Secret Provence
Dear Friends and Readers, PLEASE tune to Channel 5 in on Sunday and join me in PROVENCE.
Memoir Workshop
Last Week of May in Listowel, Kerry, Ireland. There are still a few places left on my workshop in Listowel at the end of May. We had a wonderful time last year. If you are in Ireland and fancy joining us, here are the details. Do come along. I would love to see you there!…
October 2019
If you are in the UK, you might spare the time to help with this survey. All knowledge and participation helps protect our furry friends. Thank you www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/BumblebeeConservation https://www.boredpanda.com/bees-declared-most-important-being-on-planet This is fascinating. Do have a read.https://www.bumblebeeconservation.org/bumblebees-of-the-world-bombus-brodmannicus/
The Camargue in France at Christmas-time
France has a coastline of approximately 7330 kilometres. Much of it is magnificent and many of those kilometres are uninhabited, wild even. I am a sea baby. The old adage that being by the sea does you good, clears your lungs and regenerates your system is, in my opinion, true and the French have elevated…
November 2015
I think this worth reading: http://www.npr.org This has been sent through to me from Texas. You might like to contribute and help save the bees https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/help-us-irrigate-an-organic-bee-farm-in-austin#/ This is fun: http://mentalfloss.com/article/53691/13-fascinating-facts-about-bees URGENT : If you wish to help the bees against the dangers of neonicotinoid pesticides, please sign this petition. It needs another 12,000 sigs before…
The Deluge
Some of you may have read about or seen on the news the appalling floods that hit my homeland of Cannes and its environs in the south of France at the beginning of this month. We were there; we had driven down the day before to spend a quiet week together, olive harvesting and writing….
October 2015
This is wonderful news http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/11/business/energy-environment/big-win-for-beekeepers-as-court-voids-insecticide.html?_r=0
September 2015
This is very good news. It’s just the beginning, but it is going in the right direction http://peacefulwarriors.net/monsanto-loses-gmo-permit-in-mexico-judge-sides-with-the-bees/
Mourning Palmyra
The destruction of our ancient history, of magnificent sites that are, or were, jewels in our cultural heritage and are now nothing but rubble, makes my blood boil. We are all of us reading the news and staring at photographs that are breaking our hearts. And we are so impotent, or so it feels to…
A Simple Act of Kindness
Dear Friends, This is an exciting autumn moment for me. My new novel to be published by Penguin early next year has disappeared off to the copy editor; we are preparing for this year’s olive harvest which looks set to be a fine and not insubstantial one, organic, of course, and… ….today My new Kindle…
News from the Olive Farm… Carol Drinkwater’s Books and Films!
This is just a quick message to let you know the latest news on buying the films of The Olive Route or my books. As before, if you wish to own the complete boxed set of five DVDs you can email me olivefarmbooks@gmail.com and I will quote you including postal rates for your country. I…
The Olive Route
The Olive Route, rich in detail, colourful in scope and astonishing in meaning, takes us on an unforgettable journey across the Mediterranean. Discover the secrets of the olive tree, a symbol of life and spirit of peace for thousands of years. Not simply a geographical path, the Olive Route is a bridge connecting people socially and…
Provence, My Inspiration
Provence. Provence-Alpes-Maritimes is my home, and it has also become my work. I never fail to remind myself how fortunate I am. When I first came here to this southern coast of France I was looking for a ‘house by the sea’. I had circumnavigated the world several times over, both as an actress and…
August 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/beekeepers-try-to-keep-bees–and-livelihoods–from-going-extinct/
Happy Days
Hello from a very hot South of France. (currently 34C) The announcement of the news announced today in The Bookseller (link below) has been such a LONG time coming – I have been busting for three months to tell you. I have moved to Penguin Books. I am to be a Penguin author! I am…
Scorched Earth
A few days ago I headed north, driving from our home on the French Côte d’Azur to our home in the Brie, mid-centre between Paris and Reims, fifteen minutes from the Champagne district. I love these long trajectories penetrating and discovering France. In the years I have lived here I have driven in every season,…
July 2015
This news is very concerning. I thought we were beginning to help people understand the fundamental necessity of bees and the dangers of pesticides. http://www.economicvoice.com/bee-harming-pesticides-to-be-used-again/
Audio Books
Just in time for the holidays! My two bestselling Kindle Singles are now available as audio books!
Holidaying on the French Riviera, Grand Hotel Style
I am suffering from Deadline-itis. Two deadlines glaring at me with fanged intentions. As always during these stressful moments, it seems that all the world apart from me is in holiday mode; either on holiday or about to depart. I go out so rarely at present due to the pressure of work that when I…
Suffragette
A quick update to let you know that Scholastic have republished another of my books in the My Story series, Suffragette. Here is a photo of the new cover above, which is lovely and all silvery. I am very pleased with it. For my adult novel, we have a title. Hooray! I am not allowed…