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George Sand, Robert Graves, Peter Kerr, and Anna Nicholas are some of the well-known authors who have made Mallorca either the subject of their writing, or a place where they choose to write. Majorca is home to a surprising number of contemporary authors and, in this podcast, Jan Edwards talks to one in each episode to find out more about their writing life and books.
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Detroit-born Suzi Quatro made her distinctive mark on the glam rock scene in the '70s and has been in the music business ever since, as a singer, songwriter, and musician. She's also presented radio and TV shows and acted - playing Leather Tuscadero in 'Happy Days', the lead role in 'Annie Get Your Gun' in London's West End, and parts in several British TV series including 'Midsomer Murders' and 'Absolutely Fabulous'. Her 58-year career - so far - continues with a European concert tour ...
Simon Kenion Shears describes himself as a ‘fitness polymath’. Born in Manchester, he moved to Mallorca as a young boy. He attended boarding school in Dublin and graduated from the University of St Andrews in Scotland with an MA in Philosophy. He worked as a scientific research technician for the Centre for Whale Research of Western Australia before moving to Germany. He started writing his book ‘Working (it) Out’ in 2015 in Hamburg, where he also began CrossFit coaching. Since returning to M...
Retired interior designer and now a Mallorca-based contemporary artist and children’s author, Christine Greenslade has just published her illustrated book ‘Flying Lessons’ – suitable for children aged two to six. Englishwoman Christine has been storytelling for many years and already has a wealth of animal stories soon to be published, with a Spot The Rabbit book (the first of a series about Spot) expected to be out for Easter 2022. In this episode, the author talks about her love...
This episode’s guest has experienced the authentic, wilder side of Mallorca for some twenty years. Lizzie Graham lives off-grid here and, as an excursion guide, introduces tourists and locals to special and secret parts of the island. Lizzie’s more likely to be found hiking, wild swimming, or sitting on a horse, than leaning over a laptop – but that hasn’t stopped her becoming an author. Lizzie and her Scotland-based photographer/journalist sister, Anna Deacon, have created a new guidebook fo...
Like my last guest on 'Authors in Mallorca', the author Dr Timothy Ashby is another American who now lives in Mallorca. He's passionate about writing and history, combining these in his literary work. He's had four books published in the States (three of them historical thrillers) and his next book to hit the shelves is a non-fictional biography of a fascinating ancestor of his. 'Elizabethan Secret Agent: The Untold Story of William Ashby (1536-1593)' will be published by Scotland Street Pr...
Alice LaPlante is an award-winning American writer and editor, who taught Creative Writing at Stanford and San Francisco State Universities for more than twenty years. Alice now lives on the island of Mallorca, where she still writes extensively and runs a local writing group. Her acclaimed debut novel Turn of Mind - a literary work of psychological suspense - was published in 2011. A New York Times bestseller, it also won the Wellcome Prize that year and became the first work of fictio...
For this first episode of series two, I chatted with the German writer Stephanie Schulz, a long-term resident of Mallorca. Stephanie and her British author and photographer friend, Mark Julian Edwards, worked collaboratively to create the recently published book Faces of Mallorca, published in four languages by Triangle Books of Barcelona. The sumptuous book features Mallorcan people from all walks of island life - their stories told in words and images by Stephanie and Mark. It's been...
Have you ever scrolled with a touch of envy through Instagram, seeing influencers flaunting fabulous freebies and their aspirational lifestyles? The reality of an influencer’s life is not always as it may seem, as my guest in this episode knows too well. In 2015, when comedian and writer Bella Younger created her alter ego Deliciously Stella - parodying clean-eating Instagram influencers - she had no idea it would lead to 150,000 followers ... and a spell in The Priory clinic. Be...
With a writing career spanning more than twenty years, Josie Lloyd knows a lot about the writing and publishing processes. Josie's written solo and with her husband Emlyn Rees, but also in another genre as Joanna Rees. Her loft in Brighton groans under the weight of her and their many foreign versions of published books. Josie's new novel The Cancer Ladies' Running Club draws on her own experiences of going through breast cancer diagnosis and treatment in 2017. Despite the...
Debut novelist Pete Davies spent thirty years in the police force in England, then became an executive coach. Now retired, he’s turned his hand to writing and become a full-time author. Pete chose his favourite holiday island as the main setting for his first novel – a pacey crime thriller called ‘The Mallorcan Bookseller’ – published in December 2020. Among other subjects, the author talks about researching locations and procedures, writing a series, and the actors he could imagine pla...
Dr James B Rieley ran his successful manufacturing company for more than 20 years before he sold the business. With his extensive experience, PhD in Organisational Effectiveness, and Bachelor's in Business Administration, it's not surprising that CEOs and senior leadership teams across Europe and America have since called upon his advisory services for their own companies. As well as writing articles for dozens of journals and magazines, he's published several business books. But he's also e...
Dawne Archer is an English author and Mallorca resident, whose memoir ‘Trekker Girl Morocco Bound’ was written after her Sahara Desert trek to raise money for the charity Thrombosis UK. All profits from the sale of her book go to this charity which, as she explains, is a cause close to her heart. Memoirist Dawne talks about the usefulness of keeping a diary, the benefits of being in a writing group, putting a book with photos onto Kindle, and shares two important health tips of great relevanc...
With increasing numbers of people suffering from stress, you may be surprised to learn that Mallorca-based author Linda Ledwidge considers stress as 'nature’s blessing'. Linda – who studied nursing and midwifery in Glasgow in the ‘80s and is a registered midwife and nurse – today uses a range of healing modalities in her work as a holistic wellness expert. She’s just published her second self-help book ‘Redress Stress: Identify, Access, and Unleash Your Power Tools’, which sets out to change ...
Mallorca-based author Emily Benet was only 25 years old when she signed her first publishing contract in 2009 – achieving many bloggers’ blog-to-book dreams. She then became a ‘Wattpad sensation’ with her next book. Her seventh book and latest novel ‘Tipping Point’ was published during the pandemic and is set on the sunshine island where she lives. Emily is a hybrid author who has self-published her last four books. She reveals how she achieved publication for her first two; her favourite aut...
The start of a new year is an opportunity to re-evaluate our lives, even if we don't commit to New Year's resolutions. Self-help books are particularly popular at this time of year and my first guest of 2021 has authored and co-authored a number of books in this genre. Married with two grown-up sons, Mallorca-based Kay Newton is a midlife strategist and uses the knowledge she's gained from her own rich variety of experiences to help others, through her books. These include 'The Art of Midli...
English author Laura Lockington has written several novels, a memoir, plays for BBC Radio 4, screenplays, and articles for periodicals and websites. Laura left behind a buzzy Brighton literary life for a new home in the beautiful northeast of Mallorca. Her recent screenplay was filmed shortly after Spain's tough lockdown ended. Laura is great fun with plenty of interesting experiences and opinions to share. She also makes a great Earl Grey tea and delicious lemon cake - but you'll have to ta...
Munich-born Caroline Fabian trained as a chef in her native country and worked in Canada before coming to Mallorca, where she first worked in Michelin-starred restaurant Es Racó des Teix in Deià. Caroline has now been a private cook for more than 10 years and her debut cookbook - revealing her love of Mallorcan cuisine and the island's ingredients - has recently been published. www.privatecooking-mallorca.com PODCAST THEME TITLE: “Lifestyles” COMPOSER: Ja...
Anna Nicholas is the most prolific writer about Mallorca today and lives on the outskirts of Soller, in the UNESCO World Heritage Site Serra de Tramuntana mountains. With six travel titles to her credit and publishing her second cosy crime novel, set in Mallorca, this November, Anna has some useful tips for budding authors. Author Anna talks about titles, book covers, and starting her own indie publishing company - and reveals some of the lengths (and heights) that she'll go to when research...
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