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June 2021 Broadcast: Martina Nicolls

 



MARTINA NICOLLS - NEWS AND UPDATES FOR JUNE 2021

Hello,

The third COVID-19 lockdown in Paris began its deconfinement phase from 19 May. Non-essential businesses, restaurants and cafes (for outside dining), museums, theatres, cinemas, and sport facilities re-opened. The night curfew of 7:00 pm was lifted to 9:00 pm and will be extended to 11:00 pm from 9 June. Restrictions and quarantine for incoming tourists may occur though. 

I've been enjoying a return to museums and art galleries, as well as the Zoo and Paris Aquarium, and other events, re-living the Madeline childrens stories as I walk around Paris: "In an old house in Paris that was covered with vines, lived twelve little girls in two straight lines. In two straight lines they broke their bread, and brushed their teeth, and went to bed. They left the house at half past nine, in two straight lines in rain or shine - the smallest one was Madeline." 

Regards, Martina

NEW WEBSITE: A FLOWER EXPECTED EVERYWHERE

Last month I launched a new website, based around flowers, with categories such as: flowers, trees, gardens, wildcrafting, floral art, poetry, books, and cafes. And a shop. View the website HERE

PHOTOGRAPHY PORTFOLIO 

Merchandise with photographs can be purchased via the links.

Photograph: Hand and Flower Mosaic. Photograph and merchandise for sale HERE.

Photograph: Flamingoes in Flight (Lesser Flamingo). Photograph and merchandise for sale HERE.

Photograph: On Edge (Tbilisi, Georgia). Photograph and merchandise for sale HERE.


More photographs and merchandise are available HERE.

PARIS BLOGS ON MY WEBSITE: THE PARIS RESIDENCES OF JAMES JOYCE 
The blogs on my website The Paris Residences of James Joyce are under the category Opal Hush, connecting the past to the present, and discovering people and places in Paris. Opal Hush is mentioned in James Joyce's 1922 novel Ulysses. It's a drink - a quarter of a glass of claret topped with lemonade from a soda siphon. Opals are my favourite gemstone, and hush ... well, it's just a whisper!

Read blog: The Little Prince Love Letters (about the love letters between the author Antoine and his love Consuelo that was the inspiration for the children's book).

MY WEBSITE: SIMILAR BUT DIFFERENT IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM

Website: Similar but Different in the Animal Kingdom.

Read article: Green Rose Chafer Beetle


POPULAR BOOK REVIEWS
On my blog site, Feast or Famine, I include book reviews, food, photographs, and articles. And photographs of walks around the streets of my current location.

Read book review: Around India in 80 Trains by Monisha Rajesh 


A SIGN OF THE TIMES

"Forbidden Lawn" - Paris, 30 May 2021

THE PARIS RESIDENCES OF JAMES JOYCE 
My latest book, The Paris Residences of James Joyce, was released on 1 May 2020. In March 2021, the book was a finalist in the 2021 Book Excellence Awards in the Biography category. 

READ MORE ABOUT THE BOOK: THE PARIS RESIDENCES OF JAMES JOYCE

GIVEAWAY: ONE (1) PACKET OF 5 GREETING CARDS WITH THE PARIS BOOK COVER PHOTO (Note: The greeting card photo does not contain the book title and author and it is plank inside; Size 10x15 cm - 4"x6"). Enter HERE with your email address only. The winner will be notified to provide a postage address to receive the prize. Entries close on 30 June 2021. 

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MARTINA NICOLLS is an international aid and development consultant, and the author  of: The Paris Residences of James Joyce  (2020), Similar But Different in the Animal Kingdom (2017), The Shortness of Life: A Mongolian Lament (2015), Liberia’s Deadest Ends (2012), Bardot’s Comet (2011), Kashmir on a Knife-Edge (2010) and The Sudan Curse (2009).

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