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…
Ecuador is the latest place for us to visit in our ‘Great books set in…’ series. Five great books set in Ecuador. ‘When the treasure chest is open, even the just man sins‘ – Ecuadorian proverb City on the...
The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes, novel set in late 1930s Kentucky. Impulsive Alice Wright feels that she doesn’t fit in the stultifying world of middle-class Surrey in the 1930s, so when handsome American mine owner Bennett Van...
#TalkingLocationWith… S L Russell, author of The Healing Knife, set in Normandy and London. As I write here in southern Normandy in February, storm Dennis is gathering pace, my trees and shrubs are whipping about in a wild dance,...
The Secret of Vesalius by Jordi Llobregat, historical novel set in Barcelona. The year is 1888 and in Barcelona preparations are underway for the World Fair. Twenty-four days before the commencement of this auspicious event, Daniel Amat, a...
Containment by Vanda Symon, police procedural set in Dunedin. The novel is published to coincide with International’s Women’s Month (March). It is shortlisted for the Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Crime novel. Much of the setting is at Aramoana...
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