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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…

Saga of a dysfunctional family set in CAMBRIDGE MA

Saga of a dysfunctional family set in CAMBRIDGE MA 12th January 2023

Down To The River by Anne Whitney Pierce, saga of a dysfunctional family set in Cambridge MA in the late 1960s. Down To The River is set in Cambridge MA in the late 1960s. It is a time of...

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Heart-warming novel set in LANCASHIRE

Heart-warming novel set in LANCASHIRE 10th January 2023

Becoming Ted by Matt Cain, heart-warming novel set in Lancashire.   Ted Ainsworth is the intended heir to his parents’ ice-cream parlour, but, poor man, he has never plucked up the courage to admit to them that he doesn’t...

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Short novel set in County Wexford, Ireland

Short novel set in County Wexford, Ireland 9th January 2023

Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan, short novel set in County Wexford, Ireland. Booker Prize shortlisted, 2022.   Small Things Like These is set in the run up to Christmas 1985, in the fictional town of New Ross,...

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Novel of family dysfunction set in London

Novel of family dysfunction set in London 6th January 2023

I’m Sorry You Feel That Way by Rebecca Wait, novel of family dysfunction set in London. This is a novel that kept coming up on my Social Media feeds and it always caught my eye because of the terrific...

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Talking Location With … Julie Houston: Farnley Tyas (Huddersfield)

Talking Location With … Julie Houston: Farnley Tyas (Huddersfield) 5th January 2023

#TalkingLocationWith... Julie Houston: Farnley Tyas – Woodsome Valley – Huddersfield. Author of A Village Affair. My maternal grandmother was born at Sandhurst military academy into an army family, her parents and ancestors having never previously ventured any further north...

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