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…

Novel set in South East and Central ASIA

Novel set in South East and Central ASIA 28th August 2020

Latitudes of Longing by Shubhangi Swarup, novel set in South East and Central Asia. A novel to transport the reader to the Andaman Islands, Burma, Nepal, Kathmandu and finally the Karakoram Mountains. This is Swarup’s first work of fiction...

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Talking Location With .. author Barbara Nadel – Karacaahmet Cemetery, Istanbul

Talking Location With .. author Barbara Nadel – Karacaahmet Cemetery, Istanbul 27th August 2020

TalkingLocationWith… Barbara Nadel, author of Blood Business (Ikmen Mystery 22) Death in Scutari and the Karacaahmet Cemetery… I’ve always appreciated a good graveyard. I come from one of those families who would regularly visit the graves of their ancestors...

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Fiction set in WW2 TUSCANY

Fiction set in WW2 TUSCANY 26th August 2020

The Tuscan Contessa by Dinah Jefferies, fiction set in WW2 Tuscany. We are very fond of Dinah’s books because she always makes setting a big part of the story. In her earlier novels she has explored the Far East...

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Murder mystery and short story set in NORTHUMBERLAND

Murder mystery and short story set in NORTHUMBERLAND 25th August 2020

Murder mystery and a short story set in Northumberland. These last few months during Lockdown have been incredibly tough on booksellers. They have had to find ways of being really creative to ride the storm, as it were, to...

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Alexander McCall Smith at The Edinburgh International Book Festival

Alexander McCall Smith at The Edinburgh International Book Festival 24th August 2020

Alexander McCall Smith at the Edinburgh International Book Festival The Edinburgh International Book Festival is in full swing, right until the 31st August 2020. It’s all virtual, you can sign up for free (but donations are welcome). A couple...

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