Authors’ articles

Vicky Gray on snorkelling, sharks (or dolphins) and a paradise getaway in Australia

Vicky Gray, author of “Didgeridoos & Didgeridon’ts: A Brit’s Guide to Moving Your Life Down Under” [2nd ed.] (Summertime Publishing 2012), writes about a recent family trip to Tangalooma Island Getaway on Moreton Island, near Brisbane.

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Matthew Hirtes on the Seven Wonders of the Canary Islands

Matthew Hirtes, author of “Going Local in Gran Canaria: How to turn a holiday destination into a home” (Summertime Publishing, 2012), on the “Seven Wonders” of the Canary Islands.

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How NOT to get a job in Aus, by Vicky Gray

Vicky Gray, author of “Didgeridoos & Didgeridon’ts: A Brit’s Guide to Moving Down Under” (Summertime Publishing 2012), in UK magazine Australia & New Zealand.

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Barbara Bruhwiler on how getting a new phone feels a bit like culture shock

Barbara Bruhwiler, author of Expat-Living.info Guide to Johannesburg, talks about culture shock.

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Lynne Harkes, author of “Spinach Soup for the Walls”, on the making of her book trailer

Lynne Harkes, author of the memoir “Spinach Soup for the Walls: Finding my spirit in Africa” (Local Legend, 2012), discusses her book trailer.

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Test your intercultural awareness skills with this fun, quick quiz

Test your intercultural awareness with this quiz from Elizabeth Vennekens-Kelly, author of “Subtle Differences, Big Faux Pas” (Summertime Publishing, 2012).

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Barbara Bruhwiler on mending relationships

Switzerland-born Barbara Bruhwiler is the founder of Expat-Living.info and the author of “Expat-Living.info Johannesburg”. She gives us some tips to mending relationships broken through cultural misunderstandings.

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Barcelona-based Simon Harris on the issue of Catalan independence

Simon Harris, author of “Going Native in Catalonia”, discusses the issue of Catalan independence.

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Making money online: only for the young?

Nick Snelling, co-author of “Laptop Entrepreneur: how to make a living anywhere in the world” (Summertime Publishing 2011) on the myth that says an online business is only for the young.

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Jae De Wylde asks: must we like a character to love a book?

Jae De Wylde, author of “The Thinking Tank” (Summertime 2011), discussed whether characters must be likeable – and gives us a sneak peek into her next novel

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