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…

Thriller set on fictional Koh Sang, an island in THAILAND

Thriller set on fictional Koh Sang, an island in THAILAND 22nd May 2023

The Dive by Sara Ochs, thriller set on fictional Koh Sang, an island in Thailand. The author visited Koh Tao, which, she discovered, has been trying to rehabilitate itself after the murder of a British couple back in 2014....

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Talking Location with Susan C Wilson – MYCENAE

Talking Location with Susan C Wilson – MYCENAE 19th May 2023

#TalkingLocationWith…. Susan C Wilson, author of Clytemnestra’s Bind, set in Mycenae (in the Peloponnese) ‘Golden Mycenae’, ‘wide-wayed Mycenae, ‘well-built Mycenae’: these are Homer’s epithets for the citadel where my novel Clytemnestra’s Bind, the first instalment in The House of...

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Novel set across 20th Century USA and CUBA

Novel set across 20th Century USA and CUBA 18th May 2023

The Broken Places by Russell Franklin, novel set across 20th Century USA and Cuba. The Broken Places is a fascinating fictional treatment of the life of Gregory Hemingway, also known as Gloria, the youngest child of the Nobel Prize-winning...

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Historical novel set largely in ESSEX, early 20th Century

Historical novel set largely in ESSEX, early 20th Century 17th May 2023

The House at Riverton by Kate Morton, historical novel set largely in Essex, early 20th Century. This novel was first published in 2007 and when it became available on audiobook, beautifully narrated by Emilia Fox, I decided I was...

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Talking Location With… Tom Benjamin – BOLOGNA and cinema

Talking Location With… Tom Benjamin – BOLOGNA and cinema 16th May 2023

#TalkingLocationWith... Tom Benjamin, author of Italian Rules set in Bologna. WHERE CINEMA PLAYS A STARRING ROLE Bologna’s world-leading movie archive is the inspiration for Tom Benjamin’s new novel My home city has many magical features – its UNESCO World...

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