Literary Retreats

Leonard Cohen found his writer's voice on Hydra, now you too are invited to come and rejoice as you reclaim yours - as Leonard sang "Ring the bells that still can ring! Joanne Fedler has harnessed a lifelong fascination with Leonard Cohen's lyrics into a five-day writing retreat on the island of Hydra. During the workshops, you will take up the invitations in his language to break our old patterns, experiment with things unkempt with wildness and search for our own secret ch

This house was designed by Patrick and Joan Leigh-Fermor together with Nikos Hadjimichalis as their home, in the Mani region of the Peleponnese.

The desire for a life lived authentically in an ‘unspoilt’ Mediterranean pocket is ingrained in contemporary travel literature and dreams.

The Charismatic, Enigmatic Charmian Clift: A Writer Who Lived the Dream and Suffered its Consequences