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…

Romance novel set in MICHIGAN

Romance novel set in MICHIGAN 23rd July 2020

Beach Read by Emily Henry, romance novel set in Michigan. The premise of the novel is about two writers who happen to find themselves with writer’s block. They find themselves serendipitously living next door to each other over one...

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A family saga set in MONTENEGRO

A family saga set in MONTENEGRO 22nd July 2020

Catherine the Great and the Small by Olja Knežević – a family saga set in Montenegro. Catherine the Great and the Small opens in the summer of 1978. It is a hot one. The book is set near Titograd,...

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Five great books set in MOSCOW

Five great books set in MOSCOW 22nd July 2020

Moscow is the latest city for us to visit in our ‘Great books set in…’ series. Five great books set in Moscow. ‘Moscow… how many strains are fusing in that one sound, for Russian hearts. What store of riches...

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Novella set in Spring 1945, LOWER AUSTRIA

Novella set in Spring 1945, LOWER AUSTRIA 21st July 2020

The Day My Grandfather Was a Hero by Paulus Hochgatterer, novella set in Spring 1945, Lower Austria. Translated by Jamie Bulloch. Longlisted for the Austrian Book Prize in 2017 This is one of the shortest books I have read...

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Talking Location With… author Simon Stephenson – MICHIGAN to CALIFORNIA

Talking Location With… author Simon Stephenson – MICHIGAN to CALIFORNIA 20th July 2020

#TalkingLocationWith….. Simon Stephenson, author of Set My Heart to Five. Michigan to California. Set My Heart To Five, soon to be a major motion picture with Edgar Wright attached to direct, is out by Fourth Estate. As a reader, I...

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