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Authors' House

A magical retreat for authors in the heart of nature on the river bank of a beautiful Bulgarian village

with Dr. Dror Green

  

I am the author of more than fifty books, a publisher, an editor, an illustrator and an expert in the process of books production and design. Most of my time I sit near my desk and write, surrounded by thousands of books. 

Writing is an intimate process. When I write I have to go out of my everyday life to a quiet place where no-one knows me. I used to go abroad, to remote places, where I can focus on my writing. I liked to write in the coffe shops of Paris, in the bookshops of Hay-on-Wye or in remote places in nature. 

I have always dreamed about having a small house near the river. Recently my dream came true. I built a house in the end of a beautiful Bulgarian village, on the bank of the Struma river, not far from our family house in a nearer village. 

Writing is an intimate process that each author do by his or her own. But while we need a remote place for writing, we still need someont to talk to, to share our thoughts and stories, or just sit together, watcth the river and listen to the birds. In my new 'Authors' house' I built two apartments. One for me, and one for a guest author. In my dreams, on day the village will become the 'Authors' village' for a community of authors from all over the world. 

If you want to write in a beautiful quiet place in nature, near the river, for two to four weeks, you are invited to join me. 

The village

The Authours' house is the last house in a small village, not far from the town of Kyustendil, about ninety Km from Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, not far from the borders of Macedonia and Serbia, 120 Km from Greece. 

The town of Kyustendil is the town of fruit trees, and in the fillage you'll find cherry trees, apples, pears, plums, peaches, vines and nut trees. The area is rich with streams and rivers, mountains and hot mineral springs, found by the Romans two thousand years ago. On the mountain there ia a small ski resort. 

There are about 120 residents in the village, who grows their vegetables and fruits in their garden and dring the milk of their goats and cows. 

Not far from the Author's house you'll find groceries, a coffe shop and a second-hand shop. Life in Bulgaria is cheap, and in the town of Kyustendil there are many restaurants (a good meal can coast about 5-10 Euro), coffe shops, a market, and a supermarket opens for seven days a week. 

In the village you'll also find a train station that goes slowly between Sofia and Kyustendil three times a day, and there is a but to Kyustendil or a taxi for 5 Euros. 

 The authors' house

The house includes two floors. I write in the second floor, and the first floor is designater to guest authours.

There is a bedroom,  

with cushions' corner,

for thinking and meditating,

a living room with a writing desk, 

including a small kitchenet,

A shower and toilet, including a washing machine,

and an entrance wathing the garden. 

The apartment is suitable for a single author or a couple. 

The cost: 500 Euro per week (at least for two weeks) and 100 Euro per additional day.