Blog Archive

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…

GIVEAWAY! – 3 copies of BLOOD BUSINESS by Barbara Nadel: ISTANBUL

GIVEAWAY! – 3 copies of BLOOD BUSINESS by Barbara Nadel: ISTANBUL 13th September 2020

We are delighted to be able to offer you prizes of 3 copies of Blood Business by Barbara Nadel, set in Istanbul. (no. 22 in the Ikmen series) Brothers Ugur and Lokman Bulut are locked in a bitter inheritance...

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Talking Location With… author Linda Ulleseit – HAWAII

Talking Location With… author Linda Ulleseit – HAWAII 12th September 2020

TalkingLocationWith…. Linda Ulleseit, author of The Aloha Spirit – Hawaii I write historical novels about my female ancestors. Because of that, I have a particular interest in the places their stories happened. The main character of my recent novel,...

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How Japan’s pop culture conquered the world

How Japan’s pop culture conquered the world 10th September 2020

Pure Invention by Matt Alt. How Japan’s pop culture conquered the world. This is a fascinating look at the pop culture of Japan. The backdrop is the post WW2 economic picture of Japan, with its tremendous ups and downs;...

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A post death novel set in Istanbul

A post death novel set in Istanbul 9th September 2020

10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World by Elif Shafak – a post death novel set in Istanbul. Leila is a prostitute in Istanbul. She is brutally murdered and thrown into a waste bin. Her body stops functioning,...

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The TripFiction ‘Sense of Place’ Creative Writing Competition

The TripFiction ‘Sense of Place’ Creative Writing Competition 8th September 2020

  The TripFiction ‘Sense of Place’ Creative Writing Competition This autumn, as the world finally takes its first tentative steps into a post pandemic world, we invite adventurous writers to create new stories. Ideas that transport people to a...

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