PAOLA FORNARI C.V.
Writer, EFL teacher, trainer, and translator, I was born in Tanzania, have lived in a dozen countries over three continents, and describe myself as an ‘expatriate sin patria’. Wherever I go I make it my business to learn the language, get to know the local people and customs, and discover the country’s remotest corners. I became interested in writing in mid-2006, did a short Open University creative writing course and a Writers’ Bureau course, and began getting articles published in 2007.
Blog: http://writelink.co.uk/blogs/index.php?blog=27
Publications and other Writing-related work:
Writelink: several pieces published in Resources (Hacking It,poetry, fiction); judge on two competitions (2008 and 2009)
The Oldie: UK, March and July 2007; January, March and November 2008; March 2009: expat column (Uruguay, Tanzania and Belgium). A further article accepted for future publication in their Travel section (Italy).
Buenos Aires Herald: Argentina: a dozen features on various South American countries, including six articles in a special Uruguay supplement in December 07
Writing Queensland: Australia, October 2008: 'Lonely Planet Quest' feature
Practical Fishkeeping: UK July 2007: environmental article about cowrie shells (Tanzania)
Women's e-News: (e-zine): June 2008: 'First Person' feature on Circle Dancing
GoNomad: (e-zine): feature on horse riding in Chiloe, southern Chile
Travel thru History (e-zine): several cultural and travel features (Chile, Uruguay)
International Living: (e-zine) Nine online ‘postcards’ (Uruguay, Argentina)
Ireland’s Own: Ireland, August and December 2007, August 2008, April and May 2009: humorous articles about travelling experiences in Ireland and further afield
Awards:
Writer’s Bureau: Runner up Writer of the Year 2007
The Grail: Winner 'Dance'-themed flash fiction Competition May 2008
The Grail: Winner Travel Writing Competition February 2008
Writing Magazine: (UK) September 2007: Shortlisted in short story competition
Travel and Transitions: (e-zine) Honourable mention in 2006 travel story competition (Uruguay)
Other writing:
Updates supplied for the Lonely Planet Guide Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay.
Regular contributor to Calleidescope, the in-house magazine of Call International Language School, Brussels.
Uruguay (and previously, Tanzania) correspondent for ACSEC Magazine, a European Commission publication
Workshops
Creator and facilitator of several workshops for Management, Teacher Training, and language learning
Other:
NLP practitioner, Speaker at International Living Conference on Moving Abroad (November 2007), IELTS examiner
Photo link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/76672924@N00/?saved=1 http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=14711&l=239b4&id=664241054
Languages: English, Italian, French, Spanish, Swahili, Dutch
Interests: Travel, Swimming, Yoga, Photography, Scrabble
Comments, Pingbacks:
· http://www.greenygrey.co.uk 
Permalink
20/03/08 @ 12:16 Permalink
20/03/08 @ 15:24 · http://byknight.com By the way, I wonder how many Argentines know that Uruguay now holds the World Parrilla Record - and will they take it quietly? I think not ... must keep an eye out for that!.
Hata pronto! Keep well.
Peter.
Permalink
05/06/08 @ 01:31 To answer your question: My native language is Czech (I was born in Prague). I am really impressed with the scope of languages you command.
Thank you for your comments on my story.
With kindest regards,
PA
Permalink
05/06/08 @ 08:50 Found you at last - on cyberspace, that is. Where are you physically? Drop me a line at my e-mail.
'ta luego
Ugo
Permalink
10/06/08 @ 11:32 Permalink
09/12/08 @ 13:29