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…

Five great books set in THE LAKE DISTRICT

Five great books set in THE LAKE DISTRICT 13th November 2019

The Lake District is the latest place for us to visit in our ‘Great books set in…’ series. Five great books set in The Lake District. ‘You may leave the Lake District, but once you’ve been, it’ll never leave...

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A family story set in Italy (both sad and uplifting…)

A family story set in Italy (both sad and uplifting…) 12th November 2019

A Girl Returned by Donatella Di Pietrantonio, a family story set in Italy (both sad and uplifting) – translated by Ann Goldstein. A Girl Returned is a thought provoking and sensitive book. It is also beautifully translated by Ann...

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An important novel set in Spain – guest review by Isobel Blackthorn

An important novel set in Spain – guest review by Isobel Blackthorn 11th November 2019

Soldiers of Salamis by Javier Cercas, an important novel set in Spain A compelling novel in which the central narrative is bookended by the author-narrator’s own story of how he came to write an account of poet, national hero...

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UK GIVEAWAY! – 5 copies of The Portuguese House by Pamela D Holloway, set in GOA

UK GIVEAWAY! – 5 copies of The Portuguese House by Pamela D Holloway, set in GOA 10th November 2019

Giveaway – we have 5 copies of The Portuguese House by Pamela D Holloway, set in Goa. It’s a really good read. After being badly let down by her husband, writer Liz O’Malley takes a holiday in Goa, in...

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Talking Location with author Karen King – Cornwall

Talking Location with author Karen King – Cornwall 9th November 2019

#TalkingLocationWith…. Karen King, author of Single All the Way – Cornwall. I write romance novels and like to set them in glorious locations as I think this adds to the whole reading experience. Mostly my novels are set in places...

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