Dr Dina Kafiris

FRSA, Writer, Scholar, Free Speech Advocate. Author of Φως εκτυφλωτικό στεφανώνει την Ελπίδα, σε μία πράξη | Hypocrisy Has A Face and Other Writings

[Dr Ioannes Chountis de Fabbri @ChountisFabbri]

Lord Byron’s Greek naturalisation decree was exhibited for the first time last night at the residence of the Greek Ambassador in London.

[Kathimerini English Edition @ekathimerini]

The Greek language for me is… https://t.co/a4sYxCpPYC

[Dr Dina Kafiris @dinakafiris]

Glad to be back in Sydney in time to celebrate Australian writer and friend David Brooks' recent accolades: #2025PrimeMinistersLiteraryAwardforPoetry and the prestigious #2025PatrickWhiteLiteraryAward, along with his wife Dr Teya Brooks Pribac and friends. Well-deserved!

[Dr Dina Kafiris @dinakafiris]

Sir Ian Rankin: 'The Scottish author, 65, thinks that writers need to do more to meet readers where they are today and keep them engaged once they have found them.'

Ian Rankin: We authors should write for modern attention spans https://t.co/YvgtyNjIIR

[Dr Dina Kafiris @dinakafiris]

Francesca Simon asks: 'Do we want to live in a world where books and culture flourish?'

Kemi Badenoch wants to end ‘rip-off degrees’ – but I wouldn’t have created Horrid Henry without mine | Francesca Simon | The Guardian https://t.co/lLS4JwU4zv

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

The 2025 #NobelPrize laureate in literature László Krasznahorkai also looks to the East in adopting a more contemplative, finely calibrated tone. The result is a string of works inspired by the deep-seated impressions left by his journeys to China and Japan.

About the search for a secret garden, his 2003 novel ‘Északról hegy, Délről tó, Nyugatról utak, Keletről folyó’ (‘A Mountain to the North, a Lake to the South, Paths to the West, a River to the East’, 2022) is a mysterious tale with powerful lyrical sections that takes place southeast of Kyoto. The work has the sense of a prelude to the rich ‘Seiobo járt odalent’ (2008; ‘Seiobo There Below’, 2013), a collection of seventeen stories arranged in a Fibonacci sequence about the role of beauty and artistic creation in a world of blindness and impermanence. Alongside his quintet of epics, it represents Krasznahorkai’s major work.

The book is a masterful portrayal, in the course of which the reader is led through a row of ‘side doors’ to the inexplicable act of creation.

Discover more of Krasznahorkai’s literary world: https://t.co/2fMvK8NZNy

[Dr Dina Kafiris @dinakafiris]

Happy National Poetry Day!
#TonyHarrison #Polygons #poetry #tribute #LondonReviewofBooks #nationalpoetryday2025

https://t.co/xmxj5okepy

[Bloodaxe Books @BloodaxeBooks]

We are immensely saddened by news of the death of Tony Harrison, aged 88, who had been unwell for some years. A tribute has been published on our website: https://t.co/mBJUi3DlUX

[Iva Apostolova @Pergament_F]

"We live in an era in which there is too much information but not enough knowledge, and even less wisdom. This excess of information makes us arrogant and then it makes us numb. We must change this ratio and focus more on knowledge and wisdom. For knowledge we need books, slow journalism, podcasts, in-depth analyses and cultural events. And for wisdom, among other things, we need the art of storytelling. We need the long form."
Elif Shafak

[Wild Court @wildcourtpoetry]

"Not before time / will I climb the hill / up to the Acropolis / then climb down again."

A new poem by @stephenson_pj now up on Wild Court: https://t.co/n0Y3q2ywj9

[The Booker Prizes @TheBookerPrizes]

There’s great sadness at The Booker Prizes HQ over the death of Edmund White, reader and writer extraordinaire, who judged the Booker Prize in 1989. His influence on other novelists will continue, as will - in the minds of those who knew him - his joyously wicked sense of humour.

[Dr Dina Kafiris @dinakafiris]

Μια ματιά στον μαγευτικό Επίλογο που έγραψε ο αγαπημένος μου φίλος, Νάνος Βαλαωρίτης, για την ποιητική μου συλλογή «Φως εκτυφλωτικό στεφανώνει την Ελπίδα, σε μία πράξη» (@Govostis_Books).

Ψηφίστε για τα βραβεία βιβλίου @PublicStores :
https://t.co/KOI3y2U2WG

#poetry

[Dr Dina Kafiris @dinakafiris]

You will need to confirm your email address and mobile number to receive a PIN. /// Θα χρειαστεί να επιβεβαιώσετε ηλεκτρονική διεύθυνση και αριθμό κινητό για να σας αποσταλεί Pin.

[Dr Dina Kafiris @dinakafiris]

I was very pleased to learn that my Greek poetry collection ""Φως εκτυφλωτικό στεφανώνει την Ελπίδα, σε μια πράξη" was nominated for the Public Book Awards 2025 @PublicStores (contemporary Greek poetry). By following the link below, you can vote:

https://t.co/bHppDZP6L5

[Dr Dina Kafiris @dinakafiris]

Με μεγάλη μου χαρά ενημερώθηκα ότι η ποιητική μου συλλογή "Φως εκτυφλωτικό στεφανώνει την Ελπίδα, σε μια πράξη" προτάθηκε για τα Βραβεία Public Book Awards 2025 @PublicStores (σύγχρονη ελληνική ποίηση). Ακολουθώντας τον σύνδεσμο, μπορείτε να ψηφισετε.

[Dr Dina Kafiris @dinakafiris]

During the informative @lsesu Hellenic Conference 'Redefine Our Horizons', I came across W.B. Yeats' befitting poem 'Politics', appropriate for today's @WorldPoetryDay.

#irishpoetry #politics #poem #yeats
#worldpoetryday #lsehellenicconference2025

https://t.co/sfLIUHZii4

[Dr Dina Kafiris @dinakafiris]

Glad to see fellow Australian Markus Zusak @BookThief2005 on display in the window of @Waterstones @HampsteadHighSt sharing his story with Londoners.
#MarkusZusak #ThreeWildDogsandtheTruth #Australianliterature #nonfiction #NewRelease #waterstones #hampstead #london #reader

[Dr Dina Kafiris @dinakafiris]

My gratitude to @RSLiterature and @TheLondonLib for organising a night dedicated to the New Zealand poet Fleur Adcock - an intimate gathering of her beloved friends,acquaintances and those who never got the chance to meet her but left feeling they had known her.
#poetry

[Dr Dina Kafiris @dinakafiris]

A huge thank you to @BSAthens and @BritishAcademy_ for an informative evening, especially to the Chair Sir Roderick Beaton, Director Professor Rebecca Sweetman, and Oxford Professor of Poetry @ae_stallings for making the annual open lecture available to the British public.

[BBC News (UK) @BBCNews]

Huge problems with axing fact checkers, Meta oversight board says https://t.co/wEH3ADjzTM