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…

Memoir of hope set mainly in Scotland

Memoir of hope set mainly in Scotland 20th March 2020

Just Another Mountain by Sarah Jane Douglas, a memoir of hope set mainly in Scotland. Shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards 2020, APA Publications Travel Memoir Book of the Year Sarah didn’t have the easiest of childhoods...

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An end of 19th Century novel set in Norway

An end of 19th Century novel set in Norway 19th March 2020

The Bell In The Lake by Lars Mytting, translated by Deborah Dawkin – an end of 19th Century novel set in Norway.   The author’s previous book – The Sixteen Trees of the Somme – was one of my absolutely...

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Poignant novel set in London and Lahore (faith and food)

Poignant novel set in London and Lahore (faith and food) 17th March 2020

To Lahore With Love by Hina Belitz, poignant novel set in London and Lahore. Addy is of mixed race and living in London with her Irish mother and her Pakistani grandmother. A household with three women is going to...

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GIVEAWAY ! 3 copies of You Are Not Alone by Greer Hendricks / Sarah Pekkanen

GIVEAWAY ! 3 copies of You Are Not Alone by Greer Hendricks / Sarah Pekkanen 16th March 2020

WIN 1 of 3 copies of You Are Not Alone by Greer Hendricks / Sarah Pekkanen, psychological thriller set in NEW YORK. You probably know someone like Shay Miller. She wants to find love, but it eludes her. She...

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Talking Location With author Yaniv Iczkovits – BELARUS

Talking Location With author Yaniv Iczkovits – BELARUS 16th March 2020

#TalkingLocationWith… with Yaniv Iczkovits, author of The Slaughterman’s Daughter (translated by Orr Scharf) When I wrote The Slaughterman’s Daughter I didn’t want to visit Belarus. I wanted to sketch these lost worlds from my imagination and support the story with...

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