Blogs in May 2022

Inspired to travel to CÓRDOBA by fiction

Inspired to travel to CÓRDOBA by fiction 13th May 2022

Inspired to travel to Córdoba by fiction Here we are at last in Córdoba, inspired by fiction, a perfect example of what we are doing at TripFiction. I have always chosen books that have a strong backdrop, set in...

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A novel of Social Media culture set in USA

A novel of Social Media culture set in USA 12th May 2022

Idol by Louise O’Neill, a novel of social media culture set in USA, in fictional Bennford and New York. Welcome to a novel featuring millennial chaos. Influencer Sam Miller has a terrific Social Media following – in the millions...

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Talking Location With … Tom Benjamin – BOLOGNA

Talking Location With … Tom Benjamin – BOLOGNA 11th May 2022

#TalkingLocationWith … Tom Benjamin, author of Requiem in La Rossa – BOLOGNA (Daniel Leicester #3) Tom Benjamin’s new Bologna-set novel brings to light the little known yet epic struggle of a convent of 17thCentury nuns to help solve a...

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Novel of a dysfunctional, arty family set in NORTH LONDON

Novel of a dysfunctional, arty family set in NORTH LONDON 10th May 2022

The Exhibitionist by Charlotte Mendelson, novel of a dysfunctional, arty family set in North London. Goodness, what a mess the Hanrahan family is. Paterfamilias Ray has the grinding demands of a two year old, tantrum-ridden despot and his wife...

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Fiction based on fact set across Europe and Russia

Fiction based on fact set across Europe and Russia 9th May 2022

Edith and Kim by Charlotte Philby, fiction based on fact set across Europe and Russia. #audiobook The era of the Cold War, and the spy circle in which Kim Philby was a player, filtered into my early childhood years....

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