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…
So Pretty by Ronnie Turner, gothic mystery set in Rye, East Sussex. There is a slow wind up to this gothic horror novel, carefully setting the scene, strumming the chords of disquiet and unease as the pathos and storyline...
The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff, novel set in INDIA (Uttar Pradesh) Longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2023. This is such a competently put together novel and very evocative of India. Geeta’s abusive husband, Ramesh, disappeared 5...
The Space Between Us by Doug Johnstone, mystery set around Scotland. A #BetweenTheCovers Book Club pick – on BBC2 this Spring (2023) One evening a meteor streaks across the sky above Edinburgh and that same night sixteen stroke cases...
#TalkingLocationWith... Rose D Patruno, author of Hidden Heir: Dark Academia Fantasy – NEWBURY, UK The Metaphor of Place Have you ever had a tight, uncomfortable feeling? Making it hard to breathe, hard to move, feeling hemmed in. Maybe it’s because...
Mother Hens by Sophie McCartney, hens head for IBIZA (Cheshire and Las Vegas). IBIZA: The White Island – party capital of the world and hedonistic musical must for anyone looking to worship at the temple of electric dance...
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