Forgot to mention the 20 euro fee for participants in the earlier announcement, which includes a copy of my memoir. Workshop limited to 15 participants, so come early. Still, hoping to see you there.

If you’re in Athens on June 2nd, and want to talk about “How To Tame a Memoir,” come join us—6 pm, at TEO Coffee & Books (Dousmani 3, Glyfada, 210 898 1681). Since it’s a workshop, we’ll try to limit the number of participants to 15, so come early. Hope to see you there!

The Bitola festival (last).

The Bitola festival (cont.).

The Bitola festival (cont.).

Just back from a fine three days in Bitola, N. Macedonia, where I participated in their 13th annual literary festival. Many thanks to Mihajlo Sviderski, his fellow organizers, writers and attendees, all of whom helped open my eyes, ears and heart to the rewards and struggles for Balkan writer today.

Many thanks to iWic (International Writers Inspiring Change) for featuring my memoir From the Cyclops Cave on their Bluesky page, and also for the trailer they posted. Good to be in the company of other international writers they feature. bsky.app/profile/iwic...

And my contribution this time around... weeklyhubris.com/my-20th-and-...

The May issue of Weekly Hubris is just out. Enjoy! weeklyhubris.com

And what fun at the taverna afterward, lively conversation with friends (like Elsa Korneti, to my left) and intimates (like Aleka, to my right), and the pleasure of reading a Tess Gallagher poem hinting at her own intimates. #BookSky #memoir #Bookstagram #AuthorSky #Wanderlust #literary #Greece

What a wonderful book launch we had at Mythistoria Bookstore Friday. Many thanks to Stella and Gina for arranging everything, including wine and hors d'oeuvres after. Deep gratitude to Tatiani Raptatzikou and Elsa Korneti for opening up many dimensions of FROM THE CYCLOPS CAVE to the audience.

If you're in the Thessaloniki area Friday evening, April 24, come join our book launch for my memoir, FROM THE CYCLOPS CAVE, with Tatiani Rapatzikou, Elsa Corneti and yours truly, Don Schofield. 8 pm at Mythistoria Bookstore. We’d love to see you. #BookSky #authorinterview #book #memoir #memoirs

Thank you to Kelsay Books for publishing my translations of Liana Sakelliou's WHEREVER THE SWEET BREEZE BLOWS. Such a beautiful book! And Ms. Sakelliou’s poems in the original Greek are equally engaging.... #Greece, #VisitGreece, #Greecestagram, #GreekSummer #Bookstagram, #Bookish, #NewRelease

Now, with spring spreading its wings, you might be looking for a good read. If so, take a look at “A Visual Preview” of my recently released memoir FROM THE CYCLOPS CAVE... #BookSky #authorinterview #book #memoir #memoirs #bookclub #booktok #currentlyreading #writing #writersky #kindlebooks

A pleasure to see Moira Egan’s poem in today’s Poetry Daily, especially those last four lines. poems.com/poem/jardin-...

Halleluiah! An excellent review from Kirkus. Praise the gatekeepers! #BookSky #authorinterview #memoir #bookclub #writing #writersky #kindlebooks #Bookstagram #Bookstodon #ebooks #AuthorSky #writers #writercommunity #Wanderlust #readersky #literary #bildungsroman #Greece #readingcommunity

I am pleased to announce that my memoir FROM THE CYCLOPS CAVE is now available at the following bookshops in Greece: ATHENS: Meteoritis, Fokionos Negri 68, Kypseli TEO Books & Coffee, Dousmani 3, Glyfada THESSALONIKI: Mythistoria Bookstore, Vafopoulou 20 Saixpirikon, Patriarchou Ioakim 8

Many thanks to Rob Vollmar and the others at World Literature Today for publishing my review of Adrianne Kalfopoulou’s the re in refuge. #BookSky #authorinterview #memoir #bookclub #writing #writersky #kindlebooks #Bookstagram #Bookstodon #AuthorSky worldliteraturetoday.org/2026/march/r...

The March/April issue of Weekly Hubris is just out. Enjoy! weeklyhubris.com #BookSky #authorinterview #memoir #bookclub #writing #writersky #kindlebooks #Bookstagram #Bookstodon #ebooks #AuthorSky #writers #writercommunity #Wanderlust #readersky #literary #bildungsroman #Greece #readingcommunity

Re my memoir *From the Cyclops Cave*, an excellent Q & A with the review site BOOK GLOW... bookglow.net/qa-with-don-... #memoir #Travel #amwriting #book #Booksky #Bookstagram BookRecommendations #Memoir`#Greece #TravelWriting

Images from--and associated with--my memoir, FROM THE CYCLOPS CAVE. Just out. #BookSky #authorinterview #memoir #bookclub #writing #writersky #kindlebooks #Bookstagram #Bookstodon #ebooks #AuthorSky #writers #writercommunity #Wanderlust #readersky #literary #bildungsroman #Greece #readingcommunity

A poet, writer, teacher, well worth a deep dive. www.instagram.com/p/DUe1SvekYc...

And here's the whole Open Letters Review... openlettersreview.com/posts/cyclop... #BookSky #authorinterview #book #memoir #memoirs #bookclub #booktok #currentlyreading #writing #writersky #kindlebooks #Bookstagram #Bookstodon #Bookreviews #BookSky #authorinterview #book #memoir #memoirs #bookclub

"...Schofield is no gauzy describer of Greek nature, its sounds and smells, the fresh vegetables and fruit that he eats, the look of light on the Aegean at different times of day. [He] takes pleasure in daily activities. He embraces physical challenges." --Open Letters Review

Many thanks to Book Glow for doing this Q & A with me on my latest book, FROM THE CYCLOPS CAVE: A BRAIDED MEMOIR. #BookSky #authorinterview #book #memoir #memoirs #Bookstagram #Bookreviews #writers #writercommunity #reader #Greece bookglow.net/qa-with-don-...

Many thanks to Book Glow for doing this Q & A with me on my latest book, FROM THE CYCLOPS CAVE: A BRAIDED MEMOIR. All comments and questions welcome. bookglow.net/qa-with-don-...

ENOUGH!!! www.instagram.com/reel/DT6eTBk...

And MtK Article (Last Page):

MtK Article (Page 2):

Many thanks to Eleni Theodoridou and the Thessaloniki newspaper Macedonia (MtK) for doing this lovely profile on me and my new book. Here's the article translated into English:

So glad to hear a poem from my friend and former colleague Becky Sakellariou (along with three other excellent poets). May 2026 be, for each of them, their best year ever! passagerbooks.com/new-years-ho...

For so many, writing in survival! www.instagram.com/reel/DTS5NjE...

An excerpt from my memoir FROM THE CYCLOPS CAVE has just come out in BOOK GLOW. Enjoy! bookglow.net/read-an-exce...

A Visual Preview (slightly revised) of FROM THE CYCLOPS CAVE: A BRAIDED MEMOIR by Don Schofield www.don-schofield.com #BookSky #authorinterview #book #memoir #memoirs #bookclub #booktok #currentlyreading #writing #writersky #writesky #kindlebooks #Bookstagram #bildungsroman #Greece #ebooks #Books

Good to see my memoir--FROM THE CYCLOPS CAVE--found a comfy place for the holidays. Seasons greetings to all!

A braided memoir of resilience, self-discovery and the search for home. #Memoir #WriterSky #Bookstagram #MustRead #AllAuthor #ebooks #Books #AuthorSky #bildungsroman #Greece

A Visual Preview of FROM THE CYCLOPS CAVE: A BRAIDED MEMOIR by Don Schofield www.don-schofield.com/greece

Out at last: FROM THE CYCLOPS CAVE: A BRAIDED MEMOIR A story that intertwines past and present, weaving a turbulent childhood in 1950s California with an adult life shaped by solitude on the Cycladic islands of Greece Available at Open Books Press Amazon USA & UK

More from the Serres Festival

What a wonderful two days of poetry, music and dance at the Third International Serres Poetry Festival. Warm thanks to Tryantafillos Kotopoulos, Isidora Malama and the many others who put on the events at the spacious Kronio Theater and in the warm blue light of the Zinzirli Mosque.

Here's the November issue of Weekly Hubris (posting it again because I had trouble posting it earlier). Enjoy! weeklyhubris.com?fbclid=IwY2x...

I'm delighted to be participating tomorrow and Saturday in the 3rd International Poetry Festival of Serres, Greece. This year the festival is honoring the centenary of Mikis Theodorakis' birth.

Sure can relate to this.

He's gone, just as the Greece he knew is gone. But like bits of carbon from stars, something of both remains. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Eky...

Just out in Weekly Hubris, "Two Arrivals," an excerpt from my memoir FROM THE CYCLOPS CAVE, due out in a few weeks from Open Books Press. weeklyhubris.com/two-arrivals/

Just out in Weekly Hubris, "Two Arrivals," and excerpt from my memoir FROM THE CYCLOPS CAVE, due out in a few weeks from Open Books Press. weeklyhubris.com/two-arrivals/

A pleasure hearing Thanos Giannoudis, Martha Vasiliadi and Sofia Potari read and talk about Thanos’ translations of Four Poets on the Threshold of Modernism. And what a delight that they invited me—quite unexpectedly!—to read a couple in the original English. Thanks too Mythistoria Bookstore.