Blogs in September 2025

Novel set in NEW YORK and ALBANIA

Novel set in NEW YORK and ALBANIA 1st September 2025

Misinterpretation by Ledia Xhoga, novel set in New York and Albania. Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2025 In a recent review in the Sunday Times Books section (17 August 2025), reviewer Laura Hackett initially found the blurb a little...

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Novel set in LONDON, HERTFORDSHIRE and HUNGARY

Novel set in LONDON, HERTFORDSHIRE and HUNGARY 28th August 2025

Flesh by Davi Szalay, novel set in London, Hertfordshire and Hungary. WINNER of the Booker Prize 2025   I chose this book because I heard the panel on Front Row on BBC Radio 4 unanimously extolling its virtues, its...

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Talking Location With T C Kraven: GREECE

Talking Location With T C Kraven: GREECE 26th August 2025

#TalkingLocationWith … T C KRAVEN, author “Of Prophecies & Pomegranates‘: Greece Of Prophecies & Pomegranates is the first installment in the Dark Fates Novels, a twelve book saga that spans thousands of years, but it all starts in Ancient...

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Psychological thriller set in Western ICELAND

Psychological thriller set in Western ICELAND 25th August 2025

Home Before Dark by Eva Björg Ægisdóttir, psychological thriller set in Western Iceland. TR: Victoria Cribb If I could award Home Before Dark more than five out of five for its evocative setting descriptions and tense, psychological drama, I...

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Novel set in Southern ENGLAND

Novel set in Southern ENGLAND 22nd August 2025

Our Evenings by Alan Hollinghurst, novel set in Southern England. Longlisted for the Polari Prize 2025 (which, in fact, this year has been cancelled and you can read why on this LINK via BBC News). Dave Win is the...

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