Activities

The prospect of writing for children was at first daunting, hence I naturally procrastinated it time and time again until a series of personal events made me begin to take the idea very seriously. And I’m glad I did.

‘The Man Who Thought Little of Himself’ and “When Everyone Sings’ were written in December 2018. I can’t forget the moment because it was a bitter winter in Northern Cyprus and my shared apartment was always damp from lack of indoor heating. 

In December 2018, I was in Lefkosa, Northern Cyprus, for an open mic event. The event was hosted by VOIS Cyprus, a non-profit organization run by foreign students in Northern Cyprus with the aim of providing solutions to the problems facing foreigners studying on the island.

The venue was packed full and the audience was a warm one. I read the poem ‘The Man Who Thought Less of Himself’ from my poetry collection, ‘A Harvest Of Verses’.  

With Peter and Emmanuel, co-founder of VOIS Cyprus