...]
life story By Jo Parfitt, Summertime Publishing, on June 8th, 2011
It’s always cool to be invited to guest post on other sites, so when I was asked to contribute to HSBC’s Expat Explorer blog I jumped at the chance.
Here is my post for you.
books By Jo Parfitt, Summertime Publishing, on June 7th, 2011
A little over a year ago, author, Niamh Ni Bhroin had scarcely begun writing her compelling memoir, The Singing Warrior. Today the book has become a business, an audio book, a music CD and a Kindle product and Niamh is helping others to spear their fears and realise their dreams.
This is a story of hope, of survival and of profound change. Niamh shares the secrets of how she dared to bare her soul on the page here in this, my fourth show at The WIN [...]
books By Jo Parfitt, Summertime Publishing, on May 26th, 2011
I am a strong believer that no one can hope to write something without first reading lots of similar books. Teaching expats how to write about their lives overseas I tend to focus on reading other memoirs about people living abroad. Books such [...]
interviews & new releases By Jo Parfitt, Summertime Publishing, on May 5th, 2011
This memoir was written to celebrate their time in Portugal, this time and began as a series of despatches for the literary magazine, McSweeneys. Knowing the ropes as he does, he has also learned of the value of hiring a publicist. There is much for the newbie author to learn from this fascinating [...]
interviews & new releases By Jo Parfitt, Summertime Publishing, on May 3rd, 2011
We remained in touch. He was one of the first subscribers to my Inspirer back in 2002 when it began and then, a couple of months ago, I was delighted to be sent a copy of his memoir, Dr Lark. And there he is, all smiley in a bright pink [...]
books By Jo Parfitt, Summertime Publishing, on March 18th, 2011
Professional writer’s travel memoir of family’s return to happiness after the death of their daughter from drowning. sound advice from an [...]
interviews & new releases By Jo Parfitt, Summertime Publishing, on March 1st, 2011
Inspired by three recent expat memoirs, by Alan Paul, Carolyn Vines and Niamh Ni Bhroin, this post reveals the five rules for writing memoirs with [...]
interviews & new releases By Jo Parfitt, Summertime Publishing, on February 22nd, 2011
Alan Paul, author of Big in China, describes his writing and publishing [...]
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