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…

Thriller set in Antarctica

Thriller set in Antarctica 16th August 2021

The Dark by Emma Haughton, thriller set in Antarctica. How about a locked room mystery set in a research station in Antarctica? The sense of setting, cloying, dark and claustrophobic, is excellent, whilst beyond the living and working quarters...

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GIVEAWAY – 3 copies of Mr Wilder and Me by Jonathan Coe

GIVEAWAY – 3 copies of Mr Wilder and Me by Jonathan Coe 15th August 2021

We are delighted to offer 3 copies of Mr Wilder and Me by Jonathan Coe, novel set in London / Los Angeles / Greece / Munich/ Paris. Looking back to 1977. In the heady summer of 1977, a naïve...

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Enter the TripFiction ‘Sense of Place’ Creative Writing Competition 2021

Enter the TripFiction ‘Sense of Place’ Creative Writing Competition 2021 15th August 2021

£1,000 / US$1,350 first prize, and the judges include Victoria Hislop and Rosanna Ley The inaugural TripFiction ‘Sense of Place’ Creative Writing Competition in Autumn 2020 was a success. We received close to 400 entries from writers in 35...

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Talking Location With author Samantha Specks – Minnesota

Talking Location With author Samantha Specks – Minnesota 14th August 2021

#TalkingLocationWith… Samantha Specks, author of Dovetails in Tall Grass – Minnesota My favorite memory of a feeling is summer at sixteen. Driving two lane country roads, I was free and untroubled, a fresh driving license tucked in my jean shorts’ pocket. Rows...

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Exploring PRAGUE – a biography of a city

Exploring PRAGUE – a biography of a city 13th August 2021

Prague: Belonging in the Modern City by Chad Bryant, a biography of a city over the last three centuries. A worthwhile tome for anyone who wants to get under the skin of this fabulous and historic city. There are...

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