About

Hello! My name is Antigoni and since I was a child I loved words. I loved words that were spoken, sang, whispered and shouted, but above all I LOVED words that were written. I remember my first book – it was a story about a prisoner who was crying in jail. It was illustrated with striking artwork as the book took 5 year old me into a journey through time, back in the beginning when the prisoner was just a little boy, innocent, hungry and poor, and as I followed the prisoner from childhood into adulthood, my heart was filled with sorrow about all the chances he was never given, all the opportunities he missed, despite how hard he tried, he never made it, and all because he was poor, hungry, and innocent. I still remember how hard I cried when I read the sentence that marked the end of the book where the prisoner is still hungry, innocent, poor and forever damned… I realized then, that words are powerful little portals, that transfer us into realities that are, or could be or never will be. Words have the power to change the world, help us dream of a better future, then support us into making that dream a reality. If you believe that words have power, if you believe that people have power, if you believe that standing side by side, we can change the world, grab my hand, squeeze it tight, and let’s turn this next page and change the world.