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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…

Murder mystery set in GIVERNY

Murder mystery set in GIVERNY 24th May 2020

Black Water Lilies by Michel Bussi, murder mystery set in Giverny. Translated by Shaun Whiteside. You couldn’t possibly set a novel in Giverny without copious references to Claude Monet, his life and work. and ponder his influence on the...

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Attending Hay Festival via Crowdcast – Author Maggie O’Farrell (Event 11)

Attending Hay Festival via Crowdcast – Author Maggie O’Farrell (Event 11) 23rd May 2020

Attending Hay Festival 2020 via Crowdcast – author Maggie O’Farrell (Event 11) #imaginetheworld Organisations across the world are becoming so creative (I guess they have to adapt) in these days of Coronavirus. Who would have thought that such a big...

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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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