Hellenic Writers' Group of Washington DC proudly hosts Cypriot Author and Entrepreneur Thales Panagides on a Zoom presentation, January 8, 2022 at 1pm (8pm Cypriot time). Dr. Diane Helentjaris is moderator. Ipatia Apostolides, Event Host. Anthony Apostolides II, Technical Manager.
The Hellenic Writers' Group of Washington DC is pleased to announce the Zoom presentation by Cypriot Author and Poet Christos Tsiailis on December 11, at 1pm Eastern Standard Time (8 pm Cyprus and Greece). Dr. Polyvia Parara, from the Classics Department, University of Maryland, is the moderator. Dr. Michael Tomazos is a special guest. Ipatia Apostolides, director of HWGW, is the event host. Anthony Apostolides II is the technical manager.
Amalia Balch, author of Lost Child of Greece, has been invited to speak to the Hellenic Writers' Group on Nov. 6, 2021 at 1pm.
Andie Petrides will be moderator.
AMALIA BALCH
Here is the Youtube link for her presentation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5MaY8FQP9E
The Hellenic Writers' Group of Washington DC will be having our last meeting of the season this coming
Greek American sisters Lynne and Valerie Constantine will give a Zoom book talk May 29 at 2pm. They will speak in English about their bestselling thrillers that have been translated into 28 languages! Their books are also being developed into films!
Lynne is a former marketing executive with a Master’s degree in Business from Johns Hopkins University. She has explored coral reefs all over the world, sunken wrecks in the South Pacific, and fallen in love with angelfish in the Caribbean. When Lynne’s not writing, you can find her curled up with her Labrador and Golden Retrievers reading a good book or walking the beach thinking up devious plans for her characters.
Lynne is a board member of International Thriller Writers.
Valerie has always loved books and spent many nights reading by the light of her bedside lamp until 3 a.m. She lives with her husband and their brilliant Cavalier King Charles babies, Zorba and DaVinci.
Early in her career she served as a White House Assistant in the President’s Scheduling and Advance Office planning presidential trips and travel and has visited over forty foreign countries. She has a degree in English Literature. When she’s not writing, you won’t find her, as she and her husband will be traveling to some faraway destination
Our poetry recital GLIMPSES OF OUR WORLD (April 3, 2021) is now live on Youtube!
Poets from our Hellenic writers' group recite their poems in English and Greek from the poetry book, as well as Dr. Parara's informative and enlightening introduction. I hope you enjoy!
The reciting poets:
Ipatia Apostolides
Lynn Pattis Francis
Steven Galanis
Marina Hall
Dr. Diane Helentjaris
Stella Lagakos
Amphitrite Constantelos-Manuel (Dr. Nicholas Patronas recites for her)
Aphrodite Pallas
Dr. Peter Paras (Andie Petrides recites in his memory)
Dr. Nicholas Patronas
Andie Petrides
Calliopi Toufidou
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5O6tW1RU9s
Our next Zoom meeting will take place Saturday, March 20 from 1-3pm. Dr. Diane Helentjaris will be moderating this meeting. I have too many other commitments this month that conflict with our group's meeting. I apologize for any inconvenience. I will be back in April!!
Tentative Schedule:
1pm - Share your poem or 2page essay/story based on the following writing prompt: Write a maximum of two pages. Describe and discuss your favorite place. We had so much fun last time listening to your travel stories. I am sure you will have fun with this one, too!
1:55pm - 2:05pm - Break
2:05 pm - 3pm - Critique Session. Please send your submissions (up to 15 pages) by March 14 to Diane Helntjaris.
Although I will not be present at the meeting, I will review and critique submissions (Diane will send them out). After you read and review, please bring to the meeting and also email your critique directly to the author. All submissions are confidential and should not be shared outside of the group. Thank you!!
Save the date:
April 3 at 1pm - Poetry Recital. We will have our Zoom poetry recital by several poets
reciting poems from the poetry book anthology GLIMPSES OF OUR WORLD. Please
reserve the date! Andie Petrides will recite Dr. Paras's poem, in his memory. More to
come soon.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCA1s3czZbRa_n676XV7Sv4w/videos
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Ms. Kyrmanidou has published 6 poetry collections and many fairy tales and educational content such as disability, mental health, traffic education and the most recent, referring to the Covid19 pandemic. She has won more than 45 awards, been honoured for her social and writing texts and poems; reviews of her work have been published in newspapers and magazines, while she is very often invited to radio and TV stations.
She studied Social Work in Athens at the School of Social Work. She worked almost ten years for people with disabilities at the Iron Castle KEP and then in special schools In Serres, Greece.
I am back with the writers' group after a short hiatus due to illness during the Fall 2020. Members that helped during this time were Andie Petrides, Diane Helentjaris, and Anthony Apostolides II. I owe much gratitude to their unfailing support in moderating the events and making sure the group continued its Zoom meetings and presentations. Thank you so much!! - Patty Apostolides, Director
Our next meeting will take place Jan. 23, 2021 from 1-3pm through Zoom.
Schedule:
1pm - Read our poems (Greek or English) or 2 page essays based on the following prompt: Write about how it would feel like having wings. Describe as much as you can this experience.
1:30pm - Watch the "Single Story" video by Adichie (4 minutes) and discuss stereotypes and archetypes, and how this will affect you, as the writer.
Short break
2pm - Critique of submissions ( 6 - 15 pages). Email the author your review after the meeting.
2:45pm - Writing exercise
