Interview with Apocalyptic
and Current Affairs
Ice Wonder opens his heart to Andreas Stamatopoulos and Vergina Television through the 19th Thessaloniki International Exhibition!
Interview with Βookguru.gr
Author Sofiana Paidousi talks about her new fairy tale and more, to the CEO of Writers' Agency Bookguru.gr & Journalist Evangelia Tziaka.
Interview on Βlessed.gr
The Amphimirror by Sofianna Paidousi
Marilia Makri
We met the author Sofianna Paidousi in her personal space in Corfu. Fairytale luxury apartment is a place made with love. With the same love, Sofianna has already created two wonderful fairy tales and is currently preparing two more!
"Ice Wonder" is her first book and "The Amphimirror" the second, which caught our attention for its subject but also for the great work in writing, illustration and the additional contribution of psychologists and nutritionists.
Tell us a few words about the book.
Sofianna Paidousi
Is a two-way mirror enough to make a little girl understand? To believe in the magic hidden inside her and become what she always wanted? Is our image something we can easily change if we want to? What is Sofianna Paidousi's opinion on all this? We will find out through the following interview where she talks to us about her book entitled "The Amphi-mirror" which is published by Hydroplano publications.
How about we go meet her?
Interview on Authoring Melodies
Interview on mywritersgang.gr
20 questions to get to know me...
Editor: Nitsa Manola
Who am I? I am Sofianna Paidousi. I am a kindergarten teacher, writer and English teacher. I have studied screenwriting, directing, audiovisual production, creative writing (fairy tale and juvenile literature) and playwriting. I have specialized in Graphic Design, static image processing, InDesign, Web Development, E-Business & Marketing and Social Media Marketing at the National Kapodistrian University of Athens, as well as in Subtitling at the Hellenic American Union. In October I started my postgraduate studies in Educational Psychology at the University of Neapolis Pafos.
What I do: I write fairy tales, blogger, https://fairytalesbysapaidousi.blogspot.com (theatre, for children, music and book),
Interview on mikrofwno.gr
Sofianna Paidousi:
"We may actually be made of the same stuff, but no one is the same and it is necessary to accept them
as they are."
By Despina Tascioglou
Ice Wonder, a boy made entirely of ice cream, has recently moved with his parents from the North Pole to a new country in the South, to a new home, to a new life. Will his new classmates accept him or will they make life difficult for him at school?
In the fairy-tale book for children and adults, published by Ocelotos publications, Sofianna Paidousi touches on a major problem of our modern times that torments many parents, teachers and especially students in the small society of the school: school bullying. The young writer and mother, after welcoming young and old at the 48th Book Festival in Zappeion, which took place in September, talks to mikrofwno about her first literary "child". At the same time, it is also the most comprehensive package on school bullying in Greece, as a multitude of experts have worked on this book, which is food for thought for children, parents, and teachers.
Get to know the talented Sofianna and her sweet "Ice Wonder" through the following interview!
Interview on Filanagnostis
In the context of a complex view of literature, our page also hosts books that belong to Children's and Youth literature. We recently presented in our Children's - Youth literature column the book "ICE WONDER" by Sofianna Paidousi. A book dealing with the emotional world of bullied children. The book does not just address the problem but aims to help children to recognize and manage their emotions, but mainly to understand that they should speak up if and when something similar happens in their own life or the life of someone of their age. In our presentation, we focused on the rich, well-written and above all well-crafted text, on the writing of Ms. Paidousi, on the plot and the flow of the work and in general on the fiction as a whole. But mainly we focused on everything that is included in this book as a whole, as it is obvious that this book has been created with much care and even more love.
We asked the author for an interview which she immediately and with great willingness gave us and it is the first interview related to a children's book and today we present it to you. We are sure you will enjoy it.
Max Mag interview
Sofianna Paidousi: 10 favorite books – favorite movies
By: Maria Antoniou
Sofianna Paidousi, author of Hydroplano Publications, recommends to the readers of Maxmag, 10 of her favorite books that are also favorite movies. So let's get started.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, by JK Rowling
Remember that it is of no use to surrender to dreams and forget that you live in reality!
Interview on
Thematofylakes Logo Tehnon
Today in Thematofylakes logo tehnon we host educator, writer, English teacher and blogger, Sofianna Paidousi, on the occasion of the release of her children's book "Ice Wonder", by Ocelotos publications.
Interview
Good evening, Mrs. Paidousi. Thank you very much for the interview you are granting us. You are a person with many interests. Which of the above qualities best represents you and why?
S.P. All these qualities, and some more, are an integral part of me. The writing of fairy tales, however, because it is a complete process and very creative for me from all sides, is currently the most representative.
Live Interview with
Bookia at the 48th Zappeion Book Festival
"Ice Wonder"... speaks up from the author Sofianna Paidousi to the host Tolis Anagnostopoulos and Bookia, enjoying... Zappeio and the 48th Book Festival, in an interview stop on his maiden literary journey!
❝Because again this year the heart of Culture beats in Zappeion!❞
Radio interview with
Kyma FM Corfu
Ice Wonder and the writer Sofianna Paidousi, "swim" at Kymas 90.3 FM in the seas of Corfu, on the occasion of the recent release of the hero's story, by Ocelotos publications, and the summer kid's book party at Nostos Food Hall.
Interview on koukidaki.gr
How did you come up with the idea?
A few years ago, a tragic bullying incident shook Greece and affected me, consciously or unconsciously, to a great extent. It's been in the back of my mind for years, but like many other incidents that happen, it's been slow to surface in literary, at least, form.
Conversation in the yard with the author
Sofianna Paidousi
Although Sofianna loves fairy tales, in conversation...
that we did with her, she impressed us with her beliefs, but also with the general philosophy she has for life and every expression of it, since as she says: "Everything is in the mind".
FAIRYTALE PERSONALIZATION
(by Manolis Ntaloukas)
Sofianna Paidousi
(Photo: M.Dalukas, 2017)
Sofianna is a case of a storyteller in the correct sense of the term.
She doesn't tell you fairy tales, she takes you on a journey with true lies. Are you feeling bad? She is ready to tell you a fairy tale and take you to the land of myth. She will create an atmosphere, in terms of role-playing. She will become Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Little Mermaid, to read you the sacred fairy tales, which will bring you to your only homeland, the country of childhood.
I didn't know her until she sent me a video message from Thessaloniki, where she lives when she found out I was doing the Matala project. I did not believe it. She was on the beach, like the Little Mermaid.
82nd TEF:
Sofianna Paidousi on DION Television
The screenwriter Sofianna Paidousi (Schoolikoberdemata II,
"The New Generation")
on the show
"EV ZIN" (DION TV)
The screenwriter of Schoolikoberdemata II, "The New Generation", Sofianna Paidousi (and teacher), of the film production, that is, of the Special Vocational High School & High School of Katerini, reveals herself for the first time and talks to the journalist of DION Television of Central Macedonia, Evgenios Papadopoulos and in the cultural show "Eu Zin", for the imaginative script of the film of the special school, from the distant past of its writing (2008), in Athens of the Northern suburbs, for her diverse writing activity, for the past and present of the school life, for the continuation of the film cooperation with the special school and for the pedagogical value of art in shaping the personality of the student and the teacher. It is worth noting that the Avant Premiere of the film station, in the cinematographic school chronicles, of the Special Vocational High School & High School of Katerini, will be shown at the Efkarpidi cinema of Katerini, on Tuesday 27 and Wednesday 28 June 2017 at 17:30 in the afternoon, with free entry for all. 4 short films (plus Platon & GEL Korinou Schools) in a script by Sofianna Paidousi, prove diversity in practice, with character and name.
-How did you start writing fairy tales?
As a kindergartner, I always tended to look for modern fairy tales, beyond the classics already known to children. Fairy tales, that refer to modern problems of everyday life.
-What was your first fairy tale and what was the reason for writing it?
"Beauty and the Beast… So what?" When I was a child I always wondered what happened after the fairy tales ended, what happened to the heroes. That's why I've always liked movies based on adaptations of classic fairy tales.
Screenwriter Sofianna Paidousi in the most fictional stand-up interview of her life!
Interview with journalist Nikos Kolitsis
The island's super-talented screenwriter, Sofianna Paidousi, writes the most imaginative interactive stand-up script of her life, according to the "popular demand" of the commissioned journalist Nikos Kolitsis, against the background of the blue sea of the Aegean Sea.
Sofianna Paidousi, in the first exclusive heart-to-heart confession to Nikos Kolitsis, describes the process of writing a screenplay, focuses on the value of inspiration, reveals her sources, records her impressions and feelings from the creation of a modular short film by four, from a special school, with the collaboration of two more schools and their teachers, based on the script of "The New Generation" (2008) and updating it to today's school reality, analyzes the teasing originality of her stories, on the occasion of classic forms, in the style of creative writing with contemporary themes, she envisions her scenarios in theater performances and films and shares her favorite films and performances, invested with music and images.
Afterward, Sofianna Paidousi records her motivations for writing, on an individual level, chooses her favorite author, makes a mini-life account, rationalizes the heroes of her stories, combined with her imagination and personal experiences, describes life's journeys of and recalls the most authorial travel destinations.
In the second part of the exclusive interview, Sofianna Paidousi points out the role of the sea in her life and work, highlights the magic of the fairy tale, compares Chios to Corfu, to Athens in the background, assimilates the island influences of the environment and family and believes in new talents, recording, at the same time, the weaknesses of the system and the absence of the state, in general, on an artistic level.
In the third and most surprising part of the interview, Sofianna Paidousi introduces the audience to her "greatest source of inspiration", the cute Charlie, focusing on the relationship of life and responsibility of man with an animal. At the same time, she demonstrates the selflessness of man's relationship with animals and his valuable contribution to children with special needs, distinguishing the sociability of people from the perspective of all those who write and primarily express their feelings in this way.
Finally, she dreams of the novel of her life, which after this interview, becomes a self-evident question!