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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…

Coming of age novel set mainly in DULWICH (and Cambridge)

Coming of age novel set mainly in DULWICH (and Cambridge) 9th June 2022

Tiepolo Blue by James Cahill, coming of age novel set mainly in Dulwich (and Cambridge). The cover drew me to pick this book up and also, Tiepolo, a Rococo artist of the 18th Century, was part of the title...

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LONGLIST ANNOUNCED FOR THE McILVANNEY PRIZE 2022

LONGLIST ANNOUNCED FOR THE McILVANNEY PRIZE 2022 8th June 2022

In Bloody Scotland’s 10th Anniversary year, a clear longlist of ten emerged after the readers scores were tallied. The longlist for the McIlvanney Prize 2022 – which is dominated by two Scottish independent publishers, Canongate and Polygon and sponsored...

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Dual timeline novel set mainly in NEW YORK

Dual timeline novel set mainly in NEW YORK 7th June 2022

That Green Eyed Girl by Julie Owen Moylan, dual timeline novel set mainly in New York, 1955 and 1975. The chapters almost alternate between 1955 and 1975. An apartment in 1955 sees Dovie and Gillian living together, two women...

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Novel set in RHODE ISLAND

Novel set in RHODE ISLAND 6th June 2022

Ocean State by Stewart O’Nan, novel set in Rhode Island. Well, the hardback book cover really caught my eye, so I picked this novel up with enthusiasm. This is the story of mum, Carol, and of her two young...

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GIVEAWAY: 3 copies of GOSHAWK SUMMER – NEW FOREST

GIVEAWAY: 3 copies of GOSHAWK SUMMER – NEW FOREST 5th June 2022

Giveaway: 3 copies of Goshawk Summer by James Aldred, set in the New Forest. In early 2020, wildlife cameraman James Aldred was commissioned to film the lives of a family of Goshawks in the New Forest, his childhood home....

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