Fully Booked - June 2020 recommended reads

Fully Booked June 2020It's always interesting talking to people about their reading habits – like how much, how often – and their choices of subject matter but especially now, with more quiet time on our hands. Dawn Annandale, herself a published author, runs a course for budding writers and hosts a book club for keen readers. find out more by emailing  her at annandale.dawn@gmail.com

Restarting Portugal

Restarting PortugalMost people agree that this CV19 is causing immense need to change most of practices in the Northern Hemisphere. While New Zealand, Singapore, Macau, Australia, partially also Israel cleared this pandemic quite well, most of the EU countries, the US and Brazil suffered half a million or more deaths.

Fully Booked - this months recommended reads

Fully Booked - this months recommended readsWhether you are a page turner or a kindle tapper, a dip-in-and-outer or a start-tofinisher, you’ll want to know what’s new, and what’s for you. Author Dawn Annandale, who runs the writers group in São Bras, and hosts a book club, will come up with a monthly selection, from classics of the future and acclaimed prize winners, to sci-fi sagas, romance, and thrillers.

‘Living the Dream – in the Algarve, Portugal’

Living The Dream - In the Algarve, PortugalThe story of one couple’s move from the UK to live in the sun. From propositioning a builder, to battling bureaucracy, and adapting to a slower pace of life in the sunshine; this is the refreshingly honest and often hilarious account of one couple’s move from the rainy UK to the sunny Algarve in Portugal.

UK Author Releases Third Book, the Second Installment in His New Crime Thriller Series

The faro Forger by Trevor HolmanLondon native Trevor Holman follows up his 2018 hit, The Mijas Murderer, with his most recent publication - The Faro Forger. This sequel re-introduces us to Michael Turner as he attempts to return to a regular life with his fiancé, Dr. Samantha Clark, only to be pulled into another major Interpol case; this time to locate the nefarious Faro Forger.

“Libraries Outdoors” takes students from Primary Schools to the heart of Quarteira

“Libraries Outdoors” takes students from Primary Schools to the heart of QuarteiraBook swaps, creative writing, inclusive storytelling, stories from around the world, puppet shows, origami, illustration of poetry, a sock puppet workshop, a mobile library and a book tasting restaurant could all be found on this week on Vasco da Gama street, Quarteira, as part of an event organised by Loulé’s Library Network (RBCL).

Insights into Adventure, Mystery and Intriguing Personalities throughout the History of the Algarve

lenpictureThe revised and updated third edition of People in a Place Apart is now available in both digital and print form from amazon.co.uk.

The paperback edition can be bought locally in the bookshop in the main plaza of the Vale do Lobo resort. Other bookshops in the Algarve are expected to stock it soon.

Finding "Perfect" People - a hiring manual for everyone

Finding "Perfect" People - a hiring manual for everyoneDon't let the title of this book deceive you. There are no "perfect" people when it comes to hiring. There are just people.

"Perfection" in terms of hiring is a false paradigm.  People are not born in a matrix. Consequently, their true potentiality is not measured by arbitrary algorithms.