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…
The Tsarina’s Daughter by Ellen Alpsten – historical novel set in Russia 1723-1741 We were first introduced to Elizabeth Petrovna Romanova, daughter of Peter the Great and Catherine 1 of Russia in Tsarina, Ellen Alpsten’s first novel in the...
Warsaw is the latest location for us to visit in our ‘Great books set in…’ series. Ten great books set in Warsaw…Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula River in east-central...
#TalkingLocationWith…Alison Booth, author of The Painting, set in Sydney and Budapest. My new novel, The Painting, tells the story of a traumatised young woman, Anika, who in the late 1980s confronts her family’s Budapest past in a quest for...
The Rain Heron by Robbie Arnott, novel set in a fictional post-war world. This engrossing and exquisitely written second novel by Arnott begins with three apparently unconnected narratives. The opening section, entitled Part O, reads like a fable; a...
Addis Ababa Noir, short stories curated by Maaza Mengiste, set in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, first launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each book comprises all new stories, each...
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