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…
Myanmar (Burma) is the latest place for us to visit in our ‘Great books set in…’ series. Five great books set in MYANMAR (BURMA). ‘Khote yar ta char, sha yar ta lwe’ – Myanmar proverb, meaning ‘you aimed to chop,...
The Uncoupling by Cauvery Madhavan, novel set around Northern Europe. Janaki and Balu Shankar hail from Madras, a couple in older years who have come to England to visit their son and his family. He is unfortunately too busy...
#TalkingLocationWith… Elizabeth Brooks, author of The Whispering House, set in England. Greenway Estate, Devon is the inspiration for the Byrne House, the building at the heart of The Whispering House It’s funny to think I’ve only been to Greenway once,...
The Appian Way by David Hewson – a history lesson and travelogue through Italy – past and present. The Appian Way is a really interesting book – erudite and informative, but not in a way that would put anyone...
The Standardization of Demoralization Prodecures by Jennifer Hofmann, novel set mainly in East Berlin. I spend a lot of time in Berlin and I really love to read novels that are set there. Books with a strong sense of...
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