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…
In my book Fig Swims the World, the main character sets herself the daunting challenge of swimming the world in a frustrated attempt to get her controlling mother, Mubla, off her back. But it’s also the mother of all...
When does the use of foreign language phrases in a novel feel like a turn off? I recently read a crime mystery set in Paris. It was written in English, by an English author and the text was infused...
Two Women in Rome by Elizabeth Buchan, dual time-line novel set in Rome. Lottie has come to Rome to be with Tom and she manages to bag a job as an archivist. She discovers archive material that draws her...
Budapest is the latest place for us to visit in our ‘Great books set in…’ series. Ten great books set in Budapest. The city, Hungary’s capital, is bisected by the River Danube. Its 19th-century Chain Bridge connects the hilly Buda...
#TalkingLocationWith… Alan Gillespie, author of The Mash House set in the WEST HIGHLANDS Get the Citylink 914 from Glasgow’s Buchanan Street Bus Station and head for Portree, through the West Highlands. The route is a tightly coiled knot that...
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