books

Every Greek household has a "tselemente" -- a "cookbook" that took its name after Nikolaos Tselementes, the famous chef.

Greek poet Konstantinos Kavafis brought an international aura to modern Greek poetry, by being a master at saying a lot with very little.

A new book titled "Antikythera Mechanism: The Story Behind the Genius of the Greek Computer and Its Demise" by Greek historian and ecopolitical theorist Evaggelos Vallianatos seeks to unravel the mystery of the world's first computer. In the book, Vallianatos...

Constantine Passaris, a Greek-Canadian economics professor at the University of New Brunswick at Fredericton is included in the prestigious inaugural edition of "Who's Who in Greece 2020" for his long and distinguished service to his home country. Who's Who in...

The oldest public library in Greece, the Public Historical Library of Zakynthos, has been renovated. The library was established in 1628 by the Venetians who owned the island. Currently, it hosts 50,000 rare editions and 20,000 books of the last decades. The...

Greek writer and journalist Vassilis Alexakis died in France at the age of 77 on Monday, it was announced today. He was born in Athens in 1943 and studied at the Lille School of Journalism. Alexakis had been a journalist at...

The Association of Greece's Book Publishers (SEKV) will hold their longstanding annual book festival in Athens from August 30 to September 15 this year. The 48th Annual Book Festival will take place at Zappeion Hall in central Athens. In a statement...

After more than 70 years of publishing books in Greece, the Greek publishing house Papadopoulos Publishing is launching an imprint this February in the U.K. called Faros Books. The new imprint will focus on children' books. A majority of the books currently...

A Greek novel about a young girl during the country's 1967 coup will be the focus of a joint Greek-Canadian discussion next week in Vancouver. The Consulate General of Greece in Vancouver along with European Union National Institutes for Culture...

Two separate initiatives are in progress to help refugees fill the long hours of their day, by offering them multi-language books to read in their own languages. One of them is Echo Refugee Library — a minivan fitted with shelves...