Only a week after the awesome local Children’s Book festival, Rethimnon welcomes another event on children’s literature: The Child and the Book Conference, also known as CBC. It started as a postgraduate-run conference at Roehampton University, UK in 2004, and has since successfully brought together disciplines from across academic fields related to children’s and young … More The Child and the Book Conference

On May 20 1941, a major World War II battle, the Battle of Crete began. It was an effort of the German troops to capture the island of Crete. It was in fact Germany’s first large scale airborne invasion. Thousands of German paratroopers attacked northern Crete’s airfields. They were confronted by the fierce resistance not … More Battle of Crete