The last island
The setting is a small, unnamed (fictional) island in the Sporades, but much inspired by Skopelos and to a lesser extent Alonnisos the author told me.
the last island
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Of bells and pomegranates
Review by Jay Pullan
This is probably the best and most well written detailed, in depth book I have ever read in relation to a Greek Island. The first portion of the book describes about the Greek Orthodox church and faith, taking one on a journey of its history and then the interior design of the Orthodox church and associated meanings of its places and ornaments and icons. It explains about the hierarchy of the church and also about its responsibilities for and with the local communities. There is an extensive calendar of annual Greek Orthodox festivals taking place on the Island of Skopelos and insights into the structure and life of the Greek family as ordained by the auspices of the church. The second portion of the book concentrates on contemporary Greek culture revealing a more intimate glimpse into the general life of the Greek people who live on Skopelos, the politics, their crafts peoples, coffee house, music and dance, habits and superstititions. It does mention that the book has 298 pages, but ends at 285, although there are some introductory pre-pages …. as a book very difficult to put down once began it was almost disappointing that this very interesting book had to come to an end.
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Gates of the Wind by Michael Carroll
Sold in the local bookstores of Skopelos and via Amazon
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Island in Greece; on the shores of Skopelos by Michael Carroll
Gates of the Wind reprinted, retitled, and re-jacketed
Sold in the local bookstores of Skopelos and via Amazon
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Skopelos- the Landscapes and Vernacular Architecture of an Aegean Island
Marc Held
Sold in the local bookstore of Skopelos. It is in the Armoloi shop; in three languages (English, Greek and French)
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Breath of Madness English language edition
Τα Μυστικά του Σκοπελιτικού Καρναβαλιού Greek language edition
by Isabel Dempsey
A Breath of Madness” is sold at the Vakratsa House Museum. All proceeds go to the Municipality.
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Skopelos Trails
by Heather Parsons
Walks, flora and fauna. This book is for sale in the local bookstore in Skopelos town or write to Heather Parsons at hevskopelos@hotmail.com
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Aegean Dream by Dario Ciriello
Sold via Amazon
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McGilchrist’s Greek Islands – #10. The Sporades
Nigel McGilchrist is an art historian who has lived in the Mediterranean-Italy, Greece and Turkey for over 30 years, working for a period for the Italian Ministery of Arts and then for 6 years as Director of the Anglo-Italian Institute in Rome. He has taught at the University of Rome, for the University of Massachusetts, and was for 7 years Dean of European Studies for a consortium of American universities. He lectures widely in art and archeology at museums and institutions in Europe and the United States, and lives near Orvieto.
Sold in the local bookstore of Skopelos and via Amazon and other online sources.
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Of Cities and Women
by Etel Adnan
This book has one chapter about Skopelos.
Etel has a home in Skopelos. Lebanese by birth, her mother Greek and father Turkish, Etel writes mostly in English. She is also a recognized painter.
The book is in English, the local bookstore has it also in Greek. Amazon carries the book.
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Behind the Shutters, A book with portraits of people from Skopelos. Many photos. By Wytske de Vries.
You can buy the book at Gialos (restaurant of Vangelis and Georgia) and from Marijke Veldstra (from Platanos)
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An Insider’s Guide to Skopelos [Paperback] by Maria Broadley.
It is available at many sources in the town and online.
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The butterflies of Skopelos
This book is written by Dr Brian Ridout, Philip Insall and Dr Elizabeth Ridout in October 2009. It lists and illustrates 40 different butterflies found and photographed on Skopelos. It forms part of an ongoing project to assess the wild life of the island. The butterflies were found after numerous trips to Skopelos. The authors mention that the list is certainly not comprehensive and that there will be species which they have not found yet. They will add species and change photographs as better are obtained. Any assistance with this project will be gratefully received. Please write to liz@ridoutassociates.co.uk and mention butterfly book
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Barnes and Noble says that this book, sold for $43, is comprised of Wikipedia articles! http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/skopelos-sc-lambert-m-surhone/1025061499
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It might be helpful to mention where these books can be purchased. Some are available and reviewed online at sites like Amazon.
Others are only available locally – for example, “A Breath of Madness” is sold at the Folklore Museum and at Pantelis Ghikas in Skopelos. All proceeds go to the Municipality after the retailer takes his cut.
Perhaps if the authors offered distribution details via “Comments” SkopelosNews could consolidate and post the information?
the marc held book was selling in different other stores too,I know it is in armoloi,in three languages,also greek and french. Also i have the Etel Ednan book in english,the nexspaper shop has it in greek.
Could we find a place and exchange books,once a week in the winter?anyone has an idea?
It might be as well to point out that ‘Gates of the Wind’ and ‘An Island in Greece’ by Michael Carroll are actually one and the same book – retitled and rejacketed. A good book and highly recommended but I wish I had known this when I bought the new-titled book!