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…
Let’s talk bookshelves. The Sunday Times recently featured an article (3 October 2020) titled “Zoom makes us judge a book by its cover for the perfect rainbow shelfie” and illustrated it with a photo of Ben Fogle (who’s a...
Mythopedia: An Encyclopedia of Mythical Beasts and Their Magical Tales by Good Wives and Warriors, Published by Laurence King Publishing. From the cover alone this stunning encyclopedia of mythical beasts and magical tales oozes magic and mystery, myth and imagination....
TalkingLocationWith… Frank Thoms, author of Behind the Red Veil – Gorbachev’s RUSSIA In the Coda to my book Behind the Red Veil: An American inside Gorbachev’s Russia I asked: “Why bother to write about a society that collapsed more...
Mumbai (Bombay) is the latest city for us to visit in our ‘Great books set in…’ series. Ten great books set in Mumbai. “Mumbai is like Manhattan. There’s a certain pace, a social life and the thrill of a professional...
The Glass Kingdom by Lawrence Osborne, dark novel set in Bangkok. If someone asked me who my favourite author is, I would probably say Lawrence Osborne was in my top ten list. He is a master of observation, detail...
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