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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…

A dark but ultimately positive dystopian thriller, set largely in TASMANIA

A dark but ultimately positive dystopian thriller, set largely in TASMANIA 21st January 2026

The Hope by Paul E Hardisty, a dark but ultimately positive Dystopian thriller set largely in Tasmania. The Hope is the third book in Paul E Hardisty’s excellently reviewed series, The Forcing Trilogy. The first two books (both in...

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Novel set in the mountains of CATALONIA

Novel set in the mountains of CATALONIA 20th January 2026

I Gave You Eyes and You looked Toward Darkness by Irene Solà, novel set in the mountains of Catalonia TR: Mara Faye Lethem Shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards 2026 – Fiction With A Sense of Place....

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Talking Location with Author Peter Barber: PEFKI, NORTH EVIA, GREECE

Talking Location with Author Peter Barber: PEFKI, NORTH EVIA, GREECE 19th January 2026

#TalkingLocationWith … Peter Barber, author of the ‘Zorba’s Taverna’ series and ‘The Parthenon’ series. I didn’t come to Pefki looking for a setting for my books. I came with my Greek wife, looking for a quieter life. Which, in...

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Memoir set in CHELTENHAM – second half of the 20th Century

Memoir set in CHELTENHAM – second half of the 20th Century 16th January 2026

Homework by Geoff Dyer, memoir set in Cheltenham, in the second half of the 20th Century. Geoff Dyer was born in 1958 and this book traces his childhood through the next couple of decades, living in Cheltenham. The 1960s,...

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Murder mystery set in CROWHURST, East Sussex

Murder mystery set in CROWHURST, East Sussex 15th January 2026

Everyone in the Group Chat Dies by L M Chilton, murder mystery set in Crowhurst, East Sussex. Welcome to the flat share  at no. 4 Stewart Heights. It’s grubby and grim but it’s home to four young people, who...

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