The expat community in France abounds with brilliant voices and captivating tales of abandoned homes, lost love, endless adventure, culinary discovery and personal enrichment. It’s those who offer a different perspective on life abroad that stand out from the growing glut of Franco-focused novels, vignettes and blogs. Katia Grimmer-Laversanne, an Australian who moved to Paris in 2001 after finding love online, cemented herself as distinguishable storyteller with the Katia & Kyliemac podcast, an internet radio show she co-hosted from 2006 to early 2012 that addressed some of the more peculiar and amusing elements to expat life. When her co-host left France to embark on a new adventure, Katia felt she still had more stories to tell. As of last week she’s back with The France Project, a new podcast that explores different themes about France from different perspectivesI was beyond humbled when she asked to interview me for the first episode(catch me at 22 minutes !), alongside Ann Mah who reads a beautiful story of how she fell in love…
The expat community in France abounds with brilliant voices and captivating tales of abandoned homes, lost love, endless adventure, culinary discovery and personal enrichment. It’s those who offer a different perspective on life abroad that stand out from the growing glut of Franco-focused novels, vignettes and blogs. Katia Grimmer-Laversanne, an Australian who moved to Paris in 2001 after finding love online, cemented herself as distinguishable storyteller with the Katia & Kyliemac podcast, an internet radio show she co-hosted from 2006 to early 2012 that addressed some of the more peculiar and amusing elements to expat life. When her co-host left France to embark on a new adventure, Katia felt she still had more stories to tell. As of last week she’s back with The France Project, a new podcast that explores different themes about France from different perspectivesI was beyond humbled when she asked to interview me for the first episode(catch me at 22 minutes !), alongside Ann Mah who reads a beautiful story of how she fell in love…
