Nitsa Anastasiades — Author | Educator | Observer of Place and Connection
Overview
Nitsa Anastasiades is an author with an MSc in Creative Writing (Fiction) from the University of Edinburgh, where she developed a writing practice rooted in narrative voice, place, and human connection. Her short fiction has been commended by the Bridport Prize for Fiction and the Fish Publishing Prize, affirming her commitment to attentive, honest storytelling.
Books and Writing
Nitsa is the author of Our Foreign Borders and Hamster, Rats & Other Stuff Going On. Her work draws on experiences teaching English across eleven countries and life in Britain before that. Themes of travel, displacement, and everyday texture shape her writing, revealing how people live, adapt, and belong through small, often overlooked moments.
Themes and Interests
Her writing explores:
- Borders — geographical, emotional, and cultural
- Belonging, identity, and displacement
- Relationships and human connection
- Landscape, place, and memory
The intersections between culture, language, and everyday lifeShe is particularly interested in how place shapes identity and how people navigate difference—both in unfamiliar environments and within themselves.
Writing Beyond Books
Nitsa also maintains reflective blogs on travel, people, landscape, literature, and art, blending observation with introspection. Her essays document lived experience while asking broader questions about how humans relate to one another in an interconnected world.
Why She Writes
For Nitsa, writing is a way to preserve experience and give voice to moments that might otherwise disappear. She believes words connect readers across borders and generations, allowing stories and voices to endure.
