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International Byron Conference
September 25, 2009 • 0 Comments Albania
International Byron Conference in Albania, 2009.
Two hundred years ago Lord George Byron visited Greece and Albania, one of the first Englishmen to do so. He travelled on horseback from Jannina in Greece, then known as Epiros, to Tepelene in Albania, at the invitation of Ali Pasha, then...
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How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone
July 20, 2009 • 0 Comments Bosnia and Herzegovina
How The Soldier Repairs the Gramophone by Saša Stanišić The beginning is deceptively simple. Childhood memories, with fascinating family members. Later, after the war, past and present flow into one another. The writing's effectiveness lies in its description and its lack of judgement.... Full Story
The Silence of Lorna
June 10, 2009 • 3 Comments Kosovo
The Silence of Lorna. I don't get to see many moving coloured pictures. But I was in this one, right from the start. It looks so familiar, this Belgian city, its traffic, its buses, its unremarkable streets. I was there, riding on the buses, walking in the streets, lulled by its very... Full Story
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Morelle Smith
Morelle Smith is a writer of fiction, poetry, travel articles, essays, and a translator from French. She has worked in Albania for an NGO and as a teacher of English, and she returns to the Balkans as often as possible. Her published work includes the book of stories, Streets of Tirana, Almost Spring and Touching the Shell - two novellas, which take place in Albania. In addition to her stories about Albania published on BalkanTravellers.com and Rivertrain - her blog about writing and travelling, Morelle’s other publications on the web include: an essay on the Cathars of southern France; an interview with Ismail Kadare in The Dublin Quarterly; and Mirror City - a journey from Belgrade to Trieste - on www.13enote.com.
