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Anita Arcari
@anita-arcari
05/10/11 09:57:09PM
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Western Mail Magazine 16 April


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What's New/Beth sy'n Newydd?
For anyone who's interested, I'm giving a talk/lecture on what it means to me to be Welsh-Italian and how it inspired my novel The Hokey Pokey Man, the story of Welsh-Italian immigrants from the late 1800s to the War in Wales. The talk is at Cardiff Uni Humanities dept, room 2.01 this Tturs12/05/11 at 6.30 pm. Diolch.
Anita Arcari
@anita-arcari
05/10/11 09:48:22PM
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Western Mail Magazine 16 April


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What a fantastic picture! It reminds me in a way of the one I have of my grandfather playing his 'one-man-band' paraphernalia. Ironically, almost everyone in my family can play at least one instrument. My father played the accordion & piano, his two brothers teh accordion, his sisters the mandolin. My brother also plays both and my sister and I both play the piano. Must be genetics!

Hope you enjoy the book. I usually have more than one on the go, too.

Anita

Anita Arcari
@anita-arcari
04/20/11 11:46:27AM
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Western Mail Magazine 16 April


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Hello Gaynor, Anita here. Thank you for drawing attention to my novel. If you'd been in Carmarthen the Satuday before, you'd have found me doing a book signing session in Waterstones. I'm of Welsh-Italian heritage and have been asked to lecture in Cardiff Uni in May on this subject. If you Google my name, you'll find this link and many others which will give you quite a lot of detail about the novel, including reviews. It sold out of the first print run in five months and is still selling very well on Amazon & in Waterstones expecially. It's also in many libraries, so if you do get hold of a copy, would love to have your feedback. It is set in 3 areas, Italy, London & Wales, over a period of around 50 years, so should interest you on at least two counts. My current work in progress concentrates more on Swansea, Carmarthenshire & Ceridigion. Take care. Anita