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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…

Short stories to get under the skin of VENICE

Short stories to get under the skin of VENICE 10th June 2021

The Book of Venice: A City in Short Fiction edited by Orsola Casagrande, translated by Orsola Casagrande and Caterina Dell’Olivo. Short stories to get under the skin of Venice and part of the “Reading The City” series. Comma Press...

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Novel set in the Netherlands and Indonesia

Novel set in the Netherlands and Indonesia 9th June 2021

The Interpreter from Java by Alfred Birney, novel set in the Netherlands and Indonesia, a coming-to-terms story that deals with the aftermath of WW2. The Interpreter from Java is an intensely written book. The opening pages are raw and...

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Novel set in the Alpes-Maritimes in WW2

Novel set in the Alpes-Maritimes in WW2 8th June 2021

An Act of Love by Carol Drinkwater, novel set in the Alpes-Maritimes in WW2. TripFiction’s BOOK OF THE MONTH, June 2021 #TFBoTM “A moving story of love and friendship with a wonderful sense of place” (Kate Mosse) Summer is...

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Dystopian time-shift thriller set in San Francisco and London

Dystopian time-shift thriller set in San Francisco and London 7th June 2021

Agency by William Gibson, dystopian time-shift thriller set in San Francisco and London. San Francisco in 2017, and London in 2136. In San Francisco, Verity Jane is hired by a somewhat mysterious company to test drive a new form...

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GIVEAWAY: 3 copies of “Gone” by Michael Blencowe

GIVEAWAY: 3 copies of “Gone” by Michael Blencowe 6th June 2021

We are delighted to be able to offer 3 copies of “Gone: A search for what remains of the world’s extinct creatures” by Michael Blencowe in our latest giveaway, It is a charmingly written and poignant book looking at the...

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