A Writer In Italy - travel, books, art and life
A Podcast about Italy, travel, writing, books, gardens and food.
Celebrates creative living, beautiful conversations and the journeys we need to make along the way.
Interest in slow living, slow food, creativity, art, cooking, books and ultimately living the good life!
Episodes
98 episodes
My Book Journey, Primavera and Stories to Tell….
"The travel journey is always an interesting paradox. To spend time navigating, being, seeing, collecting and contemplating. And haphazardly wondering about the next step. Yet, to not get carried away, or in front of yourself that you miss the ...
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Season 9
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Episode 98
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41:17
The Next Chapter - Book Dates, Italy Adventures, An Extract of my Book “Cortona”…
"So this is it. I am thirty nine years old. I am sitting at a table in a medieval piazza with a black moleskine journal. I am sipping a glass of Chianti Classico. I stare at the menu with none other than Luca Signorelli on the cover. I...
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Season 9
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Episode 97
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41:51
Children of the Volcano with Travel Writer and Author Ros Belford
"Time in Italy seemed less linear than it was at home, more of a space waiting to be filled with whatever delights the day might bring – exquisite miniature pastries behind the etched glass of an art nouveau window, a sliver of cantaloupe on a ...
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Season 9
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Episode 96
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51:59
Strange Fruit, Italian Lessons, Dreaming of Sicily
"Perfection is static, and I am in full progress" - Anais NinWelcome to Episode #95:Today I go on a whimsical journey through my process! Reading and working on my book. The book is done! Yet, I am most keen to record an au...
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Season 9
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Episode 95
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25:41
Rome’s Last Noble Palace, Cafe Culture and Great Writing Advice with Fiction Author Kimberly Sullivan
"Be kind to yourself and just get going, because even if you are just writing a little bit, for a few hours a week - it adds up" - Kimberly SullivanWelcome to Episode #94:Today I have a conversation with fiction writer Kimberly Su...
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Season 9
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Episode 94
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49:21
Writing our lives - A Poetic Ramble and Musings
"One's destination is never a place but a new way of looking at things" - Henry MillerWelcome to Episode #93:Today a share a meander through the creative landscape of writing and my process and the discoveries on the creative jou...
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Season 9
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Episode 93
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38:38
The Flavours of Liguria with Food Writer Enrica Monzani
"Ligurian cuisine is often defined as a "poor" cuisine, of humble, rough origins because it was born in the homes of fisherman and farmers who had only simple, seasonal and low-value ingredients available. Yet, it is also sophisticated due to t...
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Season 9
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Episode 92
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41:52
Universe I Trust You - With Roberta Mussato
"You have not a right, but a duty to be happy" - Roberta MussatoWelcome to Episode #91: What a privilege it is to talk to women and share their stories. Women lead such fascinating lives. I continually notice this, th...
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Season 9
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Episode 91
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1:05:17
The Big Leap - Solo Travel in Italy with Cookbook Author Nadia Fragnito
"We travel, initially to lose ourselves, and we travel, next to find ourselves" - Pico IyerWelcome to Episode #90:Today I have a special conversation with Nadia Fragnito from The Vegan Italian Kitchen. Nadia is here to talk about...
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Season 9
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Episode 90
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51:45
On Italy, and Following the Charm...
"Italy was more than a subject, it was a tool of resurrection and empowerment" - Michelle Johnston“Can a place be an archetype? Or pertain mythical qualities? Emily Dickinson never left her home in New England to travel, the...
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Season 9
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Episode 89
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33:14
Dolce Amaro - Bitter Sweet
"You cannot lose what really belongs to you, even if you throw it away" - I-ChingHere I talk about the bitter sweet few months that have been, reflecting on life, books and events, and the books and writing adventures that happen...
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Season 8
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Episode 88
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1:17:24
In Good Company
"One will never forget the sudden transcendent quality of ordinary things, the glow of the fruit in its own leaves, the purple and green of artichokes with bushy tales, the delicacy of the sea creatures, silver, lilac - pale and coral red" - Wi...
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Season 8
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Episode 87
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24:13
Allison Zurfluh and the Venice Lagoon - La Mia Arte
"Some things are here for our souls, not our interests, and every land has its pockets of wild. Let us leave then there for the birds, for the night watch, for the person who needs and longs for a creeping into invisibility"Welcome to E...
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Season 8
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Episode 86
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2:07:57
Cucina Povera & the Art of Making Do with Food Writer Giulia Scarpaleggia
“Cucina Povera is not just a unique approach to cooking and ingredients; it’s the highest expression of the Italian arte delle arrangiarsi - the art of making do with what you have got" - Giulia Scarpaleggia, Cucina PoveraWelco...
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Season 7
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Episode 85
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33:12
Cookbook Author Tessa Kiros: Now & Then
"I travel and collect things that I love. Memories, tastes, colours and stories. I bring them home and make the beautiful meals I had, so we can live them all over again" - Tessa Kiros, Now & Then: A collection of recipes for al...
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Season 7
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Episode 84
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1:05:59
On Living a Bigger Life
"Much testing, much reflecting, much living must intervene before we can say 'My soul is my own'" - Madonna Kolbenschlag, (from) The Spiritual Sampler by Sue Monk KiddWelcome to Episode #83,While in the middle o...
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Season 7
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Episode 83
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37:09
Luca Spaghetti - Anything is Possible!
"My grandmother always used to tell me your last name is going to bring you luck. When people meet you it makes them happy and a little bit hungry too" - Luca Spaghetti, Un Amico Italiano - Eat Pray Love in RomeWelcome to&nb...
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Season 7
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Episode 82
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34:42
Ms Britaly and Life in Southern Italy as an Expat
"I just knew that I had to figure it out for myself, step by step" - Claire Hearn, My Five Year Journey in Italy....Welcome to Episode #81,This week I share a conversation with Ms Britaly from Palermo in Sicily. Five ...
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Season 7
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Episode 81
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43:52
The Travel Journal - how and why you should make one!
“And we are of course, each one of us, the historians of our own lives” - Hisham Matar, A Month in Siena Welcome to Episode #80;In this episode I share pages from ‘Italian Hours’ a travel journal I am in the middle of creating.&...
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Season 6
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Episode 80
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31:36
Casalvento: House of the Wind with Author and Winemaker Gudrun Cuillo
"I thought I had the perfect life in New York, but fate had something different in mind for me. I've fallen in love with this place and what it has to offer" - Casalvento: House of the Wind by Gudrun CuilloWelcome to ...
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Season 6
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Episode 79
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1:03:34
Emiko Davies - Tuscan Life and Enoteca Marilu
"We will cook together, you’ll don an apron and get your hands dirty, learning about local traditions on the way. We eat and drink together, tasting wines chosen by Marco. Afterwards, in the late afternoon and evenings, you are free to go...
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Season 6
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Episode 78
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56:23
R is for Rome - The Writers Life with Michelle Ciani
"R is for Rome. Roma is my Lupa, the She-Wolf. She is mother and my muse" - Michelle Ciani, Letters from RomeWelcome to Episode #77: Michelle Ciani lives in Rome, Italy. Through her writing and journals, ...
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Season 6
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Episode 77
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52:33
In Sardinia: An Unexpected Journey in Italy with Jeff Biggers
“Far from a fleeting moment in history, or a stack of stones, the open museum of Sardinia recounted a story of foundations; a story of birth and rebirth, of endurance and resilience, and re-use, and a story of rituals and cross cultural ways th...
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Season 6
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Episode 76
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1:05:05
The Road Less Traveled - Eat Pray Love - A Book Journey
"What if you could somehow create an expansive enough life that you could synchronize seemingly incongruous opposites into a world view that excludes nothing?” - Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat Pray LoveCan a book be mythical and kind of a life ...
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Season 6
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Episode 75
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19:39