Blogs in March 2023

Mystery set around Scotland

Mystery set around Scotland 14th March 2023

The Space Between Us by Doug Johnstone, mystery set around Scotland. A #BetweenTheCovers Book Club pick – on BBC2 this Spring (2023) One evening a meteor streaks across the sky above Edinburgh and that same night sixteen stroke cases...

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Talking Location With Rose D Patruno – NEWBURY, UK

Talking Location With Rose D Patruno – NEWBURY, UK 13th March 2023

#TalkingLocationWith... Rose D Patruno, author of Hidden Heir: Dark Academia Fantasy – NEWBURY, UK The Metaphor of Place Have you ever had a tight, uncomfortable feeling? Making it hard to breathe, hard to move, feeling hemmed in. Maybe it’s because...

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Hens head for IBIZA

Hens head for IBIZA 13th March 2023

Mother Hens by Sophie McCartney, hens head for IBIZA (Cheshire and Las Vegas).   IBIZA: The White Island – party capital of the world and hedonistic musical must for anyone looking to worship at the temple of electric dance...

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Beautifully penned novel set mainly in Launceston, CORNWALL

Beautifully penned novel set mainly in Launceston, CORNWALL 11th March 2023

Mother’s Boy by Patrick Gale, beautifully penned novel set mainly in Launceston, Cornwall. I have long been a fan of Patrick Gale’s novels and this one is just – as expected – wonderful. It is the imagined story, using...

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Novel set in SOUTH AFRICA

Novel set in SOUTH AFRICA 9th March 2023

The Promise by Damon Galgut, novel set in South Africa (Pretoria, Johannesburg, Durban). The death of Rachel Swart hurls the world into a flat spin for her young daughter. Amor’s father, older siblings and the rest of the household seem...

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