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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…

Noir set in EAST ICELAND

Noir set in EAST ICELAND 1st April 2024

The Fox by Sólveig Pálsdóttir, noir set in East Iceland. Translated by Quentin Bates.   The Fox by Sólveig Pálsdóttir, and translated by Quentin Bates, is set in rural East Iceland, where daily life has altered little over the...

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Talking Location With … M J Robotham – VENICE

Talking Location With … M J Robotham – VENICE 29th March 2024

#TalkingLocationWith ... M J Robotham, author of THE SCANDALOUS LIFE OF RUBY DEVEREAUX Love the Life of the Laguna The travels of Ruby M Devereaux take her far and wide and, with the exception of Vietnam, these are all...

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What’s in a name? Thoughts on publishing trends

What’s in a name? Thoughts on publishing trends 28th March 2024

What’s in a name? Thoughts on publishing trends Over the last couple of years I have had the pleasure of reading novels that have both the first name and the surname of a woman in the title, the most...

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A novel of family dynamics set in BOMBAY (Mumbai)

A novel of family dynamics set in BOMBAY (Mumbai) 27th March 2024

The Museum of Failures by Thrity Umrigar, a novel of family dynamics set in BOMBAY. I love it when a novel drops through the proverbial letterbox, you know nothing about it but it proves to be a gem. Remy...

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Talking Location With Author Vanessa Lee – CRONULLA (NSW)

Talking Location With Author Vanessa Lee – CRONULLA (NSW) 26th March 2024

#TalkingLocationWith…. Vanessa Lee, author of High Rise  – CRONULLA, SYDNEY All of the action of my debut novel High Rise plays out in a fictionalised version of my hometown, Cronulla, a peninsula in the south of Sydney. Practically surrounded...

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