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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…

Talking Location with author Nicky Gentil – Paris

Talking Location with author Nicky Gentil – Paris 19th February 2020

#TalkingLocationWith… Nicky Gentil, author of Taxi Tales From Paris. I have always loved reading ‘Brit abroad’ books – Peter Mayle’s A Year in Provence and Stephen Clarke’s comically titled A Year in the Merde being two examples that immediately spring...

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Novel set in mainly in Tuscany

Novel set in mainly in Tuscany 18th February 2020

It Happened in Tuscany by Gail Mencini, novel set mainly in Tuscany. The book opens as a platoon, during WW2, is fighting for survival at Riva Ridge in the Apennines. Will Mills is one of those men, he gets...

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GIVEAWAY! 3 copies of A House At The End Of The Track – Ariège (France)

GIVEAWAY! 3 copies of A House At The End Of The Track – Ariège (France) 17th February 2020

Fancy winning a copy of A House At The End Of The Track by Michelle Lawson, a travelogue set in France? Intrigued by the endless accounts of English incomers `living the dream’ in France, Michelle Lawson set out to...

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Mystery set on an island off the coast of Ireland, Connemara

Mystery set on an island off the coast of Ireland, Connemara 17th February 2020

The Guest List by Lucy Foley, mystery set on an island off the coast of Ireland, Connemara. A wedding is “..all about the moment.. all about the day..” Just imagine all the things you can do with a group...

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Novella set in the Italian Alps

Novella set in the Italian Alps 15th February 2020

Snow, Dog, Foot by Claudio Morandini, novella set in the Italian Alps,  translated by J Ockenden. https://youtu.be/OnAiQd-lgc0 Another delightful story from Peirene Press. This novella is set in the Italian Alps and it is a beautiful book to hold and...

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