Sofka Zinovieff
@sofkazinovieff.bsky.social
Author of STEALING DAD, PUTNEY, Eurydice Street. Podcast: Athens Unpacked.
www.Sofkazinovieff.com
www.Sofkazinovieff.com
Me n my gal Anna selling STEALING DADs @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social yesterday.
Generous host Prof Gonda Van Steen.
@johnkittmer.bsky.social (former UK ambassador to Greece w/Yorkshire soul of a Greek poet) made the interview brilliant fun.
Thanks Kevin Featherstone & everyone who came. 🧡🩷🧡
Generous host Prof Gonda Van Steen.
@johnkittmer.bsky.social (former UK ambassador to Greece w/Yorkshire soul of a Greek poet) made the interview brilliant fun.
Thanks Kevin Featherstone & everyone who came. 🧡🩷🧡
November 20, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Me n my gal Anna selling STEALING DADs @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social yesterday.
Generous host Prof Gonda Van Steen.
@johnkittmer.bsky.social (former UK ambassador to Greece w/Yorkshire soul of a Greek poet) made the interview brilliant fun.
Thanks Kevin Featherstone & everyone who came. 🧡🩷🧡
Generous host Prof Gonda Van Steen.
@johnkittmer.bsky.social (former UK ambassador to Greece w/Yorkshire soul of a Greek poet) made the interview brilliant fun.
Thanks Kevin Featherstone & everyone who came. 🧡🩷🧡
I admired @johnkittmer.bsky.com even more when he gave up diplomacy to write a PhD thesis on the Communist poet Yiannis Ritsos - hear him discuss Ritsos & Theodorakis songs on my podcast Athens Unpacked (Ep. 6, Songs & Poems).
November 2, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I admired @johnkittmer.bsky.com even more when he gave up diplomacy to write a PhD thesis on the Communist poet Yiannis Ritsos - hear him discuss Ritsos & Theodorakis songs on my podcast Athens Unpacked (Ep. 6, Songs & Poems).
When @johnkittmer.bsky.social arrived in Athens slap bang in the thick of the appalling economic crisis in 2013, there were many challenges but he quickly became hugely popular & active, aided by his perfect modern Greek - he could sing Greek songs, quote Greek poetry & use twitter like a local.
November 2, 2025 at 7:13 PM
When @johnkittmer.bsky.social arrived in Athens slap bang in the thick of the appalling economic crisis in 2013, there were many challenges but he quickly became hugely popular & active, aided by his perfect modern Greek - he could sing Greek songs, quote Greek poetry & use twitter like a local.
Mary Portas & me getting in the mood for our discussion about life, books, bereavement & friendship at the magnificent @PritchardandUre Camden
7pm 17.09.25
Tickets via P&U website www.pritchardandure.com/new-events
#maryportas #books #friendship
7pm 17.09.25
Tickets via P&U website www.pritchardandure.com/new-events
#maryportas #books #friendship
September 3, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Mary Portas & me getting in the mood for our discussion about life, books, bereavement & friendship at the magnificent @PritchardandUre Camden
7pm 17.09.25
Tickets via P&U website www.pritchardandure.com/new-events
#maryportas #books #friendship
7pm 17.09.25
Tickets via P&U website www.pritchardandure.com/new-events
#maryportas #books #friendship
A lovely piece in ToVima about the upcoming @Corfu Lit Fest.
Corfu Literary Festival.
Great events incl Lee Durrell & Julian Hoffman & a literary feast at the gorgeous Villa Posillipo where “THE DURRELLS” was filmed. Check website for details & tickets.
www.tovima.com/culture/corf...
Corfu Literary Festival.
Great events incl Lee Durrell & Julian Hoffman & a literary feast at the gorgeous Villa Posillipo where “THE DURRELLS” was filmed. Check website for details & tickets.
www.tovima.com/culture/corf...
August 28, 2025 at 12:25 PM
A lovely piece in ToVima about the upcoming @Corfu Lit Fest.
Corfu Literary Festival.
Great events incl Lee Durrell & Julian Hoffman & a literary feast at the gorgeous Villa Posillipo where “THE DURRELLS” was filmed. Check website for details & tickets.
www.tovima.com/culture/corf...
Corfu Literary Festival.
Great events incl Lee Durrell & Julian Hoffman & a literary feast at the gorgeous Villa Posillipo where “THE DURRELLS” was filmed. Check website for details & tickets.
www.tovima.com/culture/corf...
My first swim at Parliament Hill Lido.
Thanks Gillian Stern & @JoannaBriscoe for knowing it would put me in a good mood. UK Lido pools with their gorgeous 1930s designs are surely amongst the best of British institutions?
And if you’re not Italian, do you say leedo or lyedo?
Thanks Gillian Stern & @JoannaBriscoe for knowing it would put me in a good mood. UK Lido pools with their gorgeous 1930s designs are surely amongst the best of British institutions?
And if you’re not Italian, do you say leedo or lyedo?
August 24, 2025 at 11:21 AM
My first swim at Parliament Hill Lido.
Thanks Gillian Stern & @JoannaBriscoe for knowing it would put me in a good mood. UK Lido pools with their gorgeous 1930s designs are surely amongst the best of British institutions?
And if you’re not Italian, do you say leedo or lyedo?
Thanks Gillian Stern & @JoannaBriscoe for knowing it would put me in a good mood. UK Lido pools with their gorgeous 1930s designs are surely amongst the best of British institutions?
And if you’re not Italian, do you say leedo or lyedo?
August 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
If you’re in Corfu, London or Athens over the next months I’d love to see you at one of these varied events involving STEALING DAD and much more.
#stealingdad @littlebrown.bsky.social
#stealingdad @littlebrown.bsky.social
August 6, 2025 at 8:06 AM
If you’re in Corfu, London or Athens over the next months I’d love to see you at one of these varied events involving STEALING DAD and much more.
#stealingdad @littlebrown.bsky.social
#stealingdad @littlebrown.bsky.social
What a fabulous evening @owlbookshop.bsky.social with Reeta Chakrabarti discussing her “Finding Belle” and my “Stealing Dad” with the incomparable freelance editor and ghost writer Gillian Stern.
#Stealingdad @littlebrown.bsky.social
#Stealingdad @littlebrown.bsky.social
July 23, 2025 at 2:53 PM
What a fabulous evening @owlbookshop.bsky.social with Reeta Chakrabarti discussing her “Finding Belle” and my “Stealing Dad” with the incomparable freelance editor and ghost writer Gillian Stern.
#Stealingdad @littlebrown.bsky.social
#Stealingdad @littlebrown.bsky.social
Tuesday 22 July, 6.30 at @owlbookshop.bsky.social
Discussion with Reeta Chakrabarti about our novels with excellent editor Gillian Stern
#StealingDad
#FindingBelle
#ReetaChakrabarti
owlbookshop.co.uk/product/sofk...
Discussion with Reeta Chakrabarti about our novels with excellent editor Gillian Stern
#StealingDad
#FindingBelle
#ReetaChakrabarti
owlbookshop.co.uk/product/sofk...
July 21, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Tuesday 22 July, 6.30 at @owlbookshop.bsky.social
Discussion with Reeta Chakrabarti about our novels with excellent editor Gillian Stern
#StealingDad
#FindingBelle
#ReetaChakrabarti
owlbookshop.co.uk/product/sofk...
Discussion with Reeta Chakrabarti about our novels with excellent editor Gillian Stern
#StealingDad
#FindingBelle
#ReetaChakrabarti
owlbookshop.co.uk/product/sofk...
Zen and the art of…..
pigeon-fancying?
Rock dove or London pigeon, one is rarely far from a feathered friend in the company of Anna #HAWXX
pigeon-fancying?
Rock dove or London pigeon, one is rarely far from a feathered friend in the company of Anna #HAWXX
July 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Zen and the art of…..
pigeon-fancying?
Rock dove or London pigeon, one is rarely far from a feathered friend in the company of Anna #HAWXX
pigeon-fancying?
Rock dove or London pigeon, one is rarely far from a feathered friend in the company of Anna #HAWXX
A book seems a small thing when you have this view. Last night - Aegean launch of STEALING DAD! I sprayed books & guests with scent worn by eponymous Dad (S.M. Novella - Aqua della Regina).Thank you Holly Lueders for a magnificent party! I’m still reeling.
#Stealingdad @littlbrown.bsky.social
#Stealingdad @littlbrown.bsky.social
July 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
A book seems a small thing when you have this view. Last night - Aegean launch of STEALING DAD! I sprayed books & guests with scent worn by eponymous Dad (S.M. Novella - Aqua della Regina).Thank you Holly Lueders for a magnificent party! I’m still reeling.
#Stealingdad @littlbrown.bsky.social
#Stealingdad @littlbrown.bsky.social
My goddaughter sent me this photo of her son with my novel and assured me that no babies were harmed in the making. Delighted that his first hardback book should be STEALING DAD @littlebrown.bsky.social
#StealingDad
#StealingDad
June 1, 2025 at 9:22 PM
My goddaughter sent me this photo of her son with my novel and assured me that no babies were harmed in the making. Delighted that his first hardback book should be STEALING DAD @littlebrown.bsky.social
#StealingDad
#StealingDad
Roll up for the grande finale of all the reading, discussing & debating this year at the CEREMONY for The Anglo-Hellenic League Runciman Award.
We announce the WINNER -
Great Hall, King’s College London & streamed live on Zoom
Fri 13 June 2025 7 pm.
Tickets
www.eventbrite.com/e/runciman-a...
We announce the WINNER -
Great Hall, King’s College London & streamed live on Zoom
Fri 13 June 2025 7 pm.
Tickets
www.eventbrite.com/e/runciman-a...
May 27, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Roll up for the grande finale of all the reading, discussing & debating this year at the CEREMONY for The Anglo-Hellenic League Runciman Award.
We announce the WINNER -
Great Hall, King’s College London & streamed live on Zoom
Fri 13 June 2025 7 pm.
Tickets
www.eventbrite.com/e/runciman-a...
We announce the WINNER -
Great Hall, King’s College London & streamed live on Zoom
Fri 13 June 2025 7 pm.
Tickets
www.eventbrite.com/e/runciman-a...
“Funny, sad and beautifully written.”
A 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 review of
STEALING DAD @littlebrown.bsky.social in today’s @telegraphnews.bsky.social
A 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 review of
STEALING DAD @littlebrown.bsky.social in today’s @telegraphnews.bsky.social
May 18, 2025 at 5:59 PM
“Funny, sad and beautifully written.”
A 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 review of
STEALING DAD @littlebrown.bsky.social in today’s @telegraphnews.bsky.social
A 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 review of
STEALING DAD @littlebrown.bsky.social in today’s @telegraphnews.bsky.social
I grew up learning of the Holocaust fr my Grandmother - interned by Nazis. Now, I can’t watch a genocide taking place & not act. Today 1000s like me w/ no ‘skin in the game’ can’t take the horror of genocide & marched.
#CeasefireNow #stoparmingisrael #KeirStarmer #DavidLammy
#CeasefireNow #stoparmingisrael #KeirStarmer #DavidLammy
May 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I grew up learning of the Holocaust fr my Grandmother - interned by Nazis. Now, I can’t watch a genocide taking place & not act. Today 1000s like me w/ no ‘skin in the game’ can’t take the horror of genocide & marched.
#CeasefireNow #stoparmingisrael #KeirStarmer #DavidLammy
#CeasefireNow #stoparmingisrael #KeirStarmer #DavidLammy
So happy to see STEALING DAD out in the world. Seen here at John Sandoe Books.
Thank you @CorsairBooks @LittleBrownUK
🧡🩷🧡🩷🧡🩷🧡🩷🧡🩷🧡🩷🧡
Thank you @CorsairBooks @LittleBrownUK
🧡🩷🧡🩷🧡🩷🧡🩷🧡🩷🧡🩷🧡
May 11, 2025 at 4:42 PM
So happy to see STEALING DAD out in the world. Seen here at John Sandoe Books.
Thank you @CorsairBooks @LittleBrownUK
🧡🩷🧡🩷🧡🩷🧡🩷🧡🩷🧡🩷🧡
Thank you @CorsairBooks @LittleBrownUK
🧡🩷🧡🩷🧡🩷🧡🩷🧡🩷🧡🩷🧡
You may not think you are interested in birds but you will be when you’ve read BIRD SCHOOL by Adam Nicolson. Thrilling, beautiful, astonishing, moving, intimate & wondrous.
Amazon #1 bestseller in ecology.
#twitcher #birder #bird #birdschool #adamnicolson
Amazon #1 bestseller in ecology.
#twitcher #birder #bird #birdschool #adamnicolson
May 11, 2025 at 4:29 PM
You may not think you are interested in birds but you will be when you’ve read BIRD SCHOOL by Adam Nicolson. Thrilling, beautiful, astonishing, moving, intimate & wondrous.
Amazon #1 bestseller in ecology.
#twitcher #birder #bird #birdschool #adamnicolson
Amazon #1 bestseller in ecology.
#twitcher #birder #bird #birdschool #adamnicolson
STEALING DAD is published this week @littlebrown.bsky.social Please do pre-order!
guardianbookshop.com/stealing-dad...
guardianbookshop.com/stealing-dad...
May 5, 2025 at 9:33 PM
STEALING DAD is published this week @littlebrown.bsky.social Please do pre-order!
guardianbookshop.com/stealing-dad...
guardianbookshop.com/stealing-dad...
I’m happy each time I pass this pot that I planted with rose geranium, nasturtiums & snapdragons - σκυλάκια, ‘little dogs’ in Greek. It gives salads, offers nectar for bees & consistently raises the spirits with anticipation of delights. I almost feel I could call it a friend. Is that mad?
May 2, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I’m happy each time I pass this pot that I planted with rose geranium, nasturtiums & snapdragons - σκυλάκια, ‘little dogs’ in Greek. It gives salads, offers nectar for bees & consistently raises the spirits with anticipation of delights. I almost feel I could call it a friend. Is that mad?
April 25, 2025 at 8:30 PM