Check through the Blog posts below to find our latest extended book reviews, our #TalkingLocationWith … pieces, and our views on matters of general literary interest. Search by either Location or by the Keywords you would like to come up in the results…
On the Greenwich Line by Shady Lewis, London observed through the eyes of an Egyptian. Translated by Katharine Halls. This is a short novel of 170 pages or so, written with authority and humour. It is beautifully translated by...
May You Have Delicious Meals by Junko Takase, short novel set in Saitama (Japan) Translated by Morgan Giles What a curious little book this is. A trio of office workers act out the Drama Triangle by forming liaisons, and...
Edinburgh is the latest location for us to visit in our Great Books series. Ten Great Books set in Edinburgh. Edinburgh is Scotland’s compact, hilly capital. It has a medieval Old Town and elegant Georgian New Town with gardens...
Courting India by Nandini Das proved was a good title to take on a recent trip to India. It focusses on the first the Ambassador in the early 1600s, Thomas Roe, who arrived in Surat and the book charts...
Hunkeler’s Secret by Hansjörg Schneider, police procedural set in BASEL (and Alsace). Translated by Alice Freuler. This is the 4th outing for Peter Hunkeler, retired police inspector and as the novel opens he is in hospital having had an...
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