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Category: Languages & Literatures
My two new books out just in time for Xmas
My publisher has been busy so now my new kid’s novel Has Anyone Seen Kelvyn? is out in both eBook/Kindle and print version. May take a while to trickle up on Amazon or other bookstores, but I have print copies if you want one, or you can order them from www.FodenPress.com. This is the third…
Almeria vs Barcelona last night results = 0 – 3 and more!!
Away from home and don’t have TV satellite to pick up your national or local football matches. Worry not! The internet has a solution, as always, the lifeline of any Expat . I found a lovely site where you can watch all the highlights of the exciting Copa del Rey matches http://football-highlight.com/en/spain/copa-del-rey/2011-02-02-almeria-barcelona.html 2011-02-02 Almeria – Barcelona 0-3 Copa Del…
Amusing Bar name in Ferreries – Tortosa
Driving through the quieter streets in Ferreries -Tortosa to save time and avoid the slow moving traffic, a signpost caught the corner of my eye, Bar Gravy. Never! Who would name a bar after the famous British salsa called gravy? I had to go around the block again just to make sure I had read…
The Chimona Chronicles kids series released in print format
“Building on all the positive feedback from reviewers around the world, Foden Press today announces the release of their first two kids titles in full print format. Rosie Reay’s delightful voice of The Chimona Chronicles as the critters of Okanagan Lake come alive can now be enjoyed in print worldwide.” 19 November Press release San…
Fig -figa -higo-figue-feige or Figs in grammar!
It reads like a tongue twister that I was made to say over and over as child to try and overcome a bad stammer. Though this one is more of a fruity nature of calling a fig in different languages for Expats. Reading across it goes as: English, Catalan, Spanish , French and then German….
Fig harvesting Jesús style
Figs are very topical as we go into harvest festival and our black and green fruit are bursting in their fullness in the autumn sunshine. But what do you do with all this figgyness ripening all together? There is only so much fig jam you can make! Figgy pudding seems to sit well on the…
El dia del nen. El dia del llibre
Oh I wish I was a child today! Today is called Children’s Day around the world. In parts of the Spanish or Catalan speaking globe some may even call it “Festival of books” (for children). I just love an excuse to buy books. How much more wonderful that you give your children and other children…
La Diada de Sant Jordi!
La Diada de Sant Jordi! Saint George or Sant Jordi in Catalan is a lovable and chivalrous gent who is the patron saint of Catalonia and Saint George in England. Although I am sure today Saint George’s day is celebrated in a far less romantic style in the UK to that of Barcelona’s medieval hero….
Californians Naming Guru discovers HiperSimply -Ferreries Tortosa
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