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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 WW2 FRANCE – guest review by Isobel Blackthorn

Novel set in WW2 FRANCE – guest review by Isobel Blackthorn 5th August 2020

The Single Soldier by George Costigan, novel set in WW2 France. Guest review by Isobel Blackthorn. Set in France during the German occupation of World War Two, The Single Soldier tells a moving story of a simple farmer and...

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Talking Location With … Sarah Z Sleeper – OKINAWA

Talking Location With … Sarah Z Sleeper – OKINAWA 4th August 2020

Talking Location With… Sarah Z Sleeper, author of Gaijin My novel Gaijin is set on a small speck of a Japanese island in the East China Sea, a tiny pinpoint on the world map. The book is a cauldron...

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Murder mystery set in France

Murder mystery set in France 3rd August 2020

The Sleeping Car Murders by Sébastien Japrisot, murder mystery set in France. Translated by Francis Price. The ‘Phocéen’ overnight train arrives in Paris from Marseille. In one sleeping car, with berths 221-226, a woman has been found strangled. The...

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GIVEAWAY! – 3 Copies of Red Affairs, White Affairs by Felicia Nay : HONG KONG

GIVEAWAY! – 3 Copies of Red Affairs, White Affairs by Felicia Nay : HONG KONG 2nd August 2020

We are so delighted to be able to offer you 3 copies of Red Affairs, White Affairs by Felicia Nay, set in HONG KONG. This giveaway is  UK ONLY Hong Kong at the beginning of a new millennium – a...

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Following in the footsteps of Viscount Edward George William Omar Deerhurst: surfing and death

Following in the footsteps of Viscount Edward George William Omar Deerhurst: surfing and death 1st August 2020

#TalkingLocationWith... Andy Martin, author of Surf, Sweat & Tears: The epic life and mysterious death of Edward George William Omar Deerhurst – the world to HAWAI’I I first met Ted in France, in the late 1980s. He was competing at...

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