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…

Family saga set in Norway, Northumberland and Dresden

Family saga set in Norway, Northumberland and Dresden 21st February 2022

The  Reindeer Hunters by Lars Mytting, family saga set in Norway, Northumberland and Dresden. Translated by Deborah Dawkin. Lars Mytting is one of my absolute favourite authors. I read his first novel, The Sixteen Trees of the Somme, in...

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GIVEAWAY – a copy of ‘We are the Brennans’ and a Yehrin Tong tote bag

GIVEAWAY – a copy of ‘We are the Brennans’ and a Yehrin Tong tote bag 20th February 2022

We are delighted to be able to offer an Advance Reader Copy of  We Are The Brennans by Tracey Lange (set in NEW YORK STATE)  – our Book of the Month (February 2022) – and a tote bag designed by...

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A heart-rending novel of dysfunction set mainly in DUBLIN

A heart-rending novel of dysfunction set mainly in DUBLIN 18th February 2022

Acts of Desperation by Megan Nolan, a heart-rending novel of dysfunction, set mainly in Dublin. Well. Where to start with this novel? The chapters are short and sharp and initially have a young girl’s voice, but that vibe changes...

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Short novel set in Marzahn, Berlin

Short novel set in Marzahn, Berlin 17th February 2022

Marzahn, Mon Amour by Katja Oskamp, translated by Jo Heinrich, short novel set in Marzahn, Berlin. You may have been to Berlin, maybe more than once, but it is highly unlikely that you will ever have been to the...

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Novel set around Meknes, MOROCCO

Novel set around Meknes, MOROCCO 15th February 2022

The Country of Others by Leïla Slimani, novel set in Meknes, Morocco. Translated by Sam Taylor. Shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards, 2022 – Fiction, with a Sense or Place. Having read both Adèle and Lullaby, two...

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