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…

Waves of Change by Rukhsanna Guidroz, author of Samira Surfs

Waves of Change by Rukhsanna Guidroz, author of Samira Surfs 17th June 2021

Five years ago, my husband had a brilliant suggestion. He thought I would enjoy reading the article “In Search for Nasima” in The Surfer’s Journal. He said it over and over until one day I did. He was right....

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A true story of love, war and Everest

A true story of love, war and Everest 17th June 2021

The Moth and the Mountain by Ed Caesar is a true story of love, war and Everest. It tells the remarkable story of Maurice Wilson, a little known WW1 survivor who was determined to scale the unconquered highest mountain...

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Thriller set in Bergen, Norway

Thriller set in Bergen, Norway 16th June 2021

Fallen Angels by Gunnar Staalesen, thriller set in Bergen, Norway. Translated by Don Bartlett. Fallen Angels, was published in Norwegian in 1989, and is now in English translation for the first time. It is an important book in that...

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Talking Location With author Hannah Fielding – UPPER EGYPT

Talking Location With author Hannah Fielding – UPPER EGYPT 15th June 2021

#TalkingLocationWith… Hannah Fielding, author of Song of the Nile How My Egyptian Roots Inspired Me to Write Song of the Nile I grew up in Egypt, but left my country at the age of twenty-one to follow my wanderlust...

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Novel set mainly on CRETE past and present

Novel set mainly on CRETE past and present 14th June 2021

Greek Island Escape by Patricia Wilson, novel set mainly on Crete past and present. The novel opens in the present in Chania, Crete, as an older woman (who seems unable to speak) is accosting strangers and holding out a...

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