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…

Join Sophia Jansson on the 50th Anniversary of The Summer Book by Tove Jansson

Join Sophia Jansson on the 50th Anniversary of The Summer Book by Tove Jansson 20th August 2022

If you love the gentle and often thought provoking work of author Tove Jansson, then you might like to join the Virtual Event hosted by Bookshop.org : Sophia Jansson (Tove’s niece and inspiration for the character Sophia in The Summer...

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Thriller set around the mouth of the Saint Lawrence river – QUEBEC

Thriller set around the mouth of the Saint Lawrence river – QUEBEC 19th August 2022

Whisper of the Seals by Roxanne Bouchard – thriller set around the mouth of the Saint Lawrence river – Québec. Translated by David Warriner. Following We Were the Salt of the Sea and The Coral Bride, Whisper of the...

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Musings on book covers

Musings on book covers 18th August 2022

Musings on book covers. I get it. With around 188,000 books published per annum in the UK, 1.7 million per annum globally, there is a fair chance that covers will feel similar, some will provide inspiration for subsequent books...

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Talking Location With author Phyllida Shrimpton – CORNWALL

Talking Location With author Phyllida Shrimpton – CORNWALL 18th August 2022

#TalkingLocationWith… Phyllida Shrimpton, author of Every Shade of Happy “What does Cornwall mean to me?” “He inhaled deeply, allowing the Cornish air back into his lungs and wondered how he’d ever been able to breathe all this time without...

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A fictional memoir set in Istanbul and Geneva

A fictional memoir set in Istanbul and Geneva 17th August 2022

Farewell Fountain Street by Selçuk Altun – a fictional memoir set in Istanbul and Geneva. Translated by Mel Kenne and Nilgün Dungan. Farewell Fountain Street is billed as a thriller. It isn’t. It is the story of the lives...

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