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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…

GIVEAWAY (UK only)! – 3 copies of The Devil’s Horn by Anna Nicholas – MALLORCA

GIVEAWAY (UK only)! – 3 copies of The Devil’s Horn by Anna Nicholas – MALLORCA 3rd November 2019

3 copies of The Devil’s Horn by Anna Nicholas to transport you to MALLORCA Eccentric, headstrong and engaging, Isabel Flores Montserrat is a cross between a highly charged Precious Ramotswe (No.1 Ladies Detective Agency) & Phyrne Fisher (Miss Fisher’s...

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Five great books set in NORTHUMBERLAND

Five great books set in NORTHUMBERLAND 3rd November 2019

Northumberland is the latest place for us to visit in our ‘Great books set in…’ series. Five great books set in Northumberland. Northumberland is a historic county, and the most northerly in England. It borders Cumbria to the west,...

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Talking Location With author Sally Jane Smith – Historic Istanbul

Talking Location With author Sally Jane Smith – Historic Istanbul 2nd November 2019

#TalkingLocationWith…. Sally Jane Smith, author researching her next travel memoir set in Istanbul. I boarded the plane because it was easier than pretending to care about office spreadsheets, less brutal than forcing inadequate words around raw anguish, lighter than...

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Mystery set in Mumbai (a baby elephant aids investigations)

Mystery set in Mumbai (a baby elephant aids investigations) 1st November 2019

The Strange Disappearance of a Bollywood Star by Vaseem Khan, mystery set in Mumbai. I can’t believe my luck at having just discovered this finely written and information-packed novel about Inspector Chopra and his sidekick Ganesha, a baby elephant....

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Five great books set in EGYPT

Five great books set in EGYPT 31st October 2019

Egypt is the latest place for us to visit in our ‘Great books set in…’ series. Five great books set in Egypt. Egypt is the cradle of civilizations of the world, a place where the earliest development of agriculture,...

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