Sunflower Publishing
@italywriters.bsky.social
Freelance editor/book blogger/reviewer and host of creative writing retreats in Italy
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As a book blogger/book reviewer for books set in Italy, from mysteries to histories, from crime to cookbooks, from thrillers to travel guides, cozy up in an armchair and let me take you on a journey around beautiful Italy in books. Follow me on Substack OR
www.sunflowerpublishing.com/book-reviews
www.sunflowerpublishing.com/book-reviews
Editor's Choice - The autumn months are the perfect time for serious book indulgence as the nights draw in and the air gets chillier.
For more information on my book choices, go to Substack > writersretreatitaly.substack.com/p/italian-au...
For more information on my book choices, go to Substack > writersretreatitaly.substack.com/p/italian-au...
Italian Autumn Reads
Editor's Choice: As the nights draw in and the air gets chillier, the autumn months are the perfect time for some serious book indulgence.
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October 6, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Editor's Choice - The autumn months are the perfect time for serious book indulgence as the nights draw in and the air gets chillier.
For more information on my book choices, go to Substack > writersretreatitaly.substack.com/p/italian-au...
For more information on my book choices, go to Substack > writersretreatitaly.substack.com/p/italian-au...
So many drinks to try... So little time 😎🇮🇹
September 3, 2025 at 7:45 AM
So many drinks to try... So little time 😎🇮🇹
BOOK REVIEW! The Missing Half by Cinzia Zuccarini is about an orphan in Venice. An archaeological dig uncovers the remains of a young girl, shedding light on her life in eighteenth-century Venice. Prudenza has only half of a broken coin to identify her. www.sunflowerpublishing.com/book-reviews
August 31, 2025 at 2:55 PM
BOOK REVIEW! The Missing Half by Cinzia Zuccarini is about an orphan in Venice. An archaeological dig uncovers the remains of a young girl, shedding light on her life in eighteenth-century Venice. Prudenza has only half of a broken coin to identify her. www.sunflowerpublishing.com/book-reviews
Book signing events? Do you go to them and why? For me, it's a great way to meet the author in person and hear about the inspiration behind the story, buy a signed copy of the book and support the work of authors.
August 29, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Book signing events? Do you go to them and why? For me, it's a great way to meet the author in person and hear about the inspiration behind the story, buy a signed copy of the book and support the work of authors.
As a book blogger/book reviewer for books set in Italy, from mysteries to histories, from crime to cookbooks, from thrillers to travel guides, cozy up in an armchair and let me take you on a journey around beautiful Italy in books. Follow me on Substack OR
www.sunflowerpublishing.com/book-reviews
www.sunflowerpublishing.com/book-reviews
August 26, 2025 at 7:46 AM
As a book blogger/book reviewer for books set in Italy, from mysteries to histories, from crime to cookbooks, from thrillers to travel guides, cozy up in an armchair and let me take you on a journey around beautiful Italy in books. Follow me on Substack OR
www.sunflowerpublishing.com/book-reviews
www.sunflowerpublishing.com/book-reviews
BOOK REVIEW! Butterfly Summer by Toni De Palma
A fab coming-of-age story set on the magical Italian island of Ischia! Do you have a summer story that you remember??
www.sunflowerpublishing.com/book-reviews
A fab coming-of-age story set on the magical Italian island of Ischia! Do you have a summer story that you remember??
www.sunflowerpublishing.com/book-reviews
August 23, 2025 at 7:07 AM
BOOK REVIEW! Butterfly Summer by Toni De Palma
A fab coming-of-age story set on the magical Italian island of Ischia! Do you have a summer story that you remember??
www.sunflowerpublishing.com/book-reviews
A fab coming-of-age story set on the magical Italian island of Ischia! Do you have a summer story that you remember??
www.sunflowerpublishing.com/book-reviews
"Ferragosto, un'occasione per staccare dalla routine e ricaricare le energie."
"Ferragosto, a chance to break away from routine and reset."
"Ferragosto, a chance to break away from routine and reset."
August 15, 2025 at 6:11 AM
"Ferragosto, un'occasione per staccare dalla routine e ricaricare le energie."
"Ferragosto, a chance to break away from routine and reset."
"Ferragosto, a chance to break away from routine and reset."
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Wishing you a beautiful weekend, in nature.😌💚🦋🪷🐦🦉
August 2, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Wishing you a beautiful weekend, in nature.😌💚🦋🪷🐦🦉
BOOK REVIEW! Walking Italy by Rachael Martin. A book about walking that’s not necessarily for walkers. It’s full of the history and stories of routes and places, so you can go on your own journey from the comfort of your living room.
Read the full review on www.sunflowerpublishing.com/book-reviews
Read the full review on www.sunflowerpublishing.com/book-reviews
August 2, 2025 at 8:13 AM
BOOK REVIEW! Walking Italy by Rachael Martin. A book about walking that’s not necessarily for walkers. It’s full of the history and stories of routes and places, so you can go on your own journey from the comfort of your living room.
Read the full review on www.sunflowerpublishing.com/book-reviews
Read the full review on www.sunflowerpublishing.com/book-reviews
Happy International Women's Day 2025. Today, we celebrate —our achievements, our kindness, and our unstoppable spirit. Here's to strong women—may we know them, may we be them, may we raise them.
May we continue to shine, inspire, and break barriers. ...
May we continue to shine, inspire, and break barriers. ...
March 8, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Happy International Women's Day 2025. Today, we celebrate —our achievements, our kindness, and our unstoppable spirit. Here's to strong women—may we know them, may we be them, may we raise them.
May we continue to shine, inspire, and break barriers. ...
May we continue to shine, inspire, and break barriers. ...
The perfect holiday for writers!
March 2, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The perfect holiday for writers!
Find your 'amore' under the Italian sky!
Here is my gift to you.. A special Valentine's Day discount on a week-long writing retreat in a stunning luxury villa in one of the most romantic countries in the world? 17-24 May
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Here is my gift to you.. A special Valentine's Day discount on a week-long writing retreat in a stunning luxury villa in one of the most romantic countries in the world? 17-24 May
@followers @everyone
www.sunflowerpublishing.com/writing-retr...
February 14, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Find your 'amore' under the Italian sky!
Here is my gift to you.. A special Valentine's Day discount on a week-long writing retreat in a stunning luxury villa in one of the most romantic countries in the world? 17-24 May
@followers @everyone
www.sunflowerpublishing.com/writing-retr...
Here is my gift to you.. A special Valentine's Day discount on a week-long writing retreat in a stunning luxury villa in one of the most romantic countries in the world? 17-24 May
@followers @everyone
www.sunflowerpublishing.com/writing-retr...
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Just a couple of places left on our writing retreat in May 2025 - If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet.. then you must write it!
November 19, 2024 at 11:36 AM
Just a couple of places left on our writing retreat in May 2025 - If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet.. then you must write it!
BOOK REVIEW! Signora Springfield has done it again! She’s given me another Italian island to explore sprinkled with Hollywood glamour. What is not to love here?
www.sunflowerpublishing.com/book-reviews
www.sunflowerpublishing.com/book-reviews
February 1, 2025 at 2:23 PM
BOOK REVIEW! Signora Springfield has done it again! She’s given me another Italian island to explore sprinkled with Hollywood glamour. What is not to love here?
www.sunflowerpublishing.com/book-reviews
www.sunflowerpublishing.com/book-reviews
My second and final Christmas selection is, as always, a great mix of genres, including historical fiction, romance, and thriller/mystery suspense. Full book blurbs are on Substack!
@katmezzacappa.bsky.social
@katmezzacappa.bsky.social
December 8, 2024 at 8:02 PM
My second and final Christmas selection is, as always, a great mix of genres, including historical fiction, romance, and thriller/mystery suspense. Full book blurbs are on Substack!
@katmezzacappa.bsky.social
@katmezzacappa.bsky.social
Podcast of the week - it was a pleasure talking to author Anna Lucia about her debut book Broken Madonna, a powerful epic set in post-war Italy, where the mysterious visions of a fragile girl lead to a reckoning with the haunting secrets of the past.
www.sunflowerpublishing.com/authorinterv...
www.sunflowerpublishing.com/authorinterv...
December 4, 2024 at 12:14 PM
Podcast of the week - it was a pleasure talking to author Anna Lucia about her debut book Broken Madonna, a powerful epic set in post-war Italy, where the mysterious visions of a fragile girl lead to a reckoning with the haunting secrets of the past.
www.sunflowerpublishing.com/authorinterv...
www.sunflowerpublishing.com/authorinterv...
we provide the scenery.. all you need is a pen!
Creative writing retreat in Italy May 2025
Creative writing retreat in Italy May 2025
November 23, 2024 at 4:15 PM
we provide the scenery.. all you need is a pen!
Creative writing retreat in Italy May 2025
Creative writing retreat in Italy May 2025
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You can read an excerpt from #TheMaidenofFlorence on my publisher's website, along with an interview which gives the background to the book #HistoricalFiction #Renaissance #MeToo www.fairlightbooks.co.uk/katherine-me...
Interview with Katherine Mezzacappa and an exclusive extract
Katherine Mezzacappa is an Irish author currently living in Carrara, northern Tuscany. Her novel The Maiden of Florence is a ...
www.fairlightbooks.co.uk
November 21, 2024 at 9:57 PM
You can read an excerpt from #TheMaidenofFlorence on my publisher's website, along with an interview which gives the background to the book #HistoricalFiction #Renaissance #MeToo www.fairlightbooks.co.uk/katherine-me...
I’m delighted to be on the book blog tour next week for Broken Madonna by Anna Lucia which has just launched. My review will be posted on Substack followed by an author chat with Anna. #italywriters
November 21, 2024 at 2:45 PM
I’m delighted to be on the book blog tour next week for Broken Madonna by Anna Lucia which has just launched. My review will be posted on Substack followed by an author chat with Anna. #italywriters
It’s time to start announcing the line up of guest authors at the next writing retreat in May 2025. The theme is ‘international writing.’ So I’m delighted to introduce one of our guest speakers… Leonie Mack. She is a best selling author of romantic comedies in international locations.
November 20, 2024 at 4:42 PM
It’s time to start announcing the line up of guest authors at the next writing retreat in May 2025. The theme is ‘international writing.’ So I’m delighted to introduce one of our guest speakers… Leonie Mack. She is a best selling author of romantic comedies in international locations.
As a book reviewer/blogger for books set in Italy, my reviews are on Substack.
November 19, 2024 at 4:25 PM
As a book reviewer/blogger for books set in Italy, my reviews are on Substack.
Just a couple of places left on our writing retreat in May 2025 - If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet.. then you must write it!
November 19, 2024 at 11:36 AM
Just a couple of places left on our writing retreat in May 2025 - If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet.. then you must write it!