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…

Talking Location With author Cal Smyth – BELGRADE

Talking Location With author Cal Smyth – BELGRADE 8th May 2020

#TalkingLocationWith... Cal Smyth, author of The Woman with a Bullet in her Leg and The Balkan Route Belgrade: the white city… The aroma of red peppers being grilled in the autumnal streets and the scent of Lipa (Linden trees)...

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Charming novel set in Brittany (The Last Hours of a Love Affair)

Charming novel set in Brittany (The Last Hours of a Love Affair) 7th May 2020

The Mystery of Henri Pick by David Foenkinos, charming novel set in Brittany. Who doesn’t love a feel-good novel that revolves around books? In Brittany there is a library that stocks the books that nobody wants. It is of...

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Five great books set in IRAN

Five great books set in IRAN 6th May 2020

Iran is the latest place for us to visit in our ‘Great books set in…’ series. Five Great Books set in Iran. Iran is NOT what you think – 5 favourite things about the country by Drew Binsky: The...

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Murder mystery set in Whitstable

Murder mystery set in Whitstable 5th May 2020

Murder on the Downs by Julie Wassmer, murder mystery set in Whitstable. Whitstable: seafood, an intrepid heroine, the beautiful Kent coast…and murder. Read Julie Wassmer’s latest outing for private detective and restaurant owner Pearl Nolan, and you’ll conjure up...

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VENICE – 20 years since publication of this iconic novel set in the city

VENICE – 20 years since publication of this iconic novel set in the city 4th May 2020

VENICE – 20 years since publication of this iconic novel set in the city Miss Garnet’s Angel by Salley Vickers, a great book set in Venice.   I read this novel when it was first published. That was in...

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