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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…

Ten Great SHORT STORY Collections

Ten Great SHORT STORY Collections 17th December 2021

Ten Great Collections of Short Stories ‘A short story is a story with a fully developed theme but significantly shorter and less elaborate than a novel’ There are over 350 Short Story Collections in the TripFiction database, and there...

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Ten Great Books set in CANADA

Ten Great Books set in CANADA 16th December 2021

Canada is the latest destination in our ‘Great Books…’ series. Ten great books set in Canada. Canada is the second largest country in the world. It borders the United States to the south, and the US state of Alaska to the north-west. It is also next to the Pacific, Arctic and...

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Collection of 9 short stories set mostly in COLOMBIA and SPAIN

Collection of 9 short stories set mostly in COLOMBIA and SPAIN 16th December 2021

Songs for the Flames by Juan Gabriel Vásquez, a collection of nine short stories set mostly in Colombia and Spain. Translated by Anne McLean. Guest Review by by Isobel Blackthorn All of the stories in this collection are human, moral...

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Novel set in ZELL AM SEE, Austria

Novel set in ZELL AM SEE, Austria 15th December 2021

Midnight in the Snow by Karen Swan, novel set in Zell am See, Austria. Kit Foley seems to have been involved in a surfing accident that left champion Cory Allbright disabled and unable to take part in any further...

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The story of an epic journey through Russia

The story of an epic journey through Russia 14th December 2021

To the Lake by Yana Vagner, translated by Maria Wiltshire – the story of an epic journey through Russia. To the Lake is the story of an escape drive from Moscow to the far north of the country. It...

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