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…

Autofiction set in and around BERLIN

Autofiction set in and around BERLIN 2nd February 2026

Worlds Apart by Julia Franck, autofiction set in and around Berlin. TR: Imogen Taylor Julia’s family members encapsulate the shifting landscape of phenomenal changes that have taken place in the 20th Century across and beyond Berlin. The non-linear story...

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Ten Great Books set on the GREEK ISLANDS

Ten Great Books set on the GREEK ISLANDS 2nd February 2026

Ten great books set on the Greek Islands. The Greek Islands comprise an estimated 6,000 islands and islets scattered across the Aegean and Ionian Seas, though only about 227 are inhabited. These islands are traditionally organised into distinct clusters, including the iconic Cyclades, the...

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Cosy mystery set in SCARBOROUGH

Cosy mystery set in SCARBOROUGH 30th January 2026

Deadly Dancing at the Seaview Hotel by Glenda Young, cosy mystery set in Scarborough. The novel opens on a bench on a Scarborough cliff top, from where tourists and locals can admire Scarborough Castle and beach. Helen Dexter owns...

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Talking Location With … Stephen Chance: NEW YORK

Talking Location With … Stephen Chance: NEW YORK 29th January 2026

#TalkingLocationWith… Stephen Chance, author of Feldman in Love, set in NEW YORK In my novel Feldman in Love the main character, Morton Feldman, is based on a real person who lived in New York from 1926 until 1987. The...

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A Dark Thriller set in NORTH NORWAY

A Dark Thriller set in NORTH NORWAY 28th January 2026

Into the Dark by Ørjan Karlsson, a dark thriller set in North Norway, translated by Ian Giles. Ørjan is a newish addition to the cohort of translated Norwegian Noir writers (Into the Dark is his second book to appear...

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