Posts from March 2019

Publishing Day Interview: Urbane Publications Matthew Smith

In the coming weeks, we will be interviewing the panel from this year’s Publishing Day on 11th May 2019: Urbane Publications Director Matthew Smith, Bookouture Associate Publisher Kathryn Taussig, Literary Agent Katharine Sands, LIterary Agent Greg Messina, and Author Victoria Brownlee. This time we caught up with Urbane Publications Director Matthew Smith. In previous interviews,…

A chat with food writer Tessa Kiros

We chatted to food writer Tessa Kiros before her event with fellow food writer Giulia Scarpaleggia (of Juls’ Kitchen) for Florence Writers on the 21st March at 6.30pm. Tessa Kiros was born in London to a Finnish mother and Greek-Cypriot father. At 18 she left to travel and learn more about the world’s cultures, and…

A chat with food writer Giulia Scarpaleggia

Giulia Scarpaleggia is a food writer and photographer, as well as teacher of Tuscan cooking classes in her family house in the countryside. She was born and bred in Tuscany and started this blog in 2009 to collect family recipes and stories. If you like traditional, seasonal food, the Tuscan countryside and a genuine approach to life,…

St Mark's English Church, Florence, Italy