Springtime Books author, Judyth Gregory-Smith is devoted to a unique and inspirational project – Gifts of Sight – which involves collecting used glasses in Malaysia and the UK. Judyth then personally distributes them to isolated villages around Myanmar for people who have no hope of being able to buy them. Watch the video to find out more about this amazing programme and see Judyth in action.
Just published on Springtime Books - Benjamin's Bedtime Journey by Olivia Allinne-Ward.
Springtime Books is delighted to announce the publication of Bernard of Ugly Gully by Judyth-Gregory Smith.
Italy has always been a destination for travelers. For centuries, Rome was the caput mundi, center of the known world. Even after the fall of the empire, all roads led to Rome, the seat of the Catholic Church, a place of pilgrimage. In the 17th century, Italy became the primary destination of the Grand Tour, a trip essential for educating young men of means to experience Italy’s antiquity, art and architecture. But they saw more than they were sent to find. They saw sunlight, passion, a hunger for life. Why Italy? Because it is breathtaking. They say on the seventh day God didn’t rest, he created Italy. Let celebrated photographer, Rochelle Cheever, take you on a romantic journey of her top ten Italian destinations – Rome, Capri, Florence, Polignano a Mare, Venice, Lake Como, Positano, Orvieto, Ravello, Chianti – with her stunning imagery capturing the very essence that is Italy. About Rochelle Cheever Artist and photographer, Rochelle Cheever, has been awarded the Patronage of the Minister of Fine Arts and Culture in Italy (Patrocinio del Ministro per i Beni e le Attività Culturali), and Artoque (Diploma of Excellence, England). She has been a finalist at the Orvieto International Awards, Lucie International Photography Awards, and Tau Visual (National Association of Professional Photographers of Italy). Her work has been exhibited in Rome at the Vittoriano Museum (with Patronage from the Italian Fine Arts Minister), 100 Artisti a Trastevere, John Cabot University, Il Cortile dell’Arte, The American Academy, Explora Museum Italy and at Il Palazzetto Dépendence Hotel Hassler. In Dallas Texas, her work was exhibited at The Fairmont and at the Cattle Baron’s Ball. In the United States of America, her work has been featured in publications such as Style Me Pretty, Strictly Weddings, Destination Inspirations, Junebug Weddings, and the New York Daily News, and in Italy, in publications such as SposaMania, Il Messaggero, Il Giornale, The American and In Rome Now. Her portraits have been commissioned by the Fendi family, the family of former U.S. Ambassador to Italy Mel Sembler, the Fracassi family, National Geographic CEO David Haslingden and his family, former CEO of Colgate Palmolive in Italy Todd Atwood, and many others. The poses and expressions Cheever uses in her work are derived from the influence of Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo Buonarotti. She is particularly drawn to art of the Romanesque, Renaissance and Neo-Classical. Springtime Books author Lindsay de Feliz talks about her latest memoir, Life After My Saucepans. Q: Tell us about your book, Life After My Saucepans. What is it about? Could you describe it in just a few sentences? A: It is about my life in the mountains in the Dominican Republic. It is about the day to day challenges and laughs, about the people and my family who live here. Q: What made you did you decide to write it? A: Demand from readers of my first book, What About Your Saucepans? who kept nagging me to write a second one. Q: Why do you think your book needed to be written? A: It shows a different side of the country and explains more about the culture of the Dominican people. It also shows that however tough things may be, and whatever fears you have, you can get over them. Q: Who do you think will read your book? Who would you like to read it? Did you have a target audience in mind before you wrote it? A: My target audiences are those who read my first memoir, people married to Dominicans who want to understand more about their culture and their country, those expats who live here, and those who visit here, and anyone who likes the country, or wants to learn more about it. Q: What steps have you taken or are planning to take to promote your book? Which methods do you think will work best to meet your target audience? A: I am still in stage one, which is reaching out to all of the Facebook groups I belong to who are linked to the Dominican Republic. I am continuing with the methods which worked last time, which was blogging regularly and tweeting good reviews. I also have a book FB page which I constantly post on, as well as other forums about the DR. I have some books here and will go around the country doing signing sessions and selling them as well. Stage 2 will be to reach a wider audience and I have been talking to the owner of ThatsDominicanTV who has promised to promote the book, which has an audience of Dominicans abroad of around 250,000. Q: How did you choose your publisher and method of publishing? Did you do much research did you do before you made your choice? And what made you chose this route? A: This was easy, same one I used last time! Well almost. Last time I used Summertime, as Jo Parfitt had published books about the DR writing by two of my friends. This time she directed me to sister company Springtime. No way could I do all that publishing lark myself! Q: What was your biggest challenge once you decided to write your book and how did you overcome it? A: Writing it really. Feeling inspired to write and actually getting down to doing it. I set a target of a chapter a week and worked out a framework using the blog I had written over the years. Then I just did it. Q: Now you have written your book how has writing it impacted you, your family, your self-esteem or your business? A: I think my family is proud that I am a published writer, and it has given me confidence that I can actually write. It certainly helps give me credibility in the business sense as people believe that I really do know about the DR. Q: What were the highlights of the writing and publishing process from starting to write your book to it being sent to print? A: The highlights of the process were those three words: “It’s a wrap”. Plus Jo Parfitt telling me that my writing had improved so much, and the pre-publications reviews, as I was concerned the book would not be as good as the first one. Q: If you were to give advice to someone thinking about writing a book, what would be your number one tip? A: Just do it. And always stop when you are desperate to write more, never when you are stuck. Springtime Books are delighted to announce the publication of Life After My Saucepans, the eagerly-awaited sequel to the best-selling What About My Saucepans? The book is out now on Amazon in paperback and Kindle. In What About Your Saucepans? Lindsay de Feliz gave up marriage and a successful career in the UK to follow her dreams as a scuba diving instructor in the Dominican Republic. She met and married her Dominican man and went on an incredible adventure involving political corruption and being shot in her own home. Life After My Saucepans continues the story with Lindsay and Danilo living in hiding, away from the beaches and tourist resorts, in the mountainous, remote, sparsely populated north-west of the country. Will Danilo return to politics, will they turn their lives around and will they adapt to their new surroundings? While visitors will recognise the descriptions of local men who scam foreign women (sanky pankys), they will also experience a different side of the country from Lindsay’s colourful narrative where the friendly, yet quirky, nature of the Dominican people is uncovered. Full of incident, adventure, laughter and tears Lindsay describes her day-to-day life with her indomitable husband Danilo, as she comes to realise this is where she has always meant to be.
Turkey Street, the sequel to Jack Scott’s Perking the Pansies, is a satisfying hail and farewell to the unlikely Muslim country two gays fell in love with, passionately courted, and reluctantly left behind. Like the first book, this one is a tasty Turkish delight, a mad dervish of colorful characters, and a love song to an adopted country. The main difference I find in these pages is a more tangible undercurrent of sadness and the inevitability of kismet’s farewell kiss. The bitter-sweet texture is what gives this sequel its uniqueness, much as the first one is rare for its witty narrative and remarkable characters. Happiness is often defined by its opposite. In Turkey Street Scott gives us a symbolic olive tree dedicated to a fallen lover, an orphan lost in a brutal system, and broken family members who pull the heart strings back to England. Both Jack (the narrator) and Liam (his husband) have the kind of breezy wit that keeps the story moving with grace and style. Author Scott has the rare ability to speak volumes with a few well chosen words and tongue-in-cheek innuendo. Being a student of language, I appreciate the glossaries at the end—street Turkish and even Brit-speak with more than a little Polari thrown into the mix. Springtime Books is delighted to welcome our latest title, What About Your Saucepans? the best-selling memoir from Lindsay de Feliz.
The sequel to Lindsay's remarkable memoir will be released on Springtime Books later in 2017.
Like a conversation with a life coach, Nell deftly guides you with examples, stories, and practical tools to show you the opportunities a long life can bring. Ken Dychtwald, PhD, author
Springtime Books is delighted to welcome our latest title, Retire to the Life You Love by careers counsellor and retirement expert, Nell Smith.
Five years after publication, Perking the Pansies, Jack and Liam move to Turkey still receives great reviews.
Pick up Jack Scott's Perking the Pansies and Turkey Street on Wordery with free worldwide delivery. A great rattlingly paced read which also provides a snapshot of a Turkey that is changing in ways none of us, as yet, fully understand. Barbara Nadel on Turkey Street Empathetic, respectful and pretty acute. Hugh Pope on Perking the Pansies
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