I was invited short-termed to the JugendArt in Olten for a reading. So I don’t appear by name on the poster. Again I had stage fright, but great support from my closest friend Sandi and her mother, thanks!

Schützi Olten

on stage!

Hello!

At the 1st book fair in Basel I met the 1st time the managers of my publisher house, Dr. Hänsel-Hohenhausen and Stefan Fassel-Wenz, as well my production supporter Björn Bordon. During the production we only were in contact by phone or mail.

At the fair I had ten minutes left to read a few lines of my written work. There were a lot of visitors walking from stand to stand and some of them were very attentive to listen to my spoken words…I sold a few books too and had my fun to autograph them!

With my publisher I spoke already about my idea of the filming, but this is another branch and a much more difficult one,not to underestimate!

Welcome in a vain circus!

Sina

Stefan Fassel-Wenz, my discoverer

flirting with…

…the camera

Here it is, visible and in a few days readable!

This book is dedicated first to my aunt Anna in Buenos Aires, it’s her lifestory and to the people to who I’m tied with love.

Dedicated as well to the gentlemen, from who I got many roses
Dedicated as well to the unfair ones, who were very bad to me
Dedicated as well to the few, who let me down, while I believed in them

And finally to all the little people around me, which will be our future tomorrow!

My journey goes on, a lot of new things are expecting me, in my bag I carry the good moments along, that’s the stuff life’s made of; simply for the ones, who don’t know this yet…

Sina

My first book & the bookmarks

Hi everybody!

My book varnishing will be well remembered to my guests. They all could live a beautiful experience in the wine cellar @ restaurant Hirschen, with mediterranean delicacies, good wine, candle-light and the story in living form, because there were the other protagonists of the book present and they were glad to talk about their own story. Many thanks for the flowers I received!

Auntie Lisa is happy, to have her part in the book,
she was the godmother of my book…well, our family-book!

the other protagonists of the book: my mother, auntie Lisa & uncle Francesco

auntie Anna’s old passport and the one way ship-ticket Naples to Buenos Aires

Here you have a little foretaste of my coming book!

Estacion Retiro Buenos Aires, in the far 17th April 1964 my aunt’s ship
landed in the harbour of Buenos Aires. There her husband welcomed her…

…by train introduced her to their new home in the quarter Villa Pueyrredon…

My uncle tried in Buenos Aires a career as opera-singer,
as remembrance he has got two records, you can only
hear them on a grammophone

my aunt succeeded with the founding of her own paper factory

Oh man! What a month was march,  a real rollercoaster!

Beside, that I earn my rolls as a banking auntie, I was a postering-girl, talkerin as well, and managed all my appointments with all kinds of journalists, moderators and event-managers, so I got a training in self-marketing! In between I had my study exams, my birthday-party, a wedding and two funerals!

My reading @ KiFF in Aarau in front of 150 listeners was successful. Beautiful was the support of my dears, thanks! It was quiet like a mouse there, I felt the eyes of the listeners laying on my lips and I got really blushed, fast heart-beating, sweating…it’s called the stage fright!

The recording of „Talk im Schlosshof“ was extremly thrilling and amusing, because my real 1st TV-appearance. The recording had to be interrupted, because the talkmaster Ruedi Vorburger was driven to tears about the content of „Die Papierfabrik“…for the 33minutes-clip were 5 hours of preparation necessary: hair-dresser, make-up, styling, briefing, check-up, recording, re-recording, casting…at the end the director said:

Game, set & match!

Sina

KiFF Poster and Backstage-Card

KiFF, unfortunately no-one took a pic of me on stage while reading!

Big support from my little brother Robi!

Talking with Ruedi Vorburger, he was in my apprenticeship-days one of my masters

Hola!

SWISS has brought me back home in time. Crunchy tan and with a lot of adventures in my bag (see pics).

My expectations were not only fulfilled but much more surpassed. My stay in Buenos Aires was exciting and beautiful. Lovely thanks to Ignacio Di Toma Mues, chief editor of „El barrio de Villa Pueyrredon“, Ramon Cuevas Moderator Radio FM Universe Buenos Aires and Tim Cappelmann journalist of „Argentinisches Tageblatt“, and of course to my relations.

Now I’m back in my paradise here at home. Spring is knocking at the door, daffodils and hyacinths are looking cheeky to me; they’re the natural dividends of my garden work, another passion of mine…how’s a saying: who plants a garden, plants happiness? I am, because the things develop so well!

Besos, Sina

lazy lunch with cousin Claudia, protagonists auntie Anna &
uncle Pasquale, their grandchild Lucio

my biggest fan Lucio, posing on granddad’s 61 Bergantin

my writing chamber

Nightlife/ing with Ramon

my 1st interview@ Argentinisches Tageblatt, the founder of the
newspaper, Roberto Aléman, has swiss roots,
originally from Berne

Jazz meets Tango in San Telmo

Aconcagua – Did you know, that „Seven years in Tibet“ has been shot here
at the foothills of the Cordillera-range?

In Mendoza I visited a few winerys and tasted lots of Malbec
and other wines ;o) Mendoza is a well-off place, not only
about the wine-export, but touristic as well, about hikers
trekkers and skiers

Hola juntos!

It is time! I don’t like much leaving my paradise and my dears here, but my suitcase is ready for taking off to Buenos Aires, Argentina.

For a few weeks I’ll chill in the sun, enjoying a juicy bife with a glass of Malbec, late in the evening partying in a tango-bar…and in between during the day, collecting adventures, experiences and findings for my real first imminent media-work, doing of course promotion for my first book!

I’m really looking forward to this exciting time of my life, living my dream in its entirety. Of course I have the time for a few trips over the country too and spending a lovely time with my relations there! Argentina is sexy!

Besos y hasta luego!

Buenos Aires, Avenida Corrientes

Dear family & friends

Just in time with my new years greets, I have two other pleasant news:

1st: I’m enjoying a good coming recovery, at this point I’d like to thank everyone for the many visits at hospital, phone calls, cards, chocolates, prosecco, gifts and flowers; I felt immediately better!

2nd: before X-mas I signed my contract with the publisher Fouqué in Frankfurt. At the same time my manusscript ran into production, that means, lectors and correctors are busy with  my manus, the layouters with the draft of the whole book, I had my first shooting and this year I will do a lot of promotion, so the representatives of the publisher have to distribute my book. You can read…we have all hands full to do!

The availability is worldwide and will be published in german language, maybe later in spanish, italian and english.  Early to the book fair in Basel 2.5. – 4.5.03, the press will get the 1st copies, starting from 5.5.03 the book is available in every book shop.  I made safe with the contract the filming rights as well, because a movie of it is one of my another projects and wish.

In a few month you will discover between the covers my wonderful work. I suceeded in verbalizing all my lifeblood and emotions, I’m very proud about my work, two years of hard work lay in it.
I reached my zenith, but my mission goes on, writing is my life and inspiration, exciting work’s waiting for me, but we’ll party together, I promise!

Thank you all for the great support!!! Love, Sina

„Die Papierfabrik“, Edition Der Goldene Hahn, Fouqué Literaturverlag Frankfurt