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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…

Novel set in 1950s POSITANO

Novel set in 1950s POSITANO 11th May 2021

Meeting in Positano by Goliarda Sapienza, novel set in 1950s Positano. Translated by Brian Robert Moore. Positano: “..not only an aerie-like plaything at night and a sacred Mediterranean altar in the morning, but a true crossroads of international customs,...

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Coming-of-age novel set in NEW JERSEY

Coming-of-age novel set in NEW JERSEY 10th May 2021

Dust by Mark Thompson, coming-of-age novel set in NEW JERSEY. “This beautifully written debut novel would not be out of place alongside the work of Steinbeck and Philipp Meyer’s American Rust” Every once in a while a book comes...

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GIVEAWAY – 3 copies of The Paper Mill Girl set in RYHOPE, SUNDERLAND

GIVEAWAY – 3 copies of The Paper Mill Girl set in RYHOPE, SUNDERLAND 9th May 2021

We are delighted to be able to offer you 3 copies of The Paper Mill Girl by Glenda Young, set in Ryhope, Sunderland. UK ENTRY ONLY ‘She’s just a paper mill girl.’ Seventeen-year-old Ruth Hardy works long hours at...

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Thriller set on PAROS

Thriller set on PAROS 9th May 2021

The Lizard by Dugald Bruce-Lockhart, thriller set on Paros. Alistair Haston is a young, unassuming man. He heads to Greece, hot on the heels of his ex girlfriend, Ellie, who saw him as a people pleaser. On the ferry...

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#BehindTheScenes with “Word on the Water” – London’s Book Barge

#BehindTheScenes with “Word on the Water” – London’s Book Barge 8th May 2021

#BehindTheScenes We’ve been selling books aboard our 100 year old Dutch barge – originally called ‘Dianti’ but now known as ‘Word on the Water’ – for ten years now, and have thus become experts in a truly tiny field....

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