by Bettina Deda | Feb 21, 2016 | Books, Writing |
Early 2015 I started writing my memoir – creating bits and pieces from writing prompts and exercises that our teacher gave us during our life writing class. I somehow found myself writing these short pieces in Evernote opening a new notebook that I called Life Writing...
by Bettina Deda | Jan 27, 2016 | Books, Things I love |
Last year, I set a goal to read at least two books a month. Motivated by our life writing class teacher, who fed us with book suggestions on a weekly basis to deepen the topics we discussed in class, I started reading again. I had always loved reading but somehow...
by Bettina Deda | Jan 10, 2016 | Books, Things I love, Travel |
Who does not love travelling? If you are planning a trip to London this year don't miss out on this new travel guide from the independent publisher Carl Goes, based in Enschede, Netherlands, and London. Whether you plan a weekend stopover or a longer visit to the...
by Bettina Deda | Nov 18, 2015 | Books, Things I love |
I am very excited to announce that my book Downsize with Style was selected as one of three finalists in The 2015 USA Best Book Awards, Category Home & Garden. This year, over 2,000 mainstream and independent titles participated in the contest and were narrowed...
by Bettina Deda | Nov 4, 2015 | Art, Books, Things I love |
I recently had the pleasure to meet a fellow German author and art lover at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Skadi Heckmueller gave a talk about her new book Private – A Guide to Personal Art Collections in Australia and New Zealand. When she started speaking, I...
by Bettina Deda | Aug 10, 2015 | Books, Things I love |
A few weeks ago, Judith Briggs, a fellow colour consultant and friend of mine, released her book Bye Bye Bland, How to Create Sensational Spaces Using Colour. As I could not attend the official book launch in June, I met her at the International School of Colour and...