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…

Ten great books set in NAPLES

Ten great books set in NAPLES 10th October 2022

Ten great books set in Naples – a city that will give you a true taste of Italy, thanks to its winding cobblestone streets, authentic pizza and real Italian flavour. The historic centre is a UNESCO world heritage site with three enormous...

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WOW. Free Books! For life! Really? YES!

WOW. Free Books! For life! Really? YES! 10th October 2022

Wow. Free books. For life. Really? Yes! This opportunity run by BOOKSHOP.ORG is really too good to miss. Everything you need to know below: Inspired by the Golden Ticket from the much-loved children’s book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald...

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Talking Location With author Paul Westmoreland – the notion of travel

Talking Location With author Paul Westmoreland – the notion of travel 9th October 2022

#TalkingLocationWith…. Paul Westmoreland, children’s author of Rudy and the Wolf Cub and Rudy and the Monster at School How Travelling Adventures Inspire my Books When I was a kid, our family holidays were always the same. Every summer, we’d...

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Novel set in 1930s BARCELONA

Novel set in 1930s BARCELONA 7th October 2022

In Diamond Square by Mercè Rodoreda, novel set in 1930s Barcelona. Translated by: Peter Bush Young Natalia attends the festival in Diamond Square, hoping to win something in the raffle and to have fun with her friends. She gets more...

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20th century family saga – UK

20th century family saga – UK 6th October 2022

How to Keep Well in Wartime by Jody Cooksley, a 20th century family saga. How to Keep Well in Wartime is a very well crafted saga of the life of one UK family through from the First World War...

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