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 1948/50 LONDON

Novel set in 1948/50 LONDON 23rd May 2020

This Lovely City by Louise Hare, novel set in 1948/50 London. This delightfully penned novel will transport you back to a post war London. The author was inspired to write this book after she had visited a deep-level shelter...

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Attending a book launch (via Zoom in the Coronavirus era)

Attending a book launch (via Zoom in the Coronavirus era) 22nd May 2020

In the years BC (Before Coronavirus) TripFiction would receive invitations to attend book launches, physically, in the presence of the author and his/her team (publisher, agent etc). Perhaps at a bookshop, maybe at some nice venue. But now… all...

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Novel set in 16th Century Stratford, Warwickshire

Novel set in 16th Century Stratford, Warwickshire 22nd May 2020

Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell, historical novel set in 16th Century Stratford, Warwickshire. The book opens with: In the 1580s a couple living in Henley Street, Stratford, had three children: Susanna, then Hamnett and Judith, who were twins. The boy,...

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Talking Location With author Mark Ellis: crime in WW2 LONDON

Talking Location With author Mark Ellis: crime in WW2 LONDON 21st May 2020

#TalkingLocationWith …. author Mark Ellis: Crime in WW2 London I write crime thrillers set in World War Two London. My hero is Frank Merlin, a tough and rugged police detective heading a Scotland Yard serious crimes unit. There are...

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Crime mystery set in BOLOGNA

Crime mystery set in BOLOGNA 20th May 2020

A Quiet Death in Italy by Tom Benjamin, crime mystery set in Bologna. Bologna never seems to get a real look-in on the tourist trail around Italy. People travel through on the high speed trains to Florence, Pisa, Rome...

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