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| BOOK SIGNING AT Villa Luciane in La Gaude As part of the ongoing series of events to launch the book on the French Riviera, Ted participated in a gala event combining the text of his book with an exhibition of the paintings of Bernard Payet, the illustrator of the book, on Saturday, May 17, 2008 to commemorate the six-months anniversary of the launch. More than fifty art and literature enthusiasts attended the exhibition at the Villa Luciane in La Gaude, in the foothills of the Maritime Alps, to hear extracts from the book and enjoy original paintings illustrating Riviera scenes from the book. (Click on the thumbnails below for larger versions.) |
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| Ted Jones has been invited to the Edinburgh International Festival of Literature (August 9-25, 2008) and will be speaking there on the evening of Monday, August 11th. He will be sharing the stage of the Peppers Theatre with the famous novelist and biographer (of Bruce Chatwin, Kafka, Aldous Huxley and others), Nicholas Murray, and talking about - and reading from - his book, The French Riviera: A Literary Guide. The authors' presentations will be followed by signings in the Festival Bookshop. | Ted Jones is a free-lance writer whose journalistic output is wide-ranging. His travel articles have appeared in publications on both sides of the Atlantic, including British magazines Choice, The Lady, Wanderlust, France, Yesterday and Living France, and American publications such as France Today, Writers' Journal, Transitions Abroad and Voyageur. His articles on business management have been published worldwide in several languages and his short stories and poetry have won a number of awards. As a writer for The Guardian he has published articles on subjects as diverse as modern jazz and horse-racing. |  |
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Ted Jones's book The French Riviera: A Literary Guide For Travellers is a reader's tour of the Côte d'Azur, exploring the works of the many writers who have lived on - and been inspired by - that fabled coastline. |
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| Paperback Writer. Following the success of the hard cover version of Ted Jones's book The French Riviera: A Literary Guide for Travellers, publishers I. B. Tauris have produced a paperback version. The new Guide will be in the shops from November 17, 2007. Reserve your copy now from I.B.Tauris. Ted will be launching the paperback edition, appropriately, at Cannes on the French Riviera on November 17. Click here for the full schedule. |  |
| REVIEWS -
New York Times, 30th July 2006:
click here to read Staff writer Seth Sherwood’s article The Barefoot Riviera, which refers exclusively to THE FRENCH RIVIERA: A Literary Guide for Travellers.
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