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Check through the Blog posts below to find our latest extended book reviews, our #AuthorsOnLocation pieces, and our views on matters of general literary interest. Search by either Location or by the Keywords you would like to come up in the results…

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Ten great books set in Stockholm

Ten great books set in Stockholm

15th June 2021

Stockholm is the latest destination in our ‘Ten great books set in…’ series. Ten...

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Talking Location With author Hannah Fielding – UPPER EGYPT

Talking Location With author Hannah Fielding – UPPER EGYPT

15th June 2021

#TalkingLocationWith… Hannah Fielding, author of Song of the Nile How My Egyptian Roots Inspired...

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Novel set mainly on CRETE past and present

Novel set mainly on CRETE past and present

14th June 2021

Greek Island Escape by Patricia Wilson, novel set mainly on Crete past and present....

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GIVEAWAY – 3 copies of SCENT by Isabel Costello – set in PARIS and PROVENCE

GIVEAWAY – 3 copies of SCENT by Isabel Costello – set in PARIS and PROVENCE

13th June 2021

We are delighted to offer 3 copies of Scent by Isabel Costello – a novel...

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The Lost Women of the French Revolution by Kat Dunn

The Lost Women of the French Revolution by Kat Dunn

13th June 2021

On 5 October 1789, nearly seven thousand women – mostly poor, mostly workers –...

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Just how important is Social Media for an author?

Just how important is Social Media for an author?

12th June 2021

Just how important is Social Media for an author? I recently saw a thread...

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Talking Location With author Sharon Bolton – OXFORD

Talking Location With author Sharon Bolton – OXFORD

12th June 2021

#TalkingLocationWith…. Sharon Bolton, author of The Pact – Oxford Twenty years ago we moved...

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Talking Location With author Katy Moran – FONTAINEBLEAU

Talking Location With author Katy Moran – FONTAINEBLEAU

11th June 2021

#TalkingLocationWith… Katy Moran, author of Scandalous Alchemy set in Fontainebleau, France. I first came...

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Short stories to get under the skin of VENICE

Short stories to get under the skin of VENICE

10th June 2021

The Book of Venice: A City in Short Fiction edited by Orsola Casagrande, translated...

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Ten great books set in Dublin

Ten great books set in Dublin

9th June 2021

Dublin is the latest destination in our ‘Ten great books set in…’ series. Ten...

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