10-12 OCTOBER 2025
Point of Contact
12:15
PRESENTATION OF A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES
by Lisa Cavagio (Nissos Publications)
DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTION
At the presentation of the short story collection "Point of Contact", Dr. Maria Constantinou will talk about the common points of the short stories in the collection, the impressions they left on her and the characteristics that moved her. With the author Lisa Kavayou, they will talk about the reasons that led to their writing, the way in which the author is usually inspired and works on her texts, but also the impact that the writing process itself has on her life. At the same time, they will explore the book itself, but also literature in general, as a point of contact between people, reading as an outlet, writing as creativity and our need for essential humanity and connection. Finally, a selected short story will be narrated with accordion accompaniment by George Boumis.
BRIEF CV
Lisa Cavallo (author)
Lisa Kavagiou studied Electrical and Computer Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens and holds an MSC in Computer Science from the University of Edinburgh. She also worked professionally with dance, foreign languages and piano. She has published many of her short stories in literary magazines, such as Chart, Dekata, Paremvasi, Mandragora, Klepsydra and Literature.gr. Her first collection of short stories was a collection of stories inspired by photographs by photographer Babis Giannikakis and is called “There, Exactly” (Eridanos Publications, 2019). She also participated in the anthology of short stories of the Komotini Youth Network against gender-based violence “I Saw Fear” (2020). Her second collection of short stories “Point of Contact” was published in 2024 (Nissos Publications).
Maria Konstantinou (presentation)
Maria Constantinou studied Classics and Philosophy at the University of Cyprus and the University of Edinburgh, and holds a PhD in Classics from the University of Edinburgh. She has taught ancient Greek language and literature, as well as ancient Greek and Roman civilization, at the University of Edinburgh and the Open University of Cyprus, among others.
She has also worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Bamberg and has been a coordinator of European research projects. She has published articles in scientific journals, and her first book on the subject of the ecclesiastical councils of the 6th century AD is about to be published.