Blog Archive

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…

Novel set in Ancient Greece

Novel set in Ancient Greece 20th July 2023

Clytemnestra’s Bind by Susan C Wilson, novel set in Ancient Greece. Few women can have faced the life-threatening situations and emotional torture that marked the life of the mythical Greek queen, Clytemnestra. Susan C Wilson describes the story vividly...

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A very shocking autobiography set in NAPLES

A very shocking autobiography set in NAPLES 19th July 2023

Gomorrah by Roberto Saviano, a very shocking autobiography set in Naples – translated by Virginia Jewiss. We spent a few days in Naples a couple of months ago. Sightseeing, plus a base for trips to Pompeii and Herculaneum, and a...

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Talking Location With Marjory McGinn – THE PELOPONNESE

Talking Location With Marjory McGinn – THE PELOPONNESE 18th July 2023

#TalkingLocationWith... Marjory McGinn, author of the Greek travel memoir Things Can Only Get Feta:  The Peloponnese, GREECE When my husband Jim and I devised the bold plan to go to Greece for a year’s adventure in 2010, despite the...

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A frightening look into the future, set in LONDON

A frightening look into the future, set in LONDON 17th July 2023

One by Eve Smith – a frightening look into the future, set in London. One is a book brings together two major themes in the world and projects them into a London of the future. The first is the...

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Coffee table book set in ATHENS

Coffee table book set in ATHENS 15th July 2023

Athens Unveiled by Anna A Angelidakis, coffee table book set in Athens.   I first came across this author’s work when I read Rooted in the Hood, which explores the hidden gardens of New York. I found it a...

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