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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…

10 feel-good books for virus-free travel around the world

10 feel-good books for virus-free travel around the world 13th March 2020

10 feel-good books for virus-free travel around the world The dreaded Coronavirus looks like it will be affecting us all for a while yet, forcing us to reconsider daily habits and cancel or reschedule travel plans. So stay healthy,...

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BOEKENWEEK 2: Ventoux by Bert Wagendorp (Netherlands)

BOEKENWEEK 2: Ventoux by Bert Wagendorp (Netherlands) 13th March 2020

BOEKENWEEK  – celebrating Dutch Literature in English. 2020 marks the 85th Annual Boekenweek, which will take place from March 7th to March 15th. This year’s theme is REBELS & DISSENTERS. Indy publishers World Editions are teaming up with Faber and Atlantic to offer...

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Novel set in Lagos, Nigeria  (sibling loyalty)

Novel set in Lagos, Nigeria (sibling loyalty) 12th March 2020

My Sister, the Serial Killer  by Oyinkan Braithwaite, novel set in Lagos, Nigeria. What a delight this debut novel from Oyinkan Braithwaite is, especially when you hear that she dashed it off as an antidote to writer’s block, and admits to being ‘a...

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Thriller set in Chicago

Thriller set in Chicago 11th March 2020

Deep Dark Night by Steph Broadribb, thriller set in Chicago. Deep Dark Night is the fourth book in Steph’s Lori Anderson series. Lori started in Book 1 as a California based bounty hunter. She has now morphed into someone working off...

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On the road between the red zones to a Puglia less travelled (Tom Benjamin)

On the road between the red zones to a Puglia less travelled (Tom Benjamin) 10th March 2020

This is the second piece for TripFiction by author Tom Benjamin from the Covid19 frontline in Italy. Read the first instalment here. Author Tom Benjamin’s flight across coronavirus-hit Italy toward the ancient wilderness of Gargano and a rough-hewn ‘town...

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