GIVEAWAY – 3 copies of The Memory Keeper of Kyiv by Erin Litteken, set in Ukraine (and Illinois). UK only. In the 1930s, Stalin’s activists marched through the Soviet Union, espousing the greatness of collective farming. It was the...
#TalkingLocationWith… Lesley Thomson – Sussex Land and the Sea. The Companion’by Lesley Thomson is published by Head of Zeus in hardback on 9th June at £18.99 Ever since an A-level exam question on Thomas Hardy’s Return of The Native asked if Egdon...
Madwoman by Louise Treger, novel set in 1887 New York – Blackwell’s Island, now known as Roosevelt Island. The author seeks out unusual and interesting women to set centre stage in her novels. In The Dragon Lady she features...
Tiepolo Blue by James Cahill, coming of age novel set mainly in Dulwich (and Cambridge). The cover drew me to pick this book up and also, Tiepolo, a Rococo artist of the 18th Century, was part of the title...
In Bloody Scotland’s 10th Anniversary year, a clear longlist of ten emerged after the readers scores were tallied. The longlist for the McIlvanney Prize 2022 – which is dominated by two Scottish independent publishers, Canongate and Polygon and sponsored...
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