Godina izdanja: Ostalo
ISBN: Ostalo
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

Foreigners who love Belgrade, who enjoy getting to know it and exploring it, are writing about their own visions of Belgrade and their impressions.
FOREIGNERS WHO LOVE BELGRADE, WHO ENJOY GETTING TO KNOW IT AND EXPLORING IT, ARE WRITING ABOUT THEIR OWN VISIONS OF BELGRADE AND THEIR IMPRESSIONS. WE HOPE THE BOOK WILL BE IN YOUR HANDS BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.

HOW DID YOU COME UP WITH THE IDEA FOR THE BOOK “BELGRADE THROUGH THE EYES OF FOREIGNERS”?

Once we came to understand that Covid 19 would bring limitations to our Bazaar in terms of the number of visitors and therefore insufficient income, and that it wouldn’t feel right in a time of crisis to ask for donations in goods, as we usually do when we start our planning of the Bazaar, we realized that we must rely on our own resources. It occurred to us that our cultural backgrounds, life experience and knowledge are not such an insignificant resource: Our members are smart, well-educated, and interesting ladies who have a lot to tell and to share. So, we figured, why not collect their thoughts about Belgrade in one book and see who would be interested to read about it and buy such a book. The decision came from the Executive Board and was approved by the Charity Committee of the Club.

WHO HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE CREATION OF THE BOOK?

A group of us is working on this book together, and we call it the “editorial team”. The manager of the project is Christina Czettl, our Vice President. The main coordinator is April Scott, secretary of the IWC. The editor is Mr Adrian de Groot, and some of translations to Serbian are being done by Lea Kummer, the registered representative of the IWC. I am heading the editorial team and you, Mia Medaković-Topalović, are our angel photographer. We are also privileged to have a group of volunteering consultants for translation, proofreading and the checking of historical facts. All of us are working pro bono. Of course, none of this would be possible were it not for our fantastic group of authors. There will be 23 articles in the book.

ONCE THE BOOK IS PUBLISHED, ALL THE INCOME WILL GO TO CHARITY?

Correct! We are saving the income from the book the same way we do each year with the income from the Bazaar. Everything will be deposited into our separate charity account and will thereafter distributed to the candidate NGOs who apply to our call for projects. The decision about the distribution is made by the Charity Committee, which consists of 5 five very experienced ladies. The theme of this year’s tender is Covid-19 relief actions. I have to add that there wouldn’t be any publishing had we not had help from our generous sponsors, among which the biggest is food chain LIDL and handicraft gift shop NONNA Handmade. Of course, we are still open to receiving more sponsors to cover printing costs as much as possible.