Blogs in September 2023

Author, artist and activist Fleur Pierets talks about LGBTQ+ activism and loss

Author, artist and activist Fleur Pierets talks about LGBTQ+ activism and loss 16th September 2023

Talking to Fleur Pierets, author of Julian — “What started as a beautiful act of LGBTQ+ protest art quickly turned to tragedy when Belgian artist and activist Fleur Pierets suddenly and unexpectedly lost her wife Julian P” My favourite...

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Talking Location With Gretchen Rue: Pacific Northwest

Talking Location With Gretchen Rue: Pacific Northwest 15th September 2023

TalkingLocationWith… Gretchen Rue, author of Something Wicked : Pacific Northwest While Raven Creek, Washington is a fictional location, it is directly inspired by some of my favorite places in the Pacific Northwest. I took in details about places I’d...

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Novel set in Rome

Novel set in Rome 14th September 2023

The Rome Apartment by Kerry Fisher, novel set in Rome. #audiobook What a delight this novel is. A good, immersive story with Rome as a colourful backdrop. Beth and her husband Joel have seen their daughter off to University....

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A slim novel set mainly in JIMBOCHO, Tokyo

A slim novel set mainly in JIMBOCHO, Tokyo 13th September 2023

Days At The Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagasawa, a slim novel set mainly in Jimbocho, Tokyo. Translated by Eric Ozawa. Audiobook narrated by Susan Momoko Hingley I listened to this as an audiobook and was amazed to be introduced...

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Novel set mainly in Paris

Novel set mainly in Paris 12th September 2023

L’Origine by Lilianne Milgrom, novel set mainly in Paris. “The Secret Life of the World’s Most Erotic Masterpiece” L’Origine du Monde by Gustave Courbet was painted in 1866. It now hangs in the Musée d’Orsay, but still has a...

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