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The Thread - Launch Party

Some photos of the launch party held for the publication of "The Thread" on October 25, 2011 at the Hellenic Centre, London

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On the set of

Photos of Victoria visits to the set of "Το Νησί". She visited on several occasions during the filming of the 26-part series and met with cast and crew - and as you'll see, spent a day as an extra, with a small walk-on part.

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Photos of Victoria

Press photographs and candid shots of Victoria in the years since she became a writer.

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Women of the Year, 2010

Photo from the 2011 «LIFE & STYLE», Women of the Year awards in May 2011 at which Victoria presented an award to Katerina Lexou, who played Eleni in the Greek TV Serial of ‘The Island’

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Vogue: Official Photos

The final selection of photos from a shoot Victoria did for Vogue Hellas used to accompany an interview published in May 2010.

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Vogue: the Photoshoot

A series of (amateur!) photos going behind the scenes of the day Victoria spent doing a photoshoot for Vogue Hellas in 2010.

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The Island - Cast

Portraits of the principal characters in the TV adaptation of "The Island". With Victoria's approval and involvement, the plot was expanded to include characters who do not appear in the original novel.

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To Nisi Stills

Stills from "Το Νησί", MegaTV's 26 part adaptation of "The Island", broadcast in 2010-11

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These are a few of my favourite (Greek) things…

• There is a beautiful new restaurant on the sea front in Thessaloniki - wonderful food and décor, with vintage toys and adverts - really worth a visit - "Ayioli" at 15 Niki Street, Thessaloniki.

• Costas Voyatzis in Athens introduced me to his hugely successful website featuring extraordinary and beautiful design - do have a look!…
www.yatzer.com

• A recent discovery in Athens Chromata, Skoufa 62, Kolonaki - a great restaurant/bar with fantastic music...

• One of the funniest women I have met in years…
Katerina Vrana

• LIQUID GOLD - The most amazing Cretan olive oil is now being imported into the UK - it has a truly exceptional flavour as well as remarkable healthy giving properties. You can buy it from www.liquidgoldproducts.co.uk

• Beautiful olive oil direct from Crete:
www.myolivebranch.co.uk

• My favourite Greek restaurant in London, As Greek As It Gets, in Earls Court:
www.asgreekasitgets.co.uk

• "ILaBoom" makes beautiful miniature light boxes to order. I was given one as a gift(see it here) and it's one of the most delightful things I own. www.psyboom.etsy.com

• Bespoke shoes in central Athens. Kozatsa have been creating them since 1936. They're at 11 Kanari Street, Kolonaki, Athens 106 71 or online at www.kozatsa.gr

• The focus of Greek culture and language teaching in Central London, The Hellenic Centre:
www.helleniccentre.org

• Learn Greek! I recommend Hara Garoufalia-Middle's excellent Total Greek

• Hellenic Bookservice: If you want to get hold of any Greek books, contact monica@hellenicbookservice.com
www.hellenicbookservice.com
Tel: 0207 267 9499

Recent Reviews

Praise for "The Last Dance"
Intricate, beautifully observed and with a painter's eye for imagery, in these stories Hislop evokes Greece, its people, its customs and traditions with a sensitivity that reveals her deep knowledge of not just the place but also the human condition.
Sunday Express

Praise for "The Thread"
I never knew how painful and difficult the history of modem Greece had been until I read "The Thread" (Headline Review) by Victoria Hislop, my favourite of her three novels so far. With a large cast of memorable characters, it tells the story of Thessaloniki from the great fire of 1917 to the present day and manages to be at once a romance, a thriller (the Second World War sequences are brilliant) and a sombre reflection on how Greece got to where it is today.
Anthony Horowitz, Telegraph Books of the Year

Hislop's fast-paced narrative and utterly convincing sense of place make her novel a rare treat.
Guardian

"…a sweeping, magnificently detailed and ambitious saga that wrestles with the turbulence of the period … those who loved The Island, her hugely successful first novel, will fall on it"
The Sunday Times

"Hislop has done well to tell a story as diverse and tempestuous as Thessaloniki’s with such lightness of touch.[…] The novel’s overarching power derives from the fluidity with which these rapidly changing times are treated."
The Spectator

"The Thread' is a more ambitious novel than her previous books, more expansive in its sweep of history, more controversial in its political stance. Her many, many fans will be delighted with what is her best novel yet."
The Scotsman

"Hislop … is very good at interweaving the lives of individuals into the backcloth of great events… this is a writer of laudably high ambition and it would only take a small nudge to move her to a whole new level. Recommended"
Daily Mail