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…
Dwell by Rue Baldry, historical novel set around ENGLAND (Birmingham). Winner of the 2024 First Novel Prize This is a story of queer love with a post WW1 backdrop. It focusses on Albert Mere who is returned from combat...
#TalkingLocationWith …. Sarah Holding: Iceland Road to True North, which came out in September 2025, is a moody coming of age novel set in Iceland, a country I’ve been fascinated by for years. My first visit there was back...
One Last Greek Summer by Mandy Baggot, novel set on CORFU #fromourbookshelves You can really tell that the author is in love with Corfu, often the chosen setting for her novels. It is full of sunshine and all things...
A beautiful Way to Die by Eleni Kyriacou, novel set in 1950s HOLLYWOOD and EALING This novel underlines the patriarchal and abusive nature of the film industry in the 1950s. It is inspired by the true crime cases swept...
Paper Sisters by Rachel Canwell, novel set in rural Lincolnshire Paper Sisters by Rachel Canwell is beautifully written and clearly evokes the Lincolnshire Fenland in the years around the First World War. The author is an expert in the...
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